Published Stories

Fiction published in journals, anthologies, and magazines — each one a different door into the same recurring questions.

51 stories

Kelp Journal

The Hold

Published in Kelp Journal

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Forevermore

The Rope

Originally published in Forevermore

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Gossamer Wight

Preliminary Screening

Featured in Everyday Eerie Anthology

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Horrific Scribblings

No Exceptions

An independent publisher of transgressive dark fiction (and some poetry), horror and horror-adjacent such as dark fantasy, dark sci-fi, and the surreal.

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Flash Fiction Magazine

The Data

Published in Flash Fiction Magazine

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Moss Puppy Magazine

The Wolf's Tributary

Published in Moss Puppy Magazine — Issue 9: Echoed Howls

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Free Flash Fiction

The Arsonist's Daughter

Icicles clung to the eaves, glinting and mournful, as if the house itself wept. The air stung her cheeks, each breath a cold, unfinished chord.

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Bowery Gothic

The Voice Coach

Published in Bowery Gothic

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Furious Fiction / Australian Writers Centre

Behind the Eight Ball

Published in Furious Fiction / Australian Writers Centre — February 2026 Longlist

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orangepeel literary magazine

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Slow Circles

Published in orangepeel literary magazine, Issue 9.5

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Across the Margin

The House of Denied Mercies

"The House of Denied Mercies" by Raymond Brunell — Across The Margin

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Writers' Hour Magazine

The Warden Observes

Originally published in Writers' Hour Magazine

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Horrific Scribblings

We Have Not Died Yet

An independent publisher of transgressive dark fiction (and some poetry), horror and horror-adjacent such as dark fantasy, dark sci-fi, and the surreal.

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Soul Poetry, Prose & Arts

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Frostwork

Published in Soul Poetry, Prose & Arts, Vol. 1, Issue 4, Fall 2025

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After Dinner Conversation

Did You Wish For Me

Originally published in After Dinner Conversation

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Bluebirds Scribe

The Peace Gardens

Our journal is a platform for creative expression, where unique voices and perspectives come alive in Poetry, Fiction, and Nonfiction

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34 Orchard

Forthcoming

The M-Mode Trace

Published in 34 Orchard, Autumn 2026 — Released November 10, 2026

Variety Pack

The Tides' Fragments

Published in Variety Pack — Issue XIII

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River & South Review

The Archive Cylinder

Published in River & South Review

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Literary Garage

The Black Lung Gospel

Published in Literary Garage

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Elegant Literature

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Frequency Response

Published in Elegant Literature

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Spillwords

The Taste of Ancestral Sorrow

Spillwords.com presents: The Taste of Ancestral Sorrow, flash fiction by Raymond Brunell, whose works explore memory, loss, and the ...

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Wild Willow Magazine

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Stacking Chairs

Published in Wild Willow Magazine, Issue 5

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Little Old Lady Comedy

Phantom Pocket Syndrome

The safe house sits at the end of a cul-de-sac in a neighborhood where people still know their mail carriers

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Literary Cocktail Magazine

Paywalled

Steam Faces

Published in Literary Cocktail Magazine — Fall 2025 Issue

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Rat Bag Lit

Thirteen Devours the First

Originally published in Rat Bag Lit

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Dishsoap Quarterly

Forty-Seven Angles

Published in Dishsoap Quarterly — Issue 12

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Furious Fiction / Australian Writers Centre

Never

Published in Furious Fiction / Australian Writers Centre — November 2025 Longlist

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Skeleton Flowers Press

The Palimpsest Crest

Featured in Autumnal Equinox Vol. 2

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Furious Fiction / Australian Writers Centre

The News at 6:15

Published in Furious Fiction / Australian Writers Centre — December 2025 Showcase

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Manic World Magazine

The Inheritance Fraud

Published in Manic World Magazine

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COOP: chickens of our poetry

Compliment Clouds

Published in COOP: chickens of our poetry — Zine 13

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Necessary Fiction

Ballast

Published in Necessary Fiction

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TrashLight Press

The Welfare Queen's Molotov

TrashLight in your inbox No Noise, just the fire Subscribe Loading… Thank you! You have successfully joined our subscriber list.

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Dark Myth Publications

File 2847

Anthology contributor at Dark Myth Publications.

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Al Dente (University of Alabama)

The Death Eater

Published in Al Dente (University of Alabama) — Issue 2 — Our Roots, Winter 2025

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Wicked Shadow Press

Advent

40 Stories ~ 290 Pages Behind the lights, the feasts and the forced warmth of tradition, something watches.

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Dipity Lit Mag

Always Waiting

Published in Dipity Lit Mag

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Parcham Online

Deserve

Published in Parcham Online — December 2025 — Fiction

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Little Key Press

Seventeen Calls

Website for Little Key Press, a small press publishing company.

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Strip Mall Magazine

Everything Costs Everything

Published in Strip Mall Magazine — Issue 04 | Fall 2025

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Antler Velvet

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The Arithmetic of Angels

Published in Antler Velvet, Issue 6: Chiaroscuro

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FLARE Magazine

Bruise-Dark Cursive

I began cataloging them on day three. The first shadow appeared during a flare—that bone-deep ache that makes you understand why medieval physicians believed in humors, in poisons pooling beneath t…

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The Orange Rose