Short Fiction

Zach George writes fiction of all lengths with surreal, dark, and mystical atmospheres. He lives in Southwest Ohio where he can often be found staring at blank pages while hoping words will spontaneously appear.

Part of a daily requirement?

Peter Rustin and his wife Leslie recently moved from Los Angeles to Peter’s native Connecticut, with their three rather intelligent cats. Peter is an attorney practicing remotely with his firm in Los Angeles.

If we don't handle it carefully and with respect, love can just slip through our hands...

This could be a workable business strategy...

Life can give you one big whack on the head to make you see straight sometimes...

John Andrew Karr is a speculative fiction writer who dwells near the southern coast of North Carolina.

Fay L. Loomis, member of the Stone Ridge Library Writers and Rats Ass Review Workshop, lives a quiet life in the woods in upstate New York.

See people doing something senseless? It doesn't mean you have to join them...

Emma Burnett is a researcher and writer. She has had stories in Utopia Magazine, MetaStellar, Milk Candy Review, Elegant Literature, The Stygian Lepus, Roi Fainéant, and others.

Did they think murder and pillaging was going to work out well?

One moment, one look, and the context of life changes...

Matt Dennis is an English teacher and part-time author. When he’s not marking essays, he’s writing short stories and putting the finishing touches on a speculative fiction novel.

Thomas Koperwas is a retired teacher living in Windsor, Ontario, Canada who writes short stories of horror, crime, fantasy, and science fiction.

Eric Wampler lives in Madison, Wisconsin, USA. He writes dark fantasy and science fiction.

What can a dead animal teach us about how to live?

Wally Runnels was born in San Diego, raised along the border at his family's ranch and has traveled extensively through Mexico and Latin America.

Snigdha Agrawal (nee Banerjee) has an MBA in Marketing and Corporate work experience of over two decades. She enjoys writing all genres of poetry, prose, short stories and travel diaries.

Tamanna Dhuppad is an Indian writer of speculative fiction from Raipur (C.G.). She is a member of Codex and a graduate of the University of Edinburgh with a Master's in Creative Writing.

Some people are never happy...

Is having no power the root cause?

Liam A. Spinage is a former philosophy student, former archaeology educator and former police clerk who spends most of his spare time on the beach gazing up at the sky and across the sea while his imagination runs riot. Occasionally, this imagination has been known to spill out onto paper.

G. V. Silva was born in São Paulo, Brazil. He holds a bachelors and a masters degree in philosophy from the State University of Campinas and a Ph.D. in philosophy from the Technical University of Berlin.

Always returning to history and the classics...

"...it really is okay to feel as we do..."

Nothing like a costume party...

Maybe you should never say, "I'd give anything for..."

A question to ponder...

Roly Andrews lives in Nelson, NZ, in his spare time he enjoys tramping. After many years of practising, he is still trying to learn to play the trombone! A champion for everyone, he has mentored rough sleepers and supported people affected by suicide. He advocates for the rights of people living with disabilities.

And don't forget to pass the kindness along...