Fiction
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"The Suffering Gallery"
A sadistic demon and her maggot sidekick try to prevent an aging wizard from rescuing his son.
Beneath Ceaseless Skies
Forthcoming |
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"The History Within Us"
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A woman, while waiting to escape the obliterated galaxy through a black hole, watches an ancient video of her ancestors.
Clarkesworld Magazine
March 2010 |
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"The Bricks of Gelecek"
A demon of nothingness seeks the world of form, most especially, a mason girl.
Naked City: New Tales of Urban Fantasy, ed. Ellen Datlow
Forthcoming |
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"The Girl in the Basement"
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A girl's sickness keeps her from going outside, but her parents find unusual ways to keep her occupied.
Apex Magazine, Vol III, Issue III
September 2009 |
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"The Spaces Between Things" *
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*Honorable Mention in Best Horror of the Year, Vol. 2 (Ed. Datlow)
A boy's fetish returns to haunt him later in life as a military general.
Electric Velocipede #17/18
July 2009 |
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"Saving Diego" *
*Honorable Mention in Best Horror of the Year, Vol. 2 (Ed. Datlow)
*#5 in the 2009 Interzone Readers' Poll
*Honorable Mention in Year's Best Science Fiction, 27th Annual Collection (Ed. Gardner Dozios)
Two drug-addled friends struggle to help each other on a technologically backwards planet.
Interzone #221
March 2009 |
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"All the Worlds"
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Nothing will stop Sol from putting on his wife's play, except, perhaps, interdimensional beings.
Farrago's Wainscot, Issue 10
April 2009 |
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"The Girl in the Basement"
A girl's sickness keeps her from going outside, but her parents find unusual ways to keep her occupied.
Hatter Bones Anthology, Paul Jessup, Ed.
July 2009 |
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"Lullaby of the Ages "
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An alien couple races against time and monstrous cosmic forces to save their children from annihilation.
Reflection's Edge
September 2008 |
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"Different Spheres"
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A seed ship on its way to colonize a planet has an unexpected visitor.
OG Speculative Fiction
November 2008 |
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"The Sembla (Spasmodica Plasticosa)"
This sentient, star-borne plant prefers to mimic the regal dieffenbachia picta when visiting Earth. Its natural form, if such exists, has never been recorded.
A Field Guide to Surreal Botany
July 2008 |
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"The Writing's on the Wall"
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A young drunkard thinks the bathroom graffiti is communicating with him. And he doesn't like what it's saying.
Farrago's Wainscot
January 2008 |
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"Marie and the Mathematicians"
An immigrant waitress discovers that she has a natural talent for mathematics. An unscrupulous professor uses this to his advantage.
Andromeda Spaceways #26
November 2006 |
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"Dreams in the Dark Room"
A slave in a palace of erotic decadence overhears a plot to assassinate the king.
Dred Tales
January 2006 |
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"The Many Faces of Lisa Adorn"
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Just an introverted girl to her family and teachers, Lisa is much, much more than they can possibly imagine.
Abyss & Apex
July 2005 |
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"The Thing In The Refrigerator That Could Stop Time"
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After a failed plot to kill himself, Dick thinks he sees demons whispering dark thoughts in people's ears.
Apex Science Fiction & Horror Digest
June 2005 |
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"Mortar"
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The history of a small colony on a remote planet, told via photographs.
Alien Skin Magazine
December 2004 |
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"The Crowded Room"
A room of love, heartbreak, war, and chaos.
Sybil's Garage No. 1
May 2004 |
