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.
Tam Eastley
Tam Eastley’s flash fiction story ‘Is this how you hug?’
Lynda Scott Araya
Lynda Scott Araya’s short story ‘Neighbourhood Watch in New Zealand’
Nonah Ryan Palmer
Nonah Ryan Palmer’s flash fiction story ‘Frankie and Joan’
Erica Plouffe Lazure
Erica Plouffe Lazure’s flash fiction stories ‘L’Activité Sexuelle est Interdit’ and ‘Somniloquy’
Helen Chambers
Helen Chambers’s flash fiction story ‘Cloudburst’
Don Taylor
Don Taylor’s short story ‘A Job for Life’
William Cass
William Cass’s flash fiction story ‘Brothers’
Annie Bien
Annie Bien’s flash fiction story ‘The South Middle Kingdom Sea’
Lorna Morris
Lorna Morris’s flash fiction story ‘Reunification Day’
Hanna M. Owens
Hanna M. Owen’s flash fiction story ‘It happened exactly how I had always imagined it would happen’
Jamie Etheridge
Jamie Etheridge’s short story ‘Vacuum’
Christopher X. Ryan
Christopher X. Ryan’s flash fiction story ‘Hellions’
Bill Capossere
Bill Capossere’s flash fiction story ‘The Museum of Screams and Whispers’
Claire Lawrence
Claire Lawrence’s flash fiction story ‘The Last Soul’
Denise Griggs
Denise Grigg’s flash fiction story ‘By Invitation’
Jessica Oesterle
Jessica Oesterle’s flash fiction story ‘Duplicating Crisis’
Kurt Newton
Kurt Newton’s flash fiction story ‘Roar. Scream. Laugh’
L.S. Bassen
LS Bassen’s short story ‘Resistance to Decoherence’
Daan Henselmans
Daan Henselmans’ short story ‘Old Wounds, or the Testament of Marlene Cassio’
Charles Venable
Charles Venable’s short story ‘Myoelectric’
