Short Fiction

2011    “The Experiment” in Jack-o’-Spec: Tales of Halloween and Fantasy (Karen A. Romanko, ed.)

2010    “Phobos” in The Aether Age: Helios (Christopher Fletcher and Brandon H. Bell, eds.)

2010    “R101 is Burning” in Retro Spec: Tales of Fantasy and Nostalgia (Karen A. Romanko, ed.)

2009    “The Celestial Sea” in Footprints (Jay Lake & Eric T. Reynolds, eds.)

2009    “Kraken’s Wake” in Cinema Spec: Tales of Hollywood and Fantasy (Karen A. Romanko, ed.)

2005    “Black Road’s Lament” in Amberzine #12-15 (Michael Kucharski, ed., w/ Pierre-Alexandre Sicart)

Really Short Fiction

2010    “The Statues” in Thaumatrope twitterzine (N. E. Lilly, ed.) — featured on May 30

2010    “His Halo Faded” in Thaumatrope twitterzine (N. E. Lilly, ed.) — featured on May 7

2010    “Afikomen” in Thaumatrope twitterzine (N. E. Lilly, ed.) — featured on March 29

2010    “Velociraptor” in Thaumatrope twitterzine (N. E. Lilly, ed.) — featured on February 17

2010    “Dinopunks” in Thaumatrope twitterzine (N. E. Lilly, ed.) — featured on January 8

2010    “Shmuel Sighed” in Outshine twitterzine (Jetse de Vries, ed.) — featured on January 2

2009    “The Tooth Fairy” in Thaumatrope twitterzine (N. E. Lilly, ed.) — featured on November 16

2009    “Not a Better Mousetrap” in Outshine twitterzine (Jetse de Vries, ed.) — featured on August 3

Thaumatrope archives Cliff’s stories here.

Cliff’s Outshine stories can be found here.

Awards

2010    Writers of the Future Semi-Finalist, 4th Quarter

2010    Writers of the Future Honorable Mention, 3rd Quarter

2010    Writers of the Future Honorable Mention, 2nd Quarter

2010    Writers of the Future Finalist, 1st Quarter

2009    Writers of the Future Semi-Finalist, 4th Quarter

2009    Writers of the Future Honorable Mention, 3rd Quarter

2009    Writers of the Future Honorable Mention, 2nd Quarter

2006    Writers of the Future Quarter-Finalist (now called Honorable Mention), 1st Quarter

Miscellaneous Appearances

2011    “Please Call Me, Kreayshawn” on Bizarro Central (co-written with Nick Mamatas, Cameron

            Pierce, and Kirsten Alene) — featured on October 28

2010    Haiku quoted in Elise Matthesen’s essay in The WisCon Chronicles: Vol. 4 (Sylvia Kelso, ed.)

2003    NaNoWriMo novel quoted by Helena Echlin in The Times of London — featured on December 13

“Best Of” Appearances

Forthcoming    “The Experiment” in Spec-tacular: Fantasy Favorites from Raven Electrick Ink (Karen A.

            Romanko, ed.)