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Short Stories

Dragonfly Summer
First published in Interzone, Issue 215, March 2008.

Fire Magic
First published in Andromeda Spaceways Inflight Magazine, Issue 23, June 2006.

Uncle Vernon's Lie
First published in Realms of Fantasy, February 2006.
Republished in Serendipity, Issue 2, October 2007.
To be republished in Clonepod.

The Land of Reeds
First published in Realms of Fantasy, February 2006.
To be republished in Pseudopod.

Lavender's Blue, Lavender's Green
First published in Realms of Fantasy, December 2005.

When the Dragon Falls
First published in Realms of Fantasy, August 2005.

A Field Guide to Ugly Places
First published in Strange Horizons, 6 June 2005.

Next
First published in Abyss & Apex, Issue 14, 2nd Quarter 2005.

The Western Front
First published in The Third Alternative, Issue 41, Spring 2005.
Republished in Pseudopod, Issue 63, 9 November 2007.

Crab Apple
First published in Realms of Fantasy, February 2005.
Republished in Year's Best Fantasy # 6, Ed. David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Kramer.
Republished in Faeries, Issue 22.
Republished in Pseudopod, Issue 56, 21 September 2007.

A Veil, A Meal, and Dust
First published in Ideomancer, May 2004.

Five Things of Beauty
First published in Strange Horizons, 9 June 2003.

Finisterre
First published in The Third Alternative, Issue 34, Spring 2003.

Love Stories from the Jungle
First published in Ideomancer Unbound, December 2002.

Dawn, by the Light of a Barrow Fire
First published in Realms of Fantasy, December 2002.

Free Stories Online

» Uncle Vernon's Lie

» Crab Apple

» Crab Apple (Podcast)

» When the Dragon Falls

» A Field Guide to Ugly Places

» The Western Front

» The Western Front (Podcast)

» Five Things of Beauty

» A Veil, A Meal, and Dust

Reviews

"This tale will grab you, touch you emotionally, and leave you thinking about it long after you've read it."
Scott M. Sandridge, Tangent Online on Uncle Vernon's Lie

"'Crab Apple' by Patrick Samphire is a deep, subtle story."
Pauline Morgan, SF Crowsnest on Crab Apple

"Relentlessly, yet beautifully, told."
John Saxton, Whispers of Wickedness on The Western Front