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Five Secrets to Success
That last secret is a killer.
Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, Vol. 62, Nos. 7 & 8 (Dell, July/August 2017)
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Mary's Parakeets
Being dead means never getting the last word.
Cemetery Guardians ​(October 21, 2016)
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Lucy Still Eats Meat
Some beasts hide their nature better than others.
Mark of the Beast (Chaosium, December 2015)​
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Yesterday's Grave
Some secrets can only be buried so many times.
​HWA Poetry Showcase Volume II (Horror Writers Association, October 2015)
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The Skeleton Crew
Some trick-or-treaters you don't dare turn away.
​Chilling Ghost Short Stories (Flame Tree Publishing, September 2015)
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They Say Gloria's Still in the Lake
The truth is so much worse.
Fossil Lake II: The Refossiling (Amazon & Smashwords, February 2015)

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Mistress Bunny and the Cancelled Client
Life's hard enough for a working class dominatrix without the occasional murder.
(Amazon & Smashwords, November 2014)
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Sticky Pictures
Hiding madness isn't as easy as closing a book.
HWA Poetry Showcase Volume I (Horror Writers Association, July 2014)
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She Sang the House Down
Some stories will never be told.
Vignettes from the End of the World (Apokrupha, April 2014)
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White Faces
Even the worst monsters eventually become something we learn to live with.
Dark Moon Digest 15 (Dark Moon Books, April 2014)
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Better Heard and Not Seen
The thing hiding in your closet is the least of your worries.
DarkFuse 1 (DarkFuse, March 2014)

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A Banquet of Marionettes
Knowing it's just a dream doesn't make it any better.
Horror d'oeuvres (February 2014)

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Unseen by Hands
A blind sculptress invites a stranger to her private gallery.
Nameless Magazine (December 2013)

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The Worst Was Yet to Come
Sometimes, everyone's better off without a sequel.
Black Gate Online (May 20, 2013)

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Coffee with Count Presto
There's a reason that magicians never reveal their secrets.
Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet 28 (Small Beer Press, January 2013)
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What Everybody Sees
An old man is visited by the ghost of his lost love.
Queer Fish 2 (Pink Narcissus Press, October 2012)

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Her Words Make It Go Away
Sometimes, a whisper from a loved one is all we need.
One Buck Horror, Volume Five (www.onebuckhorror.com, June 2012)
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Parlour Party
Four people gather once a week to pay their respects.
Midnight Echo, Issue 7 (Australian Horror Writers Association, May 2012)
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Dead Baby Day
It's that special holiday that we all pretend doesn't exist.
Shock Totem, Issue 4 (Shock Totem Publications, August 2011)
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The Afterlife of Ellen Easterling
What do ghosts do when the living aren't around?
One Buck Horror, Volume Two (www.onebuckhorror.com, July 2011)

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Another End of the World
A stay-at-home mother juggles raising a son, saving her marriage and fending off an alien invasion.
War of the Worlds: Frontlines (Northern Frights Publishing, June 2010)
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Return of the Zombie
A brief piece about the unforeseen dangers of raising the dead.
Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Presents: Flush Fiction (The Bathroom Readers' Institute, April 2012)
Everyday Weirdness (website, May 14 2009)
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Midnight Cappuccino
Christmas Eve brings together a family separated by more than miles.
Dead Boys (Amazon & Smashwords, May 2013
Twilight Tales (website, January 2009)
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Shadows on the Sand
One of my early homages to the horror anthology comics, this one with a beach theme.
Killer-Works (October 2008)

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Wet Dog Perfume
A lonely man mourns the death of one friend as he makes another.
Dead Boys (Amazon & Smashwords, May 2013)
Tales to Terrify, Volume 1 (print, October 2012)
Tales to Terrify 28 (podcast, July 2012)
Hell in the Heartland (Annihilation Press, February 2008)
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Cold Comfort
A prostitute visits the scene of a tragedy in order to render her own brand of absolution.
Dead Boys (Amazon & Smashwords, May 2013)
Book of Dead Things, 2nd Edition (Twilight Tales, June 2007)
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Parable of the Lazy Rooster
A priest offers consolation and the most exotic drink on Earth.
Dead Boys (Amazon & Smashwords, May 2013)
Tales from the Red Lion, 2nd Edition (Twilight Tales, June 2007)
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