Nickalus Rupert

Short Fiction

Chasing Giants
Willow Springs, Issue 89, February 2022

Outskirts of the Psiloverse
Moon City Review, 2021 Anthology, August 2021 

Aunt Job 
Pushcart Prize XLV, December 2020

Pocket Soldier
Witness Magazine, Issue 33.3, November 2020

Humiliation Machines
Beloit Fiction Journal, Issue 33, March 2020

Hale in the Deep
Yemassee, Issue 26.2, March 2020

Jester on the Pond
Bat City Review, Issue 16, March 2020

Aunt Job - Pushcart Prize Winner
Idaho Review, Issue 18, February 2020

Oh, Harmonious
Five 2 One Magazine, February 2020

Spite House - Nominated for Best of the Net
Pacifica Literary Review, 15.3, September 2019

Deadman's Island - Nominated for The Pushcart and nominated for 2019 BASS
Raleigh Review, 9.1, March 2019

Firewalker
Southern Humanities Review, Issue 51.4, January 2019

Bonus Round
Harpur Palate, Issue 17.2, May 2018

The Worst Mile
Gargoyle, Issue 68, May 2018

Where They Live
Sonora Review Online, April 2018

Keep ‘Em in the Cart
Grist Online, January 2018

Jewels of Mt. Stanley
Zone 3, Issue 32.2, October 2017

Fragore
SmokeLong Quarterly, Issue 57, September 2017

Spy Car
Slice Magazine, Issue 21, September 2017

Before Helping Others
Product Magazine, Issue 31, April 2017

Color of the Earth
Jabberwock Review, Issue 37.2, February 2017

Ballad of the Tomato Lady
Passages North, Issue 38, January 2017

The Temptation of Saint Ravine
The Literary Review, Issue 59.4, January 2017

Bosses of Light and Sound
Pleiades, Issue 37.1, January 2017

This Year’s War
Flapperhouse, Issue 9, March 2016

Shelter Dogs
The Pinch, Issue 35.2, September 2015

Sugar Rockets
PANK Online, Issue 10.5, September 2015

Whalekeeper
Blue Monday Review, Issue 2.3, September 2015

If the River Drops
Tin House’s Flash Fridays, August 2015

Migratory Habits of the Western Cascades
WhiskeyPaper, June 2015

Cloud Study
Night Train, 2015 Anthology, April 2015

Metric Moon
Prick of the Spindle, Issue 7, October 2014