Short Fiction

 
Line drawing of a person with top surgery scars lying down with three iridescent mushrooms on their chest.

Original Illustration by the author

In the light of the supermoon

A story about queer conception, hope in an uncertain world, and magic mushrooms (but not the kind you think). Published 11/8/2022 with Solarpunk Magazine.

Line drawing of a person in a jumpsuit looking up.

Original Illustration by the author

Generation proxima

Sol wrestles with their gender identity while on a mission to resettle humanity on a far-off planet. Published 11/3/2021 with Voyage YA Journal.

Line drawing of two people smoking cigarettes.

Original Illustration by the author

The alonso research Center for studies of the undead

Ella is doing fine in the zombie apocalypse…until her ex-girlfriend’s body shows up at her research lab. $20k First place winner in a 2021 Vocal Media contest.

Line drawing of a person with vines growing from their head, looking up.

Original Illustration by the author

The Ghosts of Citrinia

Space pirate Eury is forced to confront the ghosts of their past when they have to return to the underground city where they were born. Published 5/6/2021 in Night Sky Press Issue #1.

A line drawing of a female-bodied person levitating, with four drops of red blood falling.

Original Illustration by the author

Tana and Luci, At dawn

In a retelling of a Sicilian pagan creation myth, Tana, queen of witches, creates a hot femme Lucifer. Immediately, she regrets her choices. Published 1/27/2023 with Corvid Queen.

A robot and a human gaze out the window at a futuristic cityscape.

Illustration by Cannaday Chapman for Grist

Last Tuesday, For eternity

An android’s pledge to return to the earth is upended when they accidentally fall in love. Published 1/8/2025 on Grist.org; 2nd place winner in the Imagine 2200 contest, judged by Omar El Akkad and Annalee Newitz.