Short Fiction

Where does it come from?

Founder of Whisper House Press, Steve Capone Jr. is an HWA member and award-winning Utah-based writer hailing from the Rust Belt.

Sometimes things go well...

Sadness creeps in when one forgets the source of happiness...

Oh, those impulsive actions...!

Some bad habits carry their own punishment...

Aidan Alberts is a short story writer with a knack for writing sad stories. He is currently writing a military science-fiction novel. He hopes that it isn't science-fiction that he will be attending a creative writing PhD program soon.

A world so small, a world so vast...

What had seemed impossible, unthinkable...

Seth Coggeshall is from Sacramento, California. He holds a B.A. in economics from California State University, Sacramento.

A sighting that brings two worlds together...

Be sure to click on the link at the very end...

Cynthia Bernard is a woman in her early seventies, a long-time classroom teacher and an emerging writer of poetry, short fiction, and creative nonfiction. She lives with her husband, their pets, and many houseplants on a hill overlooking the ocean, about 25 miles south of San Francisco.

Isaiah J. King is a Ph.D. candidate at George Washington University, studying machine learning. When he isn't doing that, he writes short fiction and poetry.

Joe Wood is a novice speculative fiction writer. Having graduated from Canisius College with a BS in Psychology and a BA in Creative Writing, he now studies School Psychology at SUNY Oswego. During his free time, Joe enjoys going on hikes and reading Heartstopper over and over.

John Leppik is an English educator currently pursuing a research project with the University of Minnesota to introduce role playing games to high school students.

It was his life's work, after all...

Angela Townsend is a Pushcart Prize nominee, seven time Best of the Net nominee, and the 2024 winner of West Trade Review’s 704 Prize for Flash Fiction. Angela has lived with Type 1 diabetes for 34 years, laughs with her poet mother every morning, and loves life affectionately.

Both the artwork and the subject can tell us so much...

Cameron Walker is a writer from the north of England. He has contributed fiction pieces to "Lovecraftiana Magazine," as well as biographical articles for the national media relating to his health journey.

David Henson and his wife have lived in Brussels and Hong Kong and now reside in Illinois. His work has been nominated for four Pushcart Prizes, Best of the Net and two Best Small Fictions and has appeared in various journals.

If you don't know who you're dealing with, perhaps you shouldn't deal at all...

The long awaited day of First Contact...

Janice is a native New yorker who enjoys writing fiction, creative nonfiction and\r\npersonal essays. She is a member of Woodside Writers in Queens.

Margaret Eve is a British author of speculative and historic fiction and a regular attendee of the British Fantasy Convention. When not writing, Margaret enjoys good company, crochet, and terrible television.

It feels good to be on the right track, but one must consider carefully what one is tracking...

Matthew McAyeal is a writer from Portland, Oregon.

Erik Buchanan is a writer based in Pennsylvania. He works night shift security which gives him plenty of time to scribble up stories.

Albert Rodriguez is an emerging writer based in Brooklyn, New York. He has a degree from Borough of Manhattan Community College.