Short Stories

I’ve published more than forty short stories in magazines, anthologies, on podcasts, and even on the sides of coffee cans.

“Invasive Species”
– Set in the same world as Bones of Faerie
– Originally published in Coyote Wild
– Now available for download from Amazon Apple Barnes & Noble Kobo and Smashwords

“Drawing the Moon”
– Originally appeared in Bruce Coville’s Book of Nightmares, published by Scholastic
– Now available as an ebook from Amazon Apple Barnes & Noble Kobo and Smashwords
– Listen to a recording at Pseudopod
– Received an honorable mention in The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror

“Tearing Down the Unicorns”
– Now available in the collection Unicorn Seasons
– Originally appeared in A Glory of Unicorns, edited by Bruce Coville and published by Scholastic
– Reprinted in Cricket magazine (Nov/Dec 2004)

“Lost or Forgotten”
– Now available in the collection Unicorn Seasons
– Originally appeared n Cabinet des Fées 2
– Reprinted in Semaphore Magazine (Sep 2009)

“Windwood Rose”
– Now available in the collection Unicorn Seasons
– Originally appeared in Bruce Coville’s Book of Magic, published by Scholastic

“Heart’s Desire”
-Now available at Tell Me A Story, Ink
– Originally appeared in Cricket Magazine (Oct 2006)

“Career Day”
– Season 3, Episode 6 of the Zombies, Run! fitness app

“Crossings”
– In Welcome to Bordertown, edited by Holly Black and Ellen Kushner, published by Random House Children’s Books

“Seal Story”
– Guest fiction at Merry Sisters of Fate

“Alien Promises”
– Listen to a recording at Escape Pod
– Originally appeared in Bruce Coville’s Book of Aliens II, published by Scholastic
– Included on Tangent magazine’s Suggested Reading List

“Dragon Offerings”
– In Tales from the Talisman (volume 4, issue 4)

“Practical Villainy”
– Originally appeared in Say … Have You Heard This One? from Fortress of Words
– Listen to a recording at Escape Pod

“Sarah’s Window”
– Listen to a recording at the Drabblecast
– Originally appeared in Realms of Fantasy magazine (April 1996)
– Reprinted in Tales of the Talisman (volume 2, issue 3)

“Why Is This Night Different?”
– A Passover vampire story
– Now available as an ebook from Amazon Apple Barnes & Noble Kobo and Smashwords
– Originally appeared in Sisters in Fantasy 2, edited by Susan Shwartz and published by NAL

“Virginia Woods”
– Listen to a recording at Pseudopod
– Originally in Enchanted Forests, edited by Katharine Kerr and published by DAW Books
– Received an honorable mention in The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror

“Water’s Edge”
– In Half Human, edited by Bruce Coville and published by Scholastic
– Received an honorable mention in The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror

“Unicorn Season”
– Revised version now available in the collection Unicorn Seasons
– Originally appeared in Galaxy magazine

“Stone Tower”
– In Gothic! Ten Original Dark Tales, edited by Deborah Noyes and published by Candlewick Press
– Received an honorable mention in The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror

“Free Will, Baby”
– Listen to a recording at Escape Pod
– Originally appeared in Deals with the Devil, edited by Mike Resnick and Martin H. Greenberg; published by DAW Books

“Three Wish Habit”
– Listen to a recording at Escape Pod
– Originally appeared in Aladdin: Master of the Lamp, edited by Mike Resnick and Martin H. Greenberg and published by DAW Books
– Reprinted in Galaxy magazine
– Recorded for the Galaxy Audio Project (GAP)

“Amanda’s Room”
– In Bruce Coville’s Book of Nightmares II, published by Scholastic

“Frog Princes”
– Originally appeared in Children’s Playmate magazine
– Rewritten version in ShapeShifters, edited by Bruce Coville and published by Avon

“All the Branching Paths”
– In Stars of Darkover, edited by Deborah J. Ross and Elisabeth Waters, published by MZB Literary Works Trust

“What Fire Is”
– In Moving Targets and Other Tales of Valdemar, edited by Mercedes Lackey and published by DAW Books

“Song for Two Voices” 
– In Crossroads and Other Tales of Valdemar, edited by Mercedes Lackey and published by DAW Books

“A Child’s Adventures”
– In Sword of Ice, edited by Mercedes Lackey and published by DAW Books

“Hanukkah Light”
– In Ghosts and Golems, edited by Malka Penn and published by the Jewish Publication Society

“Advice” (poem)
– In Mythic Delirium (Issue 8)

“Whispers”
– Published by Story House Coffees on the sides of their coffee cans

“Winter Stories”
– On Story House Coffees

“One Wish”
– On Story House Coffees

“Raising Jenny”
– In Not of Woman Born, edited by Constance Ash and published by NAL/Penguin
– Received an honorable mention in The Year’s Best Science Fiction

“Steel Penny”
– In Realms of Fantasy magazine (June 1998)
– Received an honorable mention in The Year’s Best Science Fiction

“Exchange Student”
– In A Starfarer’s Dozen, edited by Michael Stearns and published by Harcourt Brace
– Reprinted in Girls’ Life magazine

“Beyond the Flames”
– In The Fortune Teller, edited by Lawrence Schimel and published by DAW Books

“By the Oaks”
– In Elf Fantastic, edited by Martin H. Greenberg and published by DAW Books

“Bra Melting”
– In Chicks in Chainmail, edited by Esther Friesner and published by Baen Books

“Illusions”
– In Sherlock Holmes in Orbit, edited by Mike Resnick and Martin H. Greenberg; published by DAW Books
– Translated into French for Sherlock Holmes en Orbite

“Learning Magic”
– In Alternate Outlaws, edited by Mike Resnick and published by Tor Books

“Out of Sight”
– In By Any Other Fame, edited by Mike Resnick and Martin H. Greenberg and published by DAW Books

“Wishbook Days”
– In Christmas Ghosts, edited by Mike Resnick and Martin H. Greenberg; published by DAW Books
– Reprinted in Galaxy magazine

“Cherilly’s Law”
– Originally appeared in Leroni of Darkover, edited by Marion Zimmer Bradley and published by DAW Books
– Translated into French for Les Cent Royaumes
– Translated into German for Die Tanzerin von Darkover