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New Releases “And Chickie Makes Three ,” a romcom about a lackluster couple and the odd new friend who may pull them out of their rutPublished in TL;DR Press’ Breathless print and digital A ‘John’s Fave’ pick! Pinocchio Puberty NEW: 101 Words “Youth Takes Flight NEW: The Birdseed “Some Roots Are Thicker Than Others ,” a drama about reclaiming our spacePublished in The Writer’s Workout’s 2021 72 Hours of Insanity print and digital “And Trah-lah-lah to You Too! NEW: Hearth & Coffin EDITOR’S CHOICE A ‘John’s Fave’ pick! Scareplane NEW: 101 Words A ‘John’s Fave’ pick! Fast Friends NEW: Flash Fiction Magazine John’s Favorites A ‘John’s Fave’ pick! The Cowboy’s Curse Published in SERIAL Magazine print or digital Reprinted by Speculate This A ‘John’s Fave’ pick! Gestation in Recess Shortlisted in the Australian Writers’ Centre’s Furious Fiction competition (Dec. 24, 2019) A ‘John’s Fave’ pick! Holding content warning: suicide Published (print) in Metaphorosis Magazine purchase in print and digital Published (online) by Metaphorosis Magazine Read by Matt Gomez on the Metaphorosis podcast “It came from John Adams Metaphorosis Magazine A ‘John’s Fave’ pick! Matthew, Oliver, and the Most Epic Prom-posal Westbury High Ever Saw ,” a young-adult bromancePublished in Triangle Writers Magazine print or digital Reprinted in Patty’s Short Stax, print or digital A ‘John’s Fave’ pick! Something Innocent and Benign ,” a fantasy bedtime storyPublished by The Weird and Whatnot purchase in print and digital A ‘John’s Fave’ pick! Up the Last Hill ,Published as Runner-Up in The Story Engine/The Shortest Story 100-word Microfiction Contest Available Now
Read for Free Online “But Each Night ,Published by Trembling With Fear “The Diplomat’s Husband NEW: The Drabble “Hard Five Published by The Drabble “Impostor Syndrome Published by The Drabble “In One Ear Published by Scribes*MICRO*Fiction “Journey or Retreat? Published by Outcast Magazine “Out With the Old ,” a tense nighttime confrontationPublished by Suddenly and Without Warning “Pronounced Published by 101 Words “Snow Friend of Mine Honorable mention in the 2019 Weird Christmas Flash Fiction Contest (Dec. 14. 2019) Audio recording available — see below “Something in His ‘i’s Winner of the Johnson County (Kansas) Library Imagine Your Story Writing Contest (July 12, 2020) “Undetected ,Published by A Story in 100 Words “Unscouted Territory Published by Speculate This “Wedlock Published by Trembling With Fear “What That’s Not Published by 101 Words Listen for Free Online (audio recordings) “From Pepper Valley Read by Michael Stevens on A Story Most Queer podcast “Snow Friend of Mine Read by the author on the Weird Christmas podcast Available Now for Purchase “All I Want for Christmas Is Kyle McDaniels’ Heart ,” a holiday tale of crushes and covensPublished in Macabre Ladies Publishing’s Dark Celebration: Holiday Horror Book Four (Sept. 15, 2020) – Available for purchase in print or digital “Frizzyland Fracas ,” a theme-park dramaPublished in Triangle Writers Magazine print and digital “Mother’s Warning ,” a creepy short horror storyPublished in Dream of Shadows print and digital “Wedlock ,” a bite-sized piece of modern-gothic horrorReprint in Archer Publishing’s Darker Than Night: An Anthology of Horror (Sept. 25, 2020) – Available for purchase in print and digital Coming Soon
“The Well-trained Thing in Constance’s Dress ,” a Lovecraftian comedy with tentacles and frocksReprint publishing soon by peculiar Audio recording coming soon on the Gallery of Curiosities “When You Climb Toward, You Also Climb Away ,” a 42-word eulogy to a relationshipPublishing soon from 42 Stories Anthology “You Peli-can’t Hurry Love ,” a tender romance between a woman and a pelican-personPublishing soon by peculiar
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