This is Richard’s complete bibliography to date. Where possible, links are provided to pieces and issues that are available to read online. Click on “more details” for additional information about each published work, and how to acquire the issues and books that include them.
Poems
Two post-apocalyptic poems, forthcoming
☆ “Los fantasmas en Su Boca,” Poisoned Soup for the Macabre, Depraved, and Insane: Nostalgic Terrors (Brigids Gate Press), 21 Dec 2025 | more details
“The Bird is Not Heralding Itself,” Larina’s Lit Lounge, issue 17, 9 May 2025 | more details
“Offering to Empty,” Larina’s Lit Lounge, issue 7, 22 Nov 2024 | more details
“City as Fairy Tale,” The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Summer 2024, 9 Sep 2024 | more details
“Expiration Date,” Impossible Archetype, issue 16, 31 Aug 2024 | more details
☆ “After ‘Waves, North Shore of Oahu’ Photograph,” the Timberline Review, issue 13, 2 Aug 2024 | more details
“The Handsome Men,” The Deadlands, issue 35, 19 Jul 2024, 26 Aug 2024 online | more details
☆ “We Carry Our Ghosts to the Stars,” Star*Line, volume 47, issue 3, 2 Jul 2024 | more details
“Phantom Taste of Apricot on My Tongue,” Nightmare Magazine, issue 142 (July 2024), 01 Jul 2024, 24 Jul 2024 online | more details
“How We Will Walk Through the Extremely Green,” Harpy Hybrid Review, issue 10, 17 Apr 2024 | more details
“You, Photographed,” Impossible Archetype, issue 15, 30 Mar 2024 | more details
“Cities Through Telescopes,” The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Winter 2024, 18 Feb 2024 | more details
“[animal revolt],” Star*Line, Volume 45, issue 4 (Fall 2022), 4 Oct 2022 | more details
“ad perficiendum,” Impossible Archetype, issue 11, 31 Mar 2022 | more details
“Pangaea Proxima,” “Panthalassa,” & “Juniper Tree, Boy and Bird,” Adult Children: Being One, Having One & What Goes In-Between (Wising Up Press), 1 Jan 2022 | more details
“I Can’t Explain Love or Loss if the Only Language I Have is Geology or What I Watch on YouTube,” Impossible Archetype, issue 10, 30 Aug 2021 | more details
“Bird Chooses to Make a Habitat of Heart,” Impossible Archetype, issue 9, 29 Mar 2021 | more details
“In Which I Invent a Man,” Impossible Archetype, issue 8, 31 Aug 2020 | more details
“In a Mirror, Dimming,” Eye to the Telescope, issue 37 (“The Sex Issue”), 15 Jul 2020 | more details
“Witch House,” Eye to the Telescope, issue 36 (“House & Home”), 15 Apr 2020 | more details
“Passage,” Impossible Archetype, issue 7, 30 Mar 2020 | more details
“Elysium to Lethe Through Athabasca Valles,” Twitter (HiRISE MarsPoetica), 6 Nov 2019 | more details
“[Aliens are here],” Star*Line, Volume 42, issue 4 (Fall 2019), 11 Dec 2019 | more details
“November in Portland,” Impossible Archetype, issue 6, 26 Aug 2019 | more details
“Distraction,” Impossible Archetype, issue 5, 25 Mar 2019 | more details
“Foolishly into the Ocean,” self-published, 7 Aug 2018
“a haunting” & “Annular Eclipse,” Manzano Mountain Review, issue no. 2, 1 May 2018 | more details
“Nervous Bambi,” Impossible Archetype, issue 3, 19 Mar 2018 | more details
“My Unbelievable Man,” [PDF] The Laurel Review, issue 50.2, 10 Oct 2017 | more details
“Roadside Freak Show,” Impossible Archetype, issue 2, 21 Aug 2017 | more details
“Looking Ahead,” self-published, 21 Aug 2017
“Condemn,” self published, 13 Aug 2017
“A poem constructed at the University of Arizona Poetry Center,” self-published on Hi, 17 Jul 2013 | more details
Stories
“Star Business,” Weird Fiction Quarterly: Liminal Spaces & Shapeshifters, forthcoming
“Curious Cat,” Weird Fiction Quarterly: Artificial Intelligence, 04 Mar 2026 | more details
“The Meter Reader,” Weird Fiction Quarterly – Spring 2025: The King in Yellow, 23 Aug 2025 | more details
“End the Beguine,” Weird Fiction Quarterly – Winter 2025: Ghosts, 10 Apr 2025 | more details
“Plumage at the Bottom of the Deep Blue,” Weird Fiction Quarterly: Masquerade 2024, 31 Oct 2024 | more details
“Calling Down the Mountains,” Weird Fiction Quarterly – Summer 2024: Road Trip, 07 Aug 2024 | more details
“Waves of Grass,” Weird Fiction Quarterly: Folk Horror, 31 May 2024 | more details
“From Them Prostrate I Flee,” Stories We Tell After Midnight, Volume 3 (Crone Girls Press), 30 Oct 2021 | more details
☆ “Goodbye to Rock,” The Molotov Cocktail, “Elemental Flash” issue, 20 Sep 2021 | more details
“The Yogurt Swimmer,” Coppice & Brake (Crone Girls Press), 21 Mar 2020 | more details
“Rail Work,” House of Zolo’s Journal of Speculative Literature, Volume 1 (House of Zolo), 01 Jan 2020 | more details
“The Center of Dirty,” Cold Creek Review [defunct], no. 5, 28 Mar 2018 | more details
“If Everyone Was Standing Outside My Door,” self-published on Hi, 18 Nov 2013 | more details
Essays
“I See and It’s Not Nearly Enough,” self-published, 27 Aug 2020
“Work Schedule,” “Fail Better: Creations and the Classroom” on Submittable Blog, 27 Aug 2018 | more details
“Editor’s Note: Ancient Moments of Telling,” Tiny Donkey [defunct], 06 Apr 2016 | more details
“Editor’s Note: Magic Mirrors on Every Wall,” Tiny Donkey [defunct], 06 Jan 2016 | more details
“Cosplay Buffet,” Fairy Tale Review’s Fairy-Tale Files, 14 Aug 2015 | more details
“What We Lose,” Tiny Donkey [defunct], 12 Aug 2015 | more details
“Once Upon a Microchip,” Fairy Tale Review’s Fairy-Tale Files, 05 Jun 2015 | more details
“The Technologists Grimm,” Fairy Tale Review’s Fairy-Tale Files, 20 Feb 2015 | more details
“A Haunting,” self-published on Hi, 14 Dec 2013 | more details
“Why We Go to the Ocean,” self-published on Hi, 29 Sep 2013 | more details
“No Graveyard: 7th Alcor Conference Recap” Cryonics [PDF], vol 29, no. 1, 1st quarter 2008, reprinting a blog post from 09 Oct 2007
Honors
Rhysling Award Finalist, “Los fantasmas en Su Boca,” 06 May 2026 | more details
Rhysling Award Nominee, “Los fantasmas en Su Boca,” 16 Feb 2026 | more details
Rhysling Award Finalist, “We Carry Our Ghosts to the Stars,” 4 May 2025 | more details
Rhysling Award Nominee, “We Carry Our Ghosts to the Stars,” 1 Mar 2025 | more details
The Paulann Petersen Award for Poetry Runner-up, “After ‘Wave, North Shore of Oahu’ Photograph,” 17 Jul 2024 | more details
Pushcart Prize Nominees: “Bird Chooses to Make a Habitat of Heart,” “In Which I Invent a Man,” “In a Mirror, Dimming,” “Witch House,” “Passage,” “November in Portland,” “The Yogurt Swimmer” & “Rail Work”
“Elemental Flash” Contest (The Molotov Cocktail) 7th Place Winner, “Goodbye to Rock,” 13 Sep 2021 | more details
Tucson Festival of Books Literary Awards Finalist, 2018 and 2021
“Flash Monster 2020” Contest (The Molotov Cocktail) Shortlist, “A Bird Watcher’s Guide to Malformed and Buzzing Things,” 29 Oct 2020 | more details
“Flashpocalypse” Contest (The Molotov Cocktail) Shortlist, “The Canal,” 15 May 2020 | more details
Tucson Festival of Books Literary Awards Semi-Finalist, 2019 and 2020
Shadow Award 2019 (The Molotov Cocktail) Shortlist, “Burning Baby” and “The Pretty Men,” 20 Sep 2019 | more details
“Write-to-Read” Contest (The Writers Studio Tucson) First Place Winner, selected by Ted McLoof, “These Are the Animals You May Eat,” 10 Oct 2017 | more details
University of Arizona Hattie Lockett Awards 2014 Winner, selected by Karen Brennan, “He can wear hats,” “The Talents,” & “The Divorce of Lilith and Samuel,” 4 Nov 2014
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