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