Publishing Credits and Awards


When I tell someone that I'm an author, usually the first thing they ask me is: "Have you published anything?" 

Of course, the easiest way to check my publishing credentials is HERE

Or, if you prefer the longer way around…
  • Award-Winning Essayist: Odd Fellows and Rebekahs Pilgrimage for Youth (Colorado Winner), 1986.

  • Anode II Publishing: “The Vampyre’s Last Dawn” (poetry), 1990.
  • Mountain Thought Review: “The Vampyre’s Last Dawn” (poetry), “Perspectives (A Politically-Incorrect Short Story)”, 1992.
  • Western State College: “Nemesis” (playwriting). Performed by WSC Honors Theater Group, 1992 (Directed by Theresa Hicks).
  • Mile High Poetry Society: Olympus: “Charnal Love” (poetry), 1993.

  • CTales Publishing: Fraser: The Disappearance of Michael Pitts (novel, written with Mark Clodi), 2014. Get it here

  • Bloodshot Books: Not Your Average Monster Anthology, Vol II. Editor: Pete Kahle. “The Esurient Hyrst” (short story), 2015. Get it here

  • Wolf Singer Publications: Unintended Consequences Anthology. Editor: Carol Hightshoe. “Agamogenesis” (short story), 2016. Get it here

  • Dark Alley Press: Ink Stains Anthology “Agents of the Seraphim” (short story), 2017.Get it here

  • Dedman Productions: Deadman’s Tome Campfire Tales: Book Two. “After Cirelo” (short story), 2017. Get it here


  • Sisyphus Publications: Scenes from the Carnival Lounge, A Collection of Odd Tales, June, 2018. First Place 25th Annual CIPY / EVVY Awards, 2019 — Horror Category. Get it here

• All of Yesterday’s Yesterdays

• After Cirelo (reprint)

• All Good Dogs

• Agents of the Seraphim (reprint)

• The Esurient Hyrst (reprint, alternative ending)

• Rapture in Reverse

• Exchanges

• Vanilla

• Chains of Darkness

• The Lost Tribe

• Valley of the Flies

• The Pass

• The Sceadu

• The Baelaehagra of Llangennith Downes

• The Vampyre’s Last Dawn (poem) (reprint)

• D’Sai (An Excerpt From Chapter 1)

• The Horror Writer and the Ten Grisly Bears (essay)


  • Dark Regions Press: Stranded: Lone Survivor Deserted Island Horror Stories. “Isle for One?” October, 2018. Fourth Place in the Dark Regions Press’ Writing Contest (chosen from over 1,000 entrants). Get it here

  • Dark Regions Press: Black Labyrinth Anthology I: Possession. “Dispossessed.” September, 2019. Honorable Mention, Dark Regions Press’ Writing Contest (unpublished — credit only).
  • Crossroads Press: Freedom of Screech, Editor: Craig Spector. “Hey Nonny Ding Dong, Alang Alang Alang” (short story) June, 2019. Get it here

  • Sisyphus Publications: Corpse Honey, A Banquet of Gruesome Tales (2020):

• In Unison with a Dying Earth

• The Bark Men

• Isle for One?

• On the Other Side of the Sky

• Mortimer the Maus

• Dispossessed

• Under My Bed… Where The Lower Things Crept

• Hey Nonny Ding Dong, Alang Alang Alang...

• The Island

• The Topielec

• The Tin Men



  • Black Beacon Books: Murder & Machinery. Edited by Cameron Trost. “The Wheel.” 2021

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