Category: microfiction

March 29, 2024 / I assert reality

A Mermaidenly Misconception

Many people have the unfortunate misconception that Sirens lure sailors to their deaths. Most of…

March 24, 2024 / Bards

The Bard said, “Friends, I do decry This slander and vulgarity ‘Twixt what is true…

March 24, 2024 / (unginged)

“The price of Magic is Magic.” ~Barbara Hambly Are you tired of being a powerful…

August 28, 2022 / fantasy

(This is, of course, a follow-up to Why You Should Date An Orc.) Humans have…

July 2, 2022 / ghosts

ATTENTION: This Resort Is Not Haunted The Management would like to take a moment to…

March 10, 2022 / Jeff's Writing

Once there was a beautiful princess whose only ambition in life was to become a…

November 29, 2021 / alternative history

Shoreham, New York—Inventor, futurist, and pigeoniere Nikolette Tesla has proclaimed that her new edifice will…

November 27, 2021 / Curses

(From the classic story “Sredni Vashtar”, by Saki”. Sredni Vashtar, vengeance Lord Can’t be cajoled.…

November 26, 2021 / fantasy

I am the Djinni of the Lamp; you have heard my story. Of course, you…

November 25, 2021 / circuspunk

I danced a Tarantella With a different sorta fella; Distinct with burning eyes and burning…