Autumn has arrived, and it’s time to collect this years fiction like so many sunset-colored leaves. So far, I’ve had five flash, three short stories, and one reprint published.
I was also lucky to be the guest editor of Hexagon Magazine’s Ironwood MYRIAD zine, a collection of five flash stories with unique forests and all their silver-barked wonder.
- Whistle in the Dark by Julia Shiota
- The Curse Uncursing by Elou Carroll
- Marty Hamilton, Robot Repair & Five Cent Psychiatric Help by Tannar Miller
- Fort/Forest/Fire/Free by Marie Baca Villa
- Be Still Iron Heart by Lyndsey Croal
And here is my own growing leaf pile of fiction:
Of Wood and Flame LUNA STATION QUARTERLY — Issue 052: The Tree Issue (fantasy, 4000 words)
Sometimes saplings asked to see her fire, crowding her, their stem-thin branches pointing to the flint swinging around her neck. Holly created sparks for them.
Subject: Scout Report of Exoplanet Solanine SHACKLEBOUND BOOKS — Planetside: Science Fiction Drabbles (sci-fi, 100 words)
A scout report about a hostile new frontier.
The hound-drones located freshwater in the Veins with branching rivers pulsing beneath infested rock.
Corpus tuberosum ‘Flesh-Eater’ Potato SOLARPUNK MAGAZINE — October “Solarpunk Halloween” Micro Fiction Winner (horror/dark fantasy, 250 words)
A plant guide for a unique potato variety.
Their many eyes are imperceptible but hungry, never blinking twice at the morals of their caregiver.
Two Brothers, One Stone ETHEREA MAGAZINE — Reprint — Issue 14, September 2022 (fantasy, 4500 words).
Two dwarven brothers search for a fallen comet. Originally published in DreamForge Anvil: Issue 1, January 2021.
The starry oak was one of the rarest of the great trees, and it had a sizeable hollow—almost a perfect circle. It was too small a passage for an ordinary man. For a dwarf, though, even in armor, it was only a tight squeeze.
The Hammer That Couldn’t Dream TREE & STONE MAGAZINE — Issue 4, September 2022 (fantasy, 1000 words)
About a dreamless warrior whose body is held together by clawplate armor.
There were few souls who didn’t consider visiting the Night Moth in a desperate hour. Hers was a legend old as the moon, a light drawn from falling shadows.
Daughter of the Great Whales HAVEN SPEC MAGAZINE — Issue 6, September 2022 (science fantasy, 4400 words)
A story with whale hearts and dead boats and battle-sisters. Included in Charles Payseur’s, Some Queer Short SFF.
The once great whales lurked beneath the sand, their metal skeletons hidden by the native palms, the cliff sides, and the plastic garbage of men that washed ashore each tide.
Feast or Famine Rulebook APEX MAGAZINE — Issue 133, September 2022 (fantasy, 250 words)
A rulebook for a game unlike any other.
This leaflet contains the rules for Feast or Famine. These game rules were written by the Harvester, also known as the goddess of death.
Mooncalf ZOOSCAPE — Issue 15, August 2022 (fantasy, 100 words)
A story of a dragon and her egg.
The moon is fat with silver the night men attack with metal teeth held in their hands.
All the Meanings of Her SOLARPUNK MAGAZINE — Micro Issue #2, August 2022 (sci-fi, 250 words)
An obituary defining a recently deceased loved one.
By the end, she weighed so little. A thin blade of Zoysia grass. Her face brown with the sun,
kissed by it and me season after season, until her last.
Charon’s Maidenhair Tea DEATHCAP & HEMLOCK — August 2022 (fantasy, 250 words)
A recipe for a tea best served at funerals and wakes.
A drink for bestowing the sight of Charon
Time, Wolf, Emit, Flow METAPHOROSIS MAGAZINE — June 2022 (fantasy, 5600 words)
A story named after four light-born shapeshifters who navigate a polluted world. Reviewed in Maria Haskins’ Short Fiction Roundup.
The gate was ancient. It had been built by the Shapers, made of metal and glass, as forbidding as the dusk and ungiving as winter.
A Daughter’s Aim HEXAGON SF MAGAZINE — Year Two Anthology, June 2022 (science fantasy, 3200 words)
About a hunt for a wounded dragon in the desert. Originally published in Hexagon Magazine: Issue 5, June 2021. Reviewed in Charles Payseur’s Quick Sips.
Mom was there, and then she wasn’t, a great searing hole in the world as big as the endless sky.
Becoming Human Again MARTIAN MAGAZINE — Issue 5, May 2022 (sci-fi, 100 words)
An android tries to escape a crippled spaceship.
I had been human once, years ago. Reborn to metal, programmed to treat ants of men like would-be gods. Yet I could still die.
Song of the White Trout MEDUSA TALES — Issue 1, May 2022 (science fantasy, 2500 words)
A father reunites with his long-sick daughter.
It was dark, the stars above a crowd of unfriendly strangers. The air smelled of kelp and mist and lost years.
Thank you for reading!
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