Original flash fiction submissions now open. Submission window closes Oct. 31. 
Bellatrification

Bellatrification

Jelena DunatoDec 3, 2020
Reading Time: 4 minutes In a society where everybody is beautiful, physical imperfection becomes a career move.
Refugee

Refugee

Larry IvkovichDec 2, 2020
Reading Time: 17 minutes “A unique, bizarre talent” was how critics described Timera Lovich and her wildy speculative poetry. But even she didn’t know the true genesis of her imaginary tales until she realized she wasn’t who or what she thought she was. Until it was too late.
Alien Fugitive

Alien Fugitive

Gerri ZimmermanDec 1, 2020
Reading Time: 12 minutes Quinn Baxter escaped from a tyrannical government and finds that he is now an alien fugitive on the run from his planet’s security squad.
The Howler on the Sales Floor

The Howler on the Sales Floor

Jonathan FickeDec 1, 2020
Reading Time: 8 minutes A hellbeast stuck in a crappy office job struggles to comply with his sensitivity training.
Maize

Maize

Marshall J MooreDec 1, 2020
Reading Time: 21 minutes For Althea Stagg, demigod detective, family history and mythology are often the same thing. So it comes as no surprise to her when a case leads her to a corn maze, and the monster that stalks its prey within.
Second Bite

Second Bite

Aeryn RudelDec 1, 2020
Reading Time: 4 minutes A dentist with a dark family history receives a request to fit a patient with a very unique set of teeth.
Safe Harbor

Safe Harbor

Reading Time: 12 minutes A story about a young woman’s journey to find her true identity after her mother dies. It’s also a story about love, Mother Earth, and living without fear.
Excerpt: Krim Times

Excerpt: Krim Times

Maria KorolovOct 21, 2020
Reading Time: 8 minutes Once upon a time, there was a virtual world that was almost, but not quite, completely unlike 1500s England. The assassin peered out from the window overlooking Leadenhall Street. It was mid-day and there were plenty of targets. Local residents, mostly, but also a fair number of tourists and would-be adventurers looking for quests. The […]
Nade

Nade

Malena MaciaOct 20, 2020
Reading Time: 8 minutes An arid world is ruled by the five beast-gods, human-animal hybrids with mysterious powers, but also, increasingly, by the despotic Daonais and their loyal servants. Nade she has no memory of her past but is pursued through an inhospitable desert.

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