Here’s a list of my work published in 2024. All five short stories are eligible for the Sir Julius Vogel and other speculative short fiction awards. For copies of ‘Unsung’ or ‘Renewal Notice’, please contact me.

Two of the poems are also speculative – I’d especially like to highlight ‘Kannaki contemplates the fire in her breast‘ for awards consideration.

Short stories

When Pātti Stayed – Translunar Travelers Lounge, August 2024
A beloved grandmother has better things to do than move on. 1700 words.

Unsung – Xanax Hamster, June 2024
Leela develops a new power that could let her make the difference she’s always wanted to make. If only these modern technologies weren’t so unreliable! 1500 words.

Renewal Notice – Haunted Hallways, April 2024
Mira needs her scholarship to stay at Mallory Thorne. Even if it’s unseasonably hot and dry, and bombs are dropping back home, she has to focus on her studies. But someone—or something—else wants her attention, too. Eco-horror/dark fantasy. 6250 words.

You Can Keep Your Helmet On – Interstellar Flight Magazine, April 2024
‘“Half price if you remove that helmet,” says the cashier wearing Luke’s nametag, and the rest of his body…’ Flash fiction. 330 words.

Updated Intelligence – All Tomorrow’s Futures: Fictions that Disrupt, March 2024
A smartfridge alert gets Stace in trouble for suspected looting during a climate crisis, and there’s only a robot lawyer to help. 2750 words.

Poetry

Kannaki contemplates the fire in her breast (speculative) – Small Wonders, May 2024
Those I Inhabit at Night (speculative) – Australian Poetry Journal 13.1: Place, Unplace, June 2024
Tholaintha Porudkal (Lost Things) – Third Space (Renard Press), July 2024