My story “In the Land of the Blind” (which won the Chizine contest, like, a decade ago) is reprinted in volume one of Best New Zombie Tales edited by James Roy Daley. Really, it’s in there, as can be seen from the back of the book: Yes, that’s my name there, along with “Micro Award [...]
The new issue of Writers’ Bloc is live, featuring my story “Excerpts from the Journal of a Boy with Webbed Feet.” I’d normally link directly to my story, but the great thing about Writers’ Bloc is the unique layout for each of their issues, so I encourage you to check out the main page first [...]
The July issue of PANK is now live, featuring stories by Rachel Adams, Stace Budzko, Sara Crowley, Alana Dakin, Tim Dicks, Whitey Erickson, Jen Gann, Kyle Minor, Ansley Moon, Gena Mowish, Johnsie Noel, Tia Prouhet, Laura Read, Keith Rosson, Chris Sheehan, Robert Anthony Siegel, Robb Todd, Brandi Wells, Bill Yarrow, and yours truly. My story [...]
My story “An Insurrection” which was originally published at the awesome Necessary Fiction is reprinted today at the equally awesome CellStories (which you can only read on a mobile device).
So you remember me posting this video on Wednesday? Well, my story “Multiplicity” is featured today at Every Day Fiction. It’s a quirky little tale that used to have a title similar to this blog post but which was improved upon greatly based on a suggestion made by the one and only Roxane Gay. Next [...]
I didn’t get a chance to post this because of the Hint Fiction announcement (which, if you haven’t heard, I’m hosting another contest), but yesterday my story “The Cigarette Tree” was published at Staccato Fiction. It’s probably one of my quieter stories. Plus, it’s based on true events (well, as a boy I did go [...]
My story “Seven Items In Jason Reynolds’ Jacket Pocket, Two Days After His Suicide, As Found By His Eight-Year-Old Brother, Grady” appears in the April issue of PANK. It was a finalist in PANK‘s very first 1,001 Awesome Words Contest. It’s also a very special story for me in that it’s the kind of story [...]
Next week is Hint Fiction’s birthday, so it makes some weird sense that my most recent publications are hint pieces (well, one is a hint piece, the other is slightly longer). “Terms and Conditions” (25 words) appears in issue 7 of The Los Angeles Review, alongside work by Benjamin Percy, Rick Bass, and a slew [...]
If March has been a great month, it’s because Laura Ellen Scott was the guest editor at Everyday Genius (and if you don’t think March has been a great month, blame the Octomom). Every story and poem published there, they were because of her (Laura, not the Octomom). Like today, my story “Summer of ’84″ appears [...]
I’m pleased to announce my novelette “Through the Guts of a Beggar” is now available for download. From the introduction: In high school I’d written a horror short story called “In the Tall Grass.” As is the case with almost all of my early work, it evolved through the years and was expanded into a [...]
