Short Fiction

The Stop Cop City movement in Atlanta is one of the biggest movements against environmental racism and state fascism in the United States today. In this short story “Don’t Let Me Down,” Georgia State Trooper Tim Carter leads a raid on the Weelaunee Forest to apprehend festival-goers and illegally charge them with domestic terrorism. During the raid, Lieutenant Carter’s own daughter is arrested, beaten, and sent to jail. His family torn asunder, Carter must grapple with the pain he’s inflicted on his own family and the purport of his livelihood.

In post-apocalyptic Atlanta, two brothers navigate the strictures of their village and their mother's disobedience. 

Melimi and Niu destroy Lusix International's equipment in efforts to stop the drilling.

Set in an alternate history that reimagines the colonization of the Americas, The Long Game is a standalone story from the world of The Last Frontier. The acclaimed professor Tomas Castaneda travels from his home in Torinoco to South Hikari to deliver a talk on circular economics but discovers when he arrives that his audience consists of five of the most powerful people on the planet with no interest in the topic. As Dr. Castaneda navigates their provocative proposal, he must weigh dignity against clout and survival against sacrifice.

Set in a New Orleans public school, this satirical and comical short story takes a look at the ins and out of a typical day of a fourth-grade math teacher who champions "good surveillance and strict discipline" as the best methods for effective education.