Frank Reilly
Frank's short stories have appeared in The Baltimore Review, Zone 3, and Cleaver Magazine, among other publications. His story "The Stirling Stone" was listed as a distinguished work in the Best American Short Stories anthology, and was read and 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.
Upcoming in Cleaver Magazine (June 2026)
An Afghanistan war vet chases an adrenaline high by staring down passengers on a commuter train.
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.