Short Fiction

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.

Forgetting, remembering...?

Got luck?

Even a grumpy kindness changes the world...

Helping a new acquaintance is usually a good thing to try...

Strong, courageous, faithful -- who better to be a voice for the people?

Leonard Henry Scott is a Bronx born and raised graduate of American University, with an MLS degree from the University of Maryland. He was on the staff of the Library of Congress for many years and presently resides in National Harbor, Maryland.

"Only the characters...will sound familiar..."

What happens? Is it unexpected?

"At the tender age of seven, I was traumatized by not only bad parenting but an over consumption of sweets, my father running the North American operations of Pez candy. I was born with the proverbial silver spoon in my mouth on Park Avenue and raised by partially suicidal European eccentrics."

Russell Epp-Leppel is always exploring his love of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. With a background in engineering, he enjoys deconstructing narrative systems to see how they work, then reassembling them in new ways. He lives with his partner and their small menagerie in the Philadelphia area.

David Rich holds two engineering degrees from MIT and lives in the Boston area with his wife and daughters. His short fiction has been featured over the last several years in numerous literary journals.

Jay D. Falcetti (she/her) is a biracial indigenous writer who enjoys creating a wide range of stories from flash to novels. Jay grew up on a small reservation in northern Arizona and currently resides in Washington with her family.

Meow!

David Blitch is a disabled Pastor and author living in Fleetwood Pennsylvania. He loves concerts and skydiving.