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May 2023 Publication

| June 8, 2023

I only had one story out in May 2023, and it’s a reprint, but it’s definitely worth checking out this story’s new home! My story, “Turning the Tide,” which first appeared at Daily Science Fiction, can now be found among other dark military sci-fi stories in Dread Space 2! My story is a very short flash piece […]

“Nochnaya Serenada” and “The Gift” Out Now!

| December 24, 2019

I’ve got a reprinted story, “Nochnaya Serenada,” out in the latest issue of Curiosities. This issue is a collection of World War II-era stories, so my Night Witches stories fit right in. You can read more about what I had to say about this story here. I’ve also got a Christmas-themed story out at The Bronzeville […]

A Story and a Poem

| December 5, 2019

I have both a story reprint and a new poem out recently! The story is “Far from Home,” which appears in the November 2019 issue of Frostfire Worlds. This one is available only in print. The poem is “Radiance and Obscurity (A Paradelle),” which appears in the November 2019 issue of Liquid Imagination. This one is one […]

“Justice is Blind” available in The Society of Misfit Stories Presents … Vol. 2

| September 18, 2018

The second volume of The Society of Misfit Stories Presents … is now out, and it includes my story, “Justice is Blind.” Bards and Sages Publishing originally published it as a stand-alone ebook, but now has compiled it with 34 other stories for an ebook and print book. The Society of Misfit Stories is specifically […]

Story Releases!

| February 8, 2018

My story, “Salt in Our Veins,” which originally appeared in Fae Visions of the Mediterranean, has been reprinted in the Goddesses of the Sea anthology from Fantasia Divinity Magazine & Publishing. I’m utterly in love with this cover, and I can’t wait to read the other stories, being a huge fan of things in the water that might […]

“Miasma” at Liquid Imagination

| August 30, 2016

My short story, “Miasma,” has just been reprinted by Liquid Imagination, along with a super creepy piece of artwork! This is a reprinted story that originally appeared in NonBinary Review in their King in Yellow issue. Oddly, I have a couple other King in Yellow stories or other projects in the works right now, or nearby […]

“A Dark Place” reprinted in Disturbed Digest

| June 15, 2016

I’m happy to announce that my story, “A Dark Place,” which was originally published at Fictionvale, is now available in the June 2016 issue of Disturbed Digest. This is the second of my stories that have been reprinted by Alban Lake Publishing, and I was really pleased with how nice the print version looked! Can’t wait […]

“Vodyanoi” reprinted in Outposts of Beyond

| April 7, 2016

My story, “Vodyanoi,” which originally appeared in Beyond Science Fiction last year, has been reprinted in the April 2016 issue of Outposts of Beyond, available here. If you missed it earlier, check it out now, in print or e-formats!

February 2016 recap

| February 25, 2016

I’ve decided to go ahead and do the February recap a few days early, and include the last few days of February on the March recap. By the numbers: Stories out at the beginning of the month: 18 Acceptances received: 1 Rejections received: 10 Stories withdrawn: 0 Resubmissions: 10 New Submissions: 1 Stories out at the end of the […]