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.
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’
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’
