Oura and Her Arbalest
Genre: Fantasy
Blurb: In the third year of Heimar’s dam, a woman named Oura lived in a town south of Innispar called Polsfeld. Oura’s town was suffering, for that year the Lords of Innispar could not afford what King Heimar demanded, and so the Irion did not flow. Oura’s husband, Uthir, was a farmer, and his crop failed in the drought. It was a hard year for all the farmers of Polsfeld, and Oura knew they would not survive another like it. But Oura was a clever woman, one learned in the ways of wheels and levers and springs. In secret, she worked on plans for a machine that could destroy Heimar’s dam.
Length: ~1400 words (about a 5 minute read)
Publication: Bewildering Stories
Publication Date: February 7th, 2022
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Parallel Lifetimes
Genre: Science Fiction
Blurb: Like most first timers, I had some concerns. I had heard all the nightmare stories. People plugging into the sim and never coming out. At least not until their savings dried up and they were pulled out by force.
Length: 732 words (about a 5 minute read)
Publication: Daily Science Fiction
Publication Date: June 28, 2021
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Scenario 67b: Dealing With Entitled New Hires
Genre: Science Fiction, Satire
Blurb: The following transcript is provided as a training reference for prospective Corporate Family Liaisons. Let's take a look at what E[339033] did right with her orientation group and reflect on what she could have done better.
Length: 916 words (about a 5 minute read)
Publication: Fiction On The Web
Publication Date: November 20th, 2020
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Man in the Middle
Genre: Science Fiction
Synopsis: Man in the Middle takes place in a world where human consciousness can be transmitted as easily as emails are sent today. This story explores the consequences of a classic man-in-the-middle cyber attack when the data being compromised is a human being’s mind.
Length: 2,730 words (about a 10 minute read)
Publication: Altered Reality Magazine
Publication Date: September 4th, 2020
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THE STRANGER FROM SCYLLAMAR
Genre: Fantasy
Synopsis: On a rainy night at the Bristled Boar Inn, rumors abound about the destruction of the capital city of Scyllamar by a race of mysterious shape-shifting monsters. Little is known for certain except what has been recounted by survivors of the tragedy. Two such survivors find themselves in a precious standoff when their humanity is called into question.
Length: 2,539 words (about a 10 minute read)
Publication: Bewildering Stories
Publication Date: August 24th, 2020
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33 Long Nights At The Lake House
Genre: Horror
Blurb: I sat hiding in the darkness of the kitchen for what seemed a long time. It took me a while before I could start reasoning that it must have been my imagination. Things like this happen, I told myself, recalling when I was eight and opened the cellar door to see a shadowy form lurking at the base of the stairs. Or that one night in the hotel room, when I was falling asleep and suddenly jolted awake after something grabbed my leg. There was nothing really there. There was never really anything there. Just my imagination…
Length: 1481 words (about a 5 minute read)
Publication: Jitter Press
Publication Date: November 13th, 2019
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