Fiction
Feeding You What's Left
Ninth Letter, Praise, Winter 2024
A recent widow is not alone and her grief is a meal she's not ready to abandon.
The Great Gregor and Lady Lazarus's Final Show
Lady Lazarus has a secret and it will be The Great Gregor's undoing. Man's best friend may be all the magic a magician's assistant has ever needed.
When You Sang Back to Us
Syntax and Salt, October 2019
"We wondered if it was Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring, Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos, or perhaps Louis Armstrong’s Melancholy Blues that encouraged you to sing back to us. What did you think of our music? How did our melodies translate to you? It had been so long since we sent that Golden Record on Voyager in 1977, few remembered we had been the ones to serenade you first."
Inks, Jinks
Common Deer Press, Short Tails, December 2018
Sometimes it is the house that is haunted by the legends and the people. In the summer before middle school, Kate, Brody, and Calvin have one last chance to overcome their fears and step inside the local haunted house. Kate is hoping for bragging rights, Brody is hoping to find some treasure, and Calvin hopes they all survive. But when they enter, they find they free more than their expectations.
If You Require Assistance
Apparition Literary Magazine, October 2018
A woman rebel with nothing to lose. An off world colony seeking to maintain class distinctions. A chance to smuggle generations off our dying planet. And one humanely helpful service app.
This is the Thing
Kaleidotrope, Summer 2016
"The issue begins with 'This Is the Thing' by Chloie Piveral. Nice, effective tale with a good sense of unease." -SFRevu
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"A hissing respirator, a body trapped in an institution, and a mind looking for a way out… Piveral goes deep into the dreamlike, slip-sliding world of someone who isn’t all there and isn’t all gone either, and spins a chilling and suspenseful tale full." -Maria Haskins: 10 must-read fantasy & science fiction stories
Older
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“Fifty Miles ‘Til Gone,” Kazka Press: 713 Flash, March 2014
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“Six of One,” Well Versed, July 2009
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"One Song, One Drink,” Well Versed, April 2007
Poetry
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“The Road Out of Town,” Editor’s Pick, Well Versed, May 2008
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"Purpose,” Mid America Poetry Review, Spring 2007
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“We Curse the Grasshoppers,” Mid America Poetry Review, 2007
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“My Words,” Well Versed, April 2007
Contests
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“Lilies of the Field,” 2nd Place, HarpStrings Poetry Journal Mary Oliver White Pine Poetry Contest, November 2007
Articles
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“Odd Jobs,” Feature Writer, Columbia Business Times, 2006-2008