MAGAZINES and Podcasts. Click on the links to read or listen.
Preservation Amazing Stories (short story) Winner of the Quarterly Reader’s Choice Award Small, telepathic aliens crash land on Earth and form an unlikely friendship with the farm family who rescues them.
The Watchmaker’s Wife Winner of Globe Soup’s July 2025 Micro Fiction Contest (micro fiction) A man survives in a concentration camp with the help of his dead wife.
Brief Candle SciFanSat (flash) A scientist discovers more than a new power source while working on a remote moon base.
Expectations Kaidankai Podcast (flash)When a ghost warns journalist Sara about her impending death, she learns that the afterlife depends on one thing: believing it exists. First published in The Dead Girl Walking Anthology (see below).
Trial of the Century Fifty Give or Take (micro) A writer faces the trials of editing.
Target Goals The Genre Society/Summer 2025 Collection (flash). A woman takes up axe-throwing to relieve work tensions.
Anansi Fifty Give or Take (micro) Reflections on a life pulled in many directions like the legs of the fabled spider.
Vantablack Sci Fi Shorts (flash) A crew member’s final test for a mission to Mars means facing down her darkest fears.
Electric Spiders of the Apocalypse 365 Tomorrows (flash) A foodie spider finds himself with few options at the end of the world.
Questions for a Tethered Soul Fifty Word Stories (non fiction/micro) Ruminations on a mind trapped by dementia.
Going With the Flow Does it Have Pockets (artwork/non fiction) A collection of Etch A Sketch art and a quick story about how I created it.
Lost Flash Phantoms (micro) A stranger encounters a child who leads her in an unexpected direction
Sympathy for the Devil Flash Phantoms (flash) Repeated encounters with the Devil lead a woman to question the meaning of Hell.
A Walk Down Shady Tree Lane Suddenly and Without Warning (flash) A woman’s walk home from work is interrupted by a panicked stranger.
Perfect Child 101 Words (speculative fiction/micro) A mother ignores warnings against choosing certain genetic traits for her baby-to-be.
Coda Everyday Fiction (flash/micro) A young musician’s dreams are thwarted by a mother trying to avoid the mistakes of her past.
Dog Dreams Commuter Lit (non fiction/micro) A love letter to my epileptic dog.
Upon Meeting a Kindred Spirit Uppagus (flash) The joy of meeting a new friend later in life.
Tick Tock Flash Fiction Magazine (flash) The discovery of a hidden box unlocks painful memories.
Sending Flowers 101 Words (flash) A tribute to my mom.
Redetermination Underside Stories (short story/satire) A one-legged woman struggles to complete the paperwork necessary to prove she still only has one leg before her benefits lapse.
Don’t Go Home Mystic Owl (flash) A woman receives a psychic flash with a dire warning.
Sticks and Stones Commuter Lit, first published in Witcraft (flash) Two four-year-old kids make bad decisions.
Sparkles (originally published in Witcraft Magazine )Little Old Lady Comedy (flash) A smart, bored Australian Shepherd runs amok in a suburban neighborhood.
How to defrost a Freezer (According To Your Mom From What You Vaguely Remember) (According To Your Mom From What You Vaguely Remember) Greener Pastures (humor) The real-life struggle of trying to defrost an iceberg of a freezer.
Moonchild 101 Words (flash) An allegory about a mother and child.
Wishful Thinking 101 Words (non fiction/flash) A tribute to my dad, who has Alzheimer’s.
The One Still Point Arts Quarterly (humor/short story) A creative re-telling of my real-life relationship with my house.
Improv for Writers Artisinal Writer (craft article) Exploring how theatrical improvisation techniques can help writers break blocks and write with more immediacy.
The Ought in Autism The Humanist and Etymology Press (non fiction essay) An exploration of the responsibilities and expectations of parenting an autistic child.
ANTHOLOGIES AND PRINT PUBLICATIONS available for purchase
When You Come to Washington (HERitage Anthologies) F.D.R. dies in his second term in office and Elenaor Roosevelt helps Amelia Earhart navigate Washington politics, when she is asked to run as Vice President in a race against Charles Lindbergh. All versions available for purchase here: Twisting Turning Timeshifts
Hávamál (flash) A woman impaled on the tentacle of an octopus-shaped bannister, considers her life choices. Rebellion Lit Kindle: Three X The Fun Anthology
Expectations (flash) When a ghost warns journalist Sara about her impending death, she learns that the afterlife depends on one thing: believing it exists. Copies of Green Volume of Dead Girls Walking Anthology by Wicked Shadow Press may be purchased here: Paperback: Dead Girls Walking Anthology (Green Volume) Epub: Dead Girls Walking Anthology ebook
What Changed When I Met A Bunny With A Chainsaw Final Gravity (CNF Article) My ironic experience of moving to Portland, land of breweries, and finding myself missing the Bunny With A Chainsaw, IPA I left in LA. Copies available for purchase: Final Gravity: A Beer Zine
Deborah Sale-Butler/Writer 