Only recently written, but picked up by the excellent writers’ blog site ‘ Platform For Prose’ His New Glasses is an all new piece of flash fiction. Just a bit of fun, this is a new (brief) tale inspired … Continued
Delighted to say Empty Sink have published the story ‘Thaw’ in its 17th Issue. It’s a wonderfully electric publication featuring new fiction, poetry and art. READ ‘THAW’ HERE Tweet Thaw comes from the collection ‘Spill (some stories): … Continued
Vertical – B.T. Stanwitz Whilst we are in the mood for a little retro science fiction, here’s a recently re-discovered short piece from BT Stanwitz. Originally published in the US Sci-Fi journal The Mars Periodical in 1983. READ THE STORY HERE “You … Continued
A tale for today: There was a big glass bowl. Lots of people lived inside the big glass bowl. But many, many more didn’t. Those living inside the bowl liked living inside the bowl. It was big and it was glass. … Continued
The short stories I’ve written to date have varied in length, but are typically 2,000 to 3,000 words in length. The Hokum* series are longer averaging around 5,000 words in length. So, here is a story attempting to master the … Continued
Read Shelf Life from Giles Ward’s short story collection Spill (some stories). READ IT HERE OUT NOW from Watchword ebooks ISBN: 9781907605802 Format: eBook (amazon / Kindle / itunes / iBookstore / Kobo) Price: £2.99 BUY IT FROM AMAZON “Spill was a unique collection of … Continued
The Craik Review publish contemporary short fiction and essays. Often challenging, always interesting they regularly update their site with great writing. Check it out: www.thecraikreview.ca They have recently published author Giles Ward’s ‘Things That Have Been’ from the short story … Continued
It’s a story, just a story. All made up. Any similarities to persons live, dead or just existing somewhere in between are totally and utterly coincidental. READ ‘JESSICA BURGESS’ HERE Tweet
The third and final part of B.T. Stanwitz’s Incarceration Trilogy has finally been discovered. Following on from parts 1 & 2, Vertical and Syncubation, the final section – Solution – brings to a close the story of the enigmatic Philips, … Continued
Welcome to The SHORT TALE 100 100 words long. Not a word more, not a word less. ALL SUBMISSIONS WELCOME – giles@chalkward.com It Sits On My Chest by Dustin L. Yocum It sits on my chest so that I cannot move. I … Continued