Short Stories/Prose

HORROR

Our Miss Engel
In 1909, a young schoolteacher gets a job at a Catholic girls' boarding school, only to find that her students are not what they seem. Available on Amazon, Smashwords, and other retailers. 

Zombies Anonymous
A horror tale about the aftermath of the zombie apocalypse. Many of the zombies have been cured... except for their craving for flesh. It was included in both a magazine and a horror anthology. The latter is available for free download here

La Tutayegua
The tale of a young Latino boy who meets a mysterious creature under a bridge, originally published in The SNReview. 

The Seven Wives of Richard Copeland
A story based on Lovecraft's "Pickman's Model." A black market arts dealer named Eva is hired to hunt down some of Pickman's work for a collector. Published in Schlock! Magazine (UK)

Last Suppers
A tale about a sin-eater living in the 1980s Midwest. 

A houseless man named David with a history of mental health issues suddenly finds that he has not one shadow, but two, and begins to hear a demonic voice. Published in The Abyss Magazine. 

Chronicles the friendship of two young girls as they navigate growing up and body image. CW: eating disorder and gore. Published in Schlock! Magazine (UK).  

Sally “Bootheel” Doyle, an outlaw on the run from the Sturges gang, gets lost in the desert and stumbles into the mining town of Mobley. There, she finds the population has been decimated by a terrifying alien threat, the remaining survivors holed up in a saloon. She has no choice but to join the people of Mobley as they make their last stand against a pack of man-eating monsters. But then, Emmett Sturges and his boys catch up to her. Among the citizens of Mobley, Sally finds unlikely allies and even admirers. If she can help them survive, maybe they’ll return the favor. Published in The Queer Weird West Tales anthology by LIBRAtiger (Australia).  

A man stranded on a deserted island is menaced by the local wildlife, including a mermaid. Published in the Meat for Tea Dahlia Issue.

A tech working in a sleep study clinic meets a very unusual patient. Published in Yellow Mama, Issue 94.  

A young woman named Mila Grunwald awakens with no memory of who she is, in the care of her well-to-do family. Her doctor and her parents tell her that she was in an accident, but she has no memory of that either. As Mila struggles to piece together who she is, strange things happen around the Grunwald home—nightmares, voices, and a mysterious young man lurking around the grounds. Published as part of Shoggoth.net's 2022 Horror Advent Calendar.

A Midwestern family's seemingly idyllic farm lies on the edge of a dark forest where strange creatures dwell, and those creatures demand offerings. Published in Death Nail Magazine, Issue 1

A ventriloquist has a strange obsession with his creations; flash fiction. Published in Death Nail Magazine, Issue 1

A little boy finds a mysterious hole in the sidewalk that grants wishes; flash fiction. Published in Death Nail Magazine, Issue 1

A retelling of Beauty and the Beast, set in the Louisiana swamps. Published in The Rumen Magazine


LITERARY

Phone Numbers and Addresses
A wrong number leads to an unexpected connection. 

Tomato Paste
A woman takes her elderly mother grocery shopping; flash fiction. 

Astronomical Events
The story of a retired couple whose stale marriage is revived by the discovery of an old telescope. Published in Ariel Chart

Mouse House
Pet-sitting leads a couple to expand their family; flash fiction.

Newton's Needle
Sir Isaac Newton reflects on his experiments with light; flash fiction.


ESSAY

Hanging Blood
A memoir piece I wrote about my husband being diagnosed with an autoimmune disorder that sent him into renal failure.


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