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.
Scott D. Vander Ploeg
Scott D. Vander Ploeg’s short story ‘Space Coasting’
Kurt Newton
Kurt Newton’s short story ‘The Nature Photographer’
mr oCean
mr oCean’s flash fiction story ‘A Drop from the Ocean’
Maxim Matusevich
Maxim Matusevich’s short story ‘Comfort Food’
John Brantingham
John Brantingham’s flash fiction story ‘Emilia, on Her Deathbed’
Michael Cocchiarale
Michael Cocchiarale’s flash fiction story ‘Monsters Keep Coming’
Kevin Dardis
Kevin Dardis’s flash fiction story ‘We Didn’t Recognise Each Other’
Tim Goldstone
Tim Goldstone’s flash fiction story ‘Beneath’
Deniz Arslan
Deniz Arslan’s flash fiction story ‘Vasvi’s Song’
Suzanne C. Martinez
Suzanne C. Martinez’s flash fiction story ‘Lost and Found at Sunfish Pond’
Rebecca Katherine Hirsch
Rebecca Katherine Hirsch’s flash fiction story ‘An Introduction to My Lord “Pretty Please” Schillerkiez & Regina, BSc (Pharm)’
Phebe Jewell
Phebe Jewell’s flash fiction story ‘Killers’
Murali Kamma
Murali Kamma’s flash fiction story ‘Summer Snow’
Alissa Rubinstein
Alissa Rubinstein’s flash fiction story ‘The Maximalists’
Sidney Stevens
Sidney Steven’s flash fiction story ‘Eminent Domain’
Robert Morgan Fisher
Robert Morgan Fisher’s flash fiction story ‘A Woman Burned’
Will Buckingham
Will Buckingham’s flash fiction story ‘Broken Spanish’
Heather D. Frankland
Heather D. Frankland’s short story ‘Elephant Ear’
Pentecost Mate
Pentecost Mate’s flash fiction story ‘Eat and be famous!’
Courtney Harler
Courtney Harler’s flash fiction story ‘Made by a Lesbian’
