Fiction
Fiction
My non-academic writing falls within the broad genre of speculative fiction, encompassing science fiction, fantasy (high and low), horror, dystopia, psychological thrillers, etc. I find the notion of ‘genre’ philosophically problematic (though that is a matter for my academic writing not my non-academic!) and thus do not bother to try to narrow things down further than simply “speculative”.
I am also the founder and main editor of SFFReviews.com, a website for short reviews of short science fiction & fantasy stories. I have previously been a first reader for Cosmic Roots and Eldritch Shores.
Below is a list of my published and forthcoming short stories and poetry.
Forthcoming
| “These Bones,” Moving Words (forthcoming) | |
| “Being Human” (translated into Dutch), Speculatief (forthcoming) |
2023
| “Megalithic,” Liennek Journal no. 4 (February 2023) | |
| “Nequeo, Nequis, Nequit”, Love Letters in Poetic Verse (Southern Arizona Press, 2023) |
2022
| “Let the Stones Lead You Home”, Sylvia (November 18, 2022) | ||
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“The Frontier of the Heart”, in J. Bozza, ed., Queer Weird West Tales (2022) | Author interview |
| “The Curious Child & the Covetous Dragon”, in Eric Fromley, ed., Wyrms (Shacklebound Books, 2022) | ||
| “The Wet Nurse Who Fed the Flesh of the God”, Last Leaves vol. 4 (2022) |
2021
| “Artio Brings a Blessing”, Ink Drinkers Poetry Chronicle no. 4 | |
| “Why God Is Like a Duck”, Twitter.com (July 2021); (longer version here) | |
 | “Two”, in A Quiet Afternoon 2 (Grace & Victory Publications) |
 | “(my) Love is (not) Patient” “At Her Mother’s Grave” “My Love For You Floods Me”“Lupanar”Things To Do With Love… (Dreich, 2021). |
2020
| “Light Like Silk”, Ink Drinker’s Poetry Chronicle no. 1. | ||
| “Madame Sophie and the Ghost” in Stories For the Thoughtful Young (BCubed Press). | ||
 | “Out in the Snow”, in S. L. Uckelman, ed., Striking Bodies, Striking Minds (Ellipsis Imprints, 2020). | |
 | An Awfully Big Adventure, with Gwen R. Uckleman (Ellipsis Imprints). | |
 | “Metamorphosis” in Flash Fiction Podcast (Manawaker Studio, 2020). | |
 | “In Lieu of Gifts”, Pendemic.ie (April 2020). | |
 | “Group(er) Think”, “The Box Beside the Bed”, and “Dr. Ventham’s Log”, in D. Kershaw, ed., Oceans: A Dark Drabbles Anthology (Black Hare Press, 2020). | About the story. |
 | “Candace Swallowed the Sea”, in M. Yzmore, Quarantine Quanta (2020). Received an “honorable mention” in the realism/slipstream category. (Also available in PDF, EPUB, and MOBI.) | |
| “Crisis Mode”, Twitter.com (March 2020). | Listen to the poem. | |
 | “What Lies Beneath the Waves”, With Painted Words (January 2020). | About the story |
2019
 | “On the Other Side of the Dark Entry Gate”, in D. Kershaw, ed., Beyond: A Dark Drabbles Anthology (Black Hare Press, 2019). | About the story |
 | “The Simurgh’s Daughter”, in Jessica Augustsson, ed., Pioneers and Pathfinders (JayHenge Publications, 2019). | About the story |
| “An Orb of Ice-Blue, Held Aloft in a Perfect Hand”, Flash Fiction Podcast (Manawaker Studio, 2019). | About the story | |
 | “The Bird Painter”, in G. Owen Wears, ed., Mágissa (Exterus, 2019). |
2018
 | “The Sum of Our Memories”, in Hannah Kate, ed., Nothing (Hic Dragones, 2018). | |
 | “Bad Harvest”, The Martian Wave (2018). | |
 | “Being Human”, in Robots and Artificial Intelligence(Flametree Publishing, 2018). | Author Q&A with Publisher, part 1; Author Q&A with Publisher, part 2; About the story |
 | “The Bargain”, in J. Scott Coatsworth, ed., Impact: Queer Sci Fi’s Fifth Annual Flash Fiction Contest (Other Worlds Ink, 2018). | About the story |
 | “The Platform Between Heaven and Earth”, in Jessica Augustsson, ed., Wavelengths (Jayhenge Publications, 2018). | About the story |
 | “The Name of the Sword”, in Carol Hightshoe, ed., Tales from the Fluffy Bunny (WolfSinger Publications, 2018). |
2017
| “Still We Drowned“, Story Seed Vault, August 2017. | About the story | |
| “The Grandmother Paradox”, Pilcrow & Dagger July 2017: 36-38 |