Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Horror Writer
Psychopomp’s Afterlives 2024 Anthology will include my short story, “Eyes of My Brother”, originally published by Kaleidotrope. A collection of death-themed fiction originally published in 2024, this collection is being curated by Sheree Renée Thomas, the multi-award-nominated editor of F&SF, and is scheduled for release in October of this year. Continue Reading
My lover lies near me, beautiful and still, as the first of five promised flowers sprouts from her dead left eye. I don’t know its name. It has a short, strong stem, with seven pointed yellow-orange petals and a sweet, unfamiliar smell.
I love the brightness of the flower, the warmth of it. Not cool, like the pale blue forget-me-nots she adored, which bloom in clusters now around the trees and shrubs that span the wilds between our small stone cottage and the river, the place she called her garden.Continue Reading
Tall, handsome, skilful Elim—of course it would be him. Not yet a month past fourteen, but talented, and with Aquilon and Timala lost he was now the Tribe’s best hunter. Atop that, he was one of very few blessed to endure the fog without malady. Unless a Growler took him, his life would be an uncommon long one. That, along with his skill, should have been a gift to the Tribe.
But always against it stood his temperament.Continue Reading