Published Work

Long Fiction | Short Fiction | Poetry | NonfictionEarly ReaderAs Editor

LONG FICTION:

Monster Breath (Crossroads Press, 2023)
          Lifeblood
          Jade
          • Emergence
Pack Animals (Crossroads Press, 2023)
          *Includes the new short story “Inhuman.”
From Death Reborn (Crossroads Press, 2022)
The Infinite Cycle
          • These Trespasses: Book 1 (Crossroads Press, 2022)
                    *Includes the new short story “Eggs in the Attic.”
          • Grave Revelations: Book 2 (Crossroads Press, 2022)
                    *Includes the new short story “Good Brother.”
          • Reckoning: Book 3 (Crossroads Press, 2022)
Storm Shadows (JournalStone Publishing, 2021)
A Season in Hell (Crystal Lake Publishing, 2018)
Alexin (Distressed Press, 2015)

SHORT FICTION:

Hell, Delaware (Cemetery Gates Media, 2023)
          • “An Unfortunate Night at the Oakwood Theater”
          • “Rage”
          • “Coal Smoke”
          • “Inescapability of Failed Friendships”
          • “Warmth Within Thy Depths”
          • “Dog Days”
          • “Frog Song”
          • “Painted Smiles”
          • “Empty Spaces”
          • “346 Dovetail Drive”
          • “Roadkill”
          • “Dead Headlights”
          • “In The Shadow of The Equine”
          • “Fat Green Rat”
          • “Temptation of the Betrothed”
          • “Stamp Collector”
          • “A Cold Winter Hunger”
          • “When the Midnight Hour Comes”

• “Stemware” (Sudden Fictions, 2024)
• “A Close Family” (Sudden Fictions, 2023)
• “Brothers in Arms” (Shakespeare Unleashed, Monstrous books, 2023)
• “Unspoken Truths” (Hex Publishers/Random Games, 2023)
• “Ho, Ho, Help Me!” (Shallow Waters: Special Christmas Edition, Crystal Lake Publishing, 2022)
• “Goombahs in the Graveyard” (Picnic in the Graveyard, Cemetery Gates Media, 2022)
• “The Man in the Monster” (Crystal Lake Publishing, 2021)
• “Heart Beat, Pig Meat” (Coming Through in Waves: A Charity Anthology, Gutter Books, 2021)
• “Shattered World” (Campfire Macabre, Cemetery Gates Media, 2021)
• “Variance” (One of Us: A Tribute to Frank Michaels Errington, Bloodshot Books, 2020)
• “Dog Eat God” (Midnight in the Pentagram, Silver Shamrock Publishing, 2020)
• “Dog Days” (Midnight in the Graveyard, Silver Shamrock Publishing, 2019)
• “Standing Tall” (Shallow Waters Vol.2, Crystal Lake Publishing, 2019)
• “Malignant” (Co-authored with Steve Thompson. Shallow Waters Vol.2, Crystal Lake Publishing, 2019)
• “Not Your Average Monster” (Shallow Waters Vol.1, Crystal Lake Publishing, 2019)
• “Detrition of War” (When the Clock Strikes 13, In Your Face Books, 2019)

Darker Days (Crystal Lake Publishing, 2018)
          • “A Ring for His Own”
          • “Heirloom”
          • “Rust Colored Rain”
          • “Prey”
          • “Passing Time”
          • “What Mama Needs”
          • “My Brother Bit Your Honor Roll Student”
          • “Outcasts: The Sick and Dying 1 – Henry Wentworth”
          • “The Sanguine Wars”
          • “The Hunted”
          • “Her Living Corals”
          • “Puppet Strings”
          • “The Trying of Master Willam”
          • “By The Crescent Moon”
          • “Mantid”
          • “The Underside of Time and Space”
          • “Outcasts: The Sick and Dying 2 – Gemma Nyle”
          • “The Griffon”
          • “Adaptable”
          • “When They Come”
          • “The Reassignment Project”
          • “Presage”
          • “One Hopeless Night by a Clan Fire”
          • “Lenny’s New Eyes”
          • “Outcasts: The Sick and Dying 3 – Anna Kilpatrick”
          • “A Very Different Sort of Apocalypse”

Embers (Crystal Lake Publishing, 2017)
          • “The Chamber”
          • “Valerie’s Window”
          • “A Window to Dream By”
          • “Each New Day Unknown”
          • “Gone”
          • “Under the Drift of Snow is Another World”
          • “Blackbird’s Breath”
          • “Desolate”
          • “Lost in the Woods”
          • “Final Breaths”
          • “Closer”
          • “Flocking Birds”
          • “Pirouette”
          • “To Save One Life”
          • “Of Both Worlds”
          • “Breathing Cave”
          • “Soul Tapped”
          • “The Water People”
          • “Water Snake”
          • “Evolved”
          • “Buried Beneath the Old Chicago Swamp”
          • “The Bad Men”
          • “Parasite”
          • “Strip Poker, Crabs, and Blue Women”
          • “The Benefit of Being Weighty”

Fresh Cut Tales (Distressed Press, 2013)
          • “Of Shadows”
          • “Avenged”
          • “Ordering Out”
          • “Perfect Little Hands”
          • “Inside Out”
          • “Shards”
          • “Twist of Pain”
          • “Old Habits”
          • “In The Shadow of The Equine”
          • “Split Ends”
          • “Spaceship Earth”
          • “Warmth Within Thy Depths”
          • “Never Free”
          • “Ahote’s Spirit”
          • “Rebirth”
          • “Redpath, Stu”

These Old Tales (Distressed Press, 2012)
          • “The Patrol”
          • “Molt”
          • “Satisfied”
          • “Gladiator David”
          • “After the Ocolitz”
          • “The Necessary Bits”
          • “Nocturnal”
          • “An Eye Remembered”
          • “Pieces”
          • “The Lucky Shrimp”
          • “Empty Spaces”
          • “Visitors”
          • “Working From Home”
          • “What’s This Line For?”
          • “The Evil Within”
          • “Meeting Roger”
          • “The Daily News”
          • “Moving On”
          • “Silt”
          • “Limbs”
          • “New Life”
          • “Dark Reflections”
          • “Fragments”
          • “Edgar’s Church”
          • “Anger, Hurt, Pain”
          • “Branded”
          • “The Regrettable”
          • “The Way Out”
          • “Determination”
          • “Harvest”

• “His Flower, His Treasure” (Between the Lines, Seventh Star Press, 2016)
• “The Reaper’s Fire” (Tales from The Lake Vol.3, Crystal Lake Publishing, 2016)
• “Hired Hand” (Six-Guns Straight From Hell 2, Science Fiction Trails, 2014; Largely Deceased, Digital Fiction Publishing, 2016; Digital Fiction Publishing, 2016)
• “Night of the Fireworks” (Vignettes from the End of the World, Apokrupha, 2014)

POETRY:

• “This Tired Old Life” (HWA Poetry Showcase Volume V, Horror Writers Association, 2018)
• “Love, the Cruelest Monster” (HWA Poetry Showcase Volume IV, Horror Writers Association, 2017)

AS EDITOR:

October Screams (Kangas Kahn Publishing, 2023)
Never Wake (Crystal Lake Publishing, 2023)
Blood in the Soil, Terror on the Wind (Brigids Gate Press, 2022)
Midnight From Beyond The Stars (Silver Shamrock Publishing, 2021)
One of Us: A Tribute to Frank Michaels Errington (Bloodshot Books, 2020)
Survive With Me (Alien Agenda Publishing, 2020)
Midnight in the Pentagram (Silver Shamrock Publishing, 2020)
Midnight in the Graveyard (Silver Shamrock Publishing, 2019)
When the Clock Strikes 13 (In Your Face Books, 2019)
Tales from The Lake Vol.5 (Crystal Lake Publishing, 2018)

NONFICTION:

• “Jump Scares: Creating Tension Without Gimmicks” (The Horror Writer: A Study of Craft and Identity in the Horror Genre, Hellbound Books Publishing, 2020)
• “In Lieu of Patience Bring Diversity” (Writers on Writing Vol. 4, Crystal Lake Publishing, 2016; Writers on Writing Vol.1-4, Crystal Lake Publishing, 2016)
• “Thumb on the Button” (Horror 101: The Way Forward, Crystal Lake Publishing, 2014)

EARLY READER:

The Big Book of Monsters & Friends  (Crossroads Press, 2023)
          Math Is For Mummies
          Frankie’s Alphabet
          3 Fun Tales About Monsters
          When Vampires Eat Fast Food & Cooking with Monsters
          Hardy the Allergic Cat & Willy the Wrong Way Woodpecker
          RE: Animated: Three Apocalyptic Tales for Kids
          How Marbles Roll: A Fun Story of Friendship

Re: Animated  (Jamais Vu, Issue #1, Post Mortem Press, 2014)
Re: Animated  (The Lovecraft eZine, Issue #29, The Lovecraft eZine, 2014)
Re: Animated  (Jamais Vu, Issue #2, Post Mortem Press, 2014)
• Re: Animated (Jamais Vu, Issue #3, Post Mortem Press, 2014)
• Hardy’s Quick Guide to Food Allergies
The Original RE: Animated Book
RE: Animated – Peter Rottentail
• Re: Animated – April 2015