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published stories<\/h2>\n
The following is a list of my published sf\/fantasy stories.
The Building Parachute. <\/strong>Ballista<\/a> 2 (April 2007)<\/div>\n
The History Eaters. <\/strong>The Labyrinth Inhabitant<\/a> 2 (Spring 2008)<\/div>\n
The Point of Oswald Masters. <\/strong>Nemonymous 8: Cone Zero<\/a> , edited by Des Lewis (July 2008)
(nominated for a British Fantasy Award)<\/div>\n
John Comes Back.\u00a0 <\/strong>On The Premises<\/a> 7 (March 2009)
(first prize winner)<\/div>\n
Protect and Survive.\u00a0 <\/strong>Ballista<\/a> 6 (Spring 2009)<\/div>\n
The Problem Child.\u00a0 <\/strong>Genomics Forum<\/a> (June 2009)
(competition runner-up)<\/div>\n
A Hissing Sound.\u00a0 <\/strong>Alternative Coordinates<\/a> 2 (summer 2009)<\/div>\n
Bad Blood.\u00a0 <\/strong>Fusion Fragment<\/a> 10 (summer 2009)<\/div>\n
The End of the World: A User’s Guide.\u00a0 <\/strong>Emerald Tales (SF Special)<\/a> 1(August 2009)<\/div>\n
Incubus, Succubus.\u00a0 <\/strong>Like Twin Stars<\/a> edited by Cecilia Tan and Kelly Clark (2009)
Seven Hours.\u00a0 <\/strong>Emerald Tales<\/a> 3 (December 2009)<\/div>\n
A Change in the Weather.\u00a0 <\/strong>Emerald Tales: Copper Wire<\/a> (April 2010)
The Haunting of Joselyn Seacroft.\u00a0 <\/strong>On The Premises<\/a> 11 (July 2010)
(second prize winner)
My Two Faces.\u00a0 <\/strong>Fusion Fragment<\/a> 15 (spring 2011)
A Brick Wall.\u00a0 <\/strong>On The Premises<\/a> 13 (March 2011)
Supervision Day.\u00a0 <\/strong>Strange Weird and Wonderful<\/a> (spring 2011)
The Colour of Nothing<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0parABnormal digest<\/a>\u00a01 (March 2011)
The Little Voice<\/strong>.\u00a0 Electric Spec<\/a>\u00a0vol 6 no 4 (November 30 2011)
My Heart Beats Backwards.\u00a0 <\/strong>Like the Hand of Time<\/a> edited by Bethany Zaiatz, Circlet Press (2012)<\/div>\n
\u00a0\u00a0 Nobilis Reed podcast<\/a> 20 February 2021
What the Meteor Meant<\/strong>.\u00a0 Origins: Colliding Causalities<\/a> edited by Juliana Rew, Third Flatiron (2012)
Aplut.\u00a0 <\/strong>On The Premises<\/a> 19 (March 2013)
The Woman From Aldgate West.\u00a0 <\/strong>Sex in London<\/a> edited by Elizabeth Coldwell (2013)
Eurydice in Capricorn.<\/strong>\u00a0 <\/strong>R<\/a>edshifted: Martian Stories<\/a> edited by Juliana Rew, Third Flatiron (2014)
The Mistake Bureau.\u00a0 <\/strong>The First Line<\/a> vol 16 no 2 (summer 2014)
Curse Marks.\u00a0 <\/strong>Like A Mystery Uncovered: Erotic Detective Stories<\/a> edited by Nikola Klaus, Circlet Press (Jan 2015)
A Rock in the Air.\u00a0 <\/strong>The Time It Happened<\/a> edited by Juliana Rew, Third Flatiron (Mar 2015)<\/div>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Tall Tale TV<\/a> 25 February 2022
The Voice Harvester.\u00a0 <\/strong>The First Line<\/a> vol 17 no 1 (Mar 2015)
A Language of Regret.\u00a0 <\/strong>On The Premises<\/a> 25 (April 2015).\u00a0 Third prize winner.
Strain Your Brain!\u00a0 <\/strong>4 Star Stories<\/a> 15 (Summer 2015).
A Visitor from the Independent Republic of Scotland. <\/strong>The First Line<\/a> Spring 2016.
The Mytilenian Delay<\/strong>.\u00a0 Hyperpowers<\/a> edited by Bascombe James, Third Flatiron (summer 2016). (Shorlisted for a WSFA Small Press Award)
Literary Walks: The Cartographer by Martin Croft. <\/strong>You Are Here: Tales of Cartographic Wonders<\/a> edited by N E White (November 2016).
The Longing.<\/strong> The First Line<\/a> vol 19 no 2 (summer 2017).
The Losers’ Crusade<\/strong>. Cat’s Breakfast<\/a>, Third Flatiron (summer 2017).
The Day the Mirror Told the Truth<\/strong>.\u00a0 A Beastly Affair<\/a> edited by J Blackmore (December 2017), Circlet Press.
Vixerunt<\/strong>. Electric Athenaeum<\/a> (4 May 2018).<\/div>\n
Damnatio Memoriae.<\/strong> The First Line<\/a> vol 20 no 2 (summer 2018).<\/div>\n
New Heaven, New Earth.<\/strong> Galileo’s Theme Park<\/a>, edited by Juliana Rew, Third Flatiron (summer 2018).<\/div>\n
The Reference Library. <\/strong>The Passage of Time<\/a>, Colp (July 2018).<\/strong><\/div>\n
A Song of Sorrow<\/strong>. The Future Fire: Making Monsters<\/a> edited by Djibril Al-Ayad and Emma Bridges (September 2018).
The Slow Bomb<\/strong>. Strange Economics<\/a> edited by David F Schultz (September 2018).<\/div>\n
There Is a Beauty in this Condition.<\/strong> Electric Spec<\/a> (August 2018).<\/div>\n
I Could Not Sleep For Thinking of the Sky<\/strong>. Sky’s the Limit,<\/a> Colp (September 2018).<\/div>\n
Conrad’s Heartbeat<\/strong>. A Little Bit of Nonsense<\/a>, Colp (January 2019).<\/div>\n
The Airs of Mars<\/strong>. Terra Two: An Ark for Off-World Survival<\/a> (March 2019).<\/div>\n
Four Ghosts of Martin Croft.<\/strong> Beyond the Walls: New Writing from York St John University 2019<\/a> edited by York Centre for Writing (May 2019)<\/div>\n
Touch the Earth<\/strong>. I Didn’t Break the Lamp, Mad Scientist Journa<\/a>l (September 2019).<\/div>\n
Euler’s Equation<\/strong>. SciPhi Journal 20 December 2019<\/a>.<\/div>\n
One Survivor.<\/strong> Crash Code<\/em>, Blood Bound Books<\/a> (2020).<\/div>\n
Nothing Is Ugly Until You Look at It.<\/strong> Amongst Friends (Gypsum Sound Tales)<\/a>, March 2020.<\/div>\n
A Bead on God’s Abacus<\/strong>. Terra Two: An Ark for Off-World Survival<\/a> (June 2020).<\/div>\n
War’s End<\/strong>. Gotta Wear Eclipse Glasses<\/a>, Third Flatiron (Summer 2020).<\/div>\n
Warpaint<\/strong>. <\/em>Beyond the Walls: New Writing from York St John University 2020<\/a> edited by York Center for Writing (June 2020)<\/div>\n
A Relic of Millia Maslowa<\/strong>. Treasure<\/a>, Colp (September 2020).<\/div>\n
Athanatophobia<\/strong>. The Write Festival Science Fiction Anthology<\/a> (2020).<\/div>\n
Mozart’s Earworm<\/strong>. The First Line<\/a> (Winter 2020).<\/div>\n
Enzymes<\/strong>. Trembling With Fear<\/a> (Christmas 2020).<\/div>\n
Collection.<\/strong> The York Journal<\/a> 1 (May 2021).<\/div>\n
As Beautiful Things Always Do. <\/strong>York Literary Review<\/a> (Summer 2021).<\/div>\n
Dampening<\/strong>. After Dinner Conversation<\/a> (May 2022).<\/div>\n
The Tiniest of Vibrations.<\/strong> Medusa Tales<\/a> (4 August 2022).<\/div>\n
The People of the Sea<\/strong>. Headland<\/a> (3 December 2023)<\/div>\n
Our Foul Ancestors. <\/strong>Offshoots: Humanity Twigged,<\/a>\u00a0Third Flatiron (July 2024)<\/div>\n
Into the Drear Oblivion.<\/strong> Headland<\/a> (14 October 2024)<\/div>\n
The Helmet Game.<\/strong>. James Gunn’s Ad Astra<\/a> 17 (March 2026)<\/div>\n
The New Air.<\/strong> Penumbric<\/a> (April 2026)<\/div>\n
War Food<\/strong>. parABnormal Magazine (forthcoming)<\/div>\n\n\n

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