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 Mount Kisco, 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 @fishcharlie.
Interviews
- Six Questions For..., 13 November 2020
- Electric Literature, 4 November 2015
- Shortbread Stories, 25 August 2014
- Zombie Jesus and Other True Stories, 4 November 2012
- Last Writes, 13 March 2011
Education
MA Creative Writing, Birkbeck College 2008 to 2010
Awarded a Master's Degree with Merit. Received Distinction for screenwriting.
Selected short stories
Annabel - published in:
- The Macabre Museum Vol. 1, Issue 1 (Exploding Pen Productions, 2019)
Gonzalo Hermenegildo - published in:
You're Good At This, You're Doing It Right - published in:
- East of the Web (coming soon)
- Kindred: Family Anthology (TL;DR Press, 2019)
Wanted: Romance. Apply Within. - published in:
Death by Scrabble - published in:
- Once Upon a Quarantine
- Mortal Echoes: Encounters with the End (British Library, 2018)
- Mystery Tribune
- Nugget Tales (now defunct)
- 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
- Journal of South London Permaculture (Volume 2, April 2018)
- Mechanics Institute Review edition 14 (Birkbeck, 2017)
- The Best of Fiction on the Web: 1996-2017 (Charlie Fish, 2018)
- Aphelion
- Bleed (Perpetual Motion Machine Publishing, 2013)
The Unintended Consequences of Driverless Cars - published in:
- Sci Phi Journal
- Katherine J. Parker, 2 October 2015
- Mechanics Institute Review edition 10 (Birkbeck, 2013)
- East of the Web
- Carnage: After the End Vol II (Sirens Call Publications, 2012)
- Zombie Jesus and Other True Stories (Dark Moon Books, 2012)
- Slices of Flesh (Dark Moon Books, 2012)
- Dark Moon Digest issue 4 (Dark Moon Books, 2011)
- Mechanics Institute Review edition 7 (Birkbeck, 2010)
- Performed at writLOUD
Baggio’s Story - published in:
The Man Who Married Himself - published in:
- Short Tales
- Nuance (Masterfile Corporation, 2005)
- East of the Web
Screenwriting
Running with the Devil
- Spec feature film script
- Written by Charlie Fish
- Currently under development
- Short film script
- Written by Craig Lewis and Charlie Fish
- Currently seeking funding
- Short film
- Written by Charlie Fish, George Lewkowicz and Lucy Ayrton (for Tea Fuelled)
- Winner, Best Directing, London 48 Hour Film Project
- Short film script
- Written by Charlie Fish
- Commissioned by Unexpected Films
- Short film
- Script consultant - Charlie Fish
- Official selection, Rhode Island International Film Festival
- Short film script
- Written by Charlie Fish
- Commissioned by VevaTV

- 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
- Buy The Man Who Married Himself on iTunes
- View Behind the Scenes interviews with Richard E Grant and Emilia Fox
- 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
- Short film
- Based on a story by Charlie Fish
- Winner, Grand Festival Award, Berkeley Video & Film Festival
- 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. You can buy the zines here.
- Site-specific theatre shown at the Institute of Contemporary Arts on 5 April 2008.