Short works

Stories

2026

“A Shell in the Desert,” Revolution in the Heart: Stories in Honor of Ursula K. Le Guin, ed. Jonathan Strahan (Sep 2026).
“Down the Interstate,” The Book of the Dead, ed. Jonathan Strahan (Oct 2026).

2024

“The Bonfire of the Words,” in Boston Review (April 2024).

2023

“The Father Provincial of Mare Imbrium,” Uncanny Magazine (Jan/Feb 2023).
“The River and the World Remade,” Tor.com (March 2023).
“Witchfires,” in The Book of Witches, ed. Jonathan Strahan (August 2023).
“Alphabet of Swans,” Sunday Morning Transport (August 2023).
“The Eve of the Planet of Ys,” “Courtship Displays of the American Birder,” “The Lion God and the Two Gates,” and “The Cat’s Tale” in Jewel Box (October 2023).
“The Cat’s Tale” reprinted in The Best Fantasy of the Year vol. 3, ed. Paula Guran.

2022

“An Account, by Dr. Inge Kühn, of the Summer Expedition and Its Discoveries,” Lost Worlds and Mythological Kingdoms, ed. John Joseph Adams (March 2022).
“Serenissima,” Sunday Morning Transport (July 2022).

2021

“Small Monsters,” Tor.com (October 2021).
Reprinted in The Best Fantasy of the Year vol. 1, ed. Paula Guran.
“The Sugar Castle of St. Lucia,” Shadow Atlas, ed. Carina Bissett, Hillary Dodge, and Josh Viola (November 2021).

2020

“The Talking War”, Psi-Wars, ed. Josh Viola (May 2020).
“The Hemlock Who Was Afraid of Heights,” The Decameron Project, ed. Jo Walton (May 2020).

2019

“The Time Invariance of Snow,” Tor.com (December 2019).
Reprinted in The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2020, ed. Diane Gabaldin and John Joseph Adams.
“The Valley of Wounded Deer,” Lightspeed (October 2019).
“Zero in Babel,” Slate (July 2019).
“The Doing and Undoing of Jacob E. Mwangi,” Asimov’s (May/June 2019).
“Three Variations on a Theme of Imperial Attire,” New Suns, edited by Nisi Shawl (March 2019).
“Green Glass: A Love Story,” If This Goes On, edited by Cat Rambo (March 2019).
Reprinted in The Year’s Best Science Fiction, vol. 1, ed. Jonathan Strahan and The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year 2020, ed. Rich Horton.

2018

“In the Forests of Memory,” Terraform (November 2018).
“Music for the Underworld,” Terraform (March 2018).
Reprinted in The Best Dark Fantasy and Horror 2019, ed. Paula Guran.
“The No-One Girl and the Flower of the Farther Shore”, Clarkesworld (March 2018).

2017

“The View From the Top of the Stair,” Hazlitt (September 2017).
“The White-Throated Transmigrant,” Tor.com (June 2017).
“The Wretched and the Beautiful,” Terraform (February 2017).
Reprinted in The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy, ed. N.K. Jemisin and John Joseph Adams.
“A Quiet Night in the Library,” Hellboy: An Assortment of Horror, edited by Christopher Golden (August 2017).

2016

“The Witch of Orion Waste and the Boy Knight,” Uncanny 12 (September/October 2016).
Reprinted in The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, vol 11, ed. Jonathan Strahan, and The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy, ed. Charles Yu and John Joseph Adams.
“Paul Flitch’s Slap-Bang Fracas With Mister Delusio,” Daily Science Fiction (September 2016).
“The Gardener and the King’s Menagerie”, Bracken Magazine (August 2016).
“Darkout,” Cyber World, ed. Josh Viola and Jason Heller (November 2016).
“Braid of Days and Wake of Nights,” Fantasy and Science Fiction (Jan/Feb 2016).
Reprinted in The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy and Horror 2017, ed. Paula Guran.

2015

“Woman at Exhibition,” Uncanny (July/August 2015).

2014

“Local Stop on the Floating Train,” Terraform (December 2014).
“Musée de l’Âme Seule,” Upgraded, ed. Neil Clarke (September 2014).

2013

“Daedalum, the Devil’s Wheel,” Clarkesworld (December 2013).
“The Pilgrim and the Angel,” McSweeney’s Quarterly 45 (December 2013).
Reprinted in The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, vol 8, ed. Jonathan Strahan.
“The Urashima Effect,” Clarkesworld (June 2013).
“The Forgetting Shiraz,” Boston Review (May/June 2013).
“Ilse, Who Saw Clearly,” Apex Magazine (May 2013).
Reprinted in The Year’s Best Science Fiction and Fantasy 2014, ed. Rich Horton.
“Loss, with Chalk Diagrams,” Eclipse Online (March 2013).
Reprinted in The Year’s Best Science Fiction and Fantasy 2014, ed. Rich Horton.

2012

“Tiger in the BSE,” Cicada (May/June 2012).

2011

“The Lamp at the Turning,” Kenyon Review Online (July 2011).
“The Cartographer Wasps and the Anarchist Bees,” Clarkesworld Magazine (April 2011).
Reprinted in The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, vol 6, ed. Jonathan Strahan, and The Year’s Best Science Fiction and Fantasy 2012, ed. Rich Horton.

2010

“The Transfiguration of Maria Luisa Ortega,” Kenyon Review Online (August 2010).

2007

“Dovey,” Quick Fiction, Issue 12 (October 2007).

Essays

2021

“Against Authentic,” Locus (March 2021).
“A Love Letter to Libraries,” Uncanny Magazine (May/June 2021).

Poetry

“Thermosphere,” music by Ryan McCarty, a song for three voices performed by POCO, April 27, 2012.
“Dragonfly to Damsel,” Jabberwocky 5 (February 2011).
“Thanatopsis,” Jabberwocky 5 (February 2011).
“The Poet to the Wasp Queen Among the Plums,” Goblin Fruit (Summer 2010).
“Come True,” Goblin Fruit (Summer 2010).
“Patience,” Electric Velocipede 21/22 (Dec 2010/Jan 2011).
“What Comes After Rain,” Goblin Fruit (Summer 2008).