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"Gambler's Rest"
"Gambler's Rest"
After his wife's death, a grieving card sharp finds his way to Gambler's Rest—a dismal afterlife where the dead gamble for memories. To bring her back, he must play the highest-stakes card game of his life.
Published in the 2024 Write Michigan Anthology (Judge’s Choice Winner)
"Regarding My Lamentable Execution"
"Regarding My Lamentable Execution"
When a 17th-century dandy is condemned for the high crime of piracy, he must write a letter to the governor—drawing upon his dubious powers of eloquence to shuffle the blame and (hopefully) escape the noose.
Published in Procrastinating Writers United and The MockingOwl Roost
"Born Winner"
"Born Winner"
An ill-made centaur foresees the doom of his race. He is widely ignored.
Published in The MockingOwl Roost
"Antediluvian"
"Antediluvian"
Two feuding roommates find their squabbles magnified into a Holy War when they begin to hear prayers from a tiny civilization that developed on a dirty pan in the sink.
Published in The MockingOwl Roost
"Death of the Author"
"Death of the Author"
A community theater actor gains a new perspective on the Shakespeare authorship question when a freak accident transports him back to the Elizabethen era.
Published in Infinity Wanderers Magazine
"Old Folks Home"
"Old Folks Home"
Long after the age of magic, the oldest of the Old Folk spends his twilight years in a nursing home, listening to heroic ballads on a dusty phonograph. When he is summoned by a boon companion, he must venture into a world unknown—if he can escape his ever-watching aides.
Published in The MockingOwl Roost
"An Account of the Knapdale, and What Befell Her"
"An Account of the Knapdale, and What Befell Her"
In 1741, the HMS Knapdale is stranded in windless seas, and a mysterious plague drains the life of everyone aboard. Only one man is unaffected—a priest pressed into naval service, who knows that this is no natural sickness. To save every man aboard, he must take arms against a creature of the night.
Out for review with venues
"Matins"
"Matins"
Trapped underground for centuries, an anchorite must maintain his sanity with the constant repetition of the liturgy of the hours—but as he does so, he begins to remember secrets that he would rather have kept buried.
Out for review with venues
"The Aeronauts"
"The Aeronauts"
In 18th-century France, three animals must survive together on a hot-air balloon.
Out for review with venues
"The Goose-Wranglers"
"The Goose-Wranglers"
A struggling chimney sweep and a weary butler team up against an avian foe.
Out for review with venues
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