As a retired civil servant, Tom Ray has devoted his time to writing short stories dealing with Washington D.C., the military, suburban life, the South, and growing old.  His fiction has been published in New Pop Lit, Penny Shorts, Literary Yard, and other journals.  He has been identified as one of the "Hyper-Talents of the New Literary Age" by New Pop Lit. Tom won the "2021 FLASH SUITE Contest" for his recent short, MacDuffy Suite published on Defenestrationism.net .

LASTEST PUBLICATIONS


​The Jogger

A computer geek meets a beautiful woman during his early morning runs.
​Published in Over My Dead Body! Online

NOODLE SHOP, LONG AN PROVINCE, OCTOBER 1970

An American lieutenant and his Vietnamese girlfriend disagree about helping a poor war widow.
Published in the Pennsylvania Literary Journal, Vol XII, Issue 3, Fall 2020 page 175, 
 

MacDuffy Suite

A trilogy about a pandemic that changes the world forever.
Published on Defenestrationism.net and winner of the "2021 FLASH SUITE Contest"