Readers beware: body horror is a given for most of these stories.

 

Hauntings, Too, Transition. Fiction. 6.5k words. Anon grapples with grief, depression, dysphoria, and the ghost of his favorite cousin. Published by The Hellebore in 2020.

 

Machina Ex Machina. Fiction. 5k words. Rosalinda realizes that the one threat bigger than her boyfriend is his wicked, sentient car. CW: abuse, dysmorphia. Published in Vox et Liber's "Graveyard Visits Vol 1" in 2020; reprinted in The Dread Machine in 2023.

In the Pines. Fiction. 5.5k words. Halloween takes a turn for the stressful and strange after a young couple drunkenly enters the woods at night. Published by Prismatica in 2020.

 

Müllerian Mimicry. Fiction. 2.5k words. A couple's home renovations go on hold when an inhuman doppelganger begins stalking them. Published by Catapult in 2021.

 

This Ocean is of Grass. Fiction. 3.6k words. Small-town pettiness, bigotry, and feldgeisters test a high school trio’s friendships. CW: racism. Published by Slippage Lit in 2021.

 

​​​​​​​la guadaña amorosa. Fiction. 4.8k words. Curandera-in-training Gata Constanza comes of age while reckoning with a hanahaki curse. Published by Somos En Escrito in 2021. 

 

Stand Not At Your Grave. Fiction. 2.7k words. Fifteen-year-old Lucy, ravenous for attention herself, struggles to feed her undead sister's ever-growing appetite. CW: past preteen death, colonialism. Published by The Dark Sire in 2022; Brave New Weird 2022 shortlister.

 

Angel of the Ceilingless Sky. Fiction. 1.3k words. A viscera-hungry alien goes to Catholic mass. Winner of the Cinema and Sin contest. Published by Wrongdoing Magazine in 2022.

 

To Know, Biblically. Microfiction. 300 words. The seraph on Grindr has strong opinions. Published by Rune Bear Magazine in 2022.

 

Arachnophobia. Fiction. 3.7k words. Haroldo Arguelles’ transformation into a spider puts him at odds with his crush. Published in Prismatica's Hallow-zine in 2022.

 

the ninth circle. Fiction. 3.5k words. While the legal battle over her mother’s hit-and-run drags on, Sharon suffers an unnatural pregnancy. Published by Wrongdoing Magazine in 2022.

 

Slush Pile. Microfiction. 100 words. Anon despairs over their superpower and their thankless job. Published by Hungry Shadows Press in 2022.

 

The Halved World. Fiction. 4.2k words. An ex-con returns home to tend their family garden alone, with disastrous results. Published in the Strange Weeds charity anthology in 2022; reprinted in Neon Hemlock’s “We're Here: The Best Queer Speculative Fiction 2022” in 2023 and in The Skull & Laurel in 2024.

 

Sin Eater Services His Own Funeral. Microfiction. 50 words. Exactly how it sounds. Published by Fifty Word Stories in November 2022.

 

It Who Wears My Sister’s Skin. Fiction. 6k words. Jasmine’s religious family implodes after a shapeshifter oozes into their midst. CW: violent animal death. Published by body fluids in 2022.

 

Septicemia. Flash fiction. 1k words. A dying house chooses violence. Published by Ilinix Literary Magazine in December 2022; reprinted by MOUTHFEEL FICTION in 2023.

 

(Laurel) Hell Is Real. Fiction. 2.2k words. A pair of preteens confronts their history in a swamp. Published by Lavender Bones Magazine in 2022.

 

Girlish Duties. Microfiction. 361 words. Two girls attempt a resurrection. Published by Carmen et Error in 2023. Best of the Net 2024 finalist.

 

3'2" and 30 lbs. Creative nonfiction. 1k words. On dead first grade classmates and movie nights. CW: referenced child murder / abuse, decomposition. Published by Rejection Letters in 2023.

 

Antlered Answers. Fiction. 5k words. Two teenage cryptid hunters grapple with their budding sexualities on a jackalope hunt. Published by #EnbyLife Journal in 2023.

 

Another Sealbride. Fiction. 7k words. Finlay Muir’s quest for a selkie wife ends in disaster when he encounters an equally unwell selkie who hunts for human husbands. CW: implied sexual abuse of a minor, gaslighting, abuse. Published by A Coup of Owls in 2023.

 

Food Desert. Microfiction. 500 words. A kelpie grapples with starvation in an abandoned Appalachian mine. Published by Hearth & Coffin in 2023.

 

Antropófago. Fiction. 1.4k words. On self consumption, pork chop seasoning, and neurodivergence. CW: self mutilation. Published by Hearth & Coffin in 2023.

 

Oyogaseru. Fiction. 4.1k words. Highschool outcast Hiroe is horrified to discover a corpse near her school. The corpse is thrilled. CW: referenced child murder, decomposition. Published in the Eerie River "Water" anthology in 2023.

 

The Alchemy of Apoptosis. Fiction. 4k words. Young alchemist Yuri Demikhov runs afoul of grief and cosmic canine ghosts. CW: alcoholism, animal experimentation. Published by body fluids in 2023.

 

Colossus. Fiction. 2.7k words. Malevolent frontier wind and dysmorphia make for an explosive mixture. CW: eating disorder. Published by The Stygian Lepus in 2023; reprinted by Inner Worlds in 2024.

 

PENNSYLVANIA FURNACE (Refrain). Fiction. 2.6k words. Regarding a folklore enthusiast, a Harlan miner’s ghost, and a pack of hunting hounds. CW: violent animal death. Published by Archive of the Odd in 2023. Brave New Weird 2023 shortlister.

 

Mitosis. Fiction. 2k words. Foster kid Necalli’s sixteenth birthday culminates in unexpected guts, gore, and creation. Published in A Coup of Owls’ “Other & Different” anthology in 2023.

 

Home Improvement. Microfiction. 100 words. An earwig negotiates with her human landlord. Published by Hungry Shadows Press in 2023.

 

Aberration. Fiction. 4.3k words. A chronically ill person and a chronically ill house are a bad combination. CW: ableism, abuse. Published by ergot. press in 2023.

 

Brainworms. Fiction. 3.7k words. A young man begrudgingly confronts talking centipedes and unlife post-suicide. CW: homophobia, explicit suicide description / discussion, animal death. Published by body fluids in 2023.​​​​​​; reprinted in Psychopomp's "AFTERLIVES: Best Death Stories of 2023" in 2024.

 

bluebell ovipositor. Fiction. 1.3k words. A student’s attempt to hook up with her engaged entomology classmate goes awry. CW: maggots. Published by Seize the Press in 2023.

 

Endling. Fiction. 1.7k words. That massive, starving mermaid shouldn’t be on this little island. Published in Horns & Rattles Press’ “Fish Gather to Listen” anthology in 2023.

 

entrada. Flash fiction. 1k words. Regarding completely normal sex and the holes it makes. Published by TOWER Magazine in 2023.

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dermestarium. Fiction. 2.1k words. Sergio handles his family's (literal) hereditary rot in some unorthodox ways. Published by ergot. in 2023.

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Gorgoneion Knot. Fiction. 1k words. Perseus, inspired by his mother, chooses a different route. Published in Improbable Press’ “Anna Karenina Isn’t Dead” anthology in 2024.

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famine frontier. Microfiction. 100 words. Hungry locusts change a couple’s lives. Published by Hungry Shadows Press in 2024.

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limerence. Flash fiction. 1k words. On bog bodies, love, longing, and the creeping inevitable. Published by Flash Fiction Online in 2024.

 

Crypsis. Fiction. 3.1k words. A small mammal ecologist confronts the creature stalking their field sites. Published in Aphotic Realm’s “Sonoran Horror” anthology in 2024.

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Less Dead. Microfiction. 300 words. On runaways, crime, and strange animals. Published by X-R-A-Y Literary Magazine in 2024.

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Poolhorse. Flash fiction. 1k words. Something equine and hungry lurks in the condemned indoor pool. Winner of Death Knell Press’ Flash on the Fly contest in Summer 2024.

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BLIGHT. Fiction. 3k words. When an Appalachian community clashes with a grove of sentient chestnut trees, tragedy strikes. Published in A Coup of Owls’ “Other Worlds” anthology in 2024.

monsoon season / Amblypygi’s lament. Microfiction. 100 words. A tailless whip scorpion frets about their discovery. Published by Honey Literary in 2024.

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EGREGORE. Fiction. 2.1k words. Regarding rotten girls, maybe-people, and a strange figure in a dilapidated club. Published by ergot. in 2024.

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Ecdysis. Fiction. 3k words. The shepherd and her ex-lindworm spouse struggle with mundanity. Published by PodCastle in 2024.

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Twilight Tide. Fiction. 4k words. After years of estrangement, Opal’s husband contacts her from beneath the sea. To be published in Dark Matter Presents: “The Off-Season” in 2024.

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Cherubim Crushed On I-10. Flash fiction. 800 words. Celestial roadkill distracts a commuter. To be published by The Drabblecast in 2024.