Fiction

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• A ‘John’s Fave’ pick! – “Gestation in Recess,” featuring big drama in a little setting
  • Shortlisted in the Australian Writers’ Centre’s Furious Fiction competition (Dec. 24, 2019)

• “Hard Five,” a warning about the trouble that comes with being a comic who cares
  • Published by The Drabble (Nov. 27, 2019)

• “Impostor Syndrome,” teenage melodrama with a twist
  • Published by The Drabble (Nov. 6, 2019)

• “Mother’s Warning,” a creepy short horror story
  • NEW: Published by Dream of Shadows (May 15, 2020) – Available free online for a limited time (print publication coming soon)

• “Perfect Jake and the Bank Heist That Goes Wrong,” a time-bendy caper romance
  • NEW: Published in the premiere issue of Briefly Write (June 27, 2020)

• “Pronounced,” a reminder that same-sex marriage begat the apocalypse
  • Published by 101 Words (Oct. 7, 2019)

• “Snow Friend of Mine,” the tale of a young girl and her fluffy white friend
  • Honorable mention in the 2019 Weird Christmas Flash Fiction Contest (Dec. 14. 2019)
  • Read by the author on the Weird Christmas podcast (Dec. 14, 2019 — story starts around the 14:45 mark)

• A ‘John’s Fave’ pick! – “Through the Darkest of Stars, Toward the Cruelest of Fates,” a gender-bent sci-fi gothic ghost comedy
  • Published by Bowery Gothic (Feb. 14, 2020)

• A ‘John’s Fave’ pick! – “The Well-trained Thing in Constance’s Dress,” a Lovecraftian comedy with tentacles and frocks
  • Published by The Siren’s Call (Oct. 22, 2019 – story starts on page 161)

• “Wedlock,” a bite-sized piece of modern-gothic horror
  • Published by Trembling With Fear (Feb. 14, 2020)

• “What That’s Not,” a quick look at a busybody friend
  • Published by 101 Words (Oct. 26, 2019)

• 10-word stories
  • “Just for Now” – published by Potato Soup Journal (July 15, 2019)
  • “Last First Date” – published by Potato Soup Journal (July 28, 2019)
  • “Second Contact” – published by Dime Show Review (Nov. 11, 2019)
  • “Some Ham (At Dinner)” – published by Potato Soup Journal (Dec. 12, 2019)

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• A ‘John’s Fave’ pick! – “The Cowboy’s Curse,” a twisty and thrilling weird western
  • Published by SERIAL Magazine (March 7, 2020) – Available for purchase in hard copy or digital

• “Frizzyland Fracas,” a theme-park drama
  • NEW: Published by Triangle Writers Magazine (April 1, 2020) – Available for purchase in hard copy and digital

• A ‘John’s Fave’ pick! – “Matthew, Oliver, and the Most Epic Prom-posal Westbury High Ever Saw,” a young-adult bromance
  • Published by Triangle Writers Magazine (March 1, 2020) – Available for purchase in hard copy or digital

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Coming Soon

• “The Well-trained Thing in Constance’s Dress,” a Lovecraftian comedy with tentacles and frocks
  • Reprint publishing summer 2020 by peculiar

• “You Peli-can’t Hurry Love,” a tender romance between a woman and a pelican-person
  • Publishing summer 2020 by peculiar

• “Something Innocent and Benign,” a fantasy bedtime story
  • Publishing October 2020 by The Weird and Whatnot

• “Butter-drenched Fingers, Clasped Tightly in Prayer,” a historical adventure comedy
  • Publishing Nov. 1, 2020, by Paper Butterfly Flash Fiction

• “Wedlock,” a bite-sized piece of modern-gothic horror
  • Reprint publishing 2020 in Archer Publishing’s Darker Than Night anthology

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