Frank Reilly
Frank's short stories have appeared in The Baltimore Review, Zone 3, Cleaver Magazine, The Disappointed Housewife, and The Saturday Evening Post (forthcoming, Jan., 2027), among other publications.
His story "The Stirling Stone" received special mention in the Best American Short Stories anthology, and was read & recorded live at LA's Getty Center for the public radio program / podcast Selected Shorts.
Frank received the Best Screenplay award at the Austin Film Festival and was a semi-finalist (in the top 30 of over 6,000 scripts considered) for the Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting, each for different works.
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Short Stories
Published in the Baltimore Review
A thirteen-year-old videogame addict is lured back into the world of human connection via the low-tech game of curling.
Distinguished story listing in
BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES anthology.
Featured on national public radio / podcast SELECTED SHORTS.
Published in Zone 3 magazine
A lonely mermaid loses her heart to a duck-billed platypus.
Published in The Disappointed Housewife
Biology 101 term paper of a love lorn High School junior ("hermit crab" story).
Published in Cleaver Magazine
An Afghanistan war vet chases an adrenaline high by staring down passengers on a commuter train.
Published in The Saturday Evening Post
A multi-generational Italian family struggles to keep their pizzeria in business.
(FORTHCOMING - Jan. 2027)
Screenplays
CheckMate
Awarded Best Screenplay at the Austin Film Festival.
The Lifeguard
Semi-Finalist, Academy Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting.
Son of Rock
A famous heavy metal guitarist takes up children's music to woo back his estranged four-year-old son, infuriating his fan base.