Summons: Image by Julian Winfield

Summons: An alien undercover faces a dilemma she did not expect:

Twyla and Cole stopped walking and watched the green-tailed meteor streak across the glittering-black sky. There was a tang in the air…In her current form even Twyla’s nose barely registered the scent, but it was enough to bring a weight to her chest.

This flash fiction piece is available for free on Metastellar.

Replacement: Published in the anthology Spring Into SciFi: 2023 Edition by Cloaked Press. Available now on Amazon.

Thanks to some exceptionally successful medical maintenance, Harley Jamison (a.k.a Subject 218252) is expected to live a very long time. Whether he’ll get to decided how he spends that time, that is the question.

Dale's Pie: Published in the anthology Spring Into SciFi: 2022 Edition by Cloaked Press. Available now on Amazon.

Dale loved apple pie. Well, he liked apple pie. At least, he was pretty sure he would like apple pie. If he ever had a chance to taste one...

Hostage: Published in the anthology Time Travel Short Stories by Flame Tree Publishing. Available through Flame Tree's website, and through Amazon).

A Swirl of Chocolate: This flash-fiction piece is available, free, on 365 tomorrows. 

Watching from the shadows, Charlie saw the earlier version of himself arrive. The slightly-younger Charlie walked hesitantly past the swing set...

Mabel's Mission: This quirky adventure with human experimentation gone wrong is seen through the eyes of Mabel Foster, a Mad Scientist's assistant. 
Published, and accessible for free on the Mad Scientist Journal website. Also on Amazon in the anthology Mad Scientist Journal: Spring 2013. 

Mabel's Mission: Art by Shannon Legler

Experienced Osteo-transplant Specialist Seeks Work: Imagine a universe overrun by Mad Scientists. What would the Classifieds section of the newspaper look like? Find out in the MSJ anthology, Mad Scientist Journal: Autumn 2012.

The Cavern: Check out this light, Winter Solstice themed flash fiction story available free on Every Day Fiction. Also available as a podcast read by Folly Blaine.