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  • Two Micro Horror Stories Have Been Released Into The Wild

    Greetings! Two of my horror micro horror stories have been accepted for publication: “Tight Prose” is a 99-word horror story about a writer who has had enough of their editor. You can read it here on Flash Phantoms’ website. “What…

    Apr 10, 2025
    Two Micro Horror Stories Have Been Released Into The Wild
  • “The Devil Walketh About” Accepted by Möbius Blvd

    My supernatural horror short story , “The Devil Walketh About”, will be published by Hobb’s End Press in their magazine Möbius Blvd on August 1st later this year. I wrote this story in June of 2024 with the intention of…

    Mar 22, 2025
    “The Devil Walketh About” Accepted by Möbius Blvd
  • Read “Elimination Round” on Black Hare Press’s Dark Moments Platform

    My 100-word drabble “Elimination Round” is out now on Dark Moments, an online publication by Black Hare Press. Read it here. I won’t say too much about the mini-story, other than that reality TV isn’t for the faint at heart.…

    Mar 18, 2025
    Read “Elimination Round” on Black Hare Press’s Dark Moments Platform
  • “Sugar and Spite” is a finalist in this month’s Shallow Waters Flash Fiction Contest

    I am very excited to announce that my flash horror story, “Sugar and Spite”, is a finalist in Crystal Lake Publishing’s Shallow Waters Flash Fiction Contest this month. The theme is: HEARTS (in honor of Valentine’s Day). A short summary…

    Mar 10, 2025
    “Sugar and Spite” is a finalist in this month’s Shallow Waters Flash Fiction Contest
  • Vote for “Halfway Home” on Dark Holme Publishing’s Forbidden Forum

    I’ve entered myself into Dark Holme Publishing’s March Microhorror Prompt Contest. The prompt is the picture above. My contest entry is entitled “Halfway Home” – a 499-word horror story with elements of supernatural, liminal, medical and psychological horror. Read it…

    Mar 7, 2025
    Vote for “Halfway Home” on Dark Holme Publishing’s Forbidden Forum
  • “The Mist’s Touch” now available in Dark Holme Publishing’s Dark Descent: Whispers from Beyond

    My atmospheric flash horror story “The Mist’s Touch” has been published by Dark Holme Publishing in their monthly e-magazine, Dark Descent: Whispers from Beyond. It is a beautiful magazine that features 14 original flash horror stories, plus a few non-fiction…

    Mar 3, 2025
    “The Mist’s Touch” now available in Dark Holme Publishing’s Dark Descent: Whispers from Beyond
  • Website Revamp, Books2Read, and Smashwords’ Read an eBook Week

    I’ve been spending the last couple of days reorganising my website: I’ve also uploaded all those stories onto the Books2Read platform. From there, you can download them from various platforms. Here’s the ebooks that I currently have available: Mathematically Sound…

    Mar 2, 2025
    Website Revamp, Books2Read, and Smashwords’ Read an eBook Week
  • “Mathematically Sound” Now Available on Kindle

    UPDATE (26 March 2025): Mathematically Sound is no longer available on Kindle. You can now download the story for free on my website or via Books2Read. Lost in the labyrinth of numbers, lost in time, lost in space. Somewhere in…

    Feb 17, 2025
    “Mathematically Sound” Now Available on Kindle
  • “Krisjan se Meisies” Gekeur vir PEN Afrikaans en Litnet se Kortverhaalkompetisie / Afrikaans short story “Krisjan’s Girls” Shortlisted for PEN Afrikaans and Litnet’s Short Story Competition

    (Scroll down for the English translation of this post) Ek is bly om aan te kondig dat my Afrikaanse kortverhaal, “Krisjan se Meisies”, gekeur is in PEN Afrikaans en LitNet se kortverhaalkompetisie. Die kompetisie is daarop gemik om die 100-jarige…

    Jan 30, 2025
    “Krisjan se Meisies” Gekeur vir PEN Afrikaans en Litnet se Kortverhaalkompetisie / Afrikaans short story “Krisjan’s Girls” Shortlisted for PEN Afrikaans and Litnet’s Short Story Competition
  • Read my short story “An Underground Operation” in the January issue of World of Myth

    I am very excited to announce that my tech noir short story “An Underground Operation” is available to read for free in the January 2025 issue of the electronic magazine World of Myth. Find the January 2025 issue of World…

    Jan 24, 2025
    Read my short story “An Underground Operation” in the January issue of World of Myth
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