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"Bad Influence" appeared in CRIMES AGAINST NATURE: New Stories of Environmental Villainy, published in 2024 by Down and Out Books and edited by Robert Lopresti.

It's a story of social media influencers who exploit nature for their own needs. And revenge. 
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​Order here.

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"The Cistern" was published in WITHOUT BRAKES, FINGERS CROSSED, the 2024 short story anthology from Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers.
It's about a struggling fiction writer.
And water. ​And storytelling.
​Order here.



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"Junk Feed" was published in DENVER NOIR (Akashic Books)
​in May, 2022.

The volume won the Colorado Book Award for Best Anthology in 2023.

​"Junk Feed" is another outing for Denver restaurant critic
and private eye Wayne Furlong.

​Order here.

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"Spoofed" appeared in the
August/September 2021 issue of Mystery Tribune.

It's about Robocalls. And revenge.

Set in San Jose and Bakersfield, CA.

Order or subscribe here.

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​​"A Bitter Thing" appeared in the May/June 2019 issue
of Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine.
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The story features Denver restaurant critic
and private eye Wayne Furlong.


​Available to order here. 



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Blood Business, 
an anthology from Hex Publishers,
includes "Bone on Wood."

It's about a preacher with problems.

The collection also includes "The Pledge" and "Refuse."
Both stories, co-written with Dean Wyant, 
​feature a homeless veteran named Desma.

​Blood Business was a 2018 finalist for The Colorado Book Award. 

Available here. 

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​"The Pledge," co-written with Dean Wyant, was included in this anthology from Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers (September, 2016).

Available here.

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​"Shaky Ground" was published online by Hex Publishers (11-1-2016). It's a cautionary tale about fracking and earthquakes.

This story marked the debut of private investigator and restaurant critic Wayne Furlong even though it is set a few minutes in the future.


​Read the whole story here.

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"Steamboat Annie" is included in this short story anthology from Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers (September, 2018).
​It's about a voracious online reviewer.
​And revenge.

Buy the volume here.



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