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If you expected a new #story from me today - congratulations, you were right!
I hope you enjoy the read, share it widely, and tell me if you liked it. (writers will endure a lot of praise if need be!) Any help finding my #readers is very much appreciated.
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https://ko-fi.com/post/Faith-and-Honor--fantasy-flash-fiction-E1E31Y06LG

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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So here's #Spring with exclusive #ShortStories from Diana Evans, Takiguchi Yลซshล, 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

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

"I have to say no."
"No? Why?"
"Because it's not a good idea"
"But... But.. "

"Do you understand this person?"
An image floats up as the man standing before him suddenly looks empty and haunted.

"Or this person?"
Another image floats up and the man screams.

"Do you see now, why wanting to be fully understood is a bad idea?"

Gasping for breath and pulling himself upright, drying tears; the man looked at the genie.

"Ok, ok... How about just making me rich?"

"Done!"

#ShortFiction #BadIdea

This Story Hour, letโ€™s get spooky! Fan favorite Gwendolyn Kiste returns, and upcoming favorite Sara Tantlinger makes her Story Hour debut. Got the chills already? Join us Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. PDT! https://www.storyhour2020.com/
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๐Ÿ‘ They're coming in.

Stories built from the same image, each one going somewhere completely different with it. Darker. Stranger.

Read them as they land and vote for the one that stays with you longest. The top three go into the Dark Descent Monthly Magazine.

Which one's going to follow you out?
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#Bookstodon #HorrorLit #CreepyReads #ShortFiction

๐Ÿ’€ This month's issue is ready. Honestly can't wait for you to read this one.
Dark Descent is a monthly micro-horror digital magazine from Dark Holme Publishing. Stories under 500 words. Lands in your inbox on the 15th every month without fail.
The 15th can't come fast enough.
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This Story Hour, Effie Seiberg and J.R. Dawson read us their Nebula-nominated stories! Watch for great stories, great writing, and maybe a restored faith in humanity. Seriously, watch! @effies #Bookstodon #StoryHour2020 #ShortStories #ShortFiction #AuthorReading #FantasyFiction #ScienceFiction #SFF #EffieSeiberg #JRDawson https://youtu.be/5T5WrJV2v40
April 8, 2026 Story Hour: Effie Seiberg and J.R. Dawson read their Nebula-nominated stories!

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Would you like to hear award contenders read as their authors intended? Current Nebula nominees J.R. Dawson and Effie Seiberg will read their nominated stories on Story Hour! Join us Wednesday at 7:00 p.m. PDT! @effies #Bookstodon #StoryHour2020 #ShortStories #ShortFiction #AuthorReading #FantasyFiction #ScienceFiction #SFF #EffieSeiberg #JRDawson
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Dear diary,

It is another gruelling day, depressing and dank. The sun seems grey in a dark sky, draining all colour from the world. Hope fades. Food turns to ashes in our mouths, drink satisfies no thirst. We begin to mourn for ourselves, our lives outside forgotten, our loved ones a distant memory. The very atmosphere is oppressive, still and quiet but threatening of what we know not.

It is day four.

The bunny is angry. [1]

[exeunt]

[1] small distant voice: "I'M NOT ANGRY JUST DISAPPOINTED"

#HouseRabbit #ShortFiction #ennui #pets #rabbit #bunny #fiction