Below is a list of my writing. Most of them are short fiction. Clicking on the links will open a new browser window. (Please let me know if any links are broken or do not open in a new browser window.)
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Publication History
| Mar.2022 | “Phone Zombies” – 50-Word Stories |
| Jan.2021 | Graphic Novel Review: Altered Carbon – Download Blues – Grimdark Magazine |
| Aug.2020 | “A Recipe” – 50-Word Stories |
| May.2019 | “Same Old New Year” – Needle In The Hay, shortlisted for The New Years Ablutions Award |
| Apr.2019 | “Washing” – 50-Word Stories |
| Mar.2019 | “It’s a Small World” – 50-Word Stories |
| Jan.2019 | “The Consultant” – 50-Word Stories |
| Dec.2018 | “The Run” – 50-Word Stories |
| Sep.2018 | “The Neighboring…” – Needle In The Hay, shortlisted for My Neighbour TL:DR Award “It” – 50-Word Stories |
| Aug.2018 | “War Crimes” – Needle In The Hay, shortlisted for The Death and Public Speaking Award |
| Jun.2018 | Quoting Others Doesn’t Always Make You Look Smart – Busybird Publishing “For the Love of Perverts” – Needle In The Hay, third place for The Don McCrady Invitational Award |
| May.2018 | “She’s Back” – 50-Word Stories |
| Apr.2018 | “Sending…” – 50-Word Stories |
| Mar.2018 | “Enjoying Retirement” – 50-Word Stories |
| Jan.2018 | “Railroaded” – 50-Word Stories “Kill Him Now!” – Needle In The Hay, winner of The Deus Ex Lover Award |
| Dec.2017 | “New Beginnings” – 50-Word Stories |
| Nov.2017 | “Death’s Meal Deal” – 50-Word Stories Anime Review: Kingslaive: Final Fantasy XV – Grimdark Magazine “Hands on Deck” – a cyberpunk short story for MiTo’s Laser GMK Products “Wish” – 50-Word Stories |
| Sep.2017 | “The Angel Said…” – 50-Word Stories |
| Aug.2017 | “A Time with You” – Aphelion “Out” – 50-Word Stories |
| Jul.2017 | “A Lifetime of Dishes” – 50-Word Stories |
| Jun.2017 | “GLX-23 FAQ” – Needle In The Hay, winner of FAQ Quest Award “The Guitarist” – 50-Word Stories |
| May.2017 | “Death in the Air” – 50-Word Stories Anime Review: Texhnolyze – Grimdark Magazine “Death to the Fight” – Needle In The Hay, shortlisted for The Protest Pro Test Award |
| Mar.2017 | “Journalist Diligently Commits Suicide” – Needle In The Hay, winner of The Fake News Real Fiction Award “Too Bad For Nick” – 50-Word Stories |
| Feb.2017 | “Day 731” – 50-Word Stories “Meditations on Death” – 50-Word Stories |
| Dec.2016 | “Slide Ruler” – Aphelion (reprint, Best of 2016) |
| Nov.2016 | “The Oak Tree” – 50-Word Stories “Slide Ruler” – Aphelion |
| Oct.2016 | “Stay or Go” – Dark Fire Fiction (reprint) “Artificially Correct” – 50-Word Stories |
| Aug.2016 | “All Wars Are Personal” – 50-Word Stories |
| Jun.2016 | “SkullBook” – Needle In The Hay, winner of Bertie Beats The Tweets Award “Do Astronomers Dream of Electric Octopi?” – Aphelion, third place for June 2016 Flash Fiction Contest |
| Apr.2016 | “Unearthed” – Aphelion, third place for April 2016 Flash Fiction Contest “The Ceremony” – 50-Word Stories |
| Mar.2016 | “Love Thy Ministers” – Aphelion “Till Death Do Us In” – Needle In The Hay, co-second place for What We Talk About When We Talk About Love Award |
| Feb.2016 | “Twinkle, Twinkle” – Leading Edge Magazine, Top 20 in the 2015 Flash Fiction Contest “The Caretaker” – 50-Word Stories “The Bored Drummer” – Cicatrix Publishing “Mr Wolf” – Cicatrix Publishing “Dear Diary” – Cicatrix Publishing |
| Jan.2016 | “The Seeker” – 50-Word Stories |
| Nov.2015 | “The Long Path” – Flash! Friday, honorable mention for Vol 3-49 “Death Trap” – Aphelion, winner of September/October 2015 Flash Fiction Contest “To Mars with a Blast” – Needle In The Hay, shortlisted for The ‘Mars’ Award “Bernie Connor?” – Needle In The Hay, shortlisted for The Barry + Barry Award |
| Oct.2015 | “Death of Tradition” – 50-Word Stories “Dr Geung Si” – Aphelion |
| Sep.2015 | “Jessica’s Recipe” – Positive Words Magazine, shortlisted for July 2015 Mini-Competition “Death and a Salesman’s Cousin” – Needle In The Hay, winner of The Custom Rims Award “Above & Below” – Needle In The Hay, shortlisted for The Woolf’s Peak Award “Stay” – 50-Word Stories |
| Aug.2015 | “Trains” – The Story Shack “Crashes” – Flash! Friday, Second Runner Up for Vol 3-36 “Waste Management” – Aphelion, winner of July 2015 Flash Fiction Contest |
| Jul.2015 | “Flash Burn” – The Angry Hourglass, honorable mention for Round 71 “It Means Jack” – Needle In The Hay, shortlisted for The Animate Material Award “Spells of Fury – Season 4 Review” – Needle In The Hay, shortlisted for The Clone Ebert Award “Food, Glorious Food” – Perihelion “The Community Project” – Aphelion, winner of May/June 2015 Flash Fiction Contest “CYchopath” – Needle In The Hay, shortlisted for The Gibson Bigend Award “Mikey and Poopheads” – Pure Pooetry |
| Jun.2015 | “Elevator #4” – Needle In The Hay, shortlisted for The Misery Horror Fiction Contest “Squid-K” – Needle In The Hay, shortlisted for Open Spaces Sci-Fi Contest “Spelling Lesson” – 50-Word Stories “The Immodesty Virus” – Positive Words Magazine, winner of January 2015 Mini-Competition “The Light of Memory” – 365 tomorrows |
| May.2015 | “SNAFU: Bentos, Electronics and Selective Memory” – Needle In The Hay, shortlisted for The Dallas Lawyers Club Short Story Contest |
| Apr.2015 | “Unforgiven” – 50-Word Stories “Spare Parts” – 365 tomorrows “Eastwick & Down 3: The Darkest Dark Pyramid” – Needle In The Hay, shortlisted for The Witches Hat Fantasy Contest “Gate Network Expands to the Delta Quadrant!” – Needle In The Hay, second place for The Linkbait & Switch Sci-Fi Contest “The Flight” – 101 Words “A Nice Day” – Aphelion |
| Mar.2015 | “Disturbing Shoppers” – 101 Words “The Abomination” – Needle In The Hay, shortlisted for The Grotesque Portrait Award “The Approach” – 50-Word Stories |
| Feb.2015 | “Guaranteed Pleasure” – 101 Words “To Shoot/Not To Shoot” – Needle In The Hay, winner of The I/O M/F/? Award “Aim High” – Needle In The Hay, shortlisted for The Burn Your Editor Award “The Tree” – 50-Word Stories |
| Jan.2015 | “Martha’s Day” – Needle In The Hay, shortlisted for The Bechamel Test Award “The Uranus Journal – Bestsellers of 2020” – Needle In The Hay, winner of The Visions of 2020 Award |
| Dec.2014 | “Love Me Tender” – 50-Word Stories “Safety Blitz” – 50-Word Stories “Dance Class” – 101 Words |
| Nov.2014 | “The Useless Suspects” – 50-Word Stories, winner of Moustache Memoirs Contest “The Staircase” – Microfiction Monday Magazine “Replacement Guilt” – Shotgun Honey “Grading on a Curve” – Needle In The Hay, shortlisted for The Normal Success! Award “The Expedition” – Microfiction Monday Magazine “Pillow” – Positive Words Magazine, co-winner of June 2014 Mini-Competition |
| Oct.2014 | “A Flood of Encouragement” – 50-Word Stories “Just Another Patrol” – Needle In The Hay, second place for The Lord Grimdark Award |
| Sep.2014 | “Spurnerella” – 50-Word Stories “Thickened Water” – 50-Word Stories “Care Factor” – 50-Word Stories |
| Jul.2014 | “Civil Disobedience” – 50-Word Stories |
| Jun.2014 | “The Scene” – The Story Shack “The Unveiling” – 50-Word Stories |
| May.2014 | “A Lovely Day” – 50-Word Stories, honorable mention for Spring Stories Contest |
| Apr.2014 | “The Show” – 50-Word Stories “Nothing Clean” – Needle In The Hay, shortlisted for The Forever Ending Story Award “Word Limit” – 50-Word Stories |
| Dec.2013 | “U.F.P., Bajor slam Cardassia’s ‘destabilizing’ move on Bajoran space” – Needle In The Hay, shortlisted for The Broken Bad Award |
| Nov.2013 | “Fried Eggs” – Needle In The Hay, shortlisted for The Laugh Out Loud Award |
| Oct.2013 | “The Blazer” – Needle In The Hay, shortlisted for The Farewell Hiroshi Award |
| Sep.2013 | “The Department” – Needle In The Hay, shortlisted for The Welcome Aboard Award |
| Aug.2013 | “The Speed of Exposure” – winner of Bloomsbury Short Sentence: Payback “Grandfather’s Pastries” – Positive Words Magazine, co-winner of April 2013 Mini-Competition “Prudence Demands…” – The Story Shack (reprint) |
| Jul.2013 | “Lilac” – The Story Shack “Stay or Go” – Running Out Of Ink: Issue No. 9 “Legacy” – The Flashing Type: Issue #2 “Noises” – The Flashing Type: Issue #2 |
| Jun.2013 | “3 + 4” – Needle In The Hay, shortlisted for The Our Motives Are Benign Award “The Fake and the Furious” – Needle In The Hay, shortlisted for The Adrian’s Duel Award |
| May.2013 | Error: 410 – Australian Short Films “The Line” – Needle In The Hay, shortlisted for The Ferdinand Hodler Award “The Delivery” – Needle In The Hay, shortlisted for The Full Drone Award |
| Apr.2013 | “Prudence Demands…” – Needle In The Hay, shortlisted for The Glass Refrigerator Award “Glory to the Olives” – Needle In The Hay, shortlisted for The RE:RE Award |
| Mar.2013 | “The Cosmic Virus” – Needle In The Hay, shortlisted for The Webmaster Award “No Hard Feelings” – Needle In The Hay, winner of The Gramophone Electric Award |
| Feb.2013 | “Stocking” – Positive Words Magazine, shortlisted for December 2012 Mini-Competition |
| Jan.2013 | “The Verity Records” – Needle In The Hay, shortlisted for The Prelude Award |
| Dec.2012 | “et responde mihi” – Needle In The Hay, shortlisted for The Mayan Invitational Award “Purgatory High” – Needle In The Hay, shortlisted for The Youth Award |