Fiction 2022-23

Short Fiction

• Therapy: Space (2023). Hellebore Press
• Take away the tears (2023). Elegant Literature, Vol 25. Reprint in MetaStellar
• Ceremony for a mouse not long gone (2023). Roi Fainéant
• Charity shop book (2023). Roi Fainéant
• Guided meditation: Accepting updates to your firmware (2023). Apex Magazine, Strange Machines Anthology. *Nominated for a British Fantasy Award (2024)
• Under the neon signs (2023). Trembling with Fear
• Violin exposure (2023). JAKE
• Fluid movements (2023). Free Flash Fiction
• Milk, slightly salty (2023). Rejection Letters
• Join with me tomorrow (2023). Utopia Science Fiction Magazine, Aug/Sept issue. *Nominated for a British Fantasy Award (2024)
• A surely incomplete history of Imperiala Genevieve Beatrice Vinistasia Schitz (2023). Milk Candy Review. *Nominated for a Pushcart Prize.
• After the Storm (2023). Litmora, Issue 0: Genesis
• Compost (2023). Sci-fi shorts. Reprint in MetaStellar.
• In the stillness (2023). The Stygian Lepus, Issue 4. CW: postnatal depression; infant death
• Wok and roll: Fatpacket sizzle (2023). Anthroposphere
• Close your windows soon, folks. The fog is on its way down, and it looks to be a thick one tonight (2023). Honeyguide Literary Magazine, Issue 6. *Nominated for a British Fantasy Award (2024)
• Fractures like windows and time (2023). Moss Puppy, Issue 4. Reprint in MetaStellar, The Stygian Lepus (Ed. 5), & 7th Circle Pyrite (Vol 1). CW: child death
• 10207 (2023). Elegant Literature, Vol 18. Reprints in MetaStellar and Radon (Issue 5)
• You ask what I want (2023). Roi Fainéant Literary Press
• Hobbies (2023). Roi Fainéant Literary Press
• Stella wears her hair in ringlets (2023). Sunlight Press
• Come back yesterday (2023). Elegant Literature, Vol 16. Reprint in Stygian Lepus (2023)
• Open lines (2023). Hammond House Publishing, International Literary Prize, second place award. Reprint in Piker Press (2023).
• Over and under the water (2023). Hammond House Publishing, Changes. CW: human trafficking
• Janice’s son (2023). Rejection Letters. Reprint in Free Flash Fiction (2023)
• Only babies cry when they get hurt (2023). Elegant Literature, Vol 15
• Penny (2022). Anansi Archive, Volume 3
• The cat in the chat (2022). Silver Apples Magazine, Cats Contest, second place

Microfiction

• It’s not us (2023). Martian Magazine
• Subject: Your recent order (2023). Roi Fainéant
• My name is (2023). Friday Flash Fiction
• Corrupted file (2023). Microfiction Monday
• It’s not us (2023). 101 Words
• Breakfast with family (2023). 101 Words
• It’s what’s on the inside (2023). Trembling with Fear, Horror Tree
• At the end of the tether (2023). Fairfield Scribes*micro*fiction
• Do you need a HoloDay? (2023). Microfiction Monday
• Refractory Period (2023). Friday Flash Fiction
• On the page (2023). Microfiction Monday
• Bloom (2023). Trembling with Fear, Horror Tree
• The bright side (2023). Five Minutes
• Out on the town (2023). Fairfield Scribes*micro*fiction
• Plane ride (2023). Fairfield Scribes*micro*fiction
• Self-protection (2023). Friday Flash Fiction
• I didn’t help the day you drove away (2023). Fairfield Scribes*micro*fiction
• Farm queens (2023). Microfiction Monday
• Unprotected (2023). Five Minutes

Poetry

• All in the name of research (2023). Roi Fainéant Literary Press
• Tis the season (2022). Free the Verse