Carl Tait

Fiction Writer

New York, NY
New York US
Website: 
carltait.com
Twitter/X: 
@carltait

Author's Bio

Carl Tait is a software engineer, classical pianist, and writer. His work has appeared in After Dinner Conversation (Pushcart Prize nominee), Exquisite Death (Derringer Award finalist), Mystery Magazine (cover story), NewMyths, Allegory, The Saturday Evening Post, and others. He also has stories in two horror anthologies from Flame Tree Press: Close to Midnight and the forthcoming Ghost Lights. Carl grew up in Atlanta and currently lives in New York City with his wife and twin daughters.

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
Ghost Lights (Flame Tree Publishing, 2026)
,
Close to Midnight (Flame Tree Publishing, 2022)
Journals:
After Dinner Conversation
,
Allegory
,
Altered Reality Magazine
,
Bloomin' Onion
,
Bright Flash Literary Review
,
CafeLitMagazine
,
Close to the Bone Magazine
,
Dark Fire Fiction
,
Dillydoun Review
,
Eunoia Review
,
Exquisite Death
,
Fiction on the Web
,
Hearth & Coffin
,
Idle Ink
,
Mystery Weekly Magazine
,
New Myths
,
Oddville Press
,
Penumbric
,
Rising Action Review
,
Sage Cigarettes Magazine
,
Saturday Evening Post
,
Spank the Carp
,
Sublunary Review
,
The Literary Hatchet
,
The Yard
,
Umbrella Factory Magazine

More Information

Born in: 
New York, NY
New York
Raised in: 
Atlanta, GA
Georgia
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Last update: May 07, 2026