Published Stories

All stories are freely available online, unless otherwise noted. Out-of-print items (o/p) may be available as a reprint or included in one of my collections (indicated with * or **).

  • Black Bear Lake*  Ginosko Literary Journal  No. 19, Summer 2017, pages 76-82
  • Thanatopsis*  The Fable Online  No. 22, September 2017, pages 28-42 (o/p)
  • One Night in Las Vegas*  Ragazine  Vol. 14 No. 1, January-February 2018
  • The Marsupial Rebellion**  Perspectives Magazine  June 2018, pages 34-37 (o/p)
    • Reprinted in The Bookends Review  January 2022
  • Edward’s Family  Borrowed Solace: A Journal of Literary Ramblings  Vol. 1 No. 3, Fall 2018, pages 87-103 (o/p)
    • Reprinted in Eunoia Review December 2023
  • Between Eleven and Midnight*  Remington Review  Fall 2018, pages 5-10
  • Waiting for Adonis*  Remington Review  Spring 2019, pages 47-50
  • Lydia*  Founder’s Favourites  No. 7,  June 2019, pages 13-15 (o/p)
  • Starstruck*  The Bookends Review  June 2019
  • Boys’ Night Out  Founder’s Favourites  No. 12, September 2020, pages 24-25 (o/p)
  • The Last Grave  Backchannels  Edition 6, Fall 2020
    • Reprinted in The Bookends Review  March 2023
    • Audio Version  February 2024 (Production: Kurt Benrud, Cast: Bryce Shipman, Monica Hoh)
  • In the Eye of the Beholder**  Waymark Literary Magazine  Issue No. 2, Fall/Winter 2020, pages 25-34
  • Breaking News**  Remington Review  Winter 2021, pages 45-58
  • An Elegy for Esmeralda**  Ginosko Literary Journal  No. 26, Spring 2021, pages 138-142
  • The Photoshoot**  Idle Ink  July 2021
  • Fooling the Boys**  The Medley  Issue Six, December 2021
  • Singapura**¹ Lowestoft Chronicle  #49March 2022
    • Reprinted in A Place to Pause : A Lowestoft Chronicle Anthology, March 2024 (Nicholas Litchfield, editor)
  • Sui Generis**  Idle Ink  March 2022
  • Room 405**  Fiction on the Web  April 2022
  • The Brothers Evanger**²  harambeeliteraryprize.com July 2022  (o/p) (website apparently defunct)
  • Border Incident  Lowestoft Chronicle  #52, December 2022
  • Winter Nights  The Broken City  Winter  Issue 31, Winter 2022, pages 8-9
  • Take Two  Backchannels  Edition 11, February 2023
  • Visions of Women in Long Dresses³  Backchannels  Edition 11, February 2023
  • Refugee Highway  Lowestoft Chronicle  #57, March 2024
  • Balcony Scene  Suddenly and Without Warning August 2024
  • The Scene Stealer  Discretionary Love April 2025
  • Darwin’s Énouement  Fiction on the Web June 2025
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    * 
    Appears in Santa Abella and Other Stories
    ** Appears in In the Eye of the Beholder (2025 American Legacy Book Award for Short Story Fiction)
    ¹
    Nominated for the Best American Short Stories 2023 & Pushcart Prize XLVIII: Best of the Small Presses.
    ² 2022 Harambee Literary Prize: First Runner-Up
    ³ 2023 Backchannels Fiction Prize: Third Place