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Three to be exact. They are following me now, taking great enjoyment from tripping me up, shoving me over the one who’s snuck behind, snickering on all fours as I topple backward.
People think I’m clumsy or drunk. In the café, they swap the sugar for salt, collapse into fits…
The Foofs (2025) anthology is here! It features all of the award-winning stories published by other mags in 2025, plus many, many more! You can pre-order direct from us now to get 15%, otherwise it'll be available everywhere books are sold online on September 1st!
Paid subscribers get a free…
Award-winning short stories of all shapes and sizes from around the world published in various litmags during 2025 featuring Try Luigi's Pizza by Rachel Henderson, We Were Never Afraid of the Spider by Timothy Fox, An Infestation of Elliotts by Galen Gower, Blotter Acid by Devin James Leonard, Bone-eater Earth…
I’ve always disliked the term “speculative fiction.” I don’t mean I dislike actual works classified as speculative fiction, mind you, but the term itself. There have been arguments over the meaning of this term for going on almost a hundred years now, and it’s…
No, (I’ve actually been happily married for about 5 years now), but if you read any of my stories, you’ll notice that I do have a (small) obsession with doomed…
The new month dawns upon you. With Mercury and Venus by your side, forget the transgressions of the past and grow into the awakening of the new. Take chances, discover truths, and live without regrets.
Mantra of the day: Forgetting is growing.
Focus your energy on…
I could have been born in Canada, but
the family cleaved the space between wars.
In the smelter’s shadow the grass bled
arsenic the day great grandpa was born.
The mines didn’t stop for VE day, but he did.
He shot out of that shaft like an artillery shell
into…
Another week, another weekend.
Our second annual prompted writing contest kicked off, but it's not too late to enter! If you're interested in trying your hand at writing a short story over the course of ten days, now's your chance! We are one entry away from our goal of 75,…
You know what's hilarious? Scientology speedruns.
If you, too, are late to the party, this is a shadowbanned TikTok trend from April of 2026. It takes effort to run down actual footage without feeding the attention economy lampreys, but hey, wait, was that a “Subway Surfers” meme‽ ((Bonus points for…
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