Excerpt: “As though reading my thoughts, Bly-Eye hunched into the aisle toward me, his face serious. ‘So, Gary. You want to see the nocturnal, carnivorous rose?’…”
Thrice Petrified, novella. JM Williams and Brianna Summers, eds. Of Metal and Magic Publishing. (July 2025)
Excerpt: “My stomach churned again with thoughts of meat, hunting, the loud crack of a stone heart … and the rage in Shone’s eyes now, and what else might happen if I allowed it…”
Excerpt: “Any class reunion would stir up old emotions—long-encapsulated memories hauled up and dropped down the chute of consciousness. But this was more. This was heavier. It had been barreling toward her for the past five years, ever since that night…”
Nominated for the Pushcart Prize
“Ree in the Domain of Scavengers,” Sun Rising Short Stories. Jocelyn Pontes, Catherine Taylor, Gillian Whitaker, Jemma North, and Simran Aulakh, eds. Flame Tree Publishing. (November 2024)
Excerpt: “Before the lightning struck me, I worshipped the Sun and lesser gods like everyone else did. Sun meant respite from the grinners, whose sharp sense of smell and sharper teeth kept us cowering at night in our stilted huts…”
Excerpt: “I may not have believed in the horseshoe nor the bread, but I believed in duende, the demon within, that primal connection to all the agony and ecstasy ever felt by any other human, those alive now or long before us. People had asked me plenty of times if I’d experienced it, but conjuring it? How does one begin to answer such a question?…”
“In Defence of Plant Life,” On Spec Magazine, Issue #128, Vol. 34, No. 2. Diane Walton, ed. The Copper Pig Writers’ Society. (June 2024)
Excerpt: “I gazed at the violated ecosystem, whiffing that unplaceable scent, my mind tangled on a single thought: How could it have shattered from the inside?…”
“The Sphynx’s Blind Date,” Wyld Flash. Mark Bilsborough and Sandra Davis Baker, eds. Wyldblood Press. (March 2024)
Excerpt: “But the longer he spoke, the more I itched to put him in his place. Keep him at a distance. Build up some walls, one might say—especially my date. He knew all about walls…”
Reprinted in Solstitia, Issue 3: coffeeshop!AU (alternate universe). Sara Carothers and Lilly Ellison, eds. Fiction Fans. (June 2025)
“The Galapagos Widows,” LatineLit, Vol. 2, Issue 2, Spring 2023. Russ López, ed. (April 2023)
Excerpt: “Early one morning, as my grandfather approached the building to start his workday, a chilling sound met his ears. Wailing—faint at first, like the humid mist drifting over the Guayas, clouding his perception, then growing louder. A dark throng moved into view…”
Nominated for the Pushcart Prize
“The Sauce Packet King of the West Hills,” MYRIAD, Remnant issue. Jordan Hirsch and JW Stebner, eds. Hexagon SF Magazine. (January 2023)
Excerpt: “I met the young woman in the remains of Forest Heights, among the crumbling mansions with views of the deep blue evergreens and the silent highway and light rail tracks far below us…”
Forthcoming: Reprint in Small Wonders. Cislyn Smith and Stephen Granade, eds. (January 2026)
Excerpt: “I hold the crayon to the mirror, ready to swipe it across my reflection’s neck just as my husband, Tomas, instructed. Make a quick horizontal line, then break the crayon against the glass. Snap it like you would your reflection’s neck…”
“Midnight for Clementine,” Christmas Gothic Short Stories. Catherine Taylor, Gillian Whitaker, Josie Karani, and Taylor Bentley, eds. Flame Tree Publishing. (October 2022)
Excerpt: “I watched the ornaments blink around, confused by the eerie, unfamiliar glow. My seven sisters, the other Christmas dolls, scratched their yarn hair and rubbed their porcelain faces with porcelain hands. Cloth met cloth as Clementine’s rag arm nudged my torso…”
Excerpt: “Air had seeped from it with painstaking slowness, deepening its crinkles. Strange how something that used to swell and take up so much space, once hollowed, could attract more attention with the depressions that formed…”
Reprinted in Night to Dawn 43. Barbara Custer, ed. Night to Dawn Magazine & Books LLC. (January 2023)
“Desert Locks,” GigaNotoSaurus. LaShawn M. Wanak, ed. (May 2020)
Excerpt: “Through the fine mesh of my mask, I studied the woman strolling through the marketplace and wondered if she knew where I could find one of my people. Her bald head reminded me of a brown hen’s egg. Her face resembled those of the gleaners all around us, eyes lost in an expanse of forehead without eyebrows to anchor them…”
Excerpt: “Of all the carousel steeds, only Sea Horse boasted such fine aquamarine paint, not our bland neutrals. From my spot behind the bench next to him, I strained to watch his half laughing, half snarling face…”
Reprinted in Draw Down the Moon. Elizabeth Bridges and Lori Michelle Hawks, eds. Propertius Press. (August 2022)
“DEZLON-182-D’s Scrapbook,” Harbinger PressFlash Fiction Fridays, B.C. Palmer and Marie Robinson, eds. Harbinger Press. (January 2020)
Excerpt: “ ‘What do you think of my project?’ Her eye-bulbs shone brighter than usual. She folded her gray hands expectantly…”
“Warren,” 87 Bedford, Lichen Han and Jane Luo, eds. (December 2019)
“Fellscorpe and the Wishing Well,” Heroic Fantasy Quarterly, Issue 42. Adrian Simmons, David Farney, William Ledbetter, James Frederick William Rowe, Barbara Barrett, and Arien Skiba, eds. (November 2019)
Excerpt: “I’ve faced rivals including sorcerers on a rampage and armored beasts as thick as ten knights. But I don’t recall my heart racing quite like this…”
Reprinted in The Wandering Tavern podcast, episode 6, Will Smith, ed. Read by Will Smith. (September 2020)
“Bone Chill of a Too-Wide Smile,” Thrilling Words, Eric Kimball, Jason Stawsburg, and Daniel Hoagland, eds. (October 2019)
Excerpt: “This newcomer’s emerald and ebon checkers, from tights to cap, blended in so well with the quilt that one could hardly tell where the bed ended and the fool began…”
“Neck of the Woods,” Thrilling Words, Eric Kimball, Jason Stawsburg, and Daniel Hoagland, eds. (October 2019)
Excerpt: “Cara lifted the mushroom cap and stared at its underside. Innumerous indentations faced her like long, skinny, stretched mouths, row upon row, dangerous as shark teeth…”
Reprinted in Black Women Are Scary podcast, Flash Fiction Friday: Episode 4, Wi-Moto Nyoka, ed. Dusky Projects. Read by Wi-Moto Nyoka and Abby Brenker. (December 2021)
Excerpt: “I thought of the cute indentations in my fingertips from certain game pieces after I moved them across a board. And Sasha’s laughter as I clumsily shuffled cards. I wanted to be at the forefront of the science bringing those details to the virtual gaming world…”
“Origin Story,” Story Seed Vault, Alex Massey, ed. (February 2019)
“Exchange (A Coral Study),” originally published as “Exchange” in Factor Four Magazine, Issue 3, Richard Flores IV, ed. (October 2018)
Excerpt: “I flung my backpack onto his bed and stepped back as it bobbed on the mattress. A waterbed. Then I noticed the teal plastic seaweed scattered among his bookshelves like houseplants…”
Reprinted as “A Coral Study” in Exchange Students, Sheila Hartney, ed. Hadrosaur Productions. (February 2020)
Reprinted in Toasted Cake Podcast, Tina Connolly, ed. Read by Tina Connolly. (October 2020)
“My Little Sugar Plum,” Nothing’s Sacred Vol. 4, Nathon Allen Balka, ed. Jack of No Trades Productions. (October 2018)
Excerpt: “ ‘For why else,’ I called, ‘do children come to my candy house unless they want some sweets? Unless, of course, they mean to throw rocks at my candy house.’ I knew the third reason they came…”
Reprinted in Thirteen horror podcast Patreon, Lizz Walker, ed. Read by Brooke Jennett. Imaginary Comma. (May 2021)
“Little Seed,” Triangulation: Appetites, Frank Oreto and Douglas Gwilym, eds. Parsec Ink. (July 2017)
Excerpt: “I had to sit next to a man on the barge yesterday whose aura glowed a deep red and tasted bitter…”
Excerpt: “Now Acoti knelt, dug his fingers into the soggy dirt, and yelled, ‘I never poisoned anyone!’ His voice echoed off the mountainside. The cloud forest around him rustled in apparent mockery. The constant mist at this altitude sent beads of water sliding down the tree trunks and pooling on the orchids, like his sweat from the poison fever…”
Reprinted in Pages on the Tongue podcast, Episode 1. Michelle Murray, ed. Read by Katherine Quevedo. (September 2024)
“Eyes Met and Unmeeting,” Santa Clara Review. (Fall/Winter 2002-2003)
Excerpt: “I’ve been sitting here for the past ten minutes at least, thinking about my wife, and he’s been waiting patiently across from me, barely making a sound. Almost no sound at all. It’s not the sound that distracts me, though. It’s the way he keeps brushing his thumb across his lip as he studies me …”
Poetry
Forthcoming: “Avenue of the Peaceful Giants,” The Ranger’s Almanac. (2026)
Forthcoming: “A Whirlwind Tour of Nightopia,” Wind Guide You. Álvaro Mielgo Gallego, ed. Sadwrn Press.
Forthcoming: “Time Loops in Hyrule and Termina,” Games in Action by decomp journal, e-zine 6. Chris Patterson, ed. Social Justice Institute at the University of British Columbia.
Forthcoming: “At the Video Game Symphony (A Villanelle),” Games in Action by decomp journal, e-zine 6. Chris Patterson, ed. Social Justice Institute at the University of British Columbia.
“El Grotesco,” SpecPoVerse, Volume 1, Issue 3. Miguel O. Mitchell and Michael Hessel-Mial, eds. (December 2025)
“The Poison Dart Frog Prince,” SpecPoVerse, Volume 1, Issue 3. Miguel O. Mitchell and Michael Hessel-Mial, eds. (December 2025)
“The Emerald Tapestry,” Corvid Queen. Kay Marlow Allen, ed. Sword & Kettle Press. (November 2025)
“I Write a Rite of Pyrite,” HWA Poetry Showcase, Volume XII. Maxwell I. Gold, ed. Horror Writers Association. (October 2025)
“Court Sestina,” Aethlon: The Journal of Sport Literature, Volume 41, No. 2. Mark Baumgartner, Ron Smith, and Joyce Duncan, eds. (July 2025)
“Space-Grown Chocolate Tasting Notes,” Project Abeona. Andy Jackson, Simon Barraclough, Dr. Aimee Norton, eds. Humanity in Deep Space. (March 2025)
“Five Date Nights at Freddy Fazbear’s Mega Pizzaplex,” The Broken City, Issue 35: “Greetings, Starfighter.” Scott Bryson, ed. (December 2024)
Reprinted in the Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association’s (SFPA) 2025 Halloween Reading. Miguel O. Mitchell, ed. Read by Katherine Quevedo. (October 2025)
“Gla-Mer: The Fashion Magazine for Mermaids,” Star*Line, Issue 47.4. Jean-Paul Garnier, ed. Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association. (October 2024)
“Rhapsody in Sage,” Extrasensory Overload: an anthology of speculative excess. Naomi Simone Borwein and Chun Hyon Lee, eds. Angry Gable Press. (July 2024)
“Ghosted by Pac-Man,” Sidequest. Melissa Brinks, Zainabb Hull, Zora Gilbert, and Maddi Butler, eds. (July 2024)
Reprinted in Meow Meow Pow Pow, [indents] theme. Jane-Rebecca Cannarella, ed. Audio read by Katherine Quevedo. (January 2025)
“Super Emeralds,” Sidequest. Melissa Brinks, Zainabb Hull, Zora Gilbert, and Maddi Butler, eds. (June 2024)
“Stained Glass Dragon,” Here There Be Dragons. H. David Blalock, ed. Hiraeth Publishing. (June 2024)
“The Inca Weaver Begins,” The Inca Weaver’s Tales, New Cosmologies mini-chapbook series. Monica Robinson, Kay Allen, Naseem Jamnia, and Jessie Ulmer, eds. Sword & Kettle Press. (January 2024)
“The Fabric of Being,” The Inca Weaver’s Tales, New Cosmologies mini-chapbook series. Monica Robinson, Kay Allen, Naseem Jamnia, and Jessie Ulmer, eds. Sword & Kettle Press. (January 2024)
“The Night Our Mama Moon Fell Prey (Lunar Eclipse),” The Inca Weaver’s Tales, New Cosmologies mini-chapbook series. Monica Robinson, Kay Allen, Naseem Jamnia, and Jessie Ulmer, eds. Sword & Kettle Press. (January 2024)
“Rise Up, Mother Grain,” The Inca Weaver’s Tales, New Cosmologies mini-chapbook series. Monica Robinson, Kay Allen, Naseem Jamnia, and Jessie Ulmer, eds. Sword & Kettle Press. (January 2024)
“Sweat of the Sun, Tears of the Moon,” The Inca Weaver’s Tales, New Cosmologies mini-chapbook series. Monica Robinson, Kay Allen, Naseem Jamnia, and Jessie Ulmer, eds. Sword & Kettle Press. (January 2024)
“Bridge of Grass, Bridge of Suspension,” The Inca Weaver’s Tales, New Cosmologies mini-chapbook series. Monica Robinson, Kay Allen, Naseem Jamnia, and Jessie Ulmer, eds. Sword & Kettle Press. (January 2024)
Nominated for the 2025 Rhysling Award for Best Short Poem
“Sacrificing the Sacred Cloth,” The Inca Weaver’s Tales, New Cosmologies mini-chapbook series. Monica Robinson, Kay Allen, Naseem Jamnia, and Jessie Ulmer, eds. Sword & Kettle Press. (January 2024)
“Fragrances of the Night-Blooming Space Garden,” Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, Vol. 47, Nos. 9 & 10. Sheila Williams and Emily Hockaday, eds. Dell Magazines. (September/October 2023)
“Zelda II Bossfight,” the minison zine, MiniGames issue. Melissa Ashley Hernandez, ed. The Minison Project. (August 2023)
“Manipulator,” the minison zine, MiniGames issue. Melissa Ashley Hernandez, ed. The Minison Project. (August 2023)
“The Boy of My Vegas Dreams,” the minison zine, MiniGames issue. Melissa Ashley Hernandez, ed. The Minison Project. (August 2023)
“Rhizomorphs,” TERSE. Journal, Mycelia issue. Mauve Perle Tahat, Jordannah Elizabeth, and Kate Wilson, eds. (July 2023)
“The Labyrinth Proper,” Into the Looking Glass: Exploring the Magic Behind Speculative Poetry podcast episode 2.3, Weaving Memory and Poetry with Katherine Quevedo. Jasmine Arch and Brittany Hause, eds. Read by Katherine Quevedo. (June 2023)
Reprinted in Sidequest. Melissa Brinks, Maddi Butler, Zainabb Hull, and Zora Gilbert, eds. (August 2023)
“The Universe’s Edge,” Anterior Skies, Vol 1: A Genre-Bending Anthology of the Weird and Cosmic. C. F. Page, ed. Strange Elf Press. (June 2023)
“The Llamacorn Herd,” The Sprawl Mag, Volume 1.2. Mahaila Smith and Libby Graham, eds. (May 2023)
“Pumpkin Ash and Cypress Knees,” Boudin by The McNeese Review, It Came From the Swamp issue. Abbie Skinner, Rachel Pittman, Michael Horner, Taylor Mahone, and Mayank Manchanda, eds. The College of Liberal Arts at McNeese State University. (October 2022)
Nominated for the 2023 Rhysling Award for Best Short Poem
Reprinted in The Hyacinth Review, Night theme. Terri Pinyerd and Ariel K. Moniz, eds. (June 2024)
Reprinted in the Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association’s (SFPA) 2024 Halloween Reading. Silvatiicus Riddle, ed. Read by Katherine Quevedo. (October 2024)
“A Piece of Lake Came Loose,” The Collidescope. George Salis and Nicole Melchionda, eds. (September 2022)
“Bedtime Routine,” The Collidescope. George Salis and Nicole Melchionda, eds. (September 2022)
“Harvesters,” Triangulation: Energy. John Thompson and Storm Walden, eds. Parsec Ink. (July 2022)
“Lanterns at Dusk,” Kingdoms in the Wild. N.L. Shompole, L. Naisula, Lydia Shompole, and Rhony Bhopla, eds. (March 2022)
Reprinted in The Hyacinth Review. Terri Pinyerd and Ariel K. Moniz, eds. (January 2023)
“Trial of the Will-o’-Wisp (A Triolet),” Eye to the Telescope, Issue 43: Light. Jordan Hirsch, ed. Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association. (January 2022)
“The Bowsprit Mermaid and the Stemhead Dragon,” Heroic Fantasy Quarterly, Issue 50. Adrian Simmons, David Farney, William Ledbetter, James Frederick William Rowe, Barbara Barrett, and Arien Skiba, eds. (November 2021)
Reprinted in The Hyacinth Review, Nautical theme. Terri Pinyerd and Ariel K. Moniz, eds. (March 2024)
“Merfolk in the Ghost Net,” Seaborne Magazine, Issue 2: Storms, Omens & Monsters. Adriana Ciontea and Kevin Woodley, eds. (October 2021)
Reprinted in the tide rises, the tide falls. wyeth renwick, ed. (June 2022)
“The Kraken’s Bight,” Seaborne Magazine, Issue 2: Storms, Omens & Monsters. Adriana Ciontea and Kevin Woodley, eds. (October 2021)
“The Fabulous, Interconnected Living Root Bridges of the Fairies,” Into the Glen: Into the Light, Cyndi Snow-Pilcher and Patricia Harris, eds. Fae Corps Inc Publishing. (August 2021)
Reprinted in The Hyacinth Review, Flora theme. Terri Pinyerd and Ariel K. Moniz, eds. (June 2022)
“Ariadne Goes to Knitting Group,” The Periodical, Forlorn, Volume I, Issue VI, Mythos Reborn. Katherine Emily and Brett Salter, eds. Input/Output Enterprises. (August 2021)
Reprinted in The Ones Behind the Bookshelves. Cyndi Gacosta, ed. (September 2025)
“A Pixie Built a Human House,” Pastel Pastoral Magazine, Issue 1, Roxie Geering, ed. (July 2021)
“The Drama of Raindrops,” The Rail, Jo Longley, Cassandra Baim, and Kate Hatcher, eds. Derailleur Press. (June 2021)
Reprinted in the Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association’s (SFPA) 2022 Halloween Reading, Miguel O. Mitchell, ed. Read by Katherine Quevedo. (October 2022)
“On Shining in the Darkness,” Sidequest, Melissa Brinks, Naseem Jamnia, and Zora Gilbert, eds. (October 2020)
“There’s No Space Like Home,” Sample Student Essay published on the website of the textbook The Well-Crafted Argument by Fred D. White, Simone J. Billings. (2001)