Crisis

"Crisis" is out now at Mithila Review (Issue #10).

The story is set in present-day Vasilegrad, the capital of my fictional Balkan federation, where a bubbling political crisis threatening to tear the country apart is seen as an opportunity for an adrenaline rush by a Western tourist.

Read the full story.

Free to read: The Scrimshander

My dark fantasy story "The Scrimshander" is now available for free reading (and listening!) at Beneath Ceaseless Skies.

The story can be read here, or you can listen to the audio version narrated by Michael J. DeLuca.

The slender jawbone lies in the palm of his hand like a crown. Raising it, an offering to the night, stretched starlight gleams on milk teeth. Engravings appear, a scene playing out from incisor to canine to molar, a tale of disease and mourning, of angry tears and hissed warnings to those who’ve caused him harm.

The city sleeps beneath him, bristled, towers jutting skyward in defiance of Mallinos. He swings off the eaves, jawbone in hand, down a drainpipe, past square windows of indigo, feet dropping on pavement with barely a sound.

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The Scrimshander

Beneath Ceaseless Skies #255 ebook is out now, containing my dark fantasy story "The Scrimshander."

The ebook is currently available at Weightless Books and Amazon.

Interview: One of the Cities

An interview with me about my entry into the Reading 5x5 anthology, "One of the Cities," is up on the anthology's website now.

All proceeds from Reading 5x5 go to charity; read the interview, and find more information about the concept of the anthology here.

Interview: A Faster Tomorrow

A two-question mini-interview with me about my story "A Faster Tomorrow" is available on The Future Fire's Facebook page.

"A Faster Tomorrow" appeared in The Future Fire #44, in March 2018.

Reprint: The Definition of Johnny

My story "The Definition of Johnny" has been reprinted in the Issues of Tomorrow anthology, edited by Roy C. Booth and Jorge Salgado-Reyes.

The story originally appeared in Beyond Science Fiction, in June 2015.

Amazon link.

Best Vegan Science Fiction & Fantasy of 2017

My story "Lake Oreyd" had been reprinted in the Best Vegan Science Fiction & Fantasy of 2017 anthology.

Find here the full table of contents and shop links of this anthology of vegan-friendly stories.

Read "Lake Oreyd" online.