Short Fiction

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?

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.