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.
William Cass
William Cass’s short story ‘If the Fates Allow’
Joanna Friedman
Joanna Friedman’s short story ‘Wife on String and Other Wishes’
November First, Breakfast
Mike Hembury’s short story ‘November First, Breakfast’
The Mountains are not Dead
Extract from Emer Martin’s novel ‘The Cruelty Men’
Juliet Cushing
Juliet Cushing’s short story ‘The Thousand Steps’
L. Shapley Bassen
L. Shapley Bassen’s short story ‘Pilgrim Walker’
Consuelo Arias
Consuelo Arias’s flash fiction piece ‘Undone’
Corinna Pichl
Corinna Pichl’s short story ‘Mascot’
Cora Quigley
Cora Quigley’s short story ‘Her Favourite Hat’
Robert Morgan Fisher
Robert Morgan Fisher’s short story ‘Avoidable’
Lydia Wong
Lydia Wong’s short story ‘Naila’
The Tiger Who Visited
Charlotte Brisland’s short story ‘The Tiger Who Visited’
Salvatore Difalco
Salvatore Difalco’s short story ‘Blue Monday’
Man Overboard
In the last in his comic serial, will Leif Ecklert pull off his plans to beat the odds and the bad guys?
Man Overboard
In the latest from our comic serial, Leif wrestles with his conscience and hatches a plan to beat his bosses
Rishitha Shetty
Rishitha Shetty’s short story ‘Feni’
Man Overboard
This month Leif attends a company meeting and uncovers a terrible, dark secret
Ambika Thompson
Our BERLIN LIT special featuring Q&A with Ambika Thompson as well as her short story ‘The Contortionist’
Robert Boucheron
Robert Boucheron’s short story ‘The Gift’
Gwendolyn Joyce Mintz
Gwendolyn Joyce Mintz’s short story ‘All the Flies You Can Eat’
