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.
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’
Gal Slonim
Gal Slonim’s short story ‘Ten Creamsicles a Euro’
Ian Allaby
Ian Allaby’s short story ‘Mother Nature’s Comeback’
Marie Biondolillo
Marie Biondolillo’s short story ‘C’est le Weekend’
Judy Gitterman
Judy Gitterman’s short story ‘Money for Nothing’
Steve Young
Steve Young’s short story ‘Count Rumford’
The Other Half
Our new fiction serial by Kate Katharina Ferguson on the imagined lives in the shadows of the spotlight
Simon Fenton
Simon Fenton’s short story ‘Dark Wood’
Christie Cochrell
Christie Cochrell’s short story ‘She Who Hesitates’
Marcy Rae Henry
Marcy Rae Henry’s short story ‘Jingle Bell Rock’
Jan McCarthy
Jan McCarthy’s short story ‘A Snow Burial’
