In March, I suggested a story every weekday on Wandering Shop and BlueSky for a total of twenty-one (21) poems and stories. Unfortunately some stories I posted have already disappeared off the internet and won’t be in this round-up.
A Wedding by Sarcasm Lemons from Santa’s Secret Pen ’21
A bird delivers an unexpected message.
IFP published Lilt and Luster Spring Newsletter by Susan Taitel in March.
This is an absolutely engaging flash with so many nuggets of worldbuilding!
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The Deadlands published:
There’s a Door to the Land of the Dead in the Land of the Dead by Sarah Pinsker in 2023.
A story about companions and the land of the dead.
Death Is a Diner at 3:00 a.m. by A.C. Wise in 2023.
The first paragraph is *chef’s kiss* and it gets better from there.
Questions and Answers by Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi in 2023.
Questions of death.
Persephone Takes Up the Garnets, by Ursula Whitcher in 2023.
A poem, and I’m a sucker for illusions like this.
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Small Wonders published:
A Glass Darkly by Micháel McCormick at Small Wonders in 2023.
A girl meets a brujo who takes something from her and a boy named Dan.
Your Good Neighbor by Taylor Currey in 2023.
How do you deal with the fair folk?
A List of Sharp Things I’ve Held in My Mouth by J. Kosakowski in February.
What a list it is!
Grandmother Firebird by Dawn Vogel in February.
A story of a phoenix and the family that loves her.
No Matter Which Way We Turned by Brian Evenson was published at People Holding in 2017.
A weird horror story about a girl with no face. h/t to the FFO Weird Horror call that lists this under what they like.
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Apex published:
A Ring Around by Lyndsey Croal in January.
This one might be behind a paywall. A story of love and failure.
The Ghost Tenders of Chornobyl by Nika Murphy in March.
A story of war.
Crepuscular published:
(Despite being on Patreon, these stories are not behind a paywall.)
A Name Like A Glove by Léon Othenin-Girard at in January.
Dancing with ghosts.
Death Bloom by Dana Vickerson in 2023.
A story and image of death and motherhood.
Medusa’s Last Love by Kai Delmas in 2023.
Still a sucker for stories like this.
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Willow by G. Ekman in 2021 at Wyldblood Flash Fridays.
A story of love and loss among trees.
Love Sharp Enough to Rend by Leah Ning was published at The Dark in 2023.
A story of a lamia and the making of a lamia.
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Bourbon Penn published The Lightbulb Cannot Be Changed by Sasha Brown in March.
A story of optimism.
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The Meter’s Jammed, So I Left You Some Quarters by Monica Louzon was published at Scrawl Place in March.
A haunting story about a place you may have visited.
Friday Flash Fiction published Honey for the Bees, by Dorian J. Sinnott in March.
A drabble about layers covered in honey.
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