SHORT FICTION & THOUGHTS ON THE CRAFT
Stories from the edges of the familiar, where the ordinary takes an unexpected turn.
Forthcoming — May 2027 · Schlock!
In the summer of 1924, five prospectors head into the Manitoba wilderness in search of gold. The claim is rich, but as the men begin to sicken, they discover that some things buried in the earth are best left undisturbed.
October 19, 2026 · Black Hare Press
In a world where the grown-ups are gone and hunger turns people into monsters, a little girl in a straw hat offers a starving stranger a helping hand. The forest is full of wonders—and some hungers are better left unsatisfied.
June 16, 2026 · Black Hare Press
Karen Franecky has spent thirty years listening to troubled people. When a stranger asks her to hear one last confession, the retired psychiatric nurse is sure she knows what she’s getting into.
August 2025 · Breaking into the Craft
Hope has been married for forty years, but lately, her husband’s behavior—and the world around her—make less and less sense. Caught between unsettling visions and a reality she can no longer trust, she must find a way to break through the glass wall separating her from life.
March 21, 2025 · Tall Tale TV
What if you could give someone a few days—or years—of your life? Joe is running out of time. Literally. And love has a way of complicating the calculations.
Also available on YouTube
November 15, 2023 · Twenty Two Twenty Eight
A lonely astronaut discovers a mysterious jewel in the Martian dust—and imagines the extraterrestrial queen who might have lost it. When reality threatens his fantasy, the jewel begins to tell a different story.
July 15, 2023 · Reader Beware
Voted Best Horror Short Story — 2023 Critters Annual Readers Poll
A chilling fight for survival amid the Phoenix summer heat. With the door sealed shut and the temperature below zero, staying alive will require some very creative accounting.
June 12, 2023 · From the Yonder, Vol. 4
A fortified desert home, a wolf at the gate, and a host with a face only a mother could love. Some fairy tales are harder to escape than others.
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February 23, 2023 · Trigger Warning: Curses
Original version, “Time and Punishment,” received an Honorable Mention in the 2020 Writers of the Future Contest.
Trudy Baden can’t resist opening a misdelivered package. In a world where time theft has consequences, some deliveries come with a catch.
Also available from Amazon
February 3, 2023 · Down in the Dirt
In a future where defunded police have been replaced, justice may come at a price of its own.
September 1, 2022 · Bull—Men’s Fiction
A late-night bus ride through New York, a lonely young woman, and a teenage boy who follows her through the dark. He has his reasons for keeping his distance—but one too many beers may have left him in deeper trouble than he realizes.
2021 · Wight Christmas: Holiday Horror and Seasonal Subversion
Little Penny has one unusual wish for Santa. A few milk-and-cookies offerings later, she’s grown up, the wish list has changed, and Santa may have found himself an unexpected helper.
December 2, 2025 · Breaking into the Craft
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