Illustration of a short haired woman with a wrench in front of a sign that reads holly's time mechanics since 1928

The Time Mechanic

My story, “The Time Mechanic,” is now available online at Orson Scott Card’s Intergalactic Medicine Show. Read my story behind the story on my livejournal. This story was written for week one at Clarion 2013. “My friend asked me to pick up some real Prohibition moonshine for him, and I’m Read more…

Astronaut in a suit labelled "PhD" washes a satellite dish on the moon.

Trash

My short story, “Trash” is now available at Escape Pod.  This story was born out of a prompt from my sister, Grace, who asked me to write something about a character she’d created for a  D&D campaign. Obviously I changed Nanlee somewhat by putting her in a Science Fiction setting! Read more…

three circles labelled father girlfriend and daughter with arrows going to and from them

Keep Talking

My story “Keep Talking” has just been released in the December issue of Apex Magazine. Gerald’s stomach clenched as he approached his daughter, Sarah.  She sat at her computer, her back to the world, as intent as a cat scenting a mouse.  “Sweetie, I have some big news.” She sucked on Read more…

Zombie Hitler

It is with pride that I can honor a great American, a great Ohioan, on this Memorial Day. My short story, “Zombie Hitler Vs. Neil Armstrong” has been purchased by British publication Ponokitsch. Yes, the story is pretty much exactly what the title would suggest.  No, Pornokitsch is a family-friendly Read more…