# short fiction (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 27 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover short fiction. Page: Feed: --- ## [WordCrafter “Legends” Book Blog Tour Giveaway Winners](https://writingtoberead.com/2026/08/22/wordcrafter-legends-book-blog-tour-giveaway-winners/) _2026-08-23 · kayelynnebooth · Writing to be Read_ We had a great tour last week, and contributing authors shared some tasty morsels which, hopefully, tantalized your horror tastebuds and made you want to read more of the stories in Legends: Monsters that go Bump in the Night. Before we can officially sign off from the tour, there’s a matter of a couple of \[…\] ## [Painkiller Interchange](https://jimmydoom.substack.com/p/painkiller-interchange) _2026-08-22 · Jimmy Doom · Jimmy Doom's Roulette Weal_ Six Year Anniversary Substack Story ## [Weekly Digest 050](https://vinnyreads.substack.com/p/weekly-digest-050) _2026-08-21 · Vinny Reads_ 8/15/2026 - 8/21/2026 ## [2026: The Twelfth Newsletter](https://thirtywest.substack.com/p/2026-the-twelfth-newsletter) _2026-08-21 · thirtywestph · Afterimages_ Best of Vol 01. A limited edition chapbook featuring artisanal binding and 8 best-selling authors of Thirty West. Buy a copy today and read simply the best. ## [Wrapping Up the WordCrafter “Legends” Book Blog Tour](https://writingtoberead.com/2026/08/21/wrapping-up-the-wordcrafter-legends-book-blog-tour/) _2026-08-21 · kayelynnebooth · Writing to be Read_ Welcome to the final day of the WordCrafter Legends Book Blog Tour. Today I’m pleased to bring you a guest post from contributing author, Sara W. McBride, who wrote the wonderful story, “My Pumpkin Ate My Wife”, and an excerpt reading from my story, “The Last Stage Coach”. It’s been a great tour, but it’s \[…\] ## [Fantasy Novel Review: Slow Burn by Amal Singh](https://www.tarvolon.com/2026/08/20/fantasy-novel-review-slow-burn-by-amal-singh/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fantasy-novel-review-slow-burn-by-amal-singh) _2026-08-20 · tarvolon · Tar Vol on_ This review is based on an eARC (Advance Reading Copy) provided by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Slow Burn was released on August 18, 2026. Amal Singh has come across my reading list with a few short stories in Clarkesworld, and they’re always good reads. So, while short fiction and long… Continue reading Fantasy Novel Review: Slow Burn by Amal Singh ## [The Light That Is Not Given](https://voxmeditantis.com/2026/08/20/the-light-that-is-not-given/) _2026-08-20 · Bob Lynn · Vox Meditantis_ In Culloden's ashes, a boy asks a showman what made him weep. Some things are not for the sheet. ## [Day 4 of the WordCrafter “Legends” Book Blog Tour](https://writingtoberead.com/2026/08/20/day-4-of-the-wordcrafter-legends-book-blog-tour/) _2026-08-20 · kayelynnebooth · Writing to be Read_ We’re celebrating the release of Legends: Monsters that go Bump in the Night on Day 4 of the WordCrafter Legends Book Blog Tour over on Undawnted with host, DL Mullan. We have a guest post from contributing author Robb T. White about his story, “The Urbexer’s Girl” and a promo for Abe Margel’s “It was \[…\] ## [On “The Town Manager” by Thomas Ligotti](https://tasker.land/2026/08/20/on-the-town-manager-by-thomas-ligotti/) _2026-08-20 · Moreau Vazh · Taskerland_ Canon Fodder is an occasional series in which I write about classic works of horror fiction. This particular part of the series is devoted to the complete published works of Thomas Ligotti which I will slowly be working my way through. What happens when a town’s political institutions outlive any understanding of why they exist? \[…\] ## [Day 3 of the WordCrafter “Legends” Book Blog Tour](https://writingtoberead.com/2026/08/19/day-3-of-the-wordcrafter-legends-book-blog-tour/) _2026-08-19 · kayelynnebooth · Writing to be Read_ For Day 3 of the WordCrafter Legends Book Blog Tour, we’re over at Carla Loves to Read with a video guest post and excerpt reading from “Sema”, by Joseph Carrabis, a guest post from contributing author Danaeka Scrimshaw on their story, “The Legend of Tilly Mae”, and a review of the book by host Carla \[…\] ## [Never miss a game (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/klC4FvAoZAOZ) _2026-08-19 · **Sponsored**_ Follow any team; get an hour and one-minute web and email reminders. ## [Written Tales Memberships & Submissions](https://writtentales.substack.com/p/written-tales-memberships-and-submissions) _2026-08-19 · Written Tales · Written Tales Magazine_ Important Update ## [Pavilion](https://thirtywest.substack.com/p/pavilion) _2026-08-19 · Yuna Kang · Afterimages_ Short fiction by Yuna Kang. Live worms writhed at the bottom of the vase. I saw them in coitus, rings around rings, squirming. ## [A Voice Without Hands](https://voxmeditantis.com/2026/08/19/a-voice-without-hands/) _2026-08-19 · Bob Lynn · Vox Meditantis_ A king's pen silenced nine hundred years. In a Faroese cottage, an old woman cards the wool and keeps them. ## [The Gate of Three Things](https://voxmeditantis.com/2026/08/18/the-gate-of-three-things/) _2026-08-18 · Bob Lynn · Vox Meditantis_ A boy with a theory. A widow with three truths. One gate. One afternoon. Eleven years of silence, broken. ## [Day 2 of the WordCrafter “Legends” Book Blog Tour](https://writingtoberead.com/2026/08/18/day-2-of-the-wordcrafter-legends-book-blog-tour/) _2026-08-18 · kayelynnebooth · Writing to be Read_ \[Intro.\] The Giveaway We made a puzzle out of the Legends cover. Follow the tour to find the clues hidden in the guest posts, readings and promos. Name the Legend each story is based upon as you go through the tour. Place your answers in the comments. For each correct answer, you earn one of \[…\] ## [REVIEW: The End of Everything by M. John Harrison](https://tasker.land/2026/08/18/review-the-end-of-everything-by-m-john-harrison/) _2026-08-18 · Moreau Vazh · Taskerland_ There is something distinctly morbid about Mike Harrison’s seventeenth novel and I’m not even talking about the title. Reminiscent of Harrison’s 1971 debut The Committed Men, The End of Everything is set in an artfully blurred and confusing post-apocalyptic version of England where the old order has dried up and blown away, leaving survivors to \[…\] ## [Winter and The Demon's Streetlight](https://jimmydoom.substack.com/p/winter-and-the-demons-streetlight) _2026-08-18 · Jimmy Doom · Jimmy Doom's Roulette Weal_ Short Fiction ## [Horror Novella Review: Preaching to the Choir by Adrian Tchaikovsky](https://www.tarvolon.com/2026/08/17/horror-novella-review-preaching-to-the-choir-by-adrian-tchaikovsky/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=horror-novella-review-preaching-to-the-choir-by-adrian-tchaikovsky) _2026-08-17 · tarvolon · Tar Vol on_ This review is based on an eARC (Advance Reading Copy) provided by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Preaching to the Choir was released on August 11, 2026. I first read Adrian Tchaikovsky six or seven years ago, and he quickly became one of my favorite authors. But I soon realized that… Continue reading Horror Novella Review: Preaching to the Choir by Adrian… ## [The Fog’s Edge](https://voxmeditantis.com/2026/08/17/the-fogs-edge/) _2026-08-17 · Bob Lynn · Vox Meditantis_ A prisoner draws maps for the enemy. The lines hold. The world beyond the vellum does not. ## [Welcome to Day 1 of the WordCrafter “Legends” Book Blog Tour](https://writingtoberead.com/2026/08/17/welcome-to-day-1-of-the-wordcrafter-legends-book-blog-tour/) _2026-08-17 · kayelynnebooth · Writing to be Read_ It’s day 1 of the WordCrafter Legends Book Blog tour and we’re over at Poetry by Mich, and Hotel by Masticadores, and Masticadores Phillipines. Meet contributing author Chris Barili and hear an excerpt reading from his story, “The Legend of Trooper 666”. We’ve got two great giveaways. Help us put together the Legends puzzle by \[…\] ## [Install Manifest V3 Extension (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/qxW45TJBvq6a) _2026-08-17 · **Sponsored**_ Get this Manifest V3 extension from the official TronBrowser Store listing. ## [Science Fantasy Novel Review: The Inevitable Undoing of Zahara Douglass by Leslye Penelope](https://www.tarvolon.com/2026/08/16/science-fantasy-novel-review-the-inevitable-undoing-of-zahara-douglass-by-leslye-penelope/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=science-fantasy-novel-review-the-inevitable-undoing-of-zahara-douglass-by-leslye-penelope) _2026-08-16 · tarvolon · Tar Vol on_ This review is based on an eARC (Advance Reading Copy) provided by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. The Inevitable Undoing of Zahara Douglass was released on August 11, 2026. With her roots in fantasy romance, Leslye Penelope is an author I’d seen discussed but had never really sought out in the… Continue reading Science Fantasy Novel Review: The Inevitable Undoing of… ## [Shore](https://paulandrewsneddon.com/2026/08/16/shore-2/) _2026-08-16 · Paul Andrew Sneddon · Paul Andrew Sneddon_ Recorded a video this morning reading “Shore”. One of my favourite things I’ve written this year. You can find the original post from January this year here https://paulandrewsneddon.com/2026/01/28/shore/ ## [The Mending](https://voxmeditantis.com/2026/08/16/the-mending/) _2026-08-16 · Bob Lynn · Vox Meditantis_ A boy in a borrowed coat asks when manhood begins. A diver, mending rope, answers without looking up. ## [The Imperium Chronicles: Missing in Manchester](https://wdldiamond.blog/2026/08/16/the-imperium-chronicles-missing-in-manchester/) _2026-08-16 · W.D.L Diamond · W.D.L Diamond_ In 1910 Manchester, Lydia regains consciousness, bound and in pain, while cultists discuss her fate. Her last memory before capture is a foggy street and a sudden blow to her head. Meanwhile, her friends Thomas, Miquel, and Elizabeth search desperately for her, encountering obstacles as they attempt to contact allies. As Lydia's captors plan for the arrival of their leader, the urgency to rescue… ## [Once Scorned](https://wdldiamond.blog/2026/08/16/once-scorned/) _2026-08-16 · deblang222 · W.D.L Diamond_ In a sunlit Guildford café, two seemingly happily married women compare notes on their frequently absent husbands—both named Gary Walker. A shared joke turns to icy horror when they reveal their photos and realise they’ve been loving the same man, sparking a calculated, public confrontation and a bitter, liberating revenge. The post Once Scorned first appeared on W.D.L Diamond . ## [Pieces About A Small Indiana Factory Town, 1861-1984 (Samuel C. Hasler)](https://sevenstorypublishing.com/2026/08/15/pieces-about-a-small-indiana-factory-town-1861-1984-samuel-c-hasler/) _2026-08-16 · jacktbrennan2002 · Seven Story Publishing_ Colonel Bridges laid my first brick; he slathered the first layer of mortar. To that mortar he added a strong dose of his spittle. From there I rose over the city of Jackson, absorbing it into myself until I became the city, serving to lift the effluence from the works below into the heavens above. ## [The Broth Before the Sun](https://voxmeditantis.com/2026/08/15/the-broth-before-the-sun/) _2026-08-15 · Bob Lynn · Vox Meditantis_ Eight strokes of rice. Three lanes to the red cloth. One dumpling, kept back. ## [The Shape of What Was There](https://voxmeditantis.com/2026/08/14/the-shape-of-what-was-there/) _2026-08-14 · Bob Lynn · Vox Meditantis_ Two women. One cellar. A painter who kept her distance. A sculptor who leans in. One word: closer. ## [Weekly Digest 049](https://vinnyreads.substack.com/p/weekly-digest-049) _2026-08-14 · Vinny Reads_ 8/8/2026 - 8/14/2026 - 40th Birthday Edition ## [Audio Book Review: “My Queendom for a Horse” & “The Recipient”](https://writingtoberead.com/2026/08/14/audio-book-review-my-queendom-for-a-horse-the-recipient/) _2026-08-14 · kayelynnebooth · Writing to be Read_ About My Queendom for a Horse Kristiana Liepa was supposed to use the money to save her family farm. She was not supposed to spend it all to save a massive, black stallion. But when she saw how he was being treated, what’s a vet to do? She had no idea that gorgeous beast was \[…\] ## [Snapshot Showdown on Google Play (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/QPWZcJpXsQAO) _2026-08-14 · **Sponsored**_ Available on Google Play for Android devices. ## [The Equation by Francois Vernier](https://writtentales.substack.com/p/the-equation-by-francois-vernier) _2026-08-13 · Written Tales · Written Tales Magazine_ A Day at Glastonbury ## [The Fountain’s Testimony](https://voxmeditantis.com/2026/08/13/the-fountains-testimony/) _2026-08-13 · Bob Lynn · Vox Meditantis_ A qadi in Fez pours tea for a dead Spaniard and asks whether the sea was ever forgiven. ## [When They Arrive: Hole in the Sky Reviewed](https://thirtywest.substack.com/p/when-they-arrive-hole-in-the-sky) _2026-08-13 · Joseph Edwin Haeger · Afterimages_ Book review by Joseph Edwin Haeger. Daniel H. Wilson builds a hell of a first act using this approach in his newest novel, Hole in the Sky. ## [Fridge](https://paulandrewsneddon.com/2026/08/13/fridge/) _2026-08-13 · Paul Andrew Sneddon · Paul Andrew Sneddon_ The fridge started beeping. That insistent beep when you left the door open. They used to joke about it. Alright fridge, I see you. He stood in the only light in the room and closed the door. The light disappearing. Gone. He sighed and felt the tension run like electricity through his back and shoulders. \[…\] ## [Fortunes of War](https://baclarke.substack.com/p/fortunes-of-war) _2026-08-13 · B. A. Clarke · Clarke's Corner_ When her brother dies at sea, Eleni disguises herself and follows him to war ## [This House is not for Sale](https://paulandrewsneddon.com/2026/08/13/this-house-is-not-for-sale/) _2026-08-13 · Paul Andrew Sneddon · Paul Andrew Sneddon_ He sat on the edge of the bed and listened to the silence. Felt the dark room around him and smiled. The only light from the street outside as he listened to the wheeze in his lungs. He breathed in and counted, one, two, three and coughed. Ah fuck’s sake. Again. This time he made \[…\] ## [REVIEW: Hookland Fragments – Volume One by David Southwell](https://tasker.land/2026/08/13/review-hookland-fragments-volume-one-by-david-southwell/) _2026-08-13 · Moreau Vazh · Taskerland_ I must admit that I was taken aback when I learned that David Southwell had decided to produce a book relating to the Hookland project. Hookland is a project that began on Twitter at a time when people not only trusted that platform to host new work, but also to allow that work to develop \[…\] ## [The Unowed Light](https://voxmeditantis.com/2026/08/12/the-unowed-light/) _2026-08-12 · Bob Lynn · Vox Meditantis_ Tangier, 1954. A soldier who cannot sleep asks the city's most invisible man whether people are worth believing in. ## [Treasuring Poetry – Meet poet and author Jan Sikes and a review](https://writingtoberead.com/2026/08/12/treasuring-poetry-meet-poet-and-author-jan-sikes-and-a-review/) _2026-08-12 · robbiesinspiration · Writing to be Read_ I’m delighted to welcome author and poet, Jan Sikes, as this month’s Treasuring Poetry guest. Jan is the author of a significant number of novels, novellas and short stories and she has recently published a collection of short stories and poems including contributions from her late husband, Rick Sikes, and her granddaughter, Sydney. Welcome Jan \[…\] ## [The Patience of Coral](https://voxmeditantis.com/2026/08/11/the-patience-of-coral/) _2026-08-11 · Bob Lynn · Vox Meditantis_ A girl on coral steps. A patched sail. A sea that will not say whether the watching was enough. ## [On “The Evil Clergyman” by H.P. Lovecraft](https://tasker.land/2026/08/11/on-the-evil-clergyman-by-h-p-lovecraft/) _2026-08-11 · Moreau Vazh · Taskerland_ Canon Fodder is an ongoing series in which I return to authors and bodies of work over time, reading them closely and piece by piece. This essay forms part of the Lovecraft strand; a chronological index of my Lovecraft writing can be found here. Other Canon Fodder posts can also be browsed via the series \[…\] ## [The Warm Bread at the Going of the Light](https://voxmeditantis.com/2026/08/10/the-warm-bread-at-the-going-of-the-light/) _2026-08-10 · Bob Lynn · Vox Meditantis_ A schoolgirl demands the best dish ever eaten. A muleteer offers warm bread, a step at evening, and someone gone. ## [Everyone is a Critic: My All-Time Favorites – Action Movies](https://writingtoberead.com/2026/08/10/everyone-is-a-critic-my-all-time-favorites-action-movies/) _2026-08-10 · kayelynnebooth · Writing to be Read_ There are some movies that I can watch over and over and never get tired of them because they are so fun to watch. I’m sure certain movies are the same for everyone, in this respect. For “Everyone is a Critic” in 2026, I’d like to talk about my all-time favorites, because if you haven’t \[…\] ## [Poet of the Month, August: Rachel Burns](https://thelonelycrowd.org/2026/08/10/poet-of-the-month-august-rachel-burns/) _2026-08-10 · The Lonely Crowd · The Lonely Crowd_ The Lonely Crowd will feature new work by a different poet each month throughout 2026. For August, we are delighted to publish three new works by Rachel Burns. The first of these, ‘Somewhere we are fifteen, dancing at the pub disco‘, is published today with two more poems to follow throughout the month. Somewhere… ## [Derek Healy, "Children in the Window"](https://creativewritingatleicester.blogspot.com/2026/08/derek-healy-children-in-window.html) _2026-08-10 · Creative Writing at Leicester · Creative Writing at Leicester_ Derek Healy grew up at the foot of the Cotswolds Hills in Gloucestershire and, before a career in mental health social work, studied English Literature at St John’s College, Oxford University. However, overcoming that impediment, he has gone on to see his poetry appear in many journals, including The Road Not Taken , The Lyric , Ibbetson Street (all USA), Orbis , Snakeskin and The Cannon’s Mouth .… ## [Fantasy Novel Review: A Trade of Blood by Robert Jackson Bennett](https://www.tarvolon.com/2026/08/09/fantasy-novel-review-a-trade-of-blood-by-robert-jackson-bennett/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fantasy-novel-review-a-trade-of-blood-by-robert-jackson-bennett) _2026-08-09 · tarvolon · Tar Vol on_ This review is based on an eARC (Advance Reading Copy) provided by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. A Trade of Blood was released on August 4, 2026. For much of the summer, I’ve been struggling to find long reads that truly captured my attention. With air travel ahead, I was looking… Continue reading Fantasy Novel Review: A Trade of Blood by Robert Jackson Bennett ## [The Judgement in the Cold](https://voxmeditantis.com/2026/08/09/the-judgement-in-the-cold/) _2026-08-09 · Bob Lynn · Vox Meditantis_ In the long light of a dying shore, a father mends his net and asks what no psalm can teach. ## [The Editor as Lighthouse](https://prattlefogandgravelrap.substack.com/p/the-editor-as-lighthouse) _2026-08-09 · Matt Kendrick · Prattlefog & Gravelrap_ I have a slightly strange obsession. ## [Rebel Glitches (Selim Tlili)](https://sevenstorypublishing.com/2026/08/08/rebel-glitches-selim-tlili/) _2026-08-09 · jacktbrennan2002 · Seven Story Publishing_ Domestic optimization was the norm. Doubtless the digital annulment date was preset, with the standard option to revoke if both parties agreed. Counselors would be notified and the newly decoupled would be placed back on the affinity market, with their newly developed partner preference tastes biometrically optimized. ## [After Every One](https://voxmeditantis.com/2026/08/08/after-every-one/) _2026-08-08 · Bob Lynn · Vox Meditantis_ A hangman carves his dog in a London churchyard, 1658. After every hanging, she waits for him.