Stories

Published Stories

• “Corrupted Data”: A futuristic data broker scavenges for computer memory in the frozen junk heaps of Chicago and uncovers images that hint at a terrible conspiracy. Winner of 21st place in the 2026 TL;DR writers 2kTerrors contest! Soon to be featured in print and ePub formats on Amazon.
• “One Last Espresso Before the Apocalypse”: A young artist and community college student finds that her internship at Lovecraft Coffee leads to new artwork and ideas… and a new fall coffee drink that is suspiciously addictive. Featured at Suburban Witchcraft Magazine in issue 11 along with some artwork I photoshopped for the story – search for “Ryan Walraven.” (2025)
• “The Great Erase”: As an artificial intelligence learns to diagnose diseases, but finds that the virus infecting other AI may be extremely challenging to cure.
• “The Aurora Hum”: A woman is haunted by a mysterious sound that keeps her up at night, and permeates the town she lives in – featured at Alternate Reality Magazine (2025)
• “Of Mice and Machines”: In this hard-boiled mystery, a detective in a dystopian city investigates the disappearance of a purveyor of conspiracy theory newsletters – featured by Kirin Comics and Mystic Mind Magazine in Issue 25 and in their print comic. Read at this link (2025)
• “The Cat Who Drank too Much Coffee”: A young witch detective tries to solve an unusual case, tangled up with a net cafe, cats, and coffee – featured in print in the “Curios Anthology” after placing in the TL;DR Press 2k Word Herd contest, or readable at this link (2023)
• “Plant Space”: A botany student tries to grow plants that can survive on Mars and makes an unexpected discovery. Published in the TL;DR Press ‘Growth’ anthology, and available to read here (2021)
• “Electric Gnome”: Two friends in Japan are separated by distance and depressing careers, but one of them is rebuilding the future in their failing town – Featured in print or ePub format in TL;DR Press’s “Hope” anthology or readable at this link (2021)
• “The Land Where Demons Tread”: Two scientists discover that a desolate, uninhabitable planet may host not just life, but intelligent life – Featured on the Ripples in Space podcast in audio form (2020)
• “Happy to Have Us Animals”: Two genetically altered woman look for a home in a world that increasingly scorns and distances itself from their kind – featured at Ripples in Space (2020)
• “How to Unravel Reality in 7 Easy Steps“: A young man goes on a first date in Honolulu and finds the experience to be both unusual, and eye-opening. Featured at Bandit Fiction (2020).

Other Stories

• “Ritual of the Pinewood Witch”: An aspiring mage attempts to begin his training by entering the dimension of dreams.
• “The Dark Beyond the Edge of Town”: A young thief with trust issues is recruited by an old man to hunt a lost book
• “Having Coffee with Androids: Part 1”: A mathematician-turned-barrista enjoys a more relaxing life after machines take over research, that is, until she receives an invitation to a mysterious scientific conference.
• “Having Coffee with Androids: Part 2”: Our barrista and a team of scientific colleagues investigate the puzzle given to them by the machines.
• “The Voice from the Wastes”: A smuggler searches for the voice in his head on an abandoned world
• “The Monsters out of Space”: Monsters inhabit Baltimore and the local populace loves them, but one man is determined to fight back
• “Lifelong Learning”: A child fights against a new teaching technology
• “Book, lend me your light.” – Fantasy – A monk finds a forgotten room in the depths of the monastery
• “Concordance” : High school romance – A girl keeps a list of potential boyfriends

Lostcraft

1. “Waking”
2. “Meditation”
3. “Nightfall”

Older Stories

• “Four Ways to Uncover a Time Traveler” : Science fiction: Two boys on a train debate is a passenger is a time traveler
• “Snow, Ones, and Zeros” : Near future: A girl dons her augmented reality glasses an tries to avoid a bully in the snow
• “Save & Go”: Fiction: A store clear has an especially unfriendly customer