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A beam of sun had broken though the buckeyes and spruces and was caught on her hair, wiry and white in that light.

from "In the Orchard" by Erin K. Wagner

https://www.lunastationquarterly.com/issues/062

#ShortStories #WomenWriters #Fantasy #SciFi #Reading #Writing

Periodically, I feature one of my backlist titles you might have missed. Today: Spells & Stardust:

This is a fantastic collection of eight of the author's short stories, all in one book. I had previously read several of the stories separately, and I can't choose a favorite because I loved them all. All the stories have some fantasy, or unusual relationship or a sudden twist that you didn't see coming. -Mary, Amazon

https://www.otherworldsink.com/book/spells-stardust/

#ScienceFiction #GaySciFi #SciFi #LGBTQ #ShortStories

She whispered his name. She had never spoken before.
And something was waiting at the top of the basement stairs.

This is just one of 100+ bite-sized horror stories in
📖 Whispers From Beyond — each under 500 words.

🛒 Available now:
Amazon UK: https://amzn.eu/d/eRHeQCQ
DarkHolme Shop: https://www.darkholmepublishing.uk/category/dark-descent-whispers-from-beyond-anthologies

#MicroHorror #FlashFiction #ShortStories #CreepyReads #SupportIndieAuthors #BookRecs #ReadingCommunity #HorrorCommunity

How can you change if your past is made of holes? Bronia Flett goes searching for missing pieces in Leopard, Spots:

https://www.fictionable.world/stories/leopard-spots-bronia-flett

Image: Paula Campos

#books #reading #writing #fiction #ShortStories #translation #comics #podcast #bookstodon @bookstodon

An unmade bed, with a quote from Bronia Flett's short story Leopard, Spots: 'Lauren had pretended to be asleep. To save his feelings…'

A Plate of Chocolate Chip Cookies F#cked My Wife Like a P*rnstar!
(AKA who I learned to love being my hotwife's sissy)🌈
https://medium.com/take-my-wife-please/a-plate-of-chocolate-chip-cookies-f-cked-my-hotwife-like-a-pornstar-62392681397e?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Medium
#ShortStories #Hotwife #Sissy #LGBTQ

A Man in the Moon - A Paranormal Romance Short by Elliot Ason
Release Date June 25, 2025
#Fantasy #Romance #ShortStories #ParanormalRomance #Adult

https://www.risingshadow.net/book/80459-a-man-in-the-moon-a-paranormal-romance-short

So many predicaments, so little time
All seven sexy spy stories included for Medium subscribers! 🌈
https://medium.com/@qblueheart/list/spies-lies-and-dangerous-ties-a-spy-v-spy-adventure-13119ea229bb?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Medium
#ShortStories #Medium #Spy #LGBTQ

This week, we have a double debut! You—yes, you!—can be among the first to see Frank Oreto and Ayida Shonibar read on Story Hour! Make history with us this Wednesday at 7:00 PDT! #Bookstodon #StoryHour2020 #ShortStories #ShortFiction #AuthorReading #Horror #HorrorFiction #AyidaShonibar #FrankOreto @ayidashonibar https://www.storyhour2020.com/

Head-and-shoulders color photo of writer Frank Oreto, a man with a trimmed, graying beard and mustache. He wears a dark gray fleece vest over a gray tee, accessorized with glasses on a chain and a small-brimmed straw hat accentuated with a black band and a magenta orchid. He sits in what looks to be a restaurant booth and wields chopsticks with an eager expression.

Head-and-shoulders color photo of writer Ayida Shonibar, a woman with long black hair pulled back from her face and spilling over one shoulder. They wear a sleeveless black sweater; two small gold hoop earrings adorn her visible earlobe. She stands on what appears to be a park walkway, tree-filled wilderness behind her. With their face in three-quarters view, she looks directly into the camera with large brown eyes and a Mona Lisa smile.

Have you ever been in a real relationship? Fríða Ísberg talks it out in Fingers, translated from Icelandic by Larissa Kyzer.

https://www.fictionable.world/stories/fingers-frida-isberg-translated-by-larissa-kyzer

Image: Nikolett Emmert

#books #reading #writing #fiction #ShortStories #translation #comics #podcast #bookstodon @bookstodon

A white hamster on a dark background, with a quote from Fríða Ísberg's short story Fingers, translated by Larissa Kyzer: 'Did I ever tell you about my Hamster Theory?'

We need #ShortStories & anthologies on our e-readers! Book View Cafe is happy to offer a new collection by award-winning author Marie Brennan @swan_tower THE ATLAS OF ANYWHERE.

*Seek out extraordinary lands . . .*

#fantasy #dragons #pirates #thieves #StrongFemaleProtagonist #BookViewCafe @bookstodon #bookstodon #ebooks #books

https://bookviewcafe.com/bvc-announces-the-atlas-of-anywhere-by-marie-brennan

"The kids leaped back in anticipation and the firework blasted away, careening through the sky like a dragon with lop-sided wings. A whistle, a pop, and a curlicue later, it crashed into a painted, wooden sign that read:

R. Franklin Cunningham’s Magic Singing Frogs..."

#Read C. Breeze's #funny #flashfiction in issue 17

#humor #humour #humorous #fiction #shorts #shortstory #shortstories #fantasy #frogs #magic #whimsy

https://onceuponacrocodile.wordpress.com/current-issue/r-franklin-cunninghams-magic-singing-frogs/

Aquí os dejo una colección de relatos de terror que es una absoluta maravilla 🖤🖤🖤

#books #libros #literatura #literature #horror #shortstories #relatos

Fotografía en color del libro «A Different Darkness», de Luigi Musolino

Recent acquisition for our personal library:

📖 Life Without Children by Roddy Doyle

Every once in a while, you find something good at the dollar store.

#bookstodon #shortstories #roddydoyle

Shows the book on a shelf in front of other modern fiction books.

My story "Doorway to Nowhere" appears as lucky tale #13 in the first volume of Tiny Terrors, available right now in ebook, paperback, and hardcover via @gravesidepress.bsky.social! At over 450 pages with 37 stories... there’s a little terror here for everyone. #shortstories #horror #horrorstories

Tiny Terrors (Spring 2025) | G...

I wrote this back in 2020: a basic spy fiction story in which the "Kingdom of Scandinavia" decide to use pre-WW1 Ireland as a way to troll the British navy.

For some reason, I'm thinking of turning it into a longer piece. Like I don't have enough projects in the works...

https://aceade.net/2020/07/11/nords-trolling-british-navy/

#shortStories #spyFiction #historicalFiction

What does a writer like Quinn Read?
Check out Quinn's steamy favorite from my writer friends!
https://medium.com/@qblueheart/list/top-spicy-erotica-quinns-favorites-efb8ffe7e92c?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Medium
#ShortStories #Erotica #Authors