It’s yet again that season that all authors love to loathe: when we offer up our published works for the year in hopes that some ordinary literary hero will read them, nominate them, and vote for them in the major awards. Reader, I am no different. Humbly, my works from 2025:
The Extra
The Outsiders Sequence Book #1
long fiction/novella (24,600 words)
psychological horror, science fiction, thriller, suspense
Shortwave Publishing
Ten people head out on a backpacking trip,
but the first night eleven set up camp. Everyone remembers everyone else. Who is the extra?
“A Song of Being Left Behind”
short fiction (4,100 words)
horror, fantasy, weird, literary fiction
F(r)iction Issue #25: Fairytales
A woman who’s lost her partner in an unfathomable accident lays an egg, and must then contend with the wonder and horror of what, exactly, one does with an egg.
“The Grief Machines”
short fiction (6,200 words)
literary fiction
Swing Magazine, Vol. 2, Issue 1
When Melanie Breck’s partner dies in a shark attack, she’s left floundering in grief that everyone else seems to know how to navigate. Caught in the machinery of others’ traditions, she has to find her own way to cope with the loss of her love.
“The Bundles”
poem (35 lines)
horror, dark fantasy
Driving home in the wee hours of the night, our narrator sees an exodus of figures from the houses in their neighborhood, each one carrying or pulling along a child-sized bundle. The figures walk in a trance to some unknown destination, and the narrator rushes home hoping to find their babies safe.
It’s been a true joy to have these works reach readers this year.
If you’re a nominating/voting member of an organization that runs any of the major awards and would like a digital copy of one of my works for consideration, please reach out with your email! And for anyone who’s interested in these works in general, just click on the cover images to find where you can order a copy.
Thank you so much!
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