Short Fiction

Safety, security, peaceful co-existence...isn't that enough? Maybe not for some...

"Who knows, but thee?"

That long and weary road...

I thought Jupiter was the gas giant planet...

James is a veteran of the United States Army and was an educator for the Los Angeles School District in various capacities for thirty years. He has had six books published by small presses and now lives on the Big Island of Hawaii.

JS Apsley is the pen name of an author from Glasgow, Scotland. He won the Ringwood short story prize 2024 and has gone on to place over 50 short stories in various publications.

Passion spent, and turned into ...

Even a little bit of good makes the winter less cold...

Sushma R Doshi holds a PhD in International Studies from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She likes to write and dream. She also enjoys being a stand up comedienne sometimes. She currently resides in India.

Someone's watching...someone's thinking...

Over a thirty-year nonfiction writing career, Dr. John A. Wilde has published six books and 240 articles, and though Dr Wilde is new to fiction, since January, 2025, he has published 13 articles in literary journals and had five more accepted.

Mostly the dead ignore them...

Nathan Poole Shannon is an emerging writer of the strange and macabre. From crawling shadows to cryptic specters, from generational curses to quiet everyday horrors, he exposes darkness to light without flinching.

Is it 'fiction' -- or 'historical fiction'?

Who's making the law?

"...If you use the proper form..."

The defense? Live with your eyes open and remember life well...

Spencer Bolanos is a former investment professional turned writer from Austin, TX. He graduated from Vanderbilt University in 2016, and enjoys writing stories with magical realism.

Peter F. Crowley is a prolific writer from the Boston area whose work spans short fiction, op-eds, poetry, and academic essays.

Forgetting something isn't that bad, is it?

Lewis Brett Smiler lives in West Orange, New Jersey, and enjoys creative writing and historical research.

Dave Clark is a short story writer who lives in Cambridge, England, where he works as a postgraduate administrator at the University.

If only we could learn from an imagined future...

Do you speak out or simply let the madness go on?

"...expensive tropical fish...a spectacular van crash..." Who could ask for anything more?

Stephen Tillman is a professor of Mathematics at Wilkes University. He holds a Ph.D. in mathematics from Brown University. An avid reader of mysteries and science fiction, he has published several stories in both genres.

Just one unapproved sentiment is all it takes...

Why not choose harmony over profit?

Frances Gaudiano currently resides in Cornwall, England. After earning a MA in Dramatic Literature, she went on to qualify as a veterinary nurse and divides her time between writing and caring for animals.

Gerald Michael Guglielmo was born in Chicago and spent his youth in the northwest suburbs. Although always interested in creative expression, his interest in creative writing did not emerge until 2017. He currently resides in Geneva and still walks on the edge of curbs sometimes because he never really grew up.