M. Shedric Simpson is a Seattle-based writer of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. They and their wife live in a little old house between the mountains and the sea, along with some unknowable number of strange black cats. In their spare time they make art, music, and other small things.

Short Fiction:

The Quiet that Awaits Us Then - Wyldblood, Forthcoming

The Temple of Avewen - In Another Time, Forthcoming

At the Edge of the Gunmetal Sea - Animal Noir, Little Key Press, 2026

Beyond Those Shadowed Hills - Cosmic Horror Monthly, Issue 61, 2025

These Quiet Constellations - Shoreline of Infinity, Issue 39, 2025

Thaw - Illustrated Worlds Magazine, Issue 10, 2025

The Blessings of a Lesser God - Eternal Haunted Summer, 2024

What the Sky Recalls - Fusion Fragment, Issue 20, 2024

Old Bones - The Dread Machine, Issue 3.4, 2024

The Long Road - Gargantua, Air & Nothingness Press, 2023

Gods Once - Wyldblood Press, 2023

An Endless Sky Above - The Dread Machine, Issue 2.2, 2022

These Waters - Underland Arcana, Issue 6, 2022