My Short Stories

Published elsewhereMarch 2024

House Sitters

wonder if it's snowing at home.

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Swimming Hole

Published in Black Sheep: Unique Tales of Terror and Wonder, January 2024.

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Published elsewhereNovember 2023

Layover in Key West

When he was a human he was called Todd.

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Residual

Published in Residual, Volume 8 Number 7, 2023.

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Published elsewhereAugust 2023

Intelligence

Twenty-two thirty hours. Twenty-three oh five Twenty-Twenty Three. No Activity.

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Published elsewhereApril 2023

The Beast Slouches Onward

Twenty-two thirty hours. Twenty-three oh five Twenty-Twenty Three. No Activity.”

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Published elsewhereMarch 2023

The Headless Pig Statue

The question the emu had for the pig was, “Why headless?”

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Sensitive

Annie's first glimpse of the Conlin house almost made her forget the headache that throbbed steadily in her right temple.

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Exit Strategy

Sami wakes up with a hangover and a big black dog that isn't hers

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Glow Worm Farm

Greetings from the exclusion zone!

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Published elsewhereNovember 2019

Is There Anybody Out There?

“Alexa,” Cindy called out to her empty kitchen. The unit sat by itself on the black granite countertop. She watched the little blue circle light up the surface. It was a relief to hear another voice, even a mechanical one. “I'm treading water in the middle of the ocean.”

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Published elsewhereMay 2019

Offertory

I've only just sat down and now I'm wondering why I ever thought this would be a good idea. Jess and I ran in different circles. We weren't exactly friends.

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Published elsewhereJanuary 2018