BIBLIOGRAPHY: Selected Comics & Prose Writing
Visit charibdys.itch.io to read many of the dark science-fiction, fantasy & horror shorts listed here, available as DRM-free Pay-What-You-Want PDF, epub and mobi downloads!
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Science Fiction & Fantasy
“Anagen” | Short Story
restarting your life in a normal apartment
published in Why Didn’t You Just Leave from Cursed Morsels Press“There Is No Obstacle” | Short Short Story
keep walking
published in Strange Machines from Apex Publishing“I/O” | Short Story
a sapphic hard SF about despair, love, grief, death, and the endlessness of space, narrated from the cockpit of a mining ‘mech
published in Haven Speculative Issue 7The Wasp Child | Novella
A “Kakfaesque” dark science-fiction YA novella about alienation, xenobiology, body horror and insects.
LaSR Book of the Month
published by Robot Dinosaur Press. Now available on Amazon and DRM-free on itch.io!“The Lives of Scavengers” | Short Story
i was born from your grave into this sunless world
published in Shirley Jackson Award-nominated Your Body is Not Your Body: A New Weird Anthology to Benefit Trans Youth in Texas from Tenebrous Press“Alley Cat Blues” | The Streets of New Capenna Side Story
an official Magic: the Gathering Side Story about one plucky cat with a golden opportunity: singer Kitt Kanto!
available in Japanese:「野良猫のブルース」“An Elegy for the Bucephalos” | Short Story
art, music, and the death of a spaceship in a nomadic fleet
published in Unlikely Wonders, available (free!) from Robot Dinosaur Press
audio version by podcast StarShipSofa“The Dusk Reborn” | Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Side Story
an official Magic: the Gathering Side Story about the demonic rebirth of the lost archangel, Liesa
available in Portuguese: “O Crepúsculo Renasce”
available in Japanese:「薄暮の再誕」“The Burner Game” | Short Story
a short short horror about ten phones, one caller, and a question best left unanswered
published in The Midnight Games: Six Stories About Games You Play Once, available from Robot Dinosaur Press“Salt & Fat & Iron & Sugar” | Short Story cowritten with dave ring
about a totally normal digital pet that does nothing weird or bad whatsoever
published in LampLight Vol. 10 Issue 1“Xenocide in the Era of Expansion” | Short Story
sci-fi body horror interfacing with my thoughts on Ender’s Game
available on Gumroad and itch.io, illustrated by me“Twinning” | Short Story
visceral horror about fine art and the sacrifices we make
published in Vastarian: A Literary Journal Vol. 4 Issue 1, illustrated by me“The Hymn of Ordeal, No. 23” | Short Story (Flash)
available on Gumroad and itch.io, illustration by me
originally published in Lightspeed Magazine
audio version by podcast The Overcast“A Complete Transcript of [REDACTED]’s Video Channel …” | Short Story
a horror detailing one of those weird YouTube channels you saw at 2AM and never find again
published in Diabolical Plots“Maidens of Midnight” | Novelette
a B-movie crew picks the wrong set to film their comeback flick
published in Evil in Technicolor, Hammer Horror-inspired, Kirkus Starred anthology, Vernacular Books“CompanionShip” | Short Fiction
available on Gumroad and itch.io, illustration by me
originally published in IGMS #66“How to Survive the Apocalypse” | Short Fiction
available on Gumroad and itch.io, illustrated by me
originally published in ZEAL"Lorenza's Bones" | Short Story
art by Eric J. Lee"As You Were, Aggie (or: A Fortunate Time for Reflection)" | Short Fiction
horror-comedy after P.G. Wodehouse, published in The Sockdolager“The Robber Girl Tells Her Tale Over a Round of Cards” | Short Fiction
available on Gumroad and itch.io, illustrations by Sarah Stern
originally published in Valor 2: Wands“An Unquiet Slumber” | Short Fiction
gothic horror. a romance that transcends death, illustration by me
originally published in Arcane: Thirty Weird and Unsettling Stories“Charge! Love Heart!” | Short Fiction
published in The Sockdolager, illustration by Alison Wilgus
Comics & Illustration
“BONE INK" | Short Comic
about grief, family, and tattoos
published in 2022 Eisner Award-winning YOU DIED: An Anthology of the Afterlife, art by Grace P. Fong“DIVE" | Short Comic
published in Heartwood: Non-binary Tales of Sylvan Fantasy, art by Chan Chau“The Hymn of Ordeal, No. 23” | Short Comic (adapted from short story)
published in Creepy Quarterly #24, art by Ricardo Cabral“Ritual" | Back-page Comic for Dept. H #2
art by Christianne Gillenardo-Goudreau"Tales of Harrow County: The Radio" | Back-page Comic for Harrow County #28
art by Christianne Gillenardo-Goudreau"Aloha Moon" | Short Comic
published in Can I Pet Your Werewolf? art by Cat Farris""The Spirit of Vancouver" | Short Comic
art by Christianne Gillenardo-GoudreauLet's Print A Comic (& Not Screw it Up): A Beginner's Guide to PrePress
Nonfiction Graphic Novel, art by Daisy McGuire, published by Iron Circus Comics“Reptilian” & “Black-Eyed Children” | Flash Fiction
published in Cryptozineology, illustrations by me"Bloodborne: the texture of a dream." | Short Comic, Nonfiction
originally published in ZEAL, art by me with assistance from Melanie Ujimori"On the Rink of Disaster!" | Short Comic
art by Bree Wolf"The Mystery of LA LUNA" | Short Comic
queer pulp horror, serialized on Venture Forth, Kickstarted, art by Ains Yeager“The Echo Location Presents: Resonance Evil ★ Galactic Tour ★" | Short Comic
published in Tankadere 3: Daring Dames, art by Melanie Ujimori“Cold Frame, Warm Heart” | Short Comic
published in The Gathering, art by Eric J. Lee“How I Met Your Mother” | Short Comic
published in Too Kawaii to Die 2, written & illustrated by me“Snow Bird” | Short Comic
published in Tankadere 1: Around the World in 80 PagesSKYLIGHT | Space Exploration Video Game
created for Global Game Jam 2017 with Team Space JamThree Bags Full | Interactive Fiction Strategy Game
created for Ludum Dare 33 with the Empty Throne Team, placed in the top 20 for graphics & top 40 overall
Erotica (as Charibdys)
The following works are ADULT (18+) ONLY! Most of them have a fantasy or horror bent.
The Illustrated Field Guide to Wild Monster Boys
a saucy guide to a world of sultry monster boys, with accompanying RPG
(note: this project is a collection of pin-ups, cheeky but not explicit)
funded via Kickstarter, artbook in collaboration with artist Cap O’Rushes“Bonds of Trust” | Short Comic (writing as Charibdys)
They say love is blind, but what if your lover is a Medusa?
published on SlipShine (18+ ONLY!), art by soushiyoBloodThirst: Ch. 1 | Short Comic (writing as Charibdys)
published on SlipShine (18+ ONLY!), art by Cap O’RushesBloodThirst: Ch. 2 | Short Comic (writing as Charibdys)
published on SlipShine, art by Cap O’Rushes“Hounded” | Short Comic (writing as Charibdys)
published on SlipShine (18+ ONLY!), art by Miyuli“Hunger, the Sea” | Short Fiction (writing as Charibdys)
monstrous ero-horror published in Voidjunk Issue 3 (18+ ONLY!)“nom.” | Short Fiction (writing as Charibdys)
consensually cannibalistic ero-horror published in Voidjunk Issue 1 (18+ ONLY!), illustrated by me“Darling” | Short Fiction (writing as Charibdys)
chitinous ero-horror published in Voidjunk Issue 0 (18+ ONLY!), illustrated by me“Diplomatic Relations" | Short Comic (writing as Charibdys)
an alien and a diplomat explore interspecies relations… intimately
published on SlipShine (18+ ONLY!), art by Daniel Olsén“CARGO” | Short Comic (writing/drawing as Charibdys)
eroguro cyberpunk published in Singularity: Convergence