small wins
big lizard, hidden spider
An aging spider plans live out its last winter in a young woman's closet, but with the arrival of a kitten, the familiar, seedy life starts to knock.
My very first e-book, a partly illustrated novella, 2014. I never marketed it, but the Finalist award gave me the taste for blood.
just ask nicely
A stranded father and son find an elevator in the desert that leads to a strange room, where they get to ask the really deep questions.
Another quirky tale with a cat in it, it came out of a hackathon by Owl Canyon Press in Colorado which published the winning stories in their 2018 anthology.
smudge
New money beats old money in a party game of hypnosis, but Amos Winch won more than a pink slip when a memory he'd long buried returned, somehow alive and in the flesh.
My first foray into horror. I got the idea from an interesting smudge on a wall in Croatia. Shortlisted for a Liars League contest in 2020.
works in progress
unworthy
Peter's daydreams are starting to hurt and taste like the real thing, and the thing in his dream's seeping into his waking life. Perhaps he's not meant to find what he's looking for. Or is it looking for him? A psych horror based on the Akkadian origin tale, the Enuma Elish.
duka and the omelette of fate
300 years in the future, the war-beaten North has somehow reset to a medieval idyll. It's mildly radioactive but mostly harmless, and as Duka and his droid search for an old friend, they pick up a mysterious stowaway they can't get rid of. Episodic humor + sci-fi.
the entropy seed &
the stone egg
Unbeknownst to all, the Four Horsemen have arrived, but they're children and someone's trying to kill them, at the peril of the world. A second-world fantasy that takes world myths and pits them against corporate greed.