“Red Lanterns” appears in the second volume of the Horizons anthology published by Twenty Bellows. The story retells as a conversation between an aging writer and his therapist the terrifying account of the writer’s supernatural encounter as a 12-year-old boy growing up in a small farm town in eastern Colorado. Still haunted 50 years after the experience, the writer questions whether he imagines what he still sees, he’s become mentally unstable or he’s trapped near the entrance to a shadowy land that can’t be detected or quantified by science. My story was inspired in part by an 1878 train wreck on Kiowa Creek. The anthology is available at the Twenty Bellows online store at https://twentybellowslit.com as well as Amazon. “Red Lanterns” also was featured on the Creepy Podcast 31 Days of Horror. The podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Google Play, iHeart Radio, Spotify and Stitcher. You can also tune in at https://www.creepypod.com/…/31-days-of-horror-2026-day…
“Pizza Girl” appears in the 2026 Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers anthology. The anthology centers on the theme true story and features fiction blending real events, local legends and historical figures with original storytelling. “Pizza Girl” recounts the story of a botany professor who becomes a chef at a Colorado ski town pizzeria in part to escape a tragedy. When her past unexpectedly catches up with her, she makes a killer pie to exact retribution. The RMFW anthology is available for purchase online from Barnes & Noble.
“The Great Oil Boom” appears in the 2025 Western Colorado Voices anthology published by the Western Colorado Writers Forum. The story tells what happens when two sixth grade classmates find what they believe is crude oil bubbling up from the ground only to discover just how filthy lucre can be. The anthology is available for purchase online from Amazon.