Short Stories

Forthcoming

Three Fortunes on Alcestis as Told by Baeliss Shudal. Clarkesworld.

Science fiction, 5000 words.

House Cats. TBC.

Horror, 4700 words.

Hark the Herald. TBC.

Fantasy, 5300 words.

2025

Four People I Need You to Kill Before the Dance Begins. Clarkesworld, Issue 228.

Science fiction, 12600 words. September 2025.

Do you remember being born?

The Eighth Pyramid. Clarkesworld, Issue 225.

Science fiction, 8000 words. June 2025.

There were seven great pyramids in Meridian, the city of ziggurats.

MALO MALO MALO MALO. The Dark, Issue 118.

Horror, 4600 words. March 2025.

He is a king, in cities.

founders keepers. Trollbreath, Issue 3.

Fantasy, 1900 words. March 2025.

The first time I saw Romulus, he was in my airing cupboard.

Numismatic Archetypes in the Year of Five Regents. Clarkesworld, Issue 221.

Fantasy, 3600 words. February 2025.

Winner, Best Numismatic News or Feature in a Non-Numismatic Publication, Numismatic Literary Guild.

This five-sorel piece is in fine condition.

2024

Fishing the Intergalactic Stream. Clarkesworld, Issue 217.

Science fiction, 4700 words. October 2024.

On every world I fish, I am a different man.

number thirty-seven. Trembling With Fear.

Horror, 1100 words. October 2024.

Jason – thanks for coming in. You might want to take a seat.

Cold Comfort. Strange Horizons.

Fantasy, 2500 words. July 2024.

The statue of that gorgeous and beloved tyrant, my father, stands in a valley where the weather has only ever been snow.

2023

The Cow in my Mind. Andromeda Spaceways Magazine, Issue 93.

Fantasy, 2900 words. December 2023.

The restaurant is not like other dreams.

The Hand that Feeds. The Colored Lens, Issue 49.

Fantasy, 4500 words. September 2023.

Reprinted in Podcastle 877, February 2025.

Last Christmas a mermaid died in the school swimming pool.

Unit Six: Intro to Manticores. Apparition Literary Magazine, Issue 23: Creature.

Fantasy, 2200 words. July 2023.

Oh boys, my beaming boys. It is good to be here.