Recent awards, publications, and appearances
My second win! Little Old Lady Comedy selected my piece "Write a Letter to Your 2016 Self" as the winner of their 100-Word Comedy Contest.
The contest challenges writers to deliver a complete comedic narrative in exactly 100 words—no small feat. Grateful to their editorial team for recognizing the work.
I've tried something new and written a romance story!
"Between Floors" follows two neighbors who get stuck—literally—between floors.
The Writer's Federation of Nova Scotia will publish it in their "NovaSwoons" romance anthology.
Trying new genres? Exciting. Seeing it in print? Even better.
More details coming soon!
I’m thrilled to announce that my comic story “Thin Ice” is joining the Dark Coast horror anthology, with art by Kate Phillips and published by Sandy Caruthers—the original illustrator of the Men in Black comic series!
Set in a frozen wasteland, the story unleashes isolation, ancient monsters, and survival horror at full blast.
Phillips’ art delivers nowhere-to-run dread and towering terror in equal measure.
See more of Kate Phillips’ art at katephillips.net.
More details soon!
My second win! Little Old Lady Comedy selected my piece "Write a Letter to Your 2016 Self" as the winner of their 100-Word Comedy Contest.
The contest challenges writers to deliver a complete comedic narrative in exactly 100 words—no small feat. Grateful to their editorial team for recognizing the work.
My latest piece, "We Need to Discuss Your Method Acting Choices" is now live on Slackjaw!
A talent agent reaches their breaking point with a method actor who's taken commercial audition prep way, way too far. Featuring insurance fraud, live crickets, and profound regret.
Thanks to Alex and his team at Slackjaw for publishing this particular descent into madness.
I just wanted to make carbonara before a date. Hours later I'm reverse image-searching someone's dead grandmother and making a business plan for revenge.
Thanks to Little Old Lady Comedy for publishing my latest piece: "My Date Was in Three Hours and Every Recipe Required a Dead Italian Grandmother".
My new piece, "Visit Beautiful Rock Bottom!" is now live on Robot Butt.
It's a darkly comedic travel guide to life's lowest moments, featuring attractions like "The Museum of Bad Decisions," "Crying in Your Car Memorial Park," and the "'Why Did I Say That?' Gift Shop."
Grateful to the Robot Butt crew for bringing this to readers.
I'm excited to share that I've been awarded a grant from The Foundation for Canadian Comedy (CANCOM) to write an original comedy pilot!
Grateful for this support as I bring this new work to life. Thanks to CANCOM's board and peer assessors for championing independent comedic voices across Canada.
My satirical Amazon product review for the "Princess Dream Palace Mega Castle Supreme" is now live!
It's about a dad spending 7 hours on Christmas morning assembling a nightmare toy castle—complete with a pink turret connector piece he names "Lucifer's Little Helper."
847 pieces. 312 instruction steps. 1 completely broken father.
Big thanks to the Parenting Portal for publishing my Christmas morning trauma!
In 2025, I published 22 pieces—17 humor and 5 fiction—across Points in Case, SlackJaw, Robot Butt, Little Old Lady Comedy, Frazzled, and more.
It was a productive year of consistent output and working with editors who championed the work and made it strong.
I'm proud of landing twenty-two pieces in competitive markets and grateful for every opportunity. Ready for what's next in 2026.
Honored to tie for top contributor of the year at Black Hare Press!
Black Hare's commitment to bold storytelling has consistently pushed my writing forward this year. From horror to dark fantasy, each anthology has been an opportunity to experiment and grow as a writer.
Here's to more stories in 2026!
I've been invited to serve as a judge for this year's Derringer Awards from the Short Mystery Fiction Society.
The Derringer Awards recognize the year's best short mystery fiction, with judging entrusted to writers working at the heart of the genre. It's a privilege to be part of celebrating such outstanding work.
Thanks to Little Old Lady Comedy and their team of editors for selecting my piece "How I'd Spend the Lottery" as the winner of their 100-Word Comedy Contest!
This award recognizes excellence in micro-fiction humor writing, challenging writers to craft complete, compelling comedic narratives in exactly 100 words.
I'm studying comic art at the Joe Kubert School under Fernando Ruiz—a talented artist who's worked with Dark Horse, Image, Archie, and Dynamite Comics.
Haven't drawn in years. Didn't realize how much I missed it!
Just wrapped up production on my latest film: Payback.
In this short comedic thriller, a gambler learns the hard way: the house always wins. Especially on your birthday.
It stars Jonathan Torrens, Bob Mann and Taylor Olsen.
Payback starts the festival rounds this month and I'm excited for people to see it!
I'm truly honored and humbled to announce that "Frightmare City" has won two Sequential Magazine Awards!
Thanks to my hard-working, talented team of artists, our families and friends, Sequential Magazine and Strange Adventures Comic Shop for their support of indie comics, and all the comic book fans who have been with us throughout this journey!
Scream queen icon Brinke Stevens is bringing my horror short "Match 13" to life as an audiobook!
The 1980s horror legend is the perfect voice for this tale of dating gone wrong in the '80s—a decade she knows well.
Hearing her deliver the scares? Absolute dream casting.
The 19th Annual RONDO AWARDS nominations were announced and we are honoured to be among the nominees!
Frightmare City has been nominated for Best Graphic Novel or Collection for 2020!
I'm pleased to announce that my crime/horror comic book series "Frightmare City" has been nominated for two Sequential Magazine awards - Favorite Writer and Best Web Comic!
You can read the announce here: Sequential Magazine Award Nominations.
My horror short story "Session #1031" hit #1 in Horror Fiction on the Amazon Kindle Store!
The story follows an injured deaf man who receives radical experimental surgery that will change his life forever—but not in the way he expects.
What starts as hope turns into a nightmare of medical horror and unintended consequences.
Watching it climb to #1 was surreal and incredibly humbling. I'm grateful to every reader who took a chance on this dark little story. Sometimes the scariest stories are the ones where you get exactly what you asked for.