Taking our skeletons out of the closet
and putting them in the garden.

I write lots of short stories.
Some of them get published.
Here are the latest.

Coming Soon

"Fishwife," Nightmare Magazine, forthcoming.
A damp foray into Lovecraftian horror.

"The Art of Homecoming," Asimov's Science Fiction, July 2013.
If you don't have a home, you make one.

"Game of Chance," Unfettered, ed. Shawn Speakman, forthcoming in 2013.
This is how you change the world, with the roll of the dice.

"Raisa Stepanova," Dangerous Women, ed. George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois, forthcoming.
A Soviet fighter pilot in 1943 wants more than anything to become the first women fighter ace in the world.

Now Available

"Harry and Marlow Meet the Founder of the Aetherian Revolution," The Mad Scientists Guide to World Domination, ed. John Joseph Adams, February 2013.
Another in the series of steampunk stories about an alternate Britain -- with aliens.

"Harry and Marlow Escape the Mechanical Siege of Paris," Lightspeed, February 2013.
This tells the story of how Harry and Marlowe first meet.

"Astrophilia," Clarkesworld, July 2012.
At some point after the apocalypse, you have the move forward.

"The Arcane Art of Misdirection," Hex Appeal, ed. P.N. Elrod, June 2012.
Odysseus Grant in the spotlit this time. A Kitty-world story.

"Now Purple With Love's Wound," Brave New Love, ed. Paula Guran, February 2012.
Love is all about choosing, isn't it?

"Harry and Marlow and the Talisman of the Cult of Egil," Lightspeed, February 2012.
Harry and Marlow, in an alternate 19th century, push the envelope.

"Don Quixote," Armored, ed. John Joseph Adams, forthcoming.
A pair of journalists witness the close of the Spanish Civil War, and make a discovery.

"It's Still the Same Old Story," Down These Strange Streets, ed. George R.R. Martin and Gardner Dozois, November 2011.
This is a story about Rick.

"Defining Shadows," Those Who Fight Monsters, ed. by Justin Gustainis, Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy, March 2011.
This features Detective Hardin investigating a very strange murder.

"Rooftops" Songs of Love and Death: Tales of Star-crossed Love, ed. George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois, November 2010.
Think twice about falling in love with a superhero.

"Ghost Girl Takes Manhattan" Wild Cards: Volume 1, ed. George R. R. Martin, November 2010.
A new story in a re-release of the original Wild Cards book!

"Amaryllis," Lightspeed Magazine, debut issue, June 2010.
A post apocalyptic story about home and hope. Read this story online!
**"Amaryllis" has been nominated for a Hugo Award for 2011!**

"God's Creatures" Dark and Stormy Knights, ed. P.N. Elrod, July 2010.
See what Cormac is up to when he's not in the Kitty books.

"Wild Ride" Running with the Pack, ed. Ekaterina Sedia, May 2010.
A Kitty-world story -- T.J.'s origin, revealed.

"The Girls from Avenger" Warriors, ed. Gardner Dozois and George R.R. Martin, March 2010.
The WASP fight battles at home.

"Kitty Learns the Ropes" Full Moon City, ed. Darrell Schweitzer, March 2010
Kitty sees how lycanthropy affects pro sports. Specifically, boxing.

"Just Another Word" Realms of Fantasy, April 2010
In which Janis Joplin meets the Queen of Faerie, because I'm quite sure she did.

Read These Stories Here!

"Amaryllis," Lightspeed Magazine, debut issue, June 2010.
A post apocalyptic story about home and hope.

"Conquistador de la Noche" Subterranean Online, ed. Gardner Dozois, Spring 2009.
It's the origin story of Rick the vampire! Where did he come from, and did he really know Coronado?

"The Bravest of Us Touched the Sky" Talebones 29, Winter 2004
In 1943, two WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilots) embark on a secret mission with unexpected consequences .

"In Time" Talebones 21, Spring 2001
Emily Dickinson and her dog Carlo have one last adventure.
**Received an Honorable Mention in the 19th Annual Year's Best Science Fiction, edited by Gardner Dozois.**