WOLVES AND GIRLS (set for release July 25, 2023) – a short story collection – ebook and paperback available from Brain Jar Press. Also available from Amazon, Kobo, Apple, Smashwords, and Indigo.
SIX DREAMS ABOUT THE TRAIN – my short story collection – ebook & paperback from JournalStone, paperback from Amazon / Indiebound / B&N.
2023
THE BRIGHTEST LIGHTS OF HEAVEN (reprint) – translated into Japanese in Babelzine #3. Get the issue. First published in Fireside Fiction.
THE WHISPER OF THAT BLOOD – in Beneath Ceaseless Skies #382. Buy the issue from Weightless Books / Amazon.
A DOG, A HEART, A BOX OF ASHES, OR WHOM RHODOPE SHED TEARS FOR (non-fiction essay) – in The Deadlands – read.
A PIECE OF PAPER, BURNED (creative non-fiction essay) – in Nightmare Magazine – read.
A BLANK SPACE WHERE SHE OUGHT TO BE (reprint) – at Many Worlds – read/listen.
THE JAGGED EDGE – AN ASTRA MILITARUM SHORT STORY (reprint) – in the anthology ONLY WAR – at Black Library/Amazon.
THE MORTHOUSE (reprint) – at Podcastle (narrated by Eleanor R. Wood) – listen. First published in The Deadlands.
MARTA’S SMILE – at the Sudden Fictions Podcast (narrated by R.B. Wood) – listen.
SILVER AND SHADOW, SPRUCE AND PINE (reprint) – in One Wild Ride. Read it. Read my reflections on the story. First published in Flash Fiction Online.
2022
THE BRIGHTEST LIGHTS OF HEAVEN (reprint) – in Weird Horror Short Stories (Flame Tree Publishing). Buy it. First published in Fireside.
THE MORTHOUSE – in The Deadlands #12. Read the issue or subscribe / Read the story online.
THE PARLOR – in The Bureau Dispatch Volume 02: Dispatch. Read.
AND YOU SHALL SING TO ME A DEEPER SONG (reprint) – at StarShipSofa (narrated by Summer Brooks). Listen. (Originally published in Interzone #280.)
TONY ROOMBA’S LAST DAY ON EARTH (reprint) – at Escape Pod (narrated by Roderick Aust). Listen. (Originally published in Diabolical Plots.)
2021
DOWN TO NIFLHEL DEEP (reprint) – Podcastle (narrated by Eleanor R. Wood). Listen. First published in Kaleidotrope.
ONE THING – Martian: the Magazine of Science Fiction Drabbles. Read it.
SUNLIT SURFACE, DEPTHS BELOW (reprint) – in Mermaids Monthly. Read it.
A BLANK SPACE WHERE SHE OUGHT TO BE – in LampLight volume 10, issue 1. Buy it.
WHEN RESIN BURNS TO TAR – in the anthology Seasons Between Us. Buy the anthology.
IT BEGINS IN THE GARDEN (reprint) – in Fusion Fragment #7. Buy in digital format or print.
SEVEN KINDS OF BAKED GOODS (reprint) – translated into Japanese and published in Night Land Quarterly vol. 24. Buy the issue. Originally published in the anthology Just Desserts, available from Amazon & Smashwords. Also reprinted in Luna Station Quarterly – read it / buy the issue / buy it in print / subscribe & support LSQ. Also available in The Overcast #83, narrated by J.S. Arquin: listen / support on Patreon.
CLEAVER, MEAT, AND BLOCK – at PseudoPod. Listen and read / support PseudoPod. Originally published in Black Static #73.
2020
TONY ROOMBA’S LAST DAY ON EARTH – at Diabolical Plots. Read it / support DP.
IT’S EASY TO SHOOT A DOG (reprint) – in Footsteps in the Dark from Flame Tree. Buy it from Flame Tree / buy from Amazon. (Originally published in Beneath Ceaseless Skies.)
DEEPSTER PUNKS (reprint) – at Escape Pod. Listen / Support Escape Pod on Patreon. Originally published in the anthology A Punk Rock Future.
DOWN TO NIFLHEL DEEP – in Kaleidotrope. Read it. / Support Kaleidotrope on Patreon
SIX DREAMS ABOUT THE TRAIN – in Flash Fiction Online. Read it / buy from Weightless Books / buy from Amazon / subscribe via Weightless Books / subscribe and support via Patreon. (Nominated for a Pushcart Prize.) (Included on Locus Recommended Reading List 2020.)
HARE’S BREATH (reprint) – in Best of Shimmer. Available as an ebook and paperback. Originally published in Shimmer.
IT’S EASY TO SHOOT A DOG (reprint) – at Tales To Terrify. Listen / Support Tales To Terrify on Patreon. Originally published in Beneath Ceaseless Skies.
THE JAGGED EDGE – AN ASTRA MILITARUM SHORT STORY – buy the ebook from Black Library / Amazon / Apple Books / Read more about the Warhammer 40K universe
SCENT (reprint) – at Gallery of Curiosities podcast, narrated by Maria Rose. Listen. / Buy the anthology. (Originally published in Flash Fiction Online.)
SILVER AND SHADOW, SPRUCE AND PINE – in Flash Fiction Online. Read it / buy from Weightless Books / buy from Amazon / subscribe via Weightless Books / subscribe and support via Patreon.
MOTHERS, WATCH OVER ME (reprint) – at Cast of Wonders. Listen. (Originally published in Mythic Delirium.) (A Cast of Wonders‘ Staff Pick of 2020.)
GOOD GIRL – in Escape Artists‘ PodUK 2020 Live Show (narrated by Katherine Inskip). Listen at Cast of Wonders. / Text and audio available as premium content on EA’s Patreon.
CLEAVER, MEAT, AND BLOCK – in Black Static #73. Buy the issue from TTA Press. / Amazon / B&N / Subscribe to the print edition. / Subscribe to the digital edition at Weightless Books. (Picked for Ellen Datlow’s The Best Horror of the Year vol. 13)
WOLFMOTHER – a flash story written for my Patreon & Curious Fictions supporters, is available to read online. Read at Curious Fictions. Read/download as a supporter on Patreon.
OWL, GIRL, ROOKS – on R.B. Wood’s Word Count Podcast. Listen. / Read.
COME AND SEE – on R.B. Wood’s Word Count Podcast. Listen. / Read.
MAZE AND BUTTONS – on R.B. Wood’s Word Count Podcast. Listen. / Read.
2019
THE WAYFINDER AND HIS SISTER (reprint) – in the anthology Young Explorer’s Adventure Guide Volume 6. (Originally published at Cast of Wonders). Amazon / Barnes & Noble / Apple iBooks / Kobo
DEEPSTER PUNKS – in the anthology A Punk Rock Future. Buy from Amazon. / Buy from B&N. / Buy from Indiebound. (Included on the 2019 BSFA Awards longlist.)
METAL, SEX, MONSTERS (reprint) – in PseudoPod. Listen / support on Patreon. Originally published in Gamut Magazine.
DEAD MEAT – in Apparition Lit #7. Read. / Subscribe / support & subscribe on Patreon / buy the issue at B&N – Smashwords – Amazon.
HARE’S BREATH (reprint) – in Cast of Wonders #362, narrated by Katrin Kania. Listen. / Support. (Originally published in Shimmer.)
THE BRIGHTEST LIGHTS OF HEAVEN – in Fireside Fiction #69. Read online for free. / Buy the issue in digital format. / Subscribe and receive the print issue.
STARS ABOVE, SHADOWS BENEATH – in the anthology Tales of Magic & Destiny (Inklings Press). Buy it from Amazon.
MOTHER’S LOVE – at Cast of Wonders. Listen. / Support on Patreon.
THE MACHINE OF THE DEVIL (reprint) – at Augur Magazine’s Blog. Read it / Buy an issue or subscribe to the magazine. Originally published in Flash Fiction Online.
THE GUITAR HERO (reprint) – at Podcastle, narrated by Setsu Uzume. Listen / support on Patreon. Originally published in Kaleidotrope.
CLEAR AS QUARTZ, SHARP AS FLINT – in Augur Magazine 2.1. Buy the issue (and get a sneak peek at my story) / or subscribe. (Nominated for an Aurora Award in the Short Fiction category.)
A STRANGE HEART, SET IN FELDSPAR (reprint) – in Pseudopod (part of Artemis Rising 5). Listen / support on Patreon. Originally published in the anthology Abandoned Places –buy it from Amazon / Barnes & Noble / Kobo / Indiebound / Indigo.
AND YOU SHALL SING TO ME A DEEPER SONG – in Interzone #280. Buy the issue in print or as an ebook or subscribe at TTA Press. Buy it from Weightless Books (ebook) / Amazon (print and ebook).
BIOLUMINESCENCE (reprint) – in Gorgon – Stories of Emergence (originally published in Phobos). Buy it.
SCENT (reprint) – in Curiosities #5 (originally published in Flash Fiction Online). Buy it.
HAND ME DOWNS – in Giganotosaurus. Read it / donate via PayPal to support. (Also available in epub and mobi formats!)
ESSIE’S CHAIN – written for R.B. Wood’s Word Count Podcast. Listen. / Read.
BECCA AND THE RIVER – written for R.B. Wood’s Word Count Podcast. Listen. / Read.
FOR OLD TIMES’ SAKE – written for R.B. Wood’s Word Count Podcast. Listen. / Read.
WHEN THE DRAGONS CAME – written for R.B. Wood’s Word Count Podcast. Listen. / Read.
AFTER THE FALL – written for R.B. Wood’s Word Count Podcast. Listen. / Read.
KNOCK KNOCK – written for R.B. Wood’s Word Count Podcast. Listen. / Read.
THE BODY – written for R.B. Wood’s Word Count Podcast. Listen. / Read.
IN THE GROVE – written for R.B. Wood’s Word Count Podcast. Listen. / Read.
CATCHING THE TRAIN – written for R.B. Wood’s Word Count Podcast. Listen. / Read.
2018
TUNGUSKA, 1987 (reprint) – at Cast of Wonders, narrated by Ville Meriläinen. Listen / support on Patreon (originally published in the anthology Tales From Alternate Earths from Inklings Press)
TEN THINGS I DIDN’T DO – at Pseudopod. Listen / support on Patreon. (Voted a Fan Favourite of 2018.)
A DOORWAY LEFT AJAR – in Martian Magazine. Read it / support on Patreon.
THE MAKER – in The Internet Is Where the Robots Live Now from Paper Dog Press. Buy it from Paper Dog Books / Amazon.com / B&N.
MARGAERY THE WOLF – in See the Elephant Magazine Issue 4. Buy it from Metaphysical Circus Press / Weightless Books / Amazon.
THE LIBRARIAN – in Cast of Wonders, narrated by Katherine Inskip. Listen / become a patron on Patreon / subscribe to the podcast. (One of CoW’s Staff Picks for 2018.)
IT’S EASY TO SHOOT A DOG – in Beneath Ceaseless Skies #260. Read online / buy the issue / subscribe to BCS. (On the Locus Recommended Reading List.) Honorable mention in Ellen Datlow’s 2018-Best Horror of the Year.
THREE PIECES OF GOLD, THREE PIECES OF SILVER – in Heroines: an anthology of short fiction and poetry. Available via Neo Perennial Press: Buy the book.
IT BEGINS IN THE GARDEN – in Aliterate. Read it / support on Patreon.
KAIJU OUTSIDE HOPE – at Escape Pod (a flash fiction contest winner!) – listen / support on Patreon.
SEVEN KINDS OF BAKED GOODS (reprint) – in The Overcast #83 – listen / support on Patreon. Also available in Luna Station Quarterly – read it / buy the issue / buy it in print / subscribe & support, and originally published in the anthology ‘Just Desserts’, available from Amazon & Smashwords.
THE ROOT CELLAR – in Beneath Ceaseless Skies #251 – read online / buy the issue / subscribe at Weightless Books. Honorable mention in Ellen Datlow’s 2018-Best Horror of the Year.
MOTHERS, WATCH OVER ME – in Mythic Delirium – read it online / buy from Weightless Books / Amazon.
THE GUITAR HERO – in Kaleidotrope – read it / support on Patreon.
A STRANGE HEART, SET IN FELDSPAR – in the anthology Abandoned Places (Shohola Press) – buy it from Amazon / Barnes & Noble / Kobo / Indiebound / Indigo
LONG AS I CAN SEE THE LIGHT (reprint) – in the anthology Alien Invasion Short Stories (Flametree Press) – buy it from Flametree Press / Barnes & Noble / Amazon (originally published in People Are Strange)
THE GHOST IN ANGELICA’S ROOM – in Flash Fiction Online (CW: suicide) – read it / buy the issue / support FFO on Patreon.
GOODNIGHT, MR. PRESIDENT – at The Centropic Oracle narrated by Rob Gillespie – listen / support on Patreon.
MABEL’S PACK – written for R.B. Wood’s Word Count Podcast. Read it. / Listen.
THE TROLL BRIDGE – written for R.B. Wood’s Word Count Podcast. Read it. / Listen.
RECOVERED AUDIO FILE #27 FROM RESEARCH SHIP TRIDENT [CLASSIFIED] – written for R.B. Wood’s Word Count Podcast. Read it. / Listen.
UNA’S HAND – written for R.B. Wood’s Word Count Podcast. Read it. / Listen.
THE PRINCE AND THE DRAGON – written for R.B. Wood’s Word Count Podcast. Read it. / Listen.
SUNLIT SURFACE, DEPTHS BELOW – written for R.B. Wood’s Word Count Podcast. Read it. / Listen.
FRÄULEIN MARIA – written for R.B. Wood’s Word Count Podcast. Read it. / Listen.
THE MONSTER HUNTER’S LAST LAMENT – written for R.B. Wood’s Word Count Podcast. Read it. / Listen.
BIG BAD – written for R.B. Wood’s Word Count Podcast. Read it. / Listen.
2017
HARE’S BREATH – in Shimmer #39 – read it / buy the issue / subscribe & support – Honorable mention in Ellen Datlow’s 2017-Best Horror of the Year.
THE WAYFINDER & HIS SISTER – at Cast of Wonders, narrated by Leigh Wallace and Christiana Ellis – listen / support on Patreon.
THE GATES OF BALAWAT / BALAWATS PORTAR (reprint) – in Samovar Magazine – read it in Swedish or English. Listen to the podcast in Swedish & English. Also available in Odin’s Eye: Amazon, Apple iBooks, Smashwords, Barnes & Noble, Kobo.
SEVEN KINDS OF BAKED GOODS (reprint) – in Luna Station Quarterly #31 – read it / buy the issue / buy it in print / subscribe & support (reprint from the anthology ‘Just Desserts’, available from Amazon & Smashwords.)
SOLSTICE BLÓT – poem in Polar Borealis Magazine #4 – read it.
WHEN MAMA CALLS – in Bracken #4 – read it.
BIOLUMINESCENCE – in Phobos Issue Four: Deep Black Sea – buy it in print from Amazon.
LONG AS I CAN SEE THE LIGHT (reprint) – on episode #58 of the podcast The Overcast: listen / buy the anthology People Are Strange / read at Quiet Fury’s Reading Nook.
FIRSTBORN – in the May 2017 issue of Capricious: read it online, subscribe, or buy the issue.
METAL, SEX, MONSTERS – in the May 2017 issue of Gamut: read it (only accessible if you had a Gamut subscription.) – Honorable mention in Ellen Datlow’s 2017-Best Horror of the Year.
THE MACHINE OF THE DEVIL – in the May 2017 issue of Flash Fiction Online: read for free, subscribe, or buy the issue.
LOST AND FOUND (reprint) – Episode #477 of StarShipSofa (Translations Month special, read by Andrea Richardson): listen / read it.
ANGEL’S HEART – written for R.B. Wood’s Word Count Podcast. Read it. / Listen.
BURIED – written for R.B. Wood’s Word Count Podcast. Read it. / Listen.
HIDDEN – written for R.B. Wood’s Word Count Podcast. Read it. / Listen.
DEATHLIGHT – written for R.B. Wood’s Word Count Podcast. Read it. / Listen.
A SONG FOR HUGO – written for R.B. Wood’s Word Count Podcast. Read it. / Listen.
HUNGRY BEASTS – written for R.B. Wood’s Word Count Podcast. Read it. / Listen.
MAGPIES & MOONSHINE – written for R.B. Wood’s Word Count Podcast. Read it. / Listen.
LOST – written for R.B. Wood’s Word Count Podcast. Read it. / Listen.
WOLVES & GIRLS – written for R.B. Wood’s Word Count Podcast. Read it. / Listen.
THE WEIGHT OF THE SEA – written for R.B. Wood’s Word Count Podcast. Read it. / Listen.
2016
SCENT – in the September 2016 issue of Flash Fiction Online: read it / buy the ‘Flash Fiction 2016 Horror anthology’
STORIES BENEATH THE SKYLIGHT poem in The Lorelei Signal: read it.
TUNGUSKA, 1987 in the Inklings Press’ anthology Tales From Alternate Earths.
LONG AS I CAN SEE THE LIGHT & THE BREAKING OF THE WORLD in the anthology People Are Strange. (Read ‘Long As I Can See The Light’ at Quiet Fury’s Reading Nook!)
SEVEN KINDS OF BAKED GOODS in the anthology Just Desserts – available from Amazon or Smashwords.
THE DEMON – written for R.B. Wood’s Word Count Podcast. Read it. / Listen.
OK COMPUTER – Written for episode #60 of R.B. Wood’s Word Count Podcast. Read it. / Listen.
CHIAROSCURO – written for R.B. Wood’s Word Count Podcast. Listen. / Read.
TRUE WORDS (Kirke’s Bed And Breakfast) – written for R.B. Wood’s Word Count Podcast. Listen. / Read.
TREASURE ISLAND – written for R.B. Wood’s Word Count Podcast. Listen. / Read.
MIRIAM AND CAT – written for R.B. Wood’s Word Count Podcast. Listen. / Read. (Also featured in The Write Launch, May 2017.)
NEMESIS – written for R.B. Wood’s Word Count Podcast. Listen. / Read.
THE UNICORN – written for R.B. Wood’s Word Count Podcast. Listen. / Read.
Self-published
2017
DARK FLASH 2 – 10 tales written for R.B. Wood’s Word Count Podcast. Buy it: Amazon / Amazon / Amazon UK / Amazon CA / Amazon Australia / Smashwords / Barnes & Noble / Apple iBooks / Kobo
2016
DARK FLASH – a collection of the eight stories I wrote for R.B. Wood’s Word Count Podcast in 2016: Amazon / Smashwords / Kobo / Apple iBooks / Barnes & Noble.
2015
LOST AND FOUND – a short story from ODIN’S EYE. Get it for free as an ebook.