Short Fiction. Taller Tales.
Photo by Annie Spratt
Silhouette of a bird on a branch
“Someone Call Shadow Control!”
Reprint in Androids & Dragons
Originally published in Daily Science Fiction
One of the shadows said something about the possibility of a dog in Culver’s mother’s ancestry.
“Now, don’t go about assuming,” Culver said. “My mother’s grandfather was a dove, actually. Great head of feathers, that one. It’s where I get my soft skin.”
Photo by Siân Wynn-Jones
Photo of a tree with an opening in its trunk in a grassy field
“Every Nowhere Leads to Somewhere”
Published in Horrific Scribblings
In Hailey’s view, the tree roots formed steps and tables and desks and all kinds of furniture. She paraded around the wooded backyard with her pinkie held up, bowing to the mushroom growing next to the birch: “Very nice to meet you, sir, and how lovely your suit looks this evening!”
The mushroom responded, “And what a gorgeous comprehension you have. The better to see me with, my dear!”
Art by Garth von Ahnen
Drawing of a tower with priests on different levels, and a bare tree at the top
“Red Maple Moon”
Published in Impossible Worlds VI: Cookout
Every autumn, the billions of maple trees turned the entire surface of the 27th moon a vibrant red.
You can read the rest of this sci-fi/fantasy adventure in their sixth issue, available on their Patreon. (It’s the one with the two monsters cooking human limbs over a fire. :D)
Photo by Seiya Maeda
Photo of a bird on a branch on a snowy day
“The Finch and the Fir Tree”
Published in Crow & Cross Keys
The winter had lasted far too long in the land of Jordan’s soul, and the young finch shivered in the fir tree.
Graphic for Flash Fiction online featuring “Hazards of Being Related to the Chosen One” Image on the left is of a dragon on the top, and the bottom with a tiger and a deer
“Hazards of Being Related to the Chosen One”
Published in Flash Fiction Online
Every Tuesday they saunter up next to our chicken coop, mustaches twitching in unison, and blast the house full of holes.
Photo by Jorge Saavedra
Photo of two women in the back of a car smiling and laughing
“Diagonal Attraction”
Published in Lothlorien
The stoplight arrow pointed up and to the left.
“Weird,” Kida said, and pressed the gas pedal, glancing over at Lir in the passenger seat.
Photo by Simon Wilkes
Photo of a sunrise shining through a tree
“For the Sake of Tomorrow”
Published in Foofaraw
Dawn pressed his lips to the horizon and Sky blushed like a schoolgirl.
Photo by Matthew Lancaster
Image of a young girl looking out the window looking pensive
“Kisa and the Bits of Darkness”
Published in Penumbric
The daytime roared outside like an endless fire, but the lights were coming soon.
The black lights.
Cover art for Luna Station Quarterly
Image of a robot with a cracked face and moss growing out of the back of its head, looking upwards
“To the Moon and Back”
Published in Luna Station Quarterly
A girl turns into a cloud and flies to the moon to try and find her lost sister.
Back of the Dragon Gems Summer 2024 issue with names on it, including Emmie Christie
“Remember to Look Up”
Published in Dragon Gems Summer 2024
Aloe waited in the mailbox, shivering in the February freeze along with his three foster siblings, Cactus, Snake Plant, and Jade.
Cover art for 7th Circle Pyrite Issue 4
Close up of a butterfly wing set against the outline of a planet
“Gift of the Fey”
Published in 7th Circle Pyrite
A young fey must overcome the racism of three local boys.
Photo by Tiko Giorgadze
Photo of a young woman with curly hair with her eyes closed against a flower background
“What a Flora Goddess Craves”
Published in Silver Blade
Poppy rambled along the highway, nodding to the bunches of Queen Anne’s lace on the road’s shoulder.
Cover art for Rabbit Hole VI
Drawing of a tree with rabbits around it, and a portal in front of the tree
“Candy Cane Walrus”
Published in The Rabbit Hole VI
The candy cane walrus visits Olly when her parents fight.
Photo by Henry Be
Image of a young woman in a striped shirt holding her hands over her ears
“Importance of Gray”
Published in Disabled Tales
The cicadas sizzled in the summer afternoon, spiraling in an erratic murmuration through the yard, and Fen dropped her sidewalk chalk to cover her ears.
Photo by Elyas Pasban
Image of a bookcase with a ladder
“Falling Action Cafe”
Published in The Fabulist
“Is there such a place as book heaven? In this sweetly told flash fiction there is, at least, something very close.”
Photo by Daniel Kempe
Image of a little girl wearing fairy wings on a wooden pathway
“Bridge of the Bees”
Published in Penumbric
Elsie skipped over the bridge in the yard, the tiny thing constructed for rabbits and mice.
Photo by Антон Воробьев
Photo of a metal gnome sitting on a fence
“Feed Them Wonder”
Published in Fleas On the Dog
The butterfairies and the ring-tailed dragons fled first.
Cover art for Luna Station Quarterly
Drawing of a woman with greenery growing from her shoulders and black liquid pouring from her eyes
“The Time Speaker”
Published in Luna Station Quarterly
She always knew what time it was, down to the second. Then she started to understand the language of time itself.
Photo by Fuu J
Drawing of a giant lady in the sky with rose colored clouds hiding the top half of her face
“Craving For Another Summer”
Published in Wyldblood Press
The lemon of the kiss loitered on Seena’s lips so long that she thought of dangerous things.
Cover art for Beyond the Veil
Photo of a young woman bending over a lake, touching the surface
“Her First Full Breath”
Published in Beyond the Veil: Supernatural Tales of Queer Love
Cam wants to join the divers as they grow pearls in their chests. The only problem is, she’s a girl.
Cover art for Nonbinary Review Issue 29
Picture of a snowy blue-tinged landscape under a blue sky with a raked track in the middle.
“Dropped Into the Sky”
Published in Nonbinary Review
The sidewalk broke off on Filmore street, stopping as if at an invisible boundary.
Cover art for The Colored Lens Winter 2022 Issue
Image of a woman standing in the sky on a round, glowing orb
“Edge of the Universe”
Published in The Colored Lens
A Fae coffeeshop owner helps the hurting souls who wander into her shop. And she gives them coffee.
Cover art for Haven Speculative Issue 2
Image of a grey sky with a single kid standing under it, looking in pain
“Touched”
Published in Haven Spec
Street kids, magic pockets, and one girl's attempt to escape a crippling fear of touch.
Cover art for Dark Cheer: Cryptids Emerging (Vol Blue)
Image of a dark forest tinged blue with an eerie path going through the middle
“The Mechanic”
Published in Dark Cheer: Cryptids Emerging (Vol Blue)
Lissa can’t seem to remember driving a certain stretch of the road from Omaha to Lincoln.
Photo by Aris Sfakianakis
Unsmiling older lady sitting on a bus
“The Terror of the Care Center”
Published in Tall Tale TV
A tough old lady code breaker learns how to speak dog, and helps the animal out of an abusive situation.
Image of a city tinged blue, with the words over top, “She was 890.32 away, whatever measurement that was that felt like death and wedding rings hidden in a drawer, that’s how far away she was.”
“The Space Between Us”
Published in Flash Fiction Online
Kodi can measure the distance between things - and emotions, too, sometimes.
Photo by the blowup
Picture of bare tree branches against a cloudy blue sky
Photo by Austin Tate
Picture of a squirrel eating an acorn
“The Squirrelherd and the Sound”
Published in Zooscape
Usually the squirrels found one or two space acorns a day. The next day, they found seven.
Photo by Josef Stepanek
Are You Ready to Travel?
Drop your worries by the chair,
Hang your hurry on the shelf,
Come breathe another world’s air,
Come live the life of someone else.
—Emmie Christie