Short Fiction

C. David Ray is an author and attorney living in Richmond, Virginia.

Mark Manifesto is a writer, teacher, father, and lover of stories. He’s been writing fiction, essays, articles, and poetry the past seven years.

Luke Feeney enjoys exploring the strange and surreal in his writing. He spends his free time crafting short stories that blur the lines between reality and the unknown.

Saswat Gautam's attempt to mediate the three-way conflict between economy, environment, and efficiency while practicing Chemical Engineering has translated into his fondness for exploring conflicts — of nations, of ideologies, of people, in one’s mind — in the literary world.

Noel Lis lives in Vancouver, B.C., where they work in a Post Office. Some of their interests include exploring local hiking trails, metal detecting, and building Aliexpress watches. Noel was homeschooled and whatever preconceptions of that you might have are probably true.

Huina Zheng, a Distinction M.A. in English Studies holder, works as a college essay coach. She’s also an editor at Bewildering Stories. She resides in Guangzhou, China with her husband and daughter.

Better to know, or not to know?

There are times when even hope is lost...

Todd Matson is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in North Carolina, United States.

Ken Foxe is a writer and transparency activist in Ireland. He is the author of two non-fiction books based on his journalism and likes to write short stories of horror, fantasy, SF, and speculative fiction.

Evan Kaiser is a retired physician who practiced primary care medicine in southeastern New England for over twenty-five years. He currently lives with his wife in the Providence, RI area and enjoys painting, reading, cooking, and birding.

A stranger would just walk away from you...

The past is already extinct...

Keller Agre is a horror fiction writer originally from Overland Park, Kansas. When not writing, he enjoys hiking and playing folk music on his guitar.

Víctor Parra Avellaneda (Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico 1998). He has studied Biology at the CUCBA of the University of Guadalajara. He writes speculative fiction, especially science fiction and climate fiction.

Reeve Chudd is a retired trusts and estates attorney living in Carmel, Indiana. In his youth, he wanted to be writer, but he wasn’t prepared to sacrifice eating for his art.

Mark Ferguson has written science fiction, fantasy novels and short stories since youth. Outside of writing he performs research in microsystems, nanotechnology and device integration.

...and he'll never forget 'Brooke'...

Actions may speak louder than words, but some words are louder than others...

Oh, anticipation...!

Really want to go back to being young?

Devon Field lives in Vancouver, BC, where he writes and podcasts. He hosts the medieval history podcast 'Human Circus: Journeys in the Medieval World.'

Bill Tope is a retired caseworker; construction laborer; hotel cook and one-time nude model for university art classes. He lives in Illinois with his mean little cat Baby.

Nicholas Woods is a writer and filmmaker living in Los Angeles. He wrote and directed the crime/drama ‘Echoes of Violence’ which premiered at CINEQUEST FILM FESTIVAL in 2020.

Lameese Hassen is a queer Palestinian-American that grew up in the Southwest Suburbs of Chicago. She received her BA from Columbia College Chicago.

Lisa Lahey is an Associate Acquisitions Editor for After Dinner Conversation Magazine.

Motivation, motivation, motivation!

Teresa Freeland is a ‘forever Midwesterner,’ living in Blue Springs, Missouri. She is always working on one more short story.

Winner for Best -- What?

Devin’s job as a night watchman comprises sitting at a desk monitoring a county building, which allows him eight uninterrupted hours of reading and writing (best job ever). His interests include painting, reading, writing, and exercising.