criminal stories fantastic stories Hartley James medium length stories Monday, September 7, 2026 Irradiated by Hartley James <i>A supernatural task force is sent to Manhattan to silence an existential threat.</i><br><br>Bon leaned his head back against the metal panels behind him, feeling the throb of the four turboprop engines through his skull. <i>Bonaparte Cage, you have been judged</i>. He could almost feel the words running through his head, traced in half-formed fire. He opened his eyes a crack and shifted his heavy-lidded gaze to Kat… Read more Labels: criminal stories fantastic stories Hartley James medium length stories No comments:
fantastic stories medium length stories Tommy Oler Monday, August 31, 2026 The Sinking of the Apple Knight by Tommy Oler <i>A morally estranged knight recalls defining moments from his past as he struggles against drowning.</i><br><br>The catapult on the curtain wall snapped. Sir Gerald Drymon, the Apple Knight, was below the castle walls in the river below, standing at the bow of a rowboat. His mood was foul tonight, and his remaining teeth hurt. He'd worked hard over the years to get back into the good graces of Lord Peck a… Read more Labels: fantastic stories medium length stories Tommy Oler 2 comments:
criminal stories fantastic stories short stories Tom Koperwas Friday, August 28, 2026 No, No Nona! by Tom Koperwas <i>Two cops go looking for a mob boss who has been behaving oddly, and they're surprised by what they find.</i><br>"Disgusting," grunted the tall, burly police lieutenant Scotty Niven, as he trod his way gingerly through patches of tall grass and clumps of litter, to the entrance of the dimly lit estate. <br><br>"And this is the home of a big mob boss?" queried the slim, young police rookie … Read more Labels: criminal stories fantastic stories short stories Tom Koperwas 5 comments:
fantastic stories long stories Wils Hosken Wednesday, August 19, 2026 The Siren Song by Wils Hosken <i>Jordan wishes to prove his masculinity by hiring a sailing boat, and discovers something unexpected about himself.</i><br><br>"Yeah mom, I'm only renting the boat for a few days," Jordan said into the phone. <br><br>The thick sea air met with the slap of his shoes on the wooden boards of the dock. Gulls perched themselves above, their cacophonous cackling calls confirming his entry. The skies were cle… Read more Labels: fantastic stories long stories Wils Hosken 1 comment:
fantastic stories Laurel Hanson medium length stories pick of the month Monday, August 10, 2026 The Last Peddler of Arch by Laurel Hanson <i>A grieving merchant travels the dangerous Dread Road to sell her wares - if she can make it to town alive.</i><br><br>Hawthorn had been trekking for over a day and hadn't seen another living creature, not even a lizard, let alone a reaver. The Dread Road was safer than it used to be. She supposed she was to blame for that. <br><br>The sheer walls of the gorge trapped the heat, and the air rippled with it. It eve… Read more Labels: fantastic stories Laurel Hanson medium length stories pick of the month 8 comments:
fantastic stories Karin J Robinson long stories pick of the month Monday, July 27, 2026 A Sprinkling of Stardust by Karin J. Robinson <i>In a small town on the eastern coast of England, singer-magician Gareth Fisher discovers his biggest fan is a genuine legend, and then everything changes.</i><br><br>During their third summer at the Cromer Pier Theatre, Cassandra Burns informed Gareth Fisher that she would no longer let him to cut her into pieces and put her back together again. <br><br>"It's banal. The sawing a girl in half trick? Come on… Read more Labels: fantastic stories Karin J Robinson long stories pick of the month 3 comments:
creepy stories fantastic stories Hayduke Irish long stories Wednesday, July 15, 2026 There Is No Evil Just Animals Surviving As Long As They Can by Hayduke Irish <i>Medocea has decimated Kiri's tribe, but Kiri survives and dives deeper than anyone before into the watery caves to in an effort to find and kill the creature.</i><br><br><i>Peace.</i><br><br>She spoke without her voice, directly into my mind, indifferent to our cries. She made the stones grow within me. I felt I would rip open; it had happened too fast, and my skin stretched too tight, though I felt nothing, no pain. I… Read more Labels: creepy stories fantastic stories Hayduke Irish long stories 1 comment:
Daniel Joseph Day fantastic stories medium length stories Wednesday, May 20, 2026 My Eyes Were Still Blue by Daniel Joseph Day <i> A lonely young man has a medical condition that is causing him to gradually disappear.</i><br><br>I've been turning invisible since I was thirteen. I swear it began when Rebecca Styles rejected me in front of the entire class and I'd wished so hard to disappear. I explain this to the doctor; she laughs. <br><br>'No, no.' she shakes her head then leans forward on her chair. 'It's a degenerat… Read more Labels: Daniel Joseph Day fantastic stories medium length stories 10 comments:
Alyx Barter fantastic stories long stories Monday, May 11, 2026 The Albion Inn by Alyx Barter <i>The Albion Inn in Savannah teems with ghosts, but they don't bother the innkeeper Jesse Hawthorne, until a TV crew comes to investigate.</i><br><br>Being in the Albion Inn was a bit like being in the woods in the deep of summer. Spirits buzzed incessantly in Jess's ear like cicadas, loud when he noticed them and white noise when he didn't, blending into the foliage until their absence became more… Read more Labels: Alyx Barter fantastic stories long stories 1 comment:
fantastic stories Femi Salami short stories Wednesday, May 6, 2026 The Boy and the Lake by Femi Salami <i>When a child goes missing in a West African village, two friends dare to explore the forbidden Lake.</i><br><br>My name is Gabriel, and my favorite place in the whole wide world is the dusty path by the little river behind our house. That's where I go to think, and to sing. Everyone in Oyo knows the song. You hear bakers singing it as they knead dough, and farmers humming it in the fields. It goes: <br><br>&quo… Read more Labels: fantastic stories Femi Salami short stories 10 comments:
fantastic stories JS Apsley medium length stories Friday, April 3, 2026 The Vigil of Bernadette Marsden by JS Apsley <i>Bernie faces a life changing question in a hospital waiting room.</i><br><br>I wait, interminably, for Billy to return with the inevitable news that we both dread. Even the receptionist has abandoned his post, and my only companion is the hum of the lights, droning insistently at me. The lights in the hospital lobby are so bright, leaving no corner to hide, no crook of respite. At home Billy and I never have… Read more Labels: fantastic stories JS Apsley medium length stories 4 comments:
fantastic stories long stories Talha Ahmad Monday, March 2, 2026 Crossing the Plains by Talha Ahmad <i> Afsha receives a message that her long-lost mother is dying, and she must cross the Middle Plains to see her before it's too late, but the annual invasion of giants is worse than usual.</i><br><br>Afsha pulls her machete out of the giant's thigh, twirling away to avoid the jet of blood that arcs from the wound. The lumbering beast falls with a wet smack on the crimson-soaked grass of the prairie. T… Read more Labels: fantastic stories long stories Talha Ahmad 4 comments:
Andrei-Ion Ghircoias fantastic stories medium length stories Wednesday, January 21, 2026 Amiero's Shadows by Andrei-Ion Ghircoiaș <i>A battle-worn knight hunts the local master of the seductive shadow-beings that have consumed the souls of entire villages.</i><br><br>Getting used to such sights never happened, not even after seeing them countless times. Amiero couldn't shake the sorrow off his bones, like standing by the grave of an old friend. Long, narrow streets of cobbled stones, accustomed to the din of crowds, suddenly quiet. Wi… Read more Labels: Andrei-Ion Ghircoias fantastic stories medium length stories 6 comments:
fantastic stories long stories Shae Monday, January 19, 2026 Do Not Eat the Pulse Lattice (Under Any Circumstances) by Shae <i>Ash attempts to process her Weltschmerz by subsuming herself to a community of people who have linked their consciousnesses with a sentient garden.</i><br><br><b>The Welcome Committee Was Mostly Roots</b><br><br>Ash arrived on a morning that couldn't make up its mind. The sky had one sock on. The fog kept curling around her ankles like a cat trying to trip her on purpose. <br><br>There was no gate. No grand welcome. Just a squ… Read more Labels: fantastic stories long stories Shae 5 comments:
Adan Jerreat-Poole fantastic stories pick of the month short stories Friday, January 2, 2026 Between the Bones by Adan Jerreat-Poole <i>In a gothic underworld, Edith is captivated by a fellow student of necromancy - although their teacher is determined to pit them against each other.</i><br><br><b>Proximal Phalanx</b><br><br>I saw her hands first, spidery fingers skittering across yellowed bone as they coaxed a shattered knuckle joint back together - not an archeologist studying the human form, but a god creating life. The reanimated skeleton knelt before … Read more Labels: Adan Jerreat-Poole fantastic stories pick of the month short stories 7 comments:
Alex Glebe fantastic stories short stories Monday, November 24, 2025 The Huldra's Girl by Alex Glebe <i>A young girl confronts a mythical huldra in the forest - but is she more in danger from the huldra or the bears?</i><br><br>The world grew quiet near the cluster of alder trees where Marit hid, still panting and exhilarated from the game. At first she didn't realise what was happening when the birds abruptly stopped singing and a hush descended on the glade, it was only when Aksel's scream rose up fr… Read more Labels: Alex Glebe fantastic stories short stories 5 comments:
Dylan Kwok fantastic stories medium length stories Friday, October 3, 2025 The Divine Move by Dylan Kwok <i>Ishida must defend his clan, but the invincible Western army is approaching, led by a dirigible with predictive capabilities - should his loyalties remain with General Ii and the Emperor?</i><br><br>Just below the clouds, it drifted, white smoke trailing from its aft. <br><br>For most airships, cruising so low would've been a strategic error: first, it left it vulnerable to storms, and second, detection by the e… Read more Labels: Dylan Kwok fantastic stories medium length stories 6 comments:
creepy stories fantastic stories long stories pick of the month Sarah Arceneaux Friday, September 5, 2025 Emily's Bones by Sarah Arceneaux <i>Leo spends years searching for the remains of his murdered sister, with help from beyond the grave.</i><br><br>When they dug up the bones on his property, Leo was out of town. <br><br>He got the call while he was walking a wide street, looking for the white-lettered glass door of the specialist's office. The deputy on the phone told him that someone had called up an anonymous tip; that he wasn't in any troub… Read more Labels: creepy stories fantastic stories long stories pick of the month Sarah Arceneaux 12 comments:
EJ LeRoy fantastic stories long stories pick of the month Friday, August 15, 2025 Mrs. Tilbury's Paramour by E.J. LeRoy <i>An unconventional romance set in an alternative past where clockwork technology reigns; first published in</i> Phantasmical Contraptions & More Errors <i>by JayHenge Publishing, 2022.</i><br><br>When Frédérick Caron received the French country house address from the agency, he smiled at the prospect of the challenge. The eccentric American widow, Mrs. Tilbury, turned away several men already without giving clea… Read more Labels: EJ LeRoy fantastic stories long stories pick of the month 8 comments:
David Serafino fantastic stories medium length stories pick of the month Pushcart nominated Monday, July 21, 2025 Migration Season by David Serafino <i>Ten-year-old Ella's body starts developing in a surprising way.</i><br><br>Ma's been burning incense and chanting, but the bumps aren't going away. At first they itched, but now they're big and burny and the only relief is to rub them against the doorjamb, a tree or the rusty aluminum siding on our doublewide. The skin oozes pus. If it doesn't get better, Ma swears she'll take me to a… Read more Labels: David Serafino fantastic stories medium length stories pick of the month Pushcart nominated 21 comments:
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