Ruti’s Prayer
This 300-word story won first place in the 2022 Queer Sci-Fi flash fiction contest. The rules were simple: 300 words or less; unmistakably queer protagonist; fantasy or science fiction; adheres to the theme (this year…
Letter to a New Generation of Gate Keepers
Letter to a new Generation of Gate Keepers I’m writing this letter to you in the fervent hope that you will come to believe something. If you don’t believe it now because it seems too…
Crossing the River
In 2006, I wrote this short short story as my entry in a contest called “A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words”. The story had to turn around this photo. It’s odd, I felt awkward…
A Hero’s Journey
I wrote this piece seven years ago, as a piece of blog content when my first novel came out. To my amazement, it was the most visited page for as long as I had it…