Stories & Poetry

WHEN THE TIDE RISES, TOMORROW’S PARTIES: LIFE IN THE ANTHROPOCENE
AUGUST 2022

There is a goby in my cupped hands.

THE DAILY COMMUTE, THE SUNDAY MORNING TRANSPORT
JULY 2022

The bus is slowing down and the apiarist doesn’t seem to care at all.

I SWIM UP FROM BELOW, Mermaids monthly
September 2021

Blood was falling out of the boy as fast as the ocean could drink it in.

Tiger lawyer gets it right, Escape Pod: The Science Fiction Anthology and escape pod
november 2020, july 2021

Vladislav Argyle rested his head on the cool titanium surface of the plaintiff’s table.

We Don’t Talk About the Dragon, the book of dragons: an anthology
july 2020

Cecily is six years old, and there is a dragon in the barn.

CRackers the cat and the wind that wasn’t, stone soup
july 2020

The Boatswain and the cat regarded each other with mutual disdain.

Drones to Ploughshares, Vice
February 2020

In a near future, a surveillance drone serving an authoritarian state is captured—and offered a new lease on sentience.

Away With the Wolves, Uncanny
September/October 2019

when I wake, I am curled up as small as a seed

Wild to Covet, The Mythic Dream (Anthology)
September 2019

“a fierce and ferocious Thetis stealing the spotlight from her son Achilles”—B&N review

The Thing That Hides In Your Home, STONE SOUP
March 2019

There is something in your home. A thing that lurks, a thing that hides.

Reynard is Coming, STONE SOUP
January 2019

If you aren’t careful, Reynard will find you.

An augmented reality, The atlantic
december 2018

If a set of augmented-reality glasses tells you what to do, when are you the one making choices?

FROM THE VOID, shimmer
November 2018

the way i miss Esther is a slow-spreading bruise.

bread and milk and salt, robots v fairies anthology and tor.com
November 2018

His hair was fine and there were shadows beneath his eyes and he wore a puffy little jacket that was too heavy for the season, and the tip of his nose was red and his cheeks were wet and I wanted him for myself.

The Catch, STONE SOUP
October 2018

But then again, he reminded himself, blood’s just blood, and a job’s a job.

STET, Fireside
October 2018

Read: ‘Murder’. It was murder, the car had a choice, you can’t choose to kill someone and call it manslaughter.

There Are No Hands In The River, STONE SOUP
October 2018

All that I wanted: to escape the ghost-rattling chains

All the Stars Above the Sea, Uncanny
September/October 2018 issue

All the stars are closer now than they have ever been.

An Introduction to Pain, STONE SOUP
August 2018

How badly are you hurting?

Anne and the Stairs, STONE SOUP
July 2018

Anne told Edgar that she was barren on the day that the stairs appeared.

As Simple As Vanishing, STONE SOUP
June 2018

When Maurice decided that he wanted to vanish that first time, all he had to do that was try.

What Grew, Uncanny
May 2018

the doctors told me a mushroom was not growing in my lungs.

Worth Her Weight IN Gold, Tor.com
April 18, 2018

A slyly funny, raucous adventure in the alternate America of River of Teeth and Taste of Marrow.

The Legend of Tania and Lula, STONE SOUP
April 2018

Lula’s gold tooth glinted in the light of the dying sun as she stared into the barrel of Tania’s Pulsar-1500.

Go Home, Go Home, Go Home, STONE SOUP
April 2018

Earth’s gravity pulled at Anton’s bones like an insult.

Our Collection, STONE SOUP
MArch 2018

She died in a sea of wind-swept fury, her arms spread wide to catch the waves

The Nightmare Stays the Same, STONE SOUP
MArch 2018

It was just one fight, three years ago. Maybe four. She has almost forgotten the details.

Anonymous Croupier, STONE SOUP
February 2018

Dear Croupier’s Quarterly, I’m writing in response to your request for “Craziest Thing You’ve Ever Seen” stories for your September issue.

The fisher of bones, fireside fiction
August-December 2017

ducky, now fisher, must lead her people to the promised land. No matter what it takes.

single parent, cast of wonders 
june 2017

donovan wasn't ready to face the monster alone.

a lady's maid, B&N scifi
may 2017

sometimes, a lady's maid has to deal with androids. it happens.

The art of asterculture, tor.com 
may 2017

i promise i have a hobby.

The Chisel, Wizards in space literary magazine 
February 2017

is coming to life worth it?

RESCUE, MOTHERSHIP ZETA
OCTOBER 2016

Baxter and malachai are back, and they've gotten themselves into quite a pickle.

Homesick, FIRESIDE FICTION
September 2016

what would you do to go home again?

Of Blood and bronze, devilfish review
August 2016

the queen was bound in blood and cups to a king that couldn't rule beside her, but at what cost?

haunted, FIRESIDE FICTION 
February 2016

JUST BECAUSE THE HOUSE IS HAUNTED, DOESN'T MEAN IT WANTS TO BE.

WHISPER, SPECULATIVE BOOKSHOP ANTHOLOGY
JANUARY 2016

RUN. RUN. RUN FOR YOUR LIFE.

STARS, COLORED LENS 
AUTUMN 2015

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU FINALLY GET TO GO BACK TO THAT PLACE YOU ALWAYS LOVED - BUT YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE THERE? 

BARGAIN, MOTHERSHIP ZETA
OCTOBER 2015

MALACHAI GOES ON A ROUTINE FAUSTIAN ERRAND, BUT ALL DOES NOT GO AS PLANNED. THIS COULD BE THE BEGINNING OF A BEAUTIFUL FRIENDSHIP.

UNDER ADVISEMENT OF THE MOON, BEYOND THE IMAGINATION 
SEPTEMBER 2015

IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE A BESTIE TO PUMP YOU UP! SOMETIMES THAT BESTIE IS THE MOON.

THE BREAKUP, LITERARY HATCHET
AUGUST 2015

WHEN YOU KNOW THAT YOU WOULD DO ANYTHING FOR THE PERSON YOU SECRETLY LOVE... AND THEY KNOW IT, TOO.

Look, Cease, Cows Magazine
June 2015

When the baby is perfectly healthy... but that doesn't mean the baby is okay.