Illusive Worlds
Now Available in eBook and Print!
Natalie’s short stories Missing Ingredients, Malus Dictus, and The Final Performance of Superstar Araminta Choi are included in the Bethlehem Writer’s Roundtable anthology Illusive Worlds: Sweet, Funny and Strange Tales of Science Fiction and Fantasy.
Missing Ingredients is a cozy fantasy.
Malus Dictus is literary sci-fi.
The Final Performance of Superstar Araminta Choi is hope-focused near-future sci-fi.
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Rat Bag Lit
Read Never Rage Summon a Demon Immediately After Getting Fired
Read The Soap Bar.
The Soap Bar was originally written for the July 2026 Whimsy contest. It did not place. The object prompt was a soap bar. Never Rage Summon a Demon… was originally written for a Twisted Tournament contest.
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Quotidian Bagatelle
Read Surreal Estate and Auld Lang Syne.
Read the story behind the stories here.
Both stories were originally written for the February 2025 Twisted Tournament. They did not make the leaderboard in that competition. These were the first 100-word and 250-word stories Natalie wrote.
Read more microfiction at Quotidian Bagatelle
Elegant Literature #43: Ghostly Gardens
Check out Natalie’s story Talking to Myself in issue #43 of Elegant Literature. Download the issue.
You can read the story behind the story here.
Natalie has also received an honorable mentions in issues #39, Fearsome Folklore, #47, Message Received, #50, Lasting Legacy, and #55 Gentle Gravity
See all issues of Elegant Literature.