FICTION
We believe in the power of storytelling at The Wild Word.
Each of the stories below were chosen for their ability to bring us into their world and to make their characters come to life.
Please read, enjoy and share.

Cory Massaro
Cory Massaro’s flash fiction story ‘Instructions for the Banishment of a Shaidan, or Feral Self-Driving Car’

Yuan Changming
Yuan Changming’s flash fiction story ‘Fengshui’

William Torphy
William Torphy’s flash fiction story ‘THE ABALONE DIVER’

Wiebo Grobler
Wiebo Grobler’s flash fiction story ‘A Gift Horse’

Rebecca Klassen
Rebecca Klassen’s flash fiction story ‘Foal’

Laura Theis
Laura Theis’s flash fiction story ‘Meeting The Family’

Larry Brown
Larry Brown’s flash fiction story ‘SYD’

Joyce Bingham
Joyce Bingham’s flash fiction story ‘Away’

John Paul Caponigro
John Paul Caponigro’s flash fiction story ‘Eye’

Jody padumachitta Goch
Jody padumachitta Goch’s flash fiction story ‘A Letter to My Younger Self’

Hart Vetter
Hart Vetter’s flash fiction story ‘A Murder in Spirit’

Jennifer Shneiderman
Jennifer Shneiderman’s creative non-fiction story ‘Hot Revenge’ on nostalgic memories of sibling rivalry and sweet payback

Shelley Ettinger
Shelley Ettinger’s flash fiction story ‘Test’

John Brantingham
John Brantingham’s flash fiction story ‘Racing Deer’

Epiphany Ferrell
Epiphany Ferrell’s flash fiction story ‘Rabbit Dreams’

Elaine Westnott-O’Brien
Elaine Westnott-O’Brien’s flash fiction story ‘Bubbles’

Richard Stimac
Richard Stimac’s flash fiction story ‘Long Haul’

Bari Lynn Hein
Bari Lynn Hein’s flash fiction story ‘Invincible’

Kathryn Silver-Hajo
Kathryn Silver-Hajo’s flash fiction story ‘Summertime’

Fabiana Elisa Martínez
Fabiana Elisa Martínez’s flash fiction story ‘Light’