My fiction
Here are my published works, with links to those you can read online. Just click on the story title. (I think I’ve killed all the links to stories that aren’t there anymore. Please let me know if I missed one.) I am making some of these available for Kindle via Amazon.com. If you want some of my short fiction for your Kindle, click here.
- Otrossius and the Drake Who Bothered No One, now available in the “Black Dragon, White Dragon” anthology from Ricasso Press.
- The Mask Oath, a Faceless Sons sword-and-sorcery story published in “Return of the Sword: An Anthology of Heroic Adventure” from Rogue Blades Entertainment.
- Gram’s Gift, a Faceless Sons story originally published in Amazing Journeys Magazine and reprinted in December 2008 in Residential Aliens.
- The Redemption of Calthus, a sword and sorcery story published in Flashing Swords No. 4. No longer available online.
- The Grey Mother, a Calthus story published in Flashing Swords No. 6. No longer available online.
- The Gods-Forsaken World, a Calthus story published in GrendelSong No.2 and reprinted (in a slightly different version) in Flashing Swords No. 8. This story was noted as an honorable mention in “The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror 2008,” edited by Ellen Datlow, Kelly Link and Gavin J. Grant.
- Bloodshrikes, a Calthus tale published in Staffs & Starships No. 2.
- The Fourth Knight’s Quest, a tale of questing among ghosts in Staffs & Starships No. 1
- The Bloated Curse, a Spider John sword-and-sorcery tale published in Flashing Swords. No longer available online.
- The Hungry Bottle, a Spider John sword-and-sorcery tale published in “The Goblin Market” CD-Rom anthology from Eggplant Productions, and reprinted with a better ending in Sword’s Edge.
- The Bigger They Are …, published in A Thousand Faces: The Quarterly Journal of Superhuman Fiction.
- Acid Man, published in A Thousand Faces: The Quarterly Journal of Superhuman Fiction.
- The Bloofer Lady, a horror story published in Down in the Cellar. No longer available online.
- The Blood of Thousands, a horror story published in Down in the Cellar. No longer available online.
- Tell’s Choice, a ghostly take on the William Tell legend published in Every Day Fiction, reprinted in “The Best of Every Day Fiction 2008.”
- Monochrome, a weird little science fiction horror piece published in Every Day Fiction, reprinted in “The Best of Every Day Fiction 2008.”
- Invincible, a sword-and-sorcery flash piece published in Every Day Fiction, reprinted in “The Best of Every Day Fiction 2008.”
- Waiting to Pounce, a horror story published Dec. 3, 2008, in Every Day Fiction.
- Otrossius in the Nest of Fire, a humorous sword-and-sorcery story published in Big Pulp. No longer available online.
- The Temple of Squoad, an Otrossius story in “The Book of Tentacles” from Sam’s Dot Publishing.
- The First Casualty, a fantasy story published in Electric Spec.
- Snake Eyes, a sword-and-sorcery tale in the “Freehold: Southern Storm” anthology from now-defunct Carnifex Press.
- Shedding Skin, a sword-and-sorcery tale in the “Freehold: The Protector” anthology from now-defunct Carnifex Press.
- Two Kings in Zalzalla, published in All Possible Worlds No. 2.
- Zeerembuk, a demonic tale originally published in “Clash of Steel 3: Demon” from now-defunct Carnifex Press, and reprinted in Flashing Swords. No longer available online.
More to come …
