I’ve been submitting short works to various online journals since 2013. I spent more time on that endeavor in some of these years than others. At the start it was a great motivator and measure of how my work fit in or didn’t fit. At different times, longer projects have moved my focus away from that. My Submittable queue is often empty now although certainly now always.
Here are “probably” my top 3 stories that I would point someone to if they were trying to learn what my work is like:
Taking Care- Third Point Press
These are all my stories by year:
2023
2022
2021
Luminaries- Constance Malloy’s Blog
The Tony Bone Stories- Chapbook published by Ad Hoc Fiction
Off the Resting Sea- Chapbook published by above/ground press
2020
Confessions of an Anti-Job- Originally published in Hobart, subsequently pulled from them
Willie- The Daily Drunk, reprinted here on my blog
The Love You Make- Pidgeonholes
Understanding Taco Nun- No Contact
Redemption Drive- Originally published by the Bath Short Story Prize
2019
Have We Got a Story For You?- Reflex Fiction
The Slippery Footed Man- Pithead Chapel
We’re the Ones- Originally in Bull, reprinted here
2018
Serve and Protect Yourself- Originally published in Hobart, subsequently pulled from them
We Both Know Combustion is Never Spontaneous- Originally published in Bending Genres
Ghosts in the Machine- Reflect Fiction
Every Breath We Take- Flash Flood
2017
They Call Me The Virgin- Originally published by Bull
What if Nothing Hurts Us More Than Imagination- Bath Flash Fiction
Against the Dying of the Light- Ellipsis Zine
2016
I’m Trying to Tell You Something- Speak
Happiness is a Warm Gun- Originally published in Red Savina Review
It’s Been a Long Time Since I’ve Rock and Rolled- Jellyfish Review
It’s All So Beautiful- Cheap Pop
You Have So Many More Choices Than Fight or Flight- Bath Flash Fiction
2015
Not Big Not Easy- Originally in Corvus Review, reprinted here
Taking Care- Third Point Press
2014
Thicker Than Water- Originally published by Red Savina Review
The Great Communicator- Flash Flood
Mother Goose- Originally published by Apeiron Review
2013
Clear Lake Miracle- Originally published by Red Savina Review
Past Change- Originally published by 1000 Words
Rabbit- Originally published by the British Fantasy and Horror Society
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