Humphrey Archer35m ago

Periodic reminder to #comic #artists #narrators #poets #voiceactors etc. if you are struggling to find a plot, you are welcome to borrow one from my latest collection of #shortstories

You don't have to pay me or even add a link to the book, although it would be nice if you mentioned me

https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the-machinery-of-fate

The Machinery of Fate ebook by Humphrey Archer - Rakuten Kobo

Read "The Machinery of Fate A Further Anthology of Murder and Misadventure" by Humphrey Archer available from Rakuten Kobo. This ninth volume continues a series of short stories that are like “Final Destination” meets “The Monkey's Paw” (W. W. ...

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Fictionable1h ago

Everything is on hold when you're looking for a job and waiting for a flat. Diana Evans looks into the deep freeze in her short story Ice Cream:

https://www.fictionable.world/stories/ice-cream-diana-evans

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Midnight Publishing3h ago

Decayed Lace and Other Sorrows by Andrea Dean Van Scoyoc

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/-lZ8d2n1aR0 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DV8XKB4V Do you embrace the darkness and the macabre? If so then join Author Andrea Dean Van Scoyoc as she takes you a journey of both with her poems of sorrows

https://midnight-publishing.org/2026/04/17/decayed-lace-and-other-sorrows-by-andrea-dean-van-scoyoc/

Midnight Publishing4h ago

Werewolves and Toxic Rain by Andrea Dean Van Scoyoc

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/wqVbdgrOD1Y https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FJRQ2YHK See all formats and editions Werwolves and Toxic Rain a short little book of two short stories by Andrea Dean Van Scoyoc.Do you really know your friend?Are you prepared for an apocalypse?What happens when you encouter the undead?Werolves and Toxic Rain has the answer to all three questions.You don't want to miss this little book

https://midnight-publishing.org/2026/04/17/werewolves-and-toxic-rain-by-andrea-dean-van-scoyoc/

Martyn5h ago

I reviewed So Late In The Day, Claire Keegan at her precise, devastating best.

Decisions we make come to haunt us in ways we might never have imagined at the time of their making.

https://quitebookish.com/2026/04/17/claire-keegan-so-late-in-the-day/

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Claire Keegan – So Late In The Day

Claire Keegan is one of my favourite writers, and probably one of the finest exponents of the short form writing today. Her themes are familiar; the worlds she describes are small and contained, mo…

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Rob Bignell, Editor/Author5h ago
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Humphrey Archer22h ago

Hi #bookclub people

If you are looking for your next #read or your open #readinglist slots, may I recommend to you my latest volume of #shortstories

"The Machinery of Fate" is stuffed with murder and misadventure in which unwise or uncaring people meet their just rewards in death.

eBook: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the-machinery-of-fate
Paperback: ISBN 9798224012893 and available from several catalogs

Boosts very welcome!

The Machinery of Fate ebook by Humphrey Archer - Rakuten Kobo

Read "The Machinery of Fate A Further Anthology of Murder and Misadventure" by Humphrey Archer available from Rakuten Kobo. This ninth volume continues a series of short stories that are like “Final Destination” meets “The Monkey's Paw” (W. W. ...

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Rob23h ago

“The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe

(full short story)

https://www.shortstoryguide.com/read-tell-tale-heart-edgar-allan-poe/

#ShortStories #Reading #ReadingCommunity #Poe

“The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe – Short Story Guide:

Laura Blackwell (she/her)23h ago
This Story Hour brought us apocalypses great and small from Gwendolyn Kiste and Sara Tantlinger. The beautiful writing enchants and ensnares. You can still watch! @saratantlinger #Bookstodon #StoryHour2020 #ShortStories #ShortFiction #AuthorReading #Horror #HorrorFiction #GwendolynKiste #SaraTantlinger https://youtu.be/ZcJJO_OZTSM
April 15, 2026 Story Hour: Sara Tantlinger and Gwendolyn Kiste

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Fictionable1d ago

So here's #Spring with exclusive #ShortStories from Diana Evans, Takiguchi Yūshō, translated by Jesse Kirkwood, Bruna Martini, Holly Edwards and Joel Cox, plus Lucy Caldwell on the long and short of #ShortFiction

Check them all out at https://fictionable.world

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