Press & Publications
Taurenelle's prosimetrum, I told you this was a poem, which won first place in the October 2024 competition, is featured in the inaugural 'Best of the Not Quite Write Prize for Flash Fiction' anthology.
Calling upon the lost art of prosimetrum, this layered, subtext-heavy piece blends narrative poetry with poetic prose to tell the heartbreaking tale of a father grappling with tragedy.
Taurenelle's short story, The Playhouse on Holly Lane, longlisted in Twist in the Tale's collaborative competition, 'Twisted Teams,' and was subsequently published in the first issue of Twist Magazine.
This piece explores themes of death and regret, chronicling an elderly actress whose life comes full circle as she performs her final show at the theater where it all began. But she soon realizes that nothing is as it seems, both on the stage and in her life.
Taurenelle sat down with the Not Quite Write podcast for their "Meet the Not-Quite-Writer" series to discuss his history, his motivation, and his Flash Fiction writing process.
The conversation wanders from Dactylic Hexameter and a buried nod to Longfellow's Evangeline to prize money confessions and the strange delay between writing something devastating and realizing it.
Taurenelle's flash fiction, The Cries of Laocoön, earned 3rd place on the shortlist in the 250-word Twisted Tournament competition and was subsequently published in the December 2025 issue of Twist Magazine.
This piece blends his passion for classical philology with his love of poetic drama to weave a story of immense, preventable loss, with an ignored harbinger at its core. A touch of detective story, a touch of fantasy, this story takes the reader on a journey despite its minimal word count.
Taurenelle's story, A priest to no god, which won fourth place in the April 2025 flash fiction competition, was featured in the 'Best of the Not Quite Write Prize for Flash Fiction' anthology.
Exploring the inner workings of a family man suffering from obsessive compulsive disorder, this piece paints a painfully real look at the condition and how it impacts even the smallest of tasks.
