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The stories here are short (some very short) and are mostly sf – that is, speculative fiction: fantasies, myths, science fiction, slipstream . . . all the flavors of fabulation except, I hope, for the mundane. Many were written with the audience of the Usenet newsgroup talk.bizarre in mind, back when text was the thing. —APS . . .
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A series of short stories loosely connected by the themes of Fantasy, Equality, Intelligence, Angst, and Idealism. Characters (particularly a small, black-haired young woman) and settings (particularly a place not unlike present-day Earth) may be shared. Plotlines may be continued. Morals may be made. For sure, they are all written by the same author. . . .
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What happens when an old gun hand makes a decision to turn his life around and set a new course? Johnathon Tiberius Walker makes the choice of turning his back on the underground military of the Red Hand and try to make right his own sins. Walker, together with fellow agent Malcom Montgomery Watt, and former assassin Marianne Wollcott, join . . .
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Science fiction story set on Mars, why has no-one thought of this before? Pipeline is the first complete story arc on my science fiction site, “This is not Science Fiction.”. . . .
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The cult-classic “noir” columns return. Charles Bukowsky said, of these pieces, “What this guy understands is that the street IS a wound.” Hunter Thompson commented, “And people keep saying they should lock ME up.” . . .
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Shifti is a wiki that allows people to post their own stories to be viewed as long as they carry a theme involving shape shifting or some kind of transformation. . . .
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Millions of years ago, millions of parsecs from Earth, two galaxies in the Virgo Supercluster collided. Nearly two million years from now, however, two civilisations – the Shango and the Qareen – each dominating half of the resulting collision, will fight the brutal Intersection Wars for dominance of the galaxy. Yet it’s what will come afterwards that will prove to . . .
Pieces of songs and scribled poems. Haiku inspired from looking out of the window during class. A walflower’s take on life. All those together make up an online notebook with a variety of content. Short stories I come up with end up here; as a general rule I write about pretty much anything, but most of them till now . . .
Beloved comes from an upper middle class immigrant family, all of whom cling to their traditions, static in a changing world. Spearman comes from a working class immigrant family, who discarded everything that suggested them unAustralian in their desire to survive, then drifted, aimless. When they get together, no one’s exactly happy about it. This collection of character sketches, . . .
The pixies are forced from their home, by the wicked witch and the ghouls and spectres who follow her. After a long journey, they arrive in our world, and they make a new home in a garden belonging to the story’s narrator. Life as a refugee is not always easy, though. The pixies are desperately in need of a . . .
I write a flash fiction piece every week for #fridayflash. Some humorous, some dramatic, some speculative. I also include poems and original illustrations. . . .
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I have well over 100 published short stories to my credit and you can also toss in appearances in fifteen major anthologies around the world (including a number of “Best Of . . . ” volumes). I love the short story format and coming back to it this summer after spending the four years previous working on my “Ilium” novel cycle was exciting and . . .
Tales of Pneuma is off to a promising start.
The main character, Liam, wants to investigate the deaths of his parents. During his investigation, he ends up working at a rather bizarre chocolate shop. His employment will bring him to the very fringes of reality, to the smudged line between life, [more . . .]
These stories are billed as previously published in newspapers and magazines, so I guess they aren’t really "web fiction", but you gotta wonder a little.
The word "noir" comes up a lot around these essays or tales or whatever they are. And they are certainly dark. Prison violence, murder, psychotic [more . . .]