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 7 comments:
David Serafino fantastic stories medium length stories pick of the month 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 18 comments:
fantastic stories Kelsie Thorschmidt long stories Friday, July 11, 2025 Only Ever Four by Kelsie Thorschmidt <i>Paulette, cast adrift from her family and her beau, is drawn to a mansion and entrapped by its mysteries.</i><br><br>Within the car that slowly wound through the maze of country roads, no one knew there sat a young woman in dire distress, her whole life having unexpectedly plummeted into the lowest depths of human experience. Not even the driver, who was paying far more mind to the road on this black, stormy… Read more Labels: fantastic stories Kelsie Thorschmidt long stories 9 comments:
Daniel Joseph Day fantastic stories medium length stories Monday, June 30, 2025 The Standing Clock by Daniel Joseph Day <i>A teacher who is always stretched for time discovers a way to get all the time he needs - but at what cost?</i><br><br>Time is no buffet. I must make do with my rations, though I'm often left hungry. <br><br>'Ah, Mr Vissers,' the headmaster catches me as we pass in the corridor. 'Bad news I'm afraid; 2B has had a leak - quite a major one as it goes. It'll be out of action for at least two we… Read more Labels: Daniel Joseph Day fantastic stories medium length stories 6 comments:
fantastic stories medium length stories Nikita Eaton-Lusignan Friday, June 13, 2025 Old Friends by Nikita Eaton-Lusignan <i>Andrea and Carolyn are possessed by alter egos Princess Ariel and Charlie when inebriated - but it has been years since they were both drunk together.</i><br><br>I landed in the middle of a sweaty dance floor, jerking around to a song I didn't recognize. The dancing lights, pulsing music, and taste of tequila were familiar from a thousand clubs I'd landed in before, but the layout was unfamiliar enou… Read more Labels: fantastic stories medium length stories Nikita Eaton-Lusignan 18 comments:
fantastic stories medium length stories pick of the month Victoria C Roskams Monday, May 12, 2025 Swan Song by Victoria C. Roskams <i>Hulda is jealous of her master's possession of Alma, or rather a lifelike replica of Alma made of swan skin and sofa stuffing.</i><br><br>I never meant for Kokoschka to kill Alma; only for him to relinquish her to me for ever. In the end, they came to the same thing. It is better that way. It is right that her body, lifeless or not, should rest with one who truly loves her. Kokoschka did not love Alma. H… Read more Labels: fantastic stories medium length stories pick of the month Victoria C Roskams 7 comments:
fantastic stories futuristic stories medium length stories pick of the month Reva Russell English Friday, May 2, 2025 Supernova by Reva Russell English <i>A once-proud professional mourner struggles to survive in a post-apocalyptic world in which Happyness is compulsory.</i><br><br>Dolora closed the last of the feeds. Nothing but personal ads and the usual organs and eggs. The lump in her throat hummed. Down, she told it. Quiet. <br><br>From the counter, the Mister Coffee chimed and spoke. Your beverage, Dolores. <br><br>It had never gotten her name or her coffee right, but … Read more Labels: fantastic stories futuristic stories medium length stories pick of the month Reva Russell English 4 comments:
fantastic stories long stories Nathan Chu Friday, April 18, 2025 Immortals by Nathan Chu <i>QuèfÄ“ng's love for Fènghuáng is such that she volunteers to become immortal like her, even though it means a thousand years of torpor.</i><br><br>"I love you." <br><br>QuèfÄ“ng has shared an apartment with Fènghuáng for two years, and two years before that, they were college dormmates, but it's only now, after she's said it, that she realizes just how true it is. <br><br>Fènghuáng stares at her for what… Read more Labels: fantastic stories long stories Nathan Chu 10 comments:
Brooksie C Fontaine fantastic stories funny stories medium length stories pick of the month Friday, April 11, 2025 Heart of Stone by Brooksie C. Fontaine <i>Terry is starting to fall in love with a woman he met online, but can't bear to tell her the truth about himself.</i><br><br>We met playing video games. I was Taurus77. She was HeartOfStone89. <br><br>Both of us had been bantering back and forth while fighting digital cyclops with digital swords. Now, we've been messaging for a couple weeks. <br><br>Taurus77: You can call me by my real name, if you want. It's A… Read more Labels: Brooksie C Fontaine fantastic stories funny stories medium length stories pick of the month 29 comments:
Cecil Fenn fantastic stories long stories Monday, January 27, 2025 One Who Helps by Cecil Fenn <i>A troubled fugitive finds solace in the home of a man with mysterious talents akin to magic.</i><br><br>Sebbi fell in step with the red-haired man who lived outside the walls, and caught him round the shoulders, pinning his arms to his sides. Though Sebbi wore a crucifix and believed in compassion, he flashed his knife before pressing its cold iron blade against the red-haired man's pale throat. He was d… Read more Labels: Cecil Fenn fantastic stories long stories 6 comments:
fantastic stories JD Strunk medium length stories pick of the month Friday, December 13, 2024 The Hourglass by J. D. Strunk <i>Young Jackson Maddox captains the Hourglass in search of the Eternal Isle.</i><br><br>It was not my idea to search the ocean for the Eternal Isle - it was Jack's, and Jack's alone. I am not an aquatic person by nature. Still, I recognized that, as an adventurer, it would have been folly for me to ignore seventy percent of our planet simply because it didn't sit well with my nerves. Jack never und… Read more Labels: fantastic stories JD Strunk medium length stories pick of the month 17 comments:
fantastic stories short stories VT Mikolajczyk Monday, September 23, 2024 Blue Kool Aid by V.T. Mikolajczyk <i>Winona has mixed feelings about her father, as she participates in a ceremony to mark his death.</i><br><br>"Okay," Jack says. He keeps saying it over and over, like he's preparing himself more than anyone else. It's starting to piss her off. She's not proud of it. "Okay. Ready?" <br><br>Winona stares into the heaping pile of picture frames in the center of their circle. They've a… Read more Labels: fantastic stories short stories VT Mikolajczyk 8 comments:
fantastic stories medium length stories Tracy Panepinto Wednesday, August 21, 2024 Blue Note by Tracy Panepinto <i>Ethan follows his nose to a mysterious and magical jazz gathering.</i><br><br>"Jazz is restless. It won't stay put and it never will... Jazz is forever seeking and reaching out and exploring." <br>J.J. Johnson, 1924-2001 <br>In the beginning there was the night-blooming <i>Nicotiana</i>. Before Gabriella; before Apex and the Jazz Cat; before the cool, cajoling <i>just a little longer</i> … Read more Labels: fantastic stories medium length stories Tracy Panepinto 9 comments:
Andrew Wickham fantastic stories medium length stories Wednesday, July 31, 2024 Puckaterry by Andrew Wickham <i>Ageing Terry Pike moves to Ely to be near his daughter, but becomes enchanted by a temptress of the fens, and finds himself in a puckaterry (an old word from East Anglia meaning to be in a panic, muddle, stress).</i><br><br>Terry Pike planned to walk Cawdle Fen all the way to Cambridge. <br><br>Following his retirement, Terry's daughter, Carly, strongly encouraged him to move nearer to her, into an Independent … Read more Labels: Andrew Wickham fantastic stories medium length stories 11 comments:
fantastic stories Ian Critchley long stories Wednesday, July 17, 2024 The Hole by Ian Critchley <i>Henry hasn't been himself lately, and doesn't know how to react when a massive hole opens up in his back garden. First published in T</i>he Mechanics Institute Review<i> #15 (2018).</i><i><br></i>On the morning of his twentieth wedding anniversary, Henry Feathers woke to find that his back garden had disappeared. <br><br>It had been a difficult night. In keeping with his recent habit he'd stayed up late, flicking … Read more Labels: fantastic stories Ian Critchley long stories 17 comments:
fantastic stories medium length stories Stephen Myer Wednesday, May 8, 2024 The Trout and the Lonely Woman by Stephen Myer <i> A broken woman finds an unusual source of companionship in the shape of an ugly fish she bought from the market.</i><br><br>Ahimsa Fiorskaya wanted nothing to do with people, because they lied - or chose not to tell the truth. They greeted her during the coldest, dreariest mornings, telling her how delightful the weather was and that she should stroll in the warm sunshine and bring color to her pallid chee… Read more Labels: fantastic stories medium length stories Stephen Myer 15 comments:
Andrew Hart fantastic stories novellas Friday, May 3, 2024 Guinevere by Andrew Hart <i>Alice helps an old Welshman cross the bridge into Bangor, and even though she doesn't believe he is who he claims to be, his stories might just alter the course of her life.</i><br><br><b>Queen Guinevere Meets the Wizard Merlin</b><br><br>When I first saw him, I was not sure if he was trying to kill himself or just exceedingly drunk. He was lying precariously on the edge of the Menai Bridge, with one leg dangling over … Read more Labels: Andrew Hart fantastic stories novellas 7 comments:
creepy stories fantastic stories Frederick Frankenberg medium length stories Monday, April 22, 2024 The Quest for Red Bull by Frederick Frankenberg <i>Jake is forbidden from travelling beyond his garden, out where life is cheap and monsters roam, but he simply must get some more Red Bull.</i><br><br>I wasn't always an adventurer. In fact, I hardly left the house. I would shut myself up in the living room and play video games all day. But Daddy used to let me out on Fridays to play handball with the other kids after my homeschool ended. <br><br><br>I was in front o… Read more Labels: creepy stories fantastic stories Frederick Frankenberg medium length stories 8 comments:
fantastic stories short stories Tamara Breuer Monday, April 8, 2024 The Skeleton In The Closet by Tamara Breuer <i>Isabela has always struggled to fit in with her family, but things come to a head when she discovers a skeleton among her father's possessions.</i><br><br>Three years after moving into her father's home in Asunción, Isabela found the skeleton in his closet. The wooden crate containing the bones had been lying in the same spot since she began her caretaking duties, and yet she had never thought to ope… Read more Labels: fantastic stories short stories Tamara Breuer 7 comments:
David Lanvert fantastic stories short stories Monday, March 11, 2024 The Shoes of Kings by David Lanvert <i>Two mall employees become friends, but one harbours a surprising secret. </i><br><br>My friend Jake sold men's shoes at the Florsheim shop. Talk about the lowest rung of retail. I was a few spots higher, working at a designer jeans store in the same mall. At least girls came into my place. Malls, back in the 70s, were like small towns. Everyone's aware of the pecking order. We always had the lonely F… Read more Labels: David Lanvert fantastic stories short stories 9 comments:
