Selected Features & Stories

2025:

Winner! NYC Midnight Prize for Flash Fiction. "The 4:10 to Tarick"

Fishes don’t get wishes, not even on the moon.

https://www.nycmidnight.com/stories/the-410-to-tarick

MetaStellar: Speculative Fiction and Beyond. “Dark Work”

A young girl becomes apprentice to a mysterious Wet Worker in a bleak and not-so-distant future where the fringes of society have been pushed underground and strange creatures rule the desert landscape above.

https://www.metastellar.com/fiction/dark-work/

TL;DR Press. "Off the Rack"

An obsessed shape-shifter tries various new “suits” in his relentless pursuit of the woman he loves.

https://tldrpress.org/2025/03/16/head-first-into-the-maw-now-available/

Graveside Press. “Long Pig”

A coming-of-age tale like no other, set against the stark rural backdrop of an isolated homestead. Nobody wants a dinner invitation, here.

Coming August 2025

Graveside Press. “A Green Thumb”

An original dark fairy tale. There’s also a thing with a fist inside an orange peel.

Coming October 2025

Trollbreath Magazine. “Tempus”

A klepto-time thief takes a break from smuggling criminals through time in order to search for her missing father.

Coming December 2025

Foofaraw Press. “From HR, With Love” (Co-Written with Marlee Ryan)

Just another reminder that the fridge in the lunch room is not a buffet. If there’s a sticky note with a name on it, it does not belong to you!

Coming August 2025

Waffle Fried. “A Trip to North Korea Whole Foods”

A creative non-fiction piece about intrusive thoughts.

Coming Fall 2025

2024:

Furious Fiction. "Old Salt"

The Captain of this ship won’t go down without a fight.

https://www.writerscentre.com.au/blog/furious-fiction-april-2024-story-showcase/

Elegant Literature. "Rage Against the Sewing Machine"

An ex-surgeon considers her options while preparing for her husband’s medical award ceremony.

https://www.elegantliterature.com/sdm_downloads/elegant-literature-032-bad-blood/

3rd Place - Writer's Playground. "A World of Men"

Wile the war in Vietnam looms, a young girl is befriended by a charming schoolboy who teaches her about River Magic.

https://www.writersplaygroundllc.com/a-world-of-men

Longlist - Not Quite Write. "The Infinitely Grateful Ex-Mrs Carl Fisher"

An almost-divorcee reflects on her marriage.

https://www.atkinswrites.com/shorts/not-quite-write-longlist

Longlist - Henshaw Press Prize. "A Song for Elijah Shultz"

A proud German barbershop owner struggles to reconcile his love for his customers and friends with the increasingly hostile climate of World War II.