Here are the ground rules for this page:
- I add new works to this list when I complete a 1st draft. (This allows me to create in peace.)
- I remove works from this list when they are either published or are archived/”trunked.” If a work is published (traditionally or by me) it migrates to my “About” page. If it is trunked, it goes to the Great Hard Drive in the Sky.
- I reveal titles here when a final first draft is complete.
In short: works are listed here when a first draft is complete and leave here when they’re published or archived. For updates on works as they happen, follow my Bluesky feed.
Here’s the list:
1. The Presence
Let’s call this The Turn of the Screw fan-fiction or, if you don’t like that, a SciFi Ghost story. A Cosmic Horror novella, this really was an experiment in tone: Could I do SciFi, but give it that ominous, Trap feel? And what would that look and feel like?
Status: Done.
2. Photon
A “star story.” This is a short (less than 3,000 words) story about the life, death and afterlife of a single beam of starlight.
Status: Done and dusted. On submission.
3. Straw
Calling this “Summa Theologica” Fan Fic. It’s based on an incident from St. Thomas Aquinas’ life and has a mystical-historical vibe.
Status: Done. On submission.
4. The 17th Street Anomaly
A short Cosmic Horror/Weird Fiction story. Set in an alleyway and inspired by my work cubicle and making thumbtack constellations on its walls. A little gem of a story!
Status: On Submission.
5. Das ÜberWesen
This is a Cosmic Horror historical fiction short story. It’s set in 1880s/1890s Germany and stars a certain German philosopher who has an unwelcome encounter with an entity from beyond.
Status: Submitting now.
6. Wodges Hodges.
This is a short story inspired by the Cosmic vibrations of The Verve. It’s more in the fantasy than Cosmic Horror realm.
Status: Submitting now.
7. TBOS.
More on this soon.
8. Various poems — To be announced when accepted.
At any given time, I have dozens of poems in various stages of completion. This ranges from very rough first drafts to polished products which only need to be proofread…Since they’re too many to list here, I refrain from posting them. Instead look for them to appear, when published, on my “About” page.
[LAST UPDATED: March 2025.]
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