Charlie Fish

Bio

Charlie Fish is a popular short story writer and screenwriter. His short stories have been published in several countries and inspired dozens of short film adaptations. Since 1996, he has edited www.fictionontheweb.co.uk, the longest-running short story site on the web. He was born in New York in 1980; and now lives in south London with his wife and daughters.

You can contact me at charlie@fictionontheweb.co.uk, and you can follow me on Twitter/X @fishcharlie.

Interviews

• Your Paper Quest, 10 July 2024
• Pressenza International Press Agency, 2 September 2022: Part I and Part II
• Duotrope, 1 April 2021
• Six Questions For..., 13 November 2020
• Electric Literature, 4 November 2015
• Zombie Jesus and Other True Stories, 4 November 2012

Education

MA Creative Writing, Birkbeck College
Awarded a Master's Degree with Merit. Received Distinction for screenwriting.

Selected short stories

Violet's Breasts - published in:

• The Metaworker Literary Magazine

Second Place - published in:

• BigCityLit

The Unintended Consequences of Driverless Cars - published in:

• The Fuckening (Sci Fi Lampoon, 2023)
• Sci Phi Journal

Clean World - published in:

• (Short version) Blue Lake Review (November 2023)
• (Long version) Carnage: After the End Vol II (Sirens Call Publications, 2012)

Annabel - published in:

• The Macabre Museum Vol. 1, Issue 1 (Exploding Pen Productions, 2019)

Gonzalo Hermenegildo - published in:

• Literally Stories

You're Good At This, You're Doing It Right - published in:

• East of the Web
• Kindred: Family Anthology (TL;DR Press, 2019)

Wanted: Romance. Apply Within. - published in:

• Katherine J. Parker

Death by Scrabble - published in:

• Once Upon a Quarantine
• Mortal Echoes: Encounters with the End (British Library, 2018)
• Mystery Tribune
• Breaking the Rules (Boo Books, 2014)
• The Best of Dark Moon Digest (Dark Moon Books, 2012)
• Dark Moon Digest issue 3 (Dark Moon Books, 2011)
• Pit Stop Topic Book 8 textbook (Alinea (DK), 2008)
• A-101 textbook (Les Editions CEC, 2008)
• The File, September 2007 (Masterfile Corporation)
• Unterrichts-Konzepte Englisch textbook (Stark Verlagsgesellschaft mbH, 2007)
• Speak Up, October 2006 (De Agostini Rizzoli)
• East of the Web
• Performed at writLOUD

The Cut - published in:

• Journal of South London Permaculture (Volume 2, April 2018)
• Mechanics Institute Review edition 14 (Birkbeck, 2017)

Remission - published in:

• The Best of Fiction on the Web: 1996-2017 (Charlie Fish, 2018)
• Aphelion
• Bleed (Perpetual Motion Machine Publishing, 2013)

Do Not Pass Go - published in:

• Dime Show Review online and in print (Volume 2, Issue 2, 2017)

Schrödinger's Baby - published in:

• Mechanics Institute Review edition 10 (Birkbeck, 2013)
• East of the Web

Culture Sculptor - published in:

• Zombie Jesus and Other True Stories (Dark Moon Books, 2012)

Today, I’m Marshall Mason - published in:

• Slices of Flesh (Dark Moon Books, 2012)

Dreadful Penny - published in:

• Dark Moon Digest issue 4 (Dark Moon Books, 2011)

Killing Mildred - published in:

• Mechanics Institute Review edition 7 (Birkbeck, 2010)
• Performed at writLOUD

Cora - published in:

• East of the Web

Baggio’s Story - published in:

• East of the Web

The Man Who Married Himself - published in:

• Short Tales
• Nuance (Masterfile Corporation, 2005)
• East of the Web

Screenwriting

Camel Tears

• Feature film script
• Written by Charlie Fish and Abdulla Al Kaabi
• Commissioned by Abdulla Al Kaabi

Running with the Devil

• Spec feature film script
• Written by Charlie Fish
• Option available

The Last Wedding (2013)

• Short film
• Written by Charlie Fish, George Lewkowicz and Lucy Ayrton (for Tea Fuelled)
• Winner, Best Directing, London 48 Hour Film Project

Marshall Mason

• Short film script
• Written by Charlie Fish
• Commissioned by Unexpected Films

Cast Offs (2013)

• Short film
• Script consultant - Charlie Fish
• Official selection, Rhode Island International Film Festival

REAL

• Short film script
• Written by Charlie Fish
• Commissioned by VevaTV

The Man Who Married Himself (2010)

• Short film
• Written by Charlie Fish and Garrick Hamm
• Based on a story by Charlie Fish
• Winner, Best Comedy, LA Shorts Fest
• Winner, Best Comedy Short, Rhode Island International Film Festival
• Official selection, BFI London Film Festival
• View Behind the Scenes interviews with Richard E Grant and Emilia Fox

The Philosopher (2010)

• Short film
• Based on a story by Charlie Fish
• Winner, Best Actor (Jean Reno) and Best Supporting Actor (Cyrille Thouvenin), Los Angeles Cinema Festival of Hollywood Fall 2011
• Award of Merit for Narrative Short, Los Angeles Cinema Festival of Hollywood Fall 2011

Tile M for Murder (2007)

• Short film
• Based on a story by Charlie Fish
• Winner, Grand Festival Award, Berkeley Video & Film Festival

Ja Ich Will (2006)

• Short film
• Based on a story by Charlie Fish
• Winner, Audience Award, Trigital Filmfestival

Other

I Digress

• Collaborative residency at The Grosvenor Pub in Stockwell, launched on 29 July 2010.

Thinking Aloud

• Site-specific theatre shown at the Institute of Contemporary Arts on 5 April 2008.