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August 31, 2018
UNLEASH THE CRAYONS: Twitter Fiction About Colors
It all started with Cassandra Khaw’s tweet: I thought I would play, so I invited people to tell me their favorite crayon color and I would write them a smol fiction. The results were delightfully fun and wide-ranging, and I had a blast! All the fics are below, orginized by color in alphabetical order. Some …
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July 7, 2018
Thread [short story reprint]
This story first appeared in Ideomancer, which is sadly no longer online. Therefore I’m reprinting this story here. It is On Brand for me, with the evil lights and creepy SF. I hope you enjoy! CW: suicide, attempted suicide, torture, murder, imprisonment. 2,300 words Science Fiction/Horror THREAD by A. Merc Rustad The nine-cluster appeared …
July 1, 2018
A Few Favorite Fictions: June 2018
June is my birthday month, and I am so delighted by the amazing stories I read these last few weeks. ❤ A note about my selections: on my blog I usually choose to review fiction that is available online and not behind a paywall. I subscribe to ebook/print markets and I’ve bought a few individual …
May 31, 2018
A Few Favorite Fictions: May 2018
We are living in the absolute Golden Age of SFF short fiction. There is so much brilliant writing happening and being published, and I love the sheer magnitude and variety we are blessed with on the internets. So here are a handful of stories I read in May and loved. Please enjoy! A Promise of …
May 4, 2018
Welcome to ROBOT DINOSAURS!
I’m delighted to share the first story for Robot Dinosaur Fiction, Rachael K. Jones’ adorable, feels-inducing “Five Functions of Your Bionosaur.” It has a terrific illustration by Rhiannon R-S, too! This story hatches a summer of flash fiction about robot dinosaurs, from a fantastic line-up of authors and artists.
May 2, 2018
A Few Favorite Fictions: April 2018
Pretty sure at this point I will just ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ at the idea of reading everything I want in a given month at this point, so let’s move on!
April 24, 2018
ROBOT DINOSAURS! Kickstarter is live!
What is good in life? ROBOT DINOSAURS! I’m delighted to announce the official launch of a Kickstarter to fund a summer of robot dinosaur fiction by a fantastic line-up of authors and artists! So what is this project? Robot Dinosaur Fiction! is a virtual anthology: each Friday from May through August, 2018, a new flash …
March 31, 2018
A Few Favorite Fictions: February and March 2018
February is a bit of a blur and I didn’t read nearly as much as I wanted, so I decided to combine that month with March. (And let’s be real, I still didn’t read as much as I wanted. But What’s glorious about fiction is that it doesn’t expire.
March 30, 2018
it me, ur smol
A short SF story about an artificial neural network who wants to be sure you are drinking enough water.
January 31, 2018
A Few Favorite Fictions: January 2018
Favorite stories readin January 2018!
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