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Here, you’ll find speculative fiction that blends the unsettling with the poetic. Tales of haunted places, unknowable forces, and the quiet horror of things just slightly out of place. Stories where folklore and myth bleed into the modern world, where the future feels as fragile as a dream, and where beauty and terror walk hand in hand.

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SHUFFLE

Kaleidotrope

Horror • Dark Fantasy

Shuffle is a story of memory, hunger, and the slow unraveling of self. Once Sarah, now something else, she roams the wasteland, devouring flesh and stolen memories—brief flashes of humanity before they fade.

SFRevu  •  Locus

THE MACHINISTS' BOY

Youth Imagination Magazine

Science Fiction • YA

Stranded on a dead planet, Cailan fights to repair their ship—but the machines here don’t just recycle metal. And when his brother vanishes, he learns the planet has its own plans for the broken.

The Chamber Magazine

Horror • YA

Gabrielle’s best friend, Simon, is dead—until she hears his voice in their hidden garden. He swears there’s a way back, just a small trade. But some roots grow too deep, and the garden is far hungrier than she imagined.

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Bewildering Stories

Dark Fantasy

The Thames Prince, a forgotten guardian of the river, is a living mosaic of history. When Evelyn, an environmental scientist, discovers him, myth becomes real. But as their bond deepens, she must choose—stay on the riverbank or be claimed by the tides.

Jersey Devil Press

Dark Fantasy • Humour

In a city where monsters no longer lurk in the shadows but cruise the streets in death cars, Evan knows better than to walk alone at night. But when a pack of hungry werewolves spots him, what starts as an unlucky stroll home turns into a desperate fight for survival.

- Short Shorts-

Flash Fiction

Sometimes I post flash fiction to my blog, just as a warm-up exercise before I work on a longer story. You can read all my flash pieces (usually below 1000 words) by clicking this button:

Micro Fiction

A handful of teeny, tiny stories (micro fictions) that I wrote years ago and were - incredibly - published online. I don't do these too often but...

Image by Diane Picchiottino

The Clockmaker's Heart

Published at Nanoism
Steampunk

Image by Yohann LIBOT

Grey Matter

Published at One Forty Fiction
Horror

Image by Possessed Photography

Robogrrrl

Published at One Forty Fiction
Science Fiction

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