After his wife dies in a military accident, a man struggles with grief and rage while trying to look after his children.
Space opera, published July 2020.
CW: grief, death, swearing.
Sent to salvage an abandoned terraformer, a recovery expert is surprised to find life on a lifeless planet.
Science fiction, published June 2019.
CW: swearing, ghoulish humor.
Also included in Survival Tactics.
Two resistance fighters break into a government building in an attempt to rescue their son.
Science fiction. Written by Elizabeth Bonesteel for The Verge. Published on The Verge February 2019. Reprinted here August 2020.
CW: discussions of death.
Also included in Survival Tactics
In an industrial facility on Mercury, a series of accidental deaths are not what they seem.
Science fiction/horror, published December 2018.
CW: graphic violence, suicidal ideation, swearing.
Also included in Survival Tactics.
A prisoner seeks commutation of his life sentence by working with an alien artifact that unerringly tells the future.
Science fiction, published August 2018.
CW: violence, sexual violence, swearing.
Also included in Survival Tactics.
A woman falls in love after a not-so-chance encounter on a subway platform.
Paranormal romance, published May 2018.
CW: light swearing, suicidal ideation.
Also included in Survival Tactics.
A former military officer works with a civilian freighter crew to pull off a hazardous ocean rescue.
Space opera, published March 2018.
Originally drafted as the first chapter of BREACH OF CONTAINMENT.
CW: swearing.
Also included in Survival Tactics.
A mysterious visitor screws up a perfectly nice evening in the woods.
Spec fic, published 2014.
CW: light swearing, death.
Also included in Survival Tactics.