Category: Short Stories and Other Fiction
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Shout out to North Ogden Junior High Creative Writers
As an author, getting to talk and teach in Utah schools is surprisingly difficult. Which means I was all the more thrilled to go talk to not one or two of the English classes at North Ogden Junior High, but all off them. Myself, along with Charlie N. Holmberg, Steven Heumann, and Scott E. Tarbet,…
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Special Sneak Peek: Preface of Sakura
While most local Utah authors have heard parts of this emotional story, there are many of us out there that haven’t heard all of it. I’ve asked Paul Genesse to come to the blog today to share about his experience bringing Zachary Hill’s vision to life. Paul has generously allowed me to share the preface…
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Free Fiction Sample, “Imprint” by Nicholas Adams
It’s Friday, which means I get to bring you samples, interviews, and articles from new voices around the world. Today, I have a special treat for you. Friend and fellow author, Nicholas Adams, has given me permission to share the first chapter of his novella “Imprint” a hard sci-fi with a medical twist. In return,…
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Assembling a Cyberpunk Heist Team by Jodi L. Milner
My buddy James and I did a super entertaining blog swap. He asked me to stretch out of my writing comfort zone and write a cyberpunk “how to” article. Here’s what I came up with. Be sure to like and follow James at his blog. 🙂
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SQ Magazine
The Skull Collector is best described as a mash up between The Hunger Games and Moana and is one of my favorite short stories I’ve written to date. Even better, you can read it for free. Printed in Speculative Quarterly International Magazine (SQ Mag) Edition 31. Release date: June 12, 2017 Read for free – SQ Mag Edition 31
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Summertime, Volume Two
Summertime (vol. 2) is the anthology of The Eagle Mountain Arts Alliance 2016 contest winners. My flash fiction piece, The Music of Heaven, contemplates whether it is better to allow mankind to suffer a long ugly death, or to destroy all life on the world to maintain the dignity of the human race. Release date: February 9,…
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YouTube Fiction Friday
Want to listen to a story? Transdimentional Zombies is a short story about a zombie researcher who stumbles on a surprising discovery while exploring a graveyard. Produced by Immortal Works. Release date: Nov 18th, 2016 Listen to it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPQVa9KfpfE
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Volatile When Mixed
Volatile When Mixed is an anthology of The League of Utah Writers 2015 Fall Conference writing contest winners. My flash fiction piece, Mundane Chores, is a “slice of life” story about the frustrations and joys of a mother doing laundry around her toddler. Totally not inspired by real life, really. Ok, maybe a little bit. He’s still…
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Toll of Another Bell
Breath has the distinction of being the first short story I’ve ever published. It tells of Fauna, the Guardian of Souls, who has discovered a vast emptiness in her life and is emotionally paralyzed until she can find a way to fill it. She seeks a solution from her brother Terran, the Guardian of Earth, who…
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The Man in the Cupboard, pt. 26
Here we have come to the end of our story, Mike has found what he was looking for in the talented and charming Maybelle and now must bring her back to his home. To read the previous episode, click here! To start at the beginning, click here! After leaving Auntie Marie’s burrow, Mike and Maybelle…
