Publications
2027
April
- a poem in one place
- a short story in another
more info. upon publication.
2026
OCTOBER
Oct 14: On This Dark Occasion
My collection of short fiction centred around Holidays and Occasions.
short stories, flash fiction, and two poems.
15 pieces: 10 previously published across varied venues, and 5 all new
stories.
paperback: LULU
Frost Zone Press (Canada Only) - stock coming soon
Bookshop.org
Other places to purchase: HERE
Oct 23: "If Their Eyes Offend Me", a flash fiction included in the Horrific Scribes exhibit They Already Have You.
AUGUST
SHORT STORY August 13th
"The Nice Café" is up on Horrific Scribblings Archive
Editor L. Andrew Cooper's introduction: "It's a deceptively quiet blend of dark fantasy and the weird that takes a highly satisfying turn... a warning about what can happen when we don't live up to the names we choose for ourselves."
Frost Zone Stories Book 4 - August 28th
(As editor M.M.) The fourth book in this series/litmag features 11 new stories.
JULY
SHORT STORY (reprint)
"Slippers from Hell" makes an encore appearance with Horrific Scribes in the
digital anthology Horrific Scribes Presents: Worlds Collide
also on Godless HERE.
MAY
SHORT STORY
"Who They Shall Become" published in Polar Borealis #38.
As with any Sci Fi I write, this takes place on Earth.
Twins discover a secret about their dad and investigate.
APRIL
SHORT STORY
"Of This Soil"
April 01 surprise: my story is included in the 15th anniversary edition of Schlock! Webzine.
The story sees MC Abby going back to the country town below the Blue Hills where her brother disappeared when they were children. Never mind werewolves, here you'll read about the Coyote People.
Free to read online until next month's issue, or pick up a copy on Amazon (eBook FREE for a limited time, paperback reasonably priced, too.)
Amazon.ca
JANUARY
SHORT STORY:
"Smashing in the New Year"
was accepted to be part of Horrific Scribes 2nd special exhibit, COMING SOON TO A CIVILIZATION NEAR YOU - all about the apocalypse happening on New Year.
My story visits one woman's personal apocalypse on NYE 1999. Along with Y2K worries, strange things happen in this psychological horror story.
POEM:
"Return Journey"
was accepted into issue #36 of Polar Borealis Magazine
My poem tells the tale of an alien ship approaching Earth after a long journey,
I don't blame their reaction to what they see one bit.
LATER
Also a SciFi short story a little later in 2026...
2025
DECEMBER
Dec18
"Slippers from Hell" found a home in an Exhibit in Horrific Scribes called: Holiday HurlyBurly.
Free to read online.
Dec06
Spectral and Strange, a special winter issue of Mugwort Magazine.
Edited and designed by Kare Garrett. It is a beautiful and haunting issue.
Includes my poem "Winter", flash fiction "The Yule Tree" and a reprint of my
short story "Frosty Letters".
READ for FREE HERE
NOVEMBER
November 14
Black Hare Press has accepted my short story, "Santa's Snack" for inclusion in their
Eerie Christmas 4 anthology, which will be published Dec.13 This was fun to write.
Pre-order here:
EERIE CHRISTMAS 4
OCTOBER 31
A creepy 'lil Halloween poem,
Down the Lane
Catch it while you can...
Online, but not on the Rat Bag Lit website, they post on substck,
temporarily public then behind a paywall.
JUNE
June 21, I have two poems out today, in Polar Starlight issue 19.
"Apples Rolling Out of Time" and "Stairs of the Disappeared".
With thanks again to editor Rhea E. Rose, and publisher R.Graeme Cameron.
MAY: I have a couple more poems coming out soon, but have not really been sending much out on submission. This year I am concentrating on publishing others through Frost Zone Press, and working on my second collection as well as a few other personal projects.(Plus always wanting to get back to writing more poetry and creating artwork...)
February 01, 2025 -
First publication of the year, a poem in Polar Starlight issue 17
"Haunt Me Not".
Polar Starlight is edited by Rhea E. Rose,
and published by R. Graeme Cameron (who also publishes and edits Polar Borealis).
Image: from the Polar Borealis website.
2024
DECEMBER
Chthonic Matter Quarterly, Winter 2024
edited by C.M. Muller.
I am excited to have my story included in this fantastic quarterly edited by C.M. Muller.
My story "Basement Friend" is in there along with seven other great stories.
Release date: December 21, 2024.
Canada, Order HERE
US order HERE
UK order HERE
September 23, 2024
It is release day!!
My debut short story collection Fringes of Grey will be published by DarkWinter Press in
````````````````````
SEPTEMBER
"Moon Meat" short story published in Schlock! Webzine.
(also available in Kindle and paperback)
Short story about a ghost - daughter - werewolf...
or is it?
pick up a copy on Amaz*n.
* the online issue is 'replaced' each month, so there only remains the issue on Amazon; print or Kindle.
JUNE
"Smells Like the End of the World"
(pub. June 05 - it is the MAY issue)
The second story accepted by Polar Borealis last year. It too began life as a drabble - though not soon after lengthened into a flash fiction.
Butter tarts, UFOs, Coffee, and a strong smell are things waitress Shelly is dealing with one day.
MAY
Handmade Horror Stories
second edition.
The story of mine in this anthology is called "Bead Addiction".
Beads, crime, and magic.
March 24/24
Micro fiction: "FIX" available in issue 29 of Polar Borealis
Feb 08/24
Short story "NIGHT SKATING"
available to read for free at DarkWinter Lit.
It's just after Christmas,1976. Two friends sneak outside one frosty winter night
to go skating...
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
HO HO HO
macabre minima
100-word stories
https://books2read.com/MM-HoHoHo
includes my 2 drabbles,
"Boxing Day" - do you over-indulge during the holidays? Maybe rethink that.
and
"Christmas Steve" - a classic Christmas poem retold, with a macabre love triangle twist.
September 23, 2023:
"Paranoid" on Punk Noir, Mixtape side A.
I cannot resist the call to write a story based on a song title or lyrics, if I find time. I began writing this one inspired by the Black Sabbath song, "Paranoid". After the first, rough draft, I realized something didn't quite fit that original song, so I searched through cover versions (over 20!) and when I found Hellsongs version (which is very different) I knew it was the one. So, ultimately, the final piece was inspired by the Hellsongs version.
(I'm sure you can find the Ozzy/Sabbath one!)
✒🖋🖊✒🖍🖌✒
on DarkWinter Literary Magazine.
"Maggie May Be Bored" on bristolnoir.co.uk
This story had been writing itself in my head for a while; in mind, all the urban places in which I've lived and visited, and the fear an old person would feel venturing out on their own in the rougher parts of a city. Finally wrote it down as a flash piece and searched for a home on the Submission Grinder. Bristol Noir seemed perfect. A nice thing about venues that publish on an ongoing basis: accepted Nov04/21, published a week later.
about: The neighbourhood is dangerous, but one night when the TV is not working, Maggie cannot stand to stay in anymore. She ventures out into the dark.
note: they now charge sub fees - not when this was submitted and published.
about: someone is building a snowman. In mind, I had the vision of the small front yard of my childhood home. I recall how it was to build a snowman when there is only a thin blanket of snow on the ground. But it was never a snowman ... quite like this.
about: A woman visits her childhood neighbourhood and the pedestrian tunnel running under railroad tracks. She remembers a scary event from her childhood.
PRINT and eBooks
publisher: Frost Zone Press, Canada
also edited as M.M.
THIS EDITION is Out of Print.
See May 2024 for info. on revised edtion.
My story "Bead Addiction" takes place in a fictional bead shop much like the one I once thought of opening. I had this story idea in mind (and loosely drafted) for over a year before the anthology theme took shape.
The 100-word poem plays a bit on the name and describes a devil in disguise -- or what may lie beneath a seemingly nice, well-liked person. < Haven't we all come across this?
Another drabble in the fourth issue (eBook, and Print versions only -- not online).
Frost Zone Zine 4
A short story in the second issue of Frost Zone ZIne, (and the only time I included anything longer than a drabble or short poem.) This is a dystopian horror tale in an urban setting. The main character is a young women without much hope until a former acquaintance tells her about a strange opportunity.
Hundred Word Horror: BENEATH
Things edited, as M.M. MacLeod:
Ghost to Ghost to Ghost anthology - November, 2025
Revised in 2024: Handmade Horror Stories second edition.
No comments:
Post a Comment