My microfiction horror story Scrapple is featured as the cold open on this week’s episode of The NoSleep Podcast. The story starts at 2:07. Listen for free on your favorite podcast app.
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“What It Feels Like to Die” published in Martian Magazine
My sci-fi drabble What It Feels Like to Die has been published in Issue 7 of Martian: The Magazine of Science Fiction Drabbles. When you wake up in a Rejuvenator, you don’t remember anything about how you died … even if someone killed you.
“Mama?” Madelyn asked. “What does it feel like to die?”
“It’s like falling asleep. Except when you fall asleep, you wake up in the same place. When you die, you wake up in a Rejuvenator.”
Three drabbles published in the Planetside anthology
Three of my sci-fi drabbles have been published in the Planetside anthology by Shacklebound Books.
- A sentient super-weapon laments its fate in A Whisper and a Scream
- An all-consuming thirst for knowledge consumes in Like a Moth to a Flame
- A pair of insurgents prepare a special surprise for the Nightwatch in Burn the Night
Three drabbles published in the Short Horror Stories anthology
Three of my horror drabbles, Curiosity Kills, The Fog of War, and Scrapple, have been published in the Short Horror Stories anthology by Shacklebound Books.
- Curiosity Kills tells the story of a cat who brings home an increasingly disturbing series of offerings to its owner.
- The Fog of War is about a WWI soldier and the horrors of trench warfare.
- Scrapple is the story of a battered woman and her abusive husband, and what happens when they stop off at a roadside diner for breakfast.
Nine drabbles published in the Nom Nom anthology
Nine of my horror drabbles have been published in the Nom Nom Halloween drabble anthology by Black Hare Press. The first six are originals; the other three are reprints.
- Sharp Candy. Look before you eat.
- Fresh Sushi. They taste best raw.
- Under Leaves. Bury me next.
- What Remains? Fucked around. Found out.
- Sending Hugs. Never look back.
- Practical Joke. You’ll die laughing.
- The Angel. Just like her mother.
- Curiosity Kills. Look what the cat dragged in.
- Third Eye. You can only keep two.
Read “He Has His Father’s Eyes” for free on Dark Moments
My drabble He Has His Father’s Eyes has been published in Dark Moments by Black Hare Press, for their Nephilim theme.
Three drabbles published in Drabbledark II
Three of my horror drabbles have been published in the Drabbledark II anthology by Shacklebound Books.
- Everything Your Know About Witches is about a witch being burned at the stake, who insists that everything her killer knows about witches is wrong.
- The Angel is about a father and daughter eating their last meal before the zombies come.
- The Last Fantasy is a sci-fi horror about a brain upload technician who browses through his beautiful patient’s mind drive in search of her deepest, darkest fantasies.
Two drabbles published in Dark Moments: Year Three
Two of my horror drabbles, Scrapple and The Fog of War, have been published in the Year Three anthology by Black Hare Press.
“Showtime” published in Dark Moments
My sci-fi circus drabble Showtime has been published in Dark Moments by Black Hare Press.
Listen to “Up on the Rooftop” on The NoSleep Podcast
My holiday microfiction Up on the Rooftop has been released by The NoSleep Podcast as part of their latest Sleepless Decompositions episode. The story starts at around 5:20 and runs a quick 60 seconds or so.
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