Short Fiction
Nightmare, January 2023 (Issue 124)
Time travel, parenthood, and autocannibalism. (Available for free as both text and audio on the Nightmare Magazine podcast!)
The Dark at the Edge of the Stage
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, July/August 2022
A washed-up guitarist stumbles upon an unusual music shop.
Nightmare, May 2022 (Issue 116)
Two brothers unearth strange figurines. (Available for free as both text and audio on the Nightmare Magazine podcast!)
Paizo Blog, Summer 2019
Seven flash fiction stories starring Starfinder's iconic characters, featuring everything from an android museum heist to a telepathic bug's advice on raising a thoughtful larva.
Paizo Blog, Spring 2019
A dozen flash fiction stories starring Pathfinder's iconic characters and showing off new rules elements from Pathfinder Second Edition.
Bonded Men
Shattered Shields (Baen), November 2014
Military fantasy about spouses in an all-gay mercenary company.
The God Beneath the Mountain
Madness on the Orient Express (Chaosium), October 2014
Queer Lovecraftian romance about tunnelling through the alps.
Suits
War Stories (Apex Book Company), September 2014
Science fiction about power armor, clones, and the ethics of war.
Boar and Rabbit
Queer romance about a street wizard and a nomad prince who have to choose between love and the law. Set in the Pathfinder setting and starring Bors and Roshad from The Redemption Engine.
New Growth
By Faerie Light (Broken Eye Books), December 2013
A dark fantasy story exploring the relationship between dryads and lumberjacks.
Faces of the Revolution
When the Hero Comes Home 2 (Dragon Moon Press), August 2013
A fantasy story exploring the line between terrorists and freedom fighters.
Raid Night
Geek Love: An Anthology of Full Frontal Nerdity, March 2013
An erotic story about a couple struggling with MMO addiction.
Beheaded by Peasants
Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Issue #114, February 2013
A post-apocalyptic story of the Appalachian Empire, in which all prospective monarchs must first consult the Oracle to learn how they'll die.
Rated three out of three stars on Tangent Online's 2013 Recommended Reading List.
Guns at the Hellroad
New Heroes II (Stone Skin/Pelgrane Press), February 2013
A hard-bitten gunslinger and a girl with uncanny powers must track down a cache of ancient weapons in a post-Rapture society.
The Long Road to the Sea
Pseudopod, September 7, 2012
Audio reprint of my zombie romance originally published in Catastrophia.
"'A beautifully written story about people who, after dying, regain life, but not all of their humanity. A tragic tale of lost love." ~Rena Hawkins, Tangent
Overclocking
Escape Pod, February 17, 2012
Audio reprint of the cyberpunk drug-dealing story originally published in Apex Magazine.
Ties of Silver
Podcastle, December 13, 2011
Audio version of the story originally published in Beast Within 2, about lycanthropes in a government-run ghetto.
Faithful Servants
Starship Sofa, December 2011
An audio version of the story originally published on paizo.com.
Faithful Servants
Paizo.com, November 2011
A serialized novelette chronicling an earlier adventure of Salim (the protagonist of Death's Heretic) and the strange loyalty of a summoned monster.
(Click here to read for free, here to listen for free, or here to purchase and download it.)
The Sharing
Broken Time Blues: Fantastic Tales in the Roaring '20s (Absolute XPress/Hades Publications), August 2011
The story of a WWI pilot, an alien observer, and the dangers of perfect communication.
Ties of Silver
Beast Within 2 (Graveside Tales), July 2011
A noir fantasy story about lycanthropes in a government-run ghetto.
Death at the Swaddled Otter
Prodigal Sons, July 2011
The collected version of the multi-author novella serialized in the Kingmaker Adventure Path, starring two exiled vagabonds in the River Kingdoms.
The Compass Stone: The Collected Journals of Eando Kline
The Compass Stone: The Collected Journals of Eando Kline (Paizo Publishing), May 2011
An ebook collection of the first 18 Pathfinder's Journals, containing the complete Eando Kline story arc. Includes all of my Eando stories, plus a new introduction.
Holding the Line
Human Tales (Dark Quest Books), April 2011
An army of goblins' desperately attempt to keep their human princesses safe in the modern world. (Also available on Kindle!)
Overclocking
The Book of Apex, Volume 2 (Apex Book Company), January 2011
Reprint collection of stories from Apex Magazine, including my foray into cyberpunk drug-dealing. (The collection was first published as Descended from Darkness: Vol. 2.)
MISCARRIAGE
Machine of Death (Bearstache Books), October 2010
Amazon #1 Best-Seller
Machine of Death, edited by Ryan North, David Malki!, and Matthew Bennardo, is an anthology of stories set in a world in which a machine can cheaply and accurately predict how someone will die. "Miscarriage" examines the emotional ramifications of using the machine on a baby still in utero.
Click here to read Jeff VanderMeer's review.
Available here as a free podcast!
The Long Road to the Sea
Catastrophia (PS Publishing), September 2010
Romance, from the perspective of a zombie.
"A beautifully written story about people who, after dying, regain life, but not all of their humanity. A tragic tale of lost love." ~Rena Hawkins, Tangent
Death at the Swaddled Otter
Pathfinder #31: Stolen Land, March 2010
The first chapter in a new Pathfinder's Journal, starring two scoundrels searching for glory in the River Kingdoms.
Overclocking
Apex Magazine, December 2009
A cyberpunk story about illicit substances in the near future, and how the more things change, the more they stay the same.
End of the Road
Pathfinder #18: Descent Into Midnight, January 2009
The concluding chapter of the Eando Kline saga in the Pathfinder's Journal.
A Friend in Need
Pathfinder #11: Skeletons of Scarwall, June 2008
The eleventh installment in the Pathfinder's Journal, in which Eando encounters some insects of unusual size and learns that trust is a pleasant liability.
Of Endings and Beginnings
Pathfinder #6: Spires of Xin-Shalast , January 2008
The sixth installment in the Pathfinder's Journal, in which Eando Kline learns not to trust wizards and what it means to sacrifice in the name of friendship.
Belly of the Beast
Pathfinder #5: Sins of the Saviors , December 2007
The fifth installment in the Pathfinder's Journal, in which Eando Kline recruits an old friend for one last job. Cowritten with Mike McArtor.
Will the Last One Out Please Turn Off the Lights?
Kiss Machine #15: The Goodbye Issue, October 2007
A short science fiction piece about evacuating the planet, and how ordinary people become history.
Hand of the Handless
Pathfinder #3: The Hook Mountain Massacre, October 2007
The third installment in the Pathfinder's Journal, in which Eando Kline ventures into the anarchic city of Kaer Maga in search of a magical relic.
Dreamcatching
Aberrant Dreams, May 2007
A science fiction story about dreams, and what happens when we tamper with them.
Fling
Clean Sheets, May 2007
An erotica story about infidelity, guilt, and age gaps.
Fuck Like Renton
Penitalia: Collegiate Erotica at the University of Washington, Issue #2, Summer 2004
Equal parts raunch and nostalgia.
Cooking in the Bathroom
Bricolage, Issue #21, 2004
A story about food, spirituality, and consumerism. One of the pieces that won the University of Washington's Charlotte Paul Reese Prize for Fiction.
Coming Out
Bricolage, Issue #21, 2004
Pretty much what the title implies.
Declaration of Independence
Penitalia: Collegiate Erotica at the University of Washington, Issue #1, Spring 2004
Angsty slam poetry.
The Weight of Wings
Hobart Pulp, July 2003
What if one day you woke up with wings? What if nobody cared? One of the pieces that won the University of Washington's Charlotte Paul Reese Prize for Fiction.