Short Story - excerpt Eola was my first, and I'll always remember that. She was on the heavy side, no great beauty, but I wasn't concerned with beauty right then. She was flat on her back. Gravity pulled at her jowls, stretched her face, and tugged her ample boobs down on her biceps. Those were … Continue reading “Clinical Delicacies,” Stress City, Anthology, Paycock Press
Short Stories
“Remote Control,” Interzone Issue 216 – May 2008
Short Story - excerpt Artwork for Remote Control It happened right in the middle of my shift. I'd been flipping, as usual, through the thirty-two thumbnails of empty, peaceful desert arrayed across the bottom of my wall screen. The map of my surveillance territory encompassed 1,000 Atco-Johnson Perimeter Stations that ruled 62 miles of Mexican … Continue reading “Remote Control,” Interzone Issue 216 – May 2008
“Run Off” issue 18 of the UK magazine Jupiter, October 2007
Short Story - excerpt Aiken Conner was anything but sure, so he lied to the supervisor towering over his workstation. “Yes, sir,” he said. “I love communications engineering, and I especially like working for Bicogen.” "Sonny boy, you get paid for doing your job, not shopping for some...," Mr. Shepherd went on with the lecture. … Continue reading “Run Off” issue 18 of the UK magazine Jupiter, October 2007
“An Original Sin” Gaylaxicon 2006 Sampler, Anthology, Speed of C Press, ISBN 0-9716147-8-4
An Original Sin - reprint Short Story - first published online at Velvet Mafia - Dangerous Queer Fiction, Issue 16, August 2005 Excerpt: I was high that night. That’s my excuse. But what sixteen-year old wouldn’t want to stand bare-chested in the front seat of a speeding Buick Electra Convertible with a rattlesnake watermelon in … Continue reading “An Original Sin” Gaylaxicon 2006 Sampler, Anthology, Speed of C Press, ISBN 0-9716147-8-4
“French Twist,” Sex & Chocolate: Tasty Morsels for Mind and Body, Anthology
French Twist Short Story - excerpt During the week the courtyard across the street was used as a children’s playpen between the hours of 11 AM and 2 PM. On those very hot and sunny Paris days in early June the noise was almost as unbearable as the heat of the old city, whose every … Continue reading “French Twist,” Sex & Chocolate: Tasty Morsels for Mind and Body, Anthology
“In The Space Of Nine Lives,” Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, January 2006, p. 24
Excerpt: The ship’s cat slipped Tom’s grip and ran up the curving floor toward the galley. As he stalked her, young Tom felt less sure of himself. He could talk it over with Pilot, but Pilot was in sim and not to be bothered unless it was an emergency. Was a dare an emergency? Only … Continue reading “In The Space Of Nine Lives,” Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, January 2006, p. 24
“French Twist,” WordWrights!, No. 20, Nov. – Dec. 2000, Argonne Hotel Press
Short story - "Best Of Issue" award Excerpt: During the week the courtyard across the street was used as a children’s playpen between the hours of 11 AM and 2 PM. On those very hot and sunny Paris days in early June the noise was almost as unbearable as the heat of the old city, … Continue reading “French Twist,” WordWrights!, No. 20, Nov. – Dec. 2000, Argonne Hotel Press
“It Could Be Worse,” Great Writers, Great Stories: Great Writers from MD, VA, and DC, Anthology
Short Story - excerpt You are mashing your naked, chapped lips together while standing in front of the elevators at your god-forsaken job, fingering the lipstick in your pocket that you wished you had put on in the car, and now have to wait until you get to the ladies lounge. The carpal tunnel in … Continue reading “It Could Be Worse,” Great Writers, Great Stories: Great Writers from MD, VA, and DC, Anthology
“It Could Be Worse,” Fodderwing, Winter/Spring 1999
Short Story - excerpt You are mashing your naked, chapped lips together while standing in front of the elevators at your god-forsaken job, fingering the lipstick in your pocket that you wished you had put on in the car, and now have to wait until you get to the ladies lounge. The carpal tunnel in … Continue reading “It Could Be Worse,” Fodderwing, Winter/Spring 1999
“Greyhound,” Gargoyle Magazine, June 1998, #41, p. 201
Short Story - excerpt A disemboweled newspaper blew in cold gusts down a urine stained sidewalk outside the City Bus Terminal, keeping company with leaves and chasing fragments of itself that hadn’t caught on dirty iron railings or public trash receptacles. Wrinkled pages blew by revolving doors, dodged by the human effluent bathed in yellowed … Continue reading “Greyhound,” Gargoyle Magazine, June 1998, #41, p. 201