Short Fiction

Tradition forms the way we approach our life's journey; but lives are built by so much more...

Andrew Fraknoi is a retired astronomer and college professor. He has had nine stories published so far, two in anthologies, seven in magazines. He is the lead author of the free, online book "Astronomy," published by the nonprofit OpenStax project, which is the most frequently-used introductory astronomy textbook in North America.

Saying something's harmless doesn't make it so...

Donna Gum wrote nonfiction including several published articles and ghostwriting. Unable to resist the call of fiction, she enjoys writing flash fiction in the Appalachian Mountains.

Gregory Smith is a retired medical social worker. He is active on social media, including Instagram, Facebook, X and Blue Sky. Greg enjoys oldies music ( especially The Beatles), classic movies, Baseball and Football ( Go Phillies & Eagles), and reading. He is married (Holly) and has two adorable dogs ( Katie & Cocoa).

Born in Cuba, Matias Travieso-Diaz migrated to the United States as a young man. He became an engineer and lawyer and practiced for nearly fifty years. After retirement, he took up creative writing. Over one hundred and seventy of his short stories have been published or accepted for publication in a wide range of story anthologies, magazines, blogs, audio books and podcasts.

A young woman who has been taught she has to value will learn otherwise..."

After a catastrophe, the line between life and death tends to blur...

Jim Wright (he/him) lives in central New York State, USA. He writes short stories when he can and works as a school psychologist when he must

Does it have six legs and will survive Armageddon?

Conversations we tend to avoid...

Ayush is a writer of low-key romances and slice-of-life fiction. A speculative theorist at heart, he can often be spotted at conventional nooks of isolation around the city—atop library shelves and behind coffee spoons.

One fine spring day...

Sam Robinson is a Liverpudlian writer inspired by all things eerie and unsettling. He currently lives in Stockport working as a web developer and hopes to release more strange fiction in the not-too-distant future.

Elaine Lennon is a film historian. She is the author of CHINATOWNE: The Screenplays of Robert Towne and other books about cinema. She is widely published in several international journals. She writes novels and short stories.

Jonathan D. Scott has published a fantasy novel, a dense historical novel, a rom-com, a collection of short stories, and two middle-grade novels under the name Terry Baldwin. He lives in Lexington, Kentucky with award-winning author Mary Knight, and is trying to decide what he would like to do when he grows up.

Some people...

Ethan is a writer from West Virginia. His work has been previously published by the Morgantown Writers Group in their River and Stone Anthology. He writes mostly short fiction and poetry and he has a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Philosophy.

Mark Barlex began writing fiction in 2021. He was a semi-finalist in the Wergle Flump Humor Poetry competition, shortlisted for the Bath Flash Fiction Award, and runner-up in the Missouri Review Jeffery E Smith Editors’ Prize.

If only there was some kind of translator to tell us how others really feel...

H. K. G. Lowery is a writer from Newcastle upon Tyne. He graduated from Lancaster University with a MA in Creative Writing (Distinction) where he was honoured to win the 2021/2022 Portfolio Prize for his work.

Patrick S. Smith lives in Columbus, Ga with his wife and daughters. He is a 20 year veteran of the U.S. Air Force Reserves. He enjoys knitting, playing video games, and watching a variety of sports.

Writers of fiction -- dangerous creatures!

Is belief even possible?

A train is coming. Is it yours?

A wonderful day...

Matt Grimes grew up in the New York/New Jersey area and now teaches middle school English in suburban Maryland just outside of D.C. He played baseball in college and loves the Yankees. Outside of teaching and trying to write, he spends a lot of time with his dog, reading too much Hemingway or Steinbeck, and wasting money playing terrible golf.

Jacqueline Chou is a native New Yorker with a master’s degree in French Literature. She is currently working on a collection of short stories.

Karama Neal writes fiction inspired by her experience of community and her background as a geneticist. She lives, writes, and thrives in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Make enemies on two fronts?