Short Fiction

Upasana's writing has been influenced by Eastern and Western writers, her educational background, her passion for poetry, and the multiple lives she has lived so far.

The people had stories to tell about the forest; it tied them all together, somehow. Now the forest was in need, and once again, it will become a center for them...

David Wright is a writer and teacher living on Canada's majestic west coast. He has a lovely wife, two sparkling daughters and more than 50 published short stories. His work has appeared in Neo-opsis, Aiofe's Kiss, Forgotten Worlds and many other cool magazines.

Let's see, 25 years ago ... what did you know in 1995?

Ajanta Paul is a widely-published poet, short story writer and critic from Kolkata, India who has been in academia for ages and has returned to her first love -- writing. She did her PhD in English from Jadavpur University in the 1990s and is currently working at Women's Christian College, Kolkata.

Chitra Gopalakrishnan, a New Delhi-based journalist and a social development communicator for 30 years, uses her ardor for writing, wing to wing, to break firewalls between nonfiction and fiction, narratology and psychoanalysis, marginalia and manuscript and tree-ism and capitalism.

Our lives form our memories. Do our memories have to form our lives?

Like a dream...

Oops -- too much...

A conversation between two cats. One older and versed with feline skills...

It's quite possible you won't like what you hear, but you may need to hear it anyway...

Callan Preece is a writer and trainee teacher from Birmingham, England interested in telling small stories about people.

If you arrive where you need to be, does it matter which train you board?

J. C. Miller is an author and corporate lawyer for a Fortune 100 company. He lives in Michigan with several children and menagerie of pets.

Were they ever there?

Why not try something different this year?

Remembering a name, imagining what a life could have been, can lead one to ponder the tracks of one's own life.

The Month of the Dead continues...

A.J. Lagodzki is a horror and thriller writer whose research for stories tends to leave her Google search history looking rather concerning.

Sometimes memories are the worst ghosts...

Ed Nobody is an up and coming writer from Ireland who wants to break the barriers of fiction and write engaging stories not constricted by genre convention. He has written two full novels, one of which may see light next year, pending the grace of Xenu.

David Simmons was born in Washington, D.C. during the crack epidemic. David is a multiinstrumentalist who has made several contributions to many major hip hop albums. Among other things, he is a licensed optician who has worked on the restoration of antique eyeglasses in Northern California.

So many things can happen when you decide to go up the hill...

Connie Woodring is a retired psychotherapist who writes poetry and short stories. A completed novel and a non-fiction book will hopefully be published soon.

J. David Thayer is an educator living in Texas. His works have appeared in 24-Hour Short Story Contest (2nd Place), The First Line, The Last Line, Fantasy/Sci-Fi Film Festival, Flash Fiction Magazine, Bewildering Stories, 101 Word Stories, and many more publications.

The future is all ahead of us, the present is what keeps us going back to the fridge for a sandwich -- and the past ought to stay the hell back where it belongs...

Geoff Goodman works with disadvantaged and traditionally marginalized groups teaching writing at the College of The Marshall Islands. His work has been published in many newspapers and magazines and he has placed a few stories in smaller literary journals.

It's 2020 now, who would be surprised by anything?

In a dark alley, the result of past misfortunes waits. Can a still-grieving heart be healed?

Robert Garnham's short stories have been published widely in magazines such as Defenestration, Flash Fiction Magazine, Ink, Sweat and Tears, and his poetry has been published in Acumen, Tribe, The Broadsheet. He writes a humorous column every now and then for the local newspaper Herald Express, and as a comedy performance poet, he has performed all over the UK at festivals, fringes, radio and TV.