Short Stories

The Consequences of Microwaving Styrofoam
PodCastle
Arthur absolutely does not want to be friends with Kelly. And then he does. And then he can’t.
Love Sharp Enough to Rend
The Dark
A mother who knows, knows, that her daughter did not drown. She was taken.


Prototype
Dark Matter Presents: Human Monsters
All you want is a kiss that feels real. That feels like someone loves you. You’re sure to find the right materials soon.
Nothing That Bleeds
Apex Magazine
A time loop in which there is a friend that you must/should/cannot save, and you discover that you have only so much to give.


You, But Only Sometimes
Factor Four Magazine
A series of chance and not-so-chance meetings in the rain, and what rain does to a person over the course of far too much time.
Drown, Degrade, Dissent
Dark Matter Magazine
An AI leaves their body to find their love…only their love is not quite what they expect, and what they’ve done isn’t so easy to shake off.


Witchbreaker
Beneath Ceaseless Skies
Breaking a skywitch isn’t too far off routine – but this one is going to take away everything Rennie fights to protect.
The Rising Wind of Your Name
Spirit Machine
A forgetful spirit, a half-trashed mech, and the mech’s desperate pilot carry out a hurricane rescue – only the pilot keeps calling the spirit by the wrong name, and the bonds of the summoning are steadily fraying for reasons the spirit can’t place.


Funeral Notes
Cossmass Infinities
Sidney has always known when someone is close to death by the perfume of a woman in a red dress, and so far she hasn’t saved a single one.
Pull
PodCastle
John cares for his failing wife, whose power to pull others into her memories becomes increasingly erratic.
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Static
Cossmass Infinities
A grumpy tween-ish girl is sent into the world to repair the computer she calls Mama.
Last Letters
Apocalyptic
In the aftermath of an apocalypse she doesn’t know about, Alice’s survival depends on the letters her dead mother left behind.
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Yellow and Pink
Writers and Illustrators of the Future Volume 36
Nathan Reed steals the opportunity to repeat his life and prevent his wife’s untimely death.
Story illustrated by Max Cavun
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