Recently Published

“People of the Stars” (The Lorelei Signal)
September 2025

Three generations of women must come to terms with leaving Earth forever.

“Final Log Fragment Retrieved from the Derelict Hauler MV Ironside” (Flashpoint Science Fiction)
October 2025

A derelict escape pod is recovered in deep space, and every item inside brings the Ironside’s crew one step closer to realizing they didn’t bring something aboard—they let something out.

“Icebound” (Frost Zone Stories)
September 2025

A surgeon’s mate aboard an icebound ship defies orders to save a dying man—unleashing a vengeful, spectral beast born of bones, darkness, and a terrible secret.

“Portraits, in Sepia and Umber” (Polar Borealis #35)
July 2025

In a drought-stricken land, a blind painter’s visions hold the power to bring rain—unless her son’s ambition and her granddaughter’s gift tear everything apart.

“Future Legal” (Nature: Futures)
February 2025

Hayden Jones only wanted a better future, but he never stopped to consider that maybe — just maybe — the future wouldn’t be too thrilled to have him.

The Memory Plague and Other Stories
October 2024

Featuring alien artifacts, curious trans-dimensional mementoes, magical carousel horses, and more, this collection of twenty-four speculative short stories brings together the best of D. Thomas Minton’s explorations of reality, the universe, and what it means to be human.

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“Another Universe” (A Little Fantasy Everywhere)
October 2024

Awkward and filled with self-doubt, Ben could use a do-over in life. But life doesn’t offer do-overs, unless his new neighbor, Rachel, is right about what might be in that bottle on Ben’s shelf.

“Red and Hank vs. the Zombie Acowplypse” (Humour Me Magazine)
August 2024

When the zombie acopolypse comes to town, Red McClanahan knows he needs to nip it the bud before things fly off the handle and get ugly. But are he and his buddy Hank up for saving the world?

“Footprints in the Forest” (Cryptids from the Rock)
August 2024

Cortez Duclair, North America’s pre-eminant bigfoot hunter, has vanished. Did he fall prey the creature he has spent his life hunting, or is there more to his disappearance?

“Intermezzo” (Last-Ditch Anthology)
July 2024

Smith, a footsolider in an endless war that spans time and space seeks solace at the Chateau at the End of Time. There he learns of a desperate plot that could bring an end to the conflict that will require him to act, and for time to run out.

The Calypto Cycle

Tiger Unbound (The Calypto Cycle: Book Five)
June 2025

A wanted man, Calypto returns to the city of Aurestapol determined to decipher a mysterious message received from an ancient artifact. When he learns that a friend he thought dead is being held by the Red Cuffs, he hatches a desperate plan to free them. That plan will require all his skills as an agent, and even then, it may cost him everything, including the few friends and allies he has left.

Messages from the Sand (The Calypto Cycle: Book Four)
November 2019

Acting on a tip from a friend, Calypto infiltrates a remote archaeological dig to uncover the enigmatic artifacts of an ancient Turk mathematician and seer. He quickly learns he is caught in a desperate race against enemy agents, deadly insurgents, and even his own countrymen to unlock the cryptic secrets buried in the sand. Calypto knows with one false move, everything will be lost, but what he uncovers could cost him even more.

Threads Unravel (The Calypto Cycle: Book Three)
July 2018

Following a mission that went sour, Calypto tries to disappear, but no matter how far he runs, he cannot escape his past. With his world quickly unraveling around him, Calypto must return to Aurestapol to find the answers he desperately needs to stay alive. But the city he once called home now crawls with Red Cuffs, Silver Tiger assassins, and others he once trusted, but who now want him dead. He will need more than his skills and his Talent to succeed—he will need allies who won’t betray him, and more luck than he ever imagined.

Shackles of Doubt (The Calypto Cycle: Book Two)
November 2017

When his mission to catch a traitor takes an unexpected turn, Calypto finds himself in a secret jail and at the mercy of a sadistic tormentor who wants him to confess to a crime he did not commit. Nearing his breaking point, and with his loyalty to his homeland wavering, Calypto suspects there is more to his incarceration than he previously imagined. The only way to stay alive and learn the truth is to escape, but escape might be exactly what his captors want him to do.

Fire in the Snow (The Calypto Cycle: Book One)
February 2017

Calypto’s mission leads him to the empire’s far east to retrieve a naïve recruit with a powerful Talent of her own. His routine assignment, however, takes a deadly turn when he uncovers a group of insurgents who will do anything to stop him. Pursued across the frigid countryside by ruthless killers, Calypto soon learns they may want more than to see him fail, and even his Talent may not be enough to keep him and his headstrong charge alive.

The Latest News

Oct 31: “Final Log Fragment Retrieved from the Derelict Hauler MV Ironside” published in Flash Point Science Fiction.

Sept 25: “Icebound” published in Frostzone Stories.

Jul 5: “Portraits, in Sepia and Umber” published in Polar Borealis.

Jun 27: Tiger Unbound released.

Feb 10: “Future Legal” published in Nature: Futures.