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“From Within” a 2016 Notable Story at storySouth Million Writers Awards
Posted on December 31, 2016 Leave a Comment
Well, here’s some great news. My story, “From Within” was just named a 2016 Notable Story by storySouth, as part of the Million Writers Award. In great company. This story was originally published in Slave Stories: Scenes from the Slave State (Omnium Gatherum) edited by Chris Kelso, and reprinted at Cease, Cows. Thanks, H.L. Nelson […]
Cover Reveal for Tribulations
Posted on March 3, 2016 4 Comments
Cover reveal today for my third short story collection, Tribulations. Art by Ben Baldwin—don’t you love it? So much texture and emotion. Creepy, too. This will be out in April with Crystal Lake Publishing. See below for the full table of contents: Introduction: Stephen Graham Jones Fireflies (art) Chrysalis Love Letters Vision Quest Surrender The […]
Midwestern Gothic #9 is out, with my story “Garage Sales”
Posted on April 1, 2013 Leave a Comment
Midwestern Gothic #9 is NOW OUT, and it includes my story “Garage Sales.” I wrote this story as part of my thesis at Murray State University. At one point, I took a paragraph from the middle of the story, and pulled it to the front, and that’s where this story came from. The FIRST version, […]
My story “The Wastelands” is out in the anthology, Into the Darkness (Necro Publications)
Posted on January 20, 2013 Leave a Comment
I’m thrilled to announce that my story “The Wastelands” is now out in the Necro Publications anthology, Into the Darkness. My story is about a man who loses his family, a golem he befriends, and the lengths he goes to in order to get his wife and children back. Sure, there’s a succubus in it, […]
Curbside Splendor #3 is available for order now, out soon, with my story “Divining”!
Posted on April 18, 2012 Leave a Comment
Look, I made the cover! Looks like Chicago’s own Curbside Splendor #3 is now up for ordering. My story “Divining” is in here. It involves tarot cards and bad women. I’ve been trying to get more involved with local artists, and this is one place I wanted to publish. Thanks, Victor David Giron for the […]
My story “Dyer” is now live up at Beat to a Pulp
Posted on March 6, 2012 Leave a Comment
Several years ago, in the middle of my MFA program, I decided to experiment with form. I’d just seen the movie Rashomon by Akira Kurosawa, and thought to myself that you could write one hell of a good story if you told four perspectives on a lost evening out in the Indiana dunes. “Dyer” is the result. […]
My story “Kiss Off” is now live at Emprise Review.
Posted on September 19, 2011 2 Comments
My story “Kiss Off” is now live at Emprise Review. How do these things happen, I often wonder. Maybe I was issued a challenge, maybe I was just listening to Pandora one day and an old Violent Femmes song came on and I thought “Damn, this is a good song.” As I nodded my head […]
My story “Twenty Reasons to Stay and One to Leave” is now live at Metazen
Posted on August 9, 2011 2 Comments
My story “Twenty Reasons to Stay and One to Leave” is now LIVE at Metazen. I really like what these guys are doing. They publish one new story a day, and on Friday, August 5th, I was up. Great group of writers publishing here, honored to be a part of it. This story was a […]
“Daybreak” is up live at Stepaway Magazine, Issue Two
Posted on June 19, 2011 Leave a Comment
My story “Daybreak” is up live at Stepaway Magazine. Some very kind words from editor Darren Richard Carlaw: “Thomas skilfully disturbs our perceptions of the walk, transforming it into a devastating act of catharsis, a manner of slipping from the emotional trappings of the urban carapace.”
My story “Gateway” is up at Dirty Noir
Posted on June 4, 2011 Leave a Comment
My story “Gateway” is up now at Dirty Noir, a new crime, neo-noir, dark fiction, sexy pants webzine. “Gateway” is a bit of hot St. Louis, something I thought of while I was just down there, memories of heading across the Mississippi river to the “East Side” to buy beer in high school (and other […]
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