Short Fiction

How far do you have to run to get away from the rats in the woodwork?

Carlos Castillo is a writer from Sylmar, California. He writes short stories about random ideas which pop into his head, and sometimes, he even goes back and edits them. These ideas can be science fiction, fantasy, horror, or something that doesn't fit any genre cleanly.

Can you wake up to this for the rest of your life?

Try to hit this one out of the park...

Rajeshwar Mittapalli is a Professor of English with more than thirty years of teaching experience at universities across Asia, Africa, and Europe. He is also active as a creative writer and translator.

David Sebek was born in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, and spent his early childhood traveling between the Northern and Southern Hemispheres before settling in Houston, Texas. As a writer, he explores the darker edges of imagination in short stories that blend realism with the uncanny.

Amita Basu’s fiction appears in more than 85 venues. She’s contributing editor at Fairfield Scribes Micro, and sustainability columnist and interviews editor at Mean Pepper Vine. She lives in Bangalore, and works at a climate action thinktank.

Blake Wickham is a Technical Writer from the Chicagoland area. He writes horror and science fiction in the company of his wife and their two cats.

Clive Oseman is a spoken word artist, comedian and storyteller with a liking for the surreal and absurd, from Birmingham in the UK.

Andrea Tillmanns lives in Germany and works full-time as a university lecturer. She has been writing poetry, short stories and novels in various genres for many years.

Holly Pfeiffer will study English and Creative Writing at Middle Tennessee State University. She won the Charlotte Akers Gardner Writing Scholarship for incoming students, and looks forward to giving it the old college try.

Victor Julian-Henry Roberts is a speculative fiction author and poet specializing in horror and erotica. Born and raised in Maine, he lives right next to the forest, where he derives much inspiration for his writing.

The Battle of Gettysburg took place at just about this time of year 162 years ago...

And once you tell a story, it travels in sound waves forever...

Tristen Eason is a horror author from Memphis, Tennessee.

What truths lurk behind traditions?

Should have listened to the song' words...

Lucien R. Starchild is an enigmatic poet/writer and cosmic dreamer, weaving tales that blur the line between reality and the surreal. Born under a wandering star, he draws inspiration from forgotten myths, celestial whispers and the hidden magic of everyday life.

Waking to fear and worry...

Why it's so much better to love than to regret...

Vengeance is the only cure for withholding the written word...

T. J. Young is a writer living in Seattle, WA. After years as an environmental attorney, he now pursues the far more lucrative profession of creative writing. He occasionally travels to the Andromeda galaxy in search of material, but otherwise spends most of his time reading. He is married with three superhero children.

The eye of the beholder is informed by much more than sight...

Jon Wesick has written over a million words in poems, short stories, and novels. He is a regional editor of the San Diego Poetry Annual and host of the Gelato East Fiction Open Mic. He lives in Manchester, New Hampshire and longs for gene editing to bring giant wombats back from extinction.

Bevy Daniel has been composing short stories and working on plays for quite a while, with a particular draw to sci-fi and speculative fiction. She lives in Chicago, IL where she spends as much time as possible taking long walks, reading, community organizing, and spending time with the people she loves.

Bud Pharo is a disabled veteran who writes flash fiction and short stories.

"I am a retired environmental law professor living in Santa Fe, New Mexico with my wife and two dogs. I taught environmental law for many years at Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law in Dallas and published extensively on environmental topics, including articles, treatises and casebooks on hazardous waste law. Sounds boring, but it put my kids through college."

Blood relatives they may be, but you can never know all their stories...

William P. Adams lives near Seattle and writes short fiction, poetry, and memoirs, often inspired by his baby boomer childhood.