Short Fiction

All you need is a big cardboard box -- and faith.

Jake Rinloan is a native Californian who has lived much of his life in the state of Washington, with stints in Finland and Canada. He is a University of Washington graduate who is passionate about writing, reading, and outdoor recreation. Most recently, Jake worked as a project director for the California chapter of The Nature Conservancy.

Paul Stansbury is the author of the five volume Inversion short story collection, Down By the Creek – Ripples and Reflections, and Under the Faerie Moon, an illustrated poetry book. His speculative fiction stories have appeared in a number of print anthologies as well as a variety of online publications.

And now you know...

David Newkirk is a retired attorney living in Kansas City, Missouri. After thirty years of writing boring legal documents, he decided to try writing things that people might actually enjoy reading.

Jeanne Burns Kett is a writer and therapist. Her writing celebrates the ways we manage to thrive and falter in relationships. With fierce insight into the human experience, she illuminates the hidden costs and the life-affirming comfort of belonging.

A chronic insomniac and caffeine junkie, Christopher Kai likes wandering Singapore late at night, searching for inspiration in dark places. J. A. Skelton is a UK-based writer of horror fiction. When she’s not working on her freelance business, she spends her time writing ghost stories and going for walks in the woods.

Sarah Senft is a writer from Cork, now living in Vancouver, Canada with her husband, four children, and her dog.

Nicholas Starr Kellogg weaves chilling tales from his home in Connecticut, where he lives with his partner and balances fatherhood, with two toddlers under five and a full-time job. Early morning prior to work, he creates nightmares while many are still having them. Drawing inspiration from the eerie realities of everyday life while exploring the darkness beneath the ordinary.

Ready for a 'leap' of faith?

Just get it done...

A time to remember, a time for letting go...

The love that is always there...

Floyd Largent is a former archaeologist who never woke a sleeping god or unearthed an ancient evil (alas). In the past year, he has published or had accepted for publication six poems and 30 short stories.

Emily McQuiggan is a writer, artist, and librarian living in Pennsylvania with her family.

How far do we take the interface between human and machine?

Javier Pérez Rizo is a Cuban-born fiction author based in Houston, Texas. He studied History and Creative Writing at the University of Havana and other literary centers. He is a member of the Cuban Open Space Workshop and the Online Writing Workshop for Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror.

Let's set things straight, shall we?

Mary Ann McGuigan’s short fiction has appeared in many journals. Mary Ann taught English for nearly a decade and was a business and finance editor at Bloomberg L.P. A native of the Bronx, NY, she grew up there and in Jersey City.

Kyle Yandle is a writer living in the mountains of western North Carolina.

Just don't blame the amphibian --

Tyler Marable lives with his family in Alabama. He enjoys good food, good drinks, and good people. He is an aspiring novelist.

Rekha Valliappan is an award-winning multi-genre writer of short fiction and poetry. She holds a MA in English Literature from the University of Madras and a LLB (Hons) from the University of London.

Security and space travel -- is there really any such thing?

Cody Walzel is an 8th generation Texan raised by a single mother in a rural town with a munitions plant and a biker church. Growing up he pronounced names like Matt with two syllables (Ma-yatt). He’s got a long lost older sister. He watched his truck driving Grandad get in fights on his delivery route, and had a stepdad who lost his leg in a hunting accident and then continued hunting.

Five enterprising eleven-year-olds set up a golf ball scam...

Personal experience and two generations can be a chasm that's hard to cross...

Scott C. Holstad has authored, edited & contributed to 75+ books & 800+ magazines & is a 32-year member of The Authors Guild. He holds degrees from the University of Tennessee, California State University Long Beach, UCLA & Queens University of Charlotte. He’s moved 35+ times, lives in the Gettysburg PA area and loves geopolitics, good vinyl and hockey.

A glimmer of hope in a dark, despairing place...

It started with a good intention...