Short Fiction
Scylla Publishing, Forthcoming October 2026 | Science Fantasy | 4,500 words
jumping timelines / sentient plants / the stories we tell ourselves to survive
2026
PodCastle, August 2026 | Fantasy | 3,500 words
"'Prophecies only matter if you believe them,' Li Shen says.
'Then tell me. What do you believe in?'
Li Shen hates the way Simo is looking at him. Heavy, intent.
'Nothing real requires belief. Not the grass. Nor the sun.'"
history from the bottom-up / deconstruction of nationalism / emperors die, but we keep farming rice
- Reviewed in Tar Vol on as "Enjoyed in August"
2025
OTHERSIDE, June 2026 | Science Fiction | 4,000 words
"You’re only this young and usable once, so you have to make the most of it. At least that’s what your perfect, omniscient parents say. As the founders of CL-1, Neo-Shanghai’s largest genetic engineering company, they’ve already calculated the trajectory..."
toxic yuri / parasocial projection / cloning your dead c-pop bias is fine right?
- Recommended in Locus Magazine by Maria Haskins
- Reviewed in Read in June 2026 as "...my favorite story in this issue."
2025
Haven Speculative, January 2026 | Fantasy | 1,200 words
"The problem with saving the world at sixteen is that you’re doomed to chase that high for the rest of your life. You’ll fall asleep tossing and turning, dreaming of tiaras that cleave through bone, sky-high heels you can land spinning kicks in, and blood splattering across your face—thick, black, and pungent, like decay settling into your skin."
washed-up child prodigies | the worst sapphic situationship ever | spreadsheets (ew)
- Recommended in Reactor's Must Read Short Speculative Fiction by Alex Brown
- Reviewed in Little Fiction Reviews
- Reviewed in Night of the Hats
2025
Saros Speculative Fiction, January 2025 | Science Fiction | 4,000 words
"She used to brag about how carefully she created you. How she consulted the best doctors—grew ten mirror images in a laboratory—and decided you were the one who deserved to live.
You weren’t the smartest. You weren’t the strongest. But you were the prettiest and the most amenable and that was what mattered to her."
flying car crashes | memory transplants to deal with your sapphic crush dying | designer babies
- Longlisted for the Sir Julius Vogel Award for Best Short Story
- Reviewed by Clubhouse Reviews
2025
Fusion Fragment, September 2023 | Science Fiction | 4,200 words
"They're releasing the new version of me today—Ada 2.0."
sentient robots | corporate politics | never being enough
- Reviewed by Clubhouse Reviews
2025
Diet Milk Magazine, September 2022 | Gothic Horror | 3,000 words
"Love and hate. Hate and love. They’re twin shadows dancing around a flame. One little flicker and they’ll melt into each other. One tiny push, that’s all he needs."
unreliable narrators | infatuation | fact vs fiction
- Nominated for the Pushcart Prize