Short Fiction

Below is a full bibliography of my published short fiction with links to read/access. Stories that are free to read are marked with a ✨(sparkles emoji) to the left of the title. I’ve got all flavors of science fiction, fantasy, and horror, short works and long works, and everything in between. Pick your favorite or explore something different, and be sure to check back here to see what new stories are on the horizon.

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Forthcoming

“She Had Wings, Once”–TBD
Happily Never After | Dark Fairy Tale | Drabble
The curse is broken, but she still remembers her time under its spell.

“They Gave Me a Tower”–TBD
Happily Never After | Dark Fairy Tale | Drabble
There are certain advantages to having a tower under one’s command.

“His Shadow”–TBD
Happily Never After | Dark Fairy Tale | Drabble
The collateral damage of Peter Pan’s flight to Neverland is closer than you think.

2026

✨ “Let Me Out by @QueSarahSarah1986″–March 8, 2026
Gavagai | Horror | Flash Fiction
After writing fanfics of the Darkness Falls video game, Sarah’s dream to visit the real life manor it’s based on is realized. But there’s more to the story of House Marcello.

“The Love Story of Bex Kyle, As Reflected in the 2327 Fiscal Year”–March 1, 2026
Utopia Science Fiction | Science Fiction | Flash Fiction
Aboard the United Earth Interstellar Station, love is in the air…and in Bex Kyle’s bank statements.

✨ “Meet Cute at the Inter-Dimensional Cafe”–February 15, 2026
Translunar Travelers Lounge | Science Fiction | Short Story
All you need is love…and maybe a way to run your cafe across multiple dimensions without going bankrupt or falling out of space-time.

✨ “Hunter Mother Sailor Wife”–February 1, 2026
Adventitious Magazine | Fantasy | Short Story
Cara is retired from kraken hunting, devoting her life instead to raising a family…but there are ripples in the water stirring up old desires that never truly went away.

✨ “The Goblin on My Shoulder”–January 9, 2026
Hell Itself | Fantasy | Flash Fiction
There’s a goblin on my shoulder…and it’s hurting me.

✨ “The (Mis)Fortunes of Saint Ilia’s School for Gifted Girls, In No Particular Order”–January 1, 2026
The Dark Magazine | Horror | Short Story
On June 17, 2004, six students and two faculty members from Saint Ilia’s School for Gifted Girls were found dead. It’s up to you to figure out who killed them. Ready to play?
–Reactor Magazine’s Must Read Short Speculative Fiction
–Book Riot’s New Sci-Fi and Fantasy Short Fiction to Read for Free Online

✨ “Symbiosis”–January 1, 2026
Phano Magazine | Science Fiction | Short Story
For Tess and Lan, it’s always been just the two of them…until now.

2025

✨ “At the End of the World, Meet Me By the Vending Machines”–November 30, 2025
Heartlines Spec | Science Fiction | Flash Fiction
The bar for romance is low during the zombie apocalypse, but cheetle flavored kisses aren’t so bad.

✨ “Lago das Estrelas”–November 21, 2025
Short Édition | Fantasy | Flash Fiction
What wouldn’t you do for a wish?

✨ “Hotcakes at the End Times”–November 12, 2025
Nature Futures | Science Fiction | Flash Fiction
There ain’t nothing a stack of hotcakes can’t fix.

✨ “Carrots and Sticks”–October 17, 2025
Anomaly | Science Fiction | Drabble
It is important for all employees to be properly motivated to do good work.
Buy the Anomaly Year One collection of dark SF drabbles and micros!

✨ “Ghosts of Summer”–October 7, 2025
Apex Magazine | Fantasy | Short Story
Summertime is for summoning ghosts.
–Reactor Magazine’s Must Read Short Speculative Fiction
–2026 British Science Fiction Association Awards–Longlist
–Locus Online Review by Paula Guran
-WINNER: Apex Reader’s Choice Awards (Original Fiction)

✨“Draconis astronomus” (Reprint)– September 1, 2025
Trollbreath Magazine | Science Fiction | Short Story
Space is alive, and it’s filled with dragons.
(Originally published in Dragon Gems Winter 2024)

“A Psalm of Blood and Water”–July 26, 2025
Dark Hearts | Fantasy | Short Story
Serve the Dragons in righteousness and count it all joy.
(Available in audio!)

✨ “Of Wolf and Woman”–June 14, 2025
Flash Point Science Fiction | Fantasy | Flash Fiction
The cost of becoming the alpha is paid in more than just blood.

✨“It Takes A Galaxy”–March 1, 2025
Phano Magazine | Science Fiction | Short Story
Families come in all shapes and sizes…and species.

2024

✨ “Ms. Anaria’s Classroom Rules for W̶e̶l̶l̶-̶B̶e̶h̶a̶v̶e̶d̶ ̶K̶i̶n̶d̶e̶r̶g̶a̶r̶t̶n̶e̶r̶s̶ When Alien Ambassadors Dock with the Wrong Ship”–June 26, 2024
Nature Futures | Science Fiction | Flash Fiction
Alien ambassadors? Political coups? Sounds like a job for Ms. Anaria, the kindergarten teacher.

“She Chose the Dragon”–April 26, 2024
Wyrms II | Fantasy | Drabble
She chose the dragon.

“The Freedom That is Dragon”–April 26, 2024
Wyrms II | Fantasy | Drabble
Dragons are not born. They are made.

“By Any Other Name”–April 12, 2024
Programmed Hearts | Science Fiction | Drabble
With Love, From PostBot

“Sacrifice”–March 29, 2024
Drabbledark III | Horror | Drabble
He waited to count the scream.

✨ “They Will Dance Among Planets”–March 22, 2024
Flash Point Science Fiction | Science Fiction | Flash Fiction
Some legacies are meant for the stars.
-Nebula Recommended Reading List (2024)

✨ “The Fine Art of Spellweaving”–February 9, 2024
Stupefying Stories | Fantasy | Flash Fiction
The domestication of magical flora is not something to be taken lightly.

“Draconis astronomus” –January 26, 2024
Dragon Gems | Science Fiction | Short Story
Space is alive, and it’s filled with dragons.
-Nebula Recommended Reading List (2024)

2023

✨ “Her Solemn Duty” (Reprint)–August 30, 2023
MetaStellar | Fantasy | Flash Fiction
Her child was now grown, but a fairy godmother’s job was never over.
(Originally published in F(r)iction Dually Noted Nov. 2019)

✨ “The Dream Thief”–June 1, 2023
Factor Four Magazine | Fantasy | Flash Fiction
What would you do to escape the endless waking?

✨ “Kimi’s Fruit Stand for Dead Pirates and Privateers”—March 10, 2023
Haven Spec Magazine | Fantasy | Flash Fiction
She needed to be as close to the water as possible. That was where the ghosts were.
-Nebula Recommended Reading List (2023)

2022

✨ “The Post-Traumatic Scoville Diet” –September 23, 2022
Flash Point Science Fiction | Fantasy | Flash Fiction
Eating a poisoned apple can really mess you up.

“Peanut Butter Elegy”–September 1, 2022
Luna Station Quarterly | Fantasy | Short Story
When anything is possible, nothing bad can happen…and other lies I tell my daughter.