Shorts

A collection of my short stories, and where they appeared. Enjoy!


2022



The Butcher of Farside Hover

Six crewmates. Only room for three in the beetle that can carry them back to their damaged station.

Published in Analog SF magazine Sept/Oct 2022.



2021



Spellcaster's Hands

Things are not as they seem when villagers take a stranger to be burned at the stake as a sacrifice to their gods.

This story took second place in the Islands Short Fiction Contest 2021.



2020



Target Market

In a world where AIs have taken over the job of making movies and writing novels, a boy and a girl discover the writers are also creating works for an entirely different kind of audience.

Published in Polar Borealis, and later included in the anthology Stellar Evolutions.



2019



Target Market

This tale first appeared when it won second place in the Islands Short Fiction Contest 2019.



2009



The Mower's Trial

No one wants a robot that can think for itself. So when the machines achieve full sentience they're cast aside to eke out a life in the machine ghetto. And now one of their own may be murdering them.

A mystery tale with a twist.

First place winner of the Storyteller's Award at the Surrey International Writers Conference 2009