"... In a final attempt to bring down my arch nemesis, weapons exhausted, I flung my watch and hit him at the back of the foot, causing him to fall.. Stunned he looked up at me and said "but my defenses were impenetrable, I was winning!", as I looked down at him, smiled slightly & said "Fool, time wounds all heels" ...."
shortstory
BCS #440 ebook is out early today at @WeightlessBooks & Kindle Store and for subscribers, featuring stories by returning BCS authors Jonathan Olfert and Julie Reeser @abetterjulie, behind cover art by returning BCS artist Jereme Peabody.
(Buying BCS ebooks or an ebook subscription at Weightless Books gets you stories a week early on your e-reader and helps us pay our authors and First Readers. Thank you!)
https://weightlessbooks.com/fiction/beneath-ceaseless-skies-issue-440/
https://www.amazon.com/Beneath-Ceaseless-Skies-Issue-440-ebook/dp/B0FNH4MK1Y/
#fantasy #sff #litmag #shortstory #ebook
My latest read: "Rare Specimen and Other Stories" by S.J. Shank - Eager for a satisfyingly-swift swirl of speculative fiction? Give this one a look!
Goodreads:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7874245623
StoryGraph:
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/111ac15e-ba5d-4a59-ade5-a9e4e320885f
@specfic @scifi @horrorbooks @bookstodon
#specfic #scifi #horror #shortstory #collection #bookreview #bookreviews #bookrec #bookrecs #book #books #read #reads #reading #readingcommunity #booksofmastodon #readersofmastodon #bookstodon #booktodon
My fiction is in the new issue of The Kleksograph 
You can give my Gothic short story, Two Dreams, a read here (with apologies for PDF accessibility shortcomings!): https://www.kleksograph.be/ #ShortStories #ShortStory #Gothic #WritersOfMastodon
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Okay Fedi! I have a question for y'all! Given your impression of me, what kind of mythical creature am I?
The amazing @screwturn is including me in another short story, and asked what I wanted to be, but I thought it would be more fun to get suggestions from you 😁
I know the Queen of Vampires is already a character, and I don't think a vampire suits me anyway, but other than that, anything is pretty fair game 💁🏼♀️
So, reply with your ideas for me, and I'll either spot the perfect suggestion, or put my favorites to a poll.
Do you want to see me read my short story “Book of Shadows”? https://youtu.be/60na1zBCbpw?si=BL9TCr1dZFud6ynG
#bookstodon #fantasy #shortStory #authorreads @bookstodon @books@lemmy.ml @books
Amplitudes is out and available! I have a story in this! The feminine aspect of the Holy One fucks a closeted trans woman! There are lots of other good stories too! Read it!
https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/770919/amplitudes-by-lee-mandelo/
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A FREE BookFunnel Love Tale short read. No opt-in required!
https://BookHip.com/LVJVRAF
#shortstory #erotica #BDSM #restraints #butchfemme #readingcommunity #lgbtq #lgbtqia
@lgbtqbookstodon @bookstodon @sapphicbooks
Here's a story I wrote about a game my daughter invented when she was just about to turn 14. The game is called Old/Young and is about common experiences that happen over different generations. #oldyoung #shortstory #fatherdaughterlove❤️
“Of aal the fish there iss in the sea,” said Para Handy, “nothing bates the herrin’; it’s a providence they’re plentiful and them so cheap!”
Neil Munro (1863–1930) – journalist, novelist, short-story writer, & poet – was born #OTD, 3 June. Rigby’s Encyclopaedia of Herring discusses Munro’s PARA HANDY stories, as well as giving the full text of the tale “The Herring – A Gossip”
1/4
https://www.herripedia.com/para-handy/
#Scottish #literature #humour #shortstory #herring #19thcentury #20thcentury
Each of our lives has many facets/personas, and rarely does anyone get to see them all. In this story, Phil Petree shares his.
(I'm sure there are other names I didn't cover.)
Knock Knock by Kirsty Logan
Short Works – currently available on BBC Sounds
In Kirsty Logan’s new short work for Father's Day, Wilbur prepares to meet his dad for the very first time. But can he find the strength to face his fears?
Read by Jessica Hardwick
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002dc9d
#Scottish #literature #shortstory #shortfiction #audio #FathersDay
My Poetry Collection Categories
Word-lines: #2wl #4wl #5wl #6wl
Syllables: #7s
Schemes: #rhyming
Series: #psfr
Short Stories: #shortstory
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We were oot for oor usual dauner roond the toun, Tam and me, and had stopped for a pech at the tap o the hill, whaur they’re plannin tae build eichty new hooses if naebody objects, and probably even if they dae …
—James Robertson, “Bible Talk”
published in THE BOTTLE IMP 3, 2008
https://www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2008/05/bible-talk-by-james-robertson/
Thousands of years from now... humans have long since left a depleted Earth, and much of what we know about it is forgotten or confused.
But the arts are thriving, and two drama graduates find something unexpected when they make a pit stop to find parts to fix their tea machine...
An Unscheduled Stop: a short story inspired by Orford Ness
https://www.draliceviolett.com/an-unscheduled-stop/
BCS #438 ebook is out early today at @WeightlessBooks & Kindle Store and for subscribers, featuring stories of lands beyond and what it takes to return from them by Stephen Case and Trae Hawkins, behind cover art by Ankush Sharma:
https://weightlessbooks.com/fiction/beneath-ceaseless-skies-issue-438/
https://www.amazon.com/Beneath-Ceaseless-Skies-Issue-438-ebook/dp/B0FJZH38LD/
#sff #fantasy #litmag #shortstory #ebook #magazine
Hey! I've got eight #scifi and #fantasy #books available for sale. Six of them are #shortstory collections; two are novels.
You can get #DRMfree copies at https://ko-fi.com/treelobsters/shop
Or you can find them through your favorite vendor at https://books2read.com/ap/ng21bz/Steve-DeGroof
