Uncharted Mag
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Stories to get lost in! Publishing crime, mystery, science fiction, fantasy, horror, and thriller short stories. Posts by
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New SFF story by @dracopoullos.bsky.social !!
“This,” her father says, the stone a matte black promise in his hand, “is how your ship will travel.” With a bravura flick, he throws it out onto the lake, but..."
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“This,” her father says, the stone a matte black promise in his hand, “is how your ship will travel.” With a bravura flick, he throws it out onto the lake, but..."
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Love Story in Colored Glass - Uncharted
“This,” her father says, the stone a matte black promise in his hand, “is how your ship will travel.” With a bravura flick, he throws it out onto the lake, but all she can focus on is the spike of ten...
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November 21, 2025 at 6:08 PM
New SFF story by @dracopoullos.bsky.social !!
“This,” her father says, the stone a matte black promise in his hand, “is how your ship will travel.” With a bravura flick, he throws it out onto the lake, but..."
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“This,” her father says, the stone a matte black promise in his hand, “is how your ship will travel.” With a bravura flick, he throws it out onto the lake, but..."
www.unchartedmag.com/stories/love...
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A fantastic story. My step-dad died of complications from Agent Orange so this story hit me extra hard. I think this is a great example of spec fiction addressing issues & heartbreak in a way realism can't reach.
1st Place winner of our Cinematic Story Contest by Kendra Recht!
"The first bud sprouts from Charlie’s left thumb.
You think you’re dreaming. Another nightmare, but so much more fantastical than the ones you usually have."
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"The first bud sprouts from Charlie’s left thumb.
You think you’re dreaming. Another nightmare, but so much more fantastical than the ones you usually have."
www.unchartedmag.com/stories/in-b...
In Bloom - Uncharted
GERMINATION The first bud sprouts from Charlie’s left thumb. You think you’re dreaming. Another nightmare, but so much more fantastical than the ones you usually have. Charlie crashing his plane in the jungle. Charlie’s parachute failing. Charlie screaming as napalm melts flesh off bone. Charlie, reporting for duty one leg short, clumsily hefting a gun […]
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November 11, 2025 at 4:43 PM
A fantastic story. My step-dad died of complications from Agent Orange so this story hit me extra hard. I think this is a great example of spec fiction addressing issues & heartbreak in a way realism can't reach.
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Convincing you to read my short story with the first few sentences. Share yours, because sharing is caring!
Bone-eater Earth dismantles techbros in @unchartedmag.bsky.social
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Bone-eater Earth dismantles techbros in @unchartedmag.bsky.social
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November 11, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Convincing you to read my short story with the first few sentences. Share yours, because sharing is caring!
Bone-eater Earth dismantles techbros in @unchartedmag.bsky.social
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Bone-eater Earth dismantles techbros in @unchartedmag.bsky.social
www.unchartedmag.com/stories/bone...
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Like reality television? Like antics in ancient history? Then you'll love my story "Good Real History"
www.unchartedmag.com/stories/good...
It placed 2nd in Uncharted's Cinematic Short Story contest, thank you again to judge @rachelharrison.bsky.social and the @unchartedmag.bsky.social team!
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It placed 2nd in Uncharted's Cinematic Short Story contest, thank you again to judge @rachelharrison.bsky.social and the @unchartedmag.bsky.social team!
GOOD REAL HISTORY - Uncharted
The silhouette of the Pharos lighthouse floats on the water in the distance, its peak is like the eye of a god, always monitoring its subjects. I can see why it’s considered one of the seven wonders o...
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October 31, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Like reality television? Like antics in ancient history? Then you'll love my story "Good Real History"
www.unchartedmag.com/stories/good...
It placed 2nd in Uncharted's Cinematic Short Story contest, thank you again to judge @rachelharrison.bsky.social and the @unchartedmag.bsky.social team!
www.unchartedmag.com/stories/good...
It placed 2nd in Uncharted's Cinematic Short Story contest, thank you again to judge @rachelharrison.bsky.social and the @unchartedmag.bsky.social team!
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Loved this story!
2nd Place Winner of our Cinematic Story Contest by A.M. Lomuscio!
"The silhouette of the Pharos lighthouse floats on the water in the distance, its peak is like the eye of a god, always monitoring its subjects."
www.unchartedmag.com/stories/good...
"The silhouette of the Pharos lighthouse floats on the water in the distance, its peak is like the eye of a god, always monitoring its subjects."
www.unchartedmag.com/stories/good...
GOOD REAL HISTORY - Uncharted
The silhouette of the Pharos lighthouse floats on the water in the distance, its peak is like the eye of a god, always monitoring its subjects. I can see why it’s considered one of the seven wonders o...
www.unchartedmag.com
November 1, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Loved this story!
1st Place winner of our Cinematic Story Contest by Kendra Recht!
"The first bud sprouts from Charlie’s left thumb.
You think you’re dreaming. Another nightmare, but so much more fantastical than the ones you usually have."
www.unchartedmag.com/stories/in-b...
"The first bud sprouts from Charlie’s left thumb.
You think you’re dreaming. Another nightmare, but so much more fantastical than the ones you usually have."
www.unchartedmag.com/stories/in-b...
In Bloom - Uncharted
GERMINATION The first bud sprouts from Charlie’s left thumb. You think you’re dreaming. Another nightmare, but so much more fantastical than the ones you usually have. Charlie crashing his plane in the jungle. Charlie’s parachute failing. Charlie screaming as napalm melts flesh off bone. Charlie, reporting for duty one leg short, clumsily hefting a gun […]
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November 11, 2025 at 2:51 PM
1st Place winner of our Cinematic Story Contest by Kendra Recht!
"The first bud sprouts from Charlie’s left thumb.
You think you’re dreaming. Another nightmare, but so much more fantastical than the ones you usually have."
www.unchartedmag.com/stories/in-b...
"The first bud sprouts from Charlie’s left thumb.
You think you’re dreaming. Another nightmare, but so much more fantastical than the ones you usually have."
www.unchartedmag.com/stories/in-b...
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Loved this story by @lomush.bsky.social in @unchartedmag.bsky.social !
2nd Place Winner of our Cinematic Story Contest by A.M. Lomuscio!
"The silhouette of the Pharos lighthouse floats on the water in the distance, its peak is like the eye of a god, always monitoring its subjects."
www.unchartedmag.com/stories/good...
"The silhouette of the Pharos lighthouse floats on the water in the distance, its peak is like the eye of a god, always monitoring its subjects."
www.unchartedmag.com/stories/good...
GOOD REAL HISTORY - Uncharted
The silhouette of the Pharos lighthouse floats on the water in the distance, its peak is like the eye of a god, always monitoring its subjects. I can see why it’s considered one of the seven wonders o...
www.unchartedmag.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Loved this story by @lomush.bsky.social in @unchartedmag.bsky.social !
2nd Place Winner of our Cinematic Story Contest by A.M. Lomuscio!
"The silhouette of the Pharos lighthouse floats on the water in the distance, its peak is like the eye of a god, always monitoring its subjects."
www.unchartedmag.com/stories/good...
"The silhouette of the Pharos lighthouse floats on the water in the distance, its peak is like the eye of a god, always monitoring its subjects."
www.unchartedmag.com/stories/good...
GOOD REAL HISTORY - Uncharted
The silhouette of the Pharos lighthouse floats on the water in the distance, its peak is like the eye of a god, always monitoring its subjects. I can see why it’s considered one of the seven wonders o...
www.unchartedmag.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:16 PM
2nd Place Winner of our Cinematic Story Contest by A.M. Lomuscio!
"The silhouette of the Pharos lighthouse floats on the water in the distance, its peak is like the eye of a god, always monitoring its subjects."
www.unchartedmag.com/stories/good...
"The silhouette of the Pharos lighthouse floats on the water in the distance, its peak is like the eye of a god, always monitoring its subjects."
www.unchartedmag.com/stories/good...
3rd Place in our Cinematic Story contest by Alison Jean Lester!
"When Crenshaw shoots Anneke, he’s within arm’s reach of me. I watch my hand grab him by the back of the neck. My body follows through, and I keep moving."
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"When Crenshaw shoots Anneke, he’s within arm’s reach of me. I watch my hand grab him by the back of the neck. My body follows through, and I keep moving."
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Sitting on Crenshaw - Uncharted
When Crenshaw shoots Anneke, he’s within arm’s reach of me. I watch my hand grab him by the back of the neck. My body follows through, and I keep moving. He loses his balance. I feel the base of his s...
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October 31, 2025 at 1:38 PM
3rd Place in our Cinematic Story contest by Alison Jean Lester!
"When Crenshaw shoots Anneke, he’s within arm’s reach of me. I watch my hand grab him by the back of the neck. My body follows through, and I keep moving."
unchartedmag.com/stories/sitt...
"When Crenshaw shoots Anneke, he’s within arm’s reach of me. I watch my hand grab him by the back of the neck. My body follows through, and I keep moving."
unchartedmag.com/stories/sitt...
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FFer Read of the Day: "Winter Love" by EC Dorgan in @unchartedmag.bsky.social
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Winter Love - Uncharted
This 21st century has been good to us, I remind myself, while Hans and I wait in the boardroom for the meeting to start. We’ve slotted half an hour—longer than usual, but this new product update matte...
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September 13, 2025 at 5:40 PM
FFer Read of the Day: "Winter Love" by EC Dorgan in @unchartedmag.bsky.social
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"I made mistakes once, too, when I was the first historian, nobody else to teach me what to look out for, how to be gentle with the world so it would be gentle with me in turn."
@avramargariti.bsky.social in @unchartedmag.bsky.social
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@avramargariti.bsky.social in @unchartedmag.bsky.social
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Protectors of the Red, Red Earth - Uncharted
“There is an animal,” I tell my young apprentice, “that can make other species protect it to the death.” Clay keeps notes as we crouch low in the dugout, watching the ant-wasp hill under the soft redl...
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September 20, 2025 at 8:59 PM
"I made mistakes once, too, when I was the first historian, nobody else to teach me what to look out for, how to be gentle with the world so it would be gentle with me in turn."
@avramargariti.bsky.social in @unchartedmag.bsky.social
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@avramargariti.bsky.social in @unchartedmag.bsky.social
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FFer Read of the Day: "Support Forum for the Care and Feeding of Your Personal Spirit-Angel" by @vanessafogg.bsky.social in @unchartedmag.bsky.social
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SUPPORT FORUM FOR THE CARE AND FEEDING OF YOUR PERSONAL SPIRIT-ANGEL - Uncharted
Welcome to the forum! You have successfully registered and now have full access to the site and all its resources. And congratulations again on the summoning of your own personal spirit-angel. It’s an...
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October 5, 2025 at 6:21 PM
FFer Read of the Day: "Support Forum for the Care and Feeding of Your Personal Spirit-Angel" by @vanessafogg.bsky.social in @unchartedmag.bsky.social
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I’ve got some fun news!
Starting next week, I’ll be the new Associate Editor at Uncharted Mag, primarily for Thriller/Mystery stories.
Can’t wait to join the fabulous team and start reading submissions!
@unchartedmag.bsky.social
Starting next week, I’ll be the new Associate Editor at Uncharted Mag, primarily for Thriller/Mystery stories.
Can’t wait to join the fabulous team and start reading submissions!
@unchartedmag.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 9:25 PM
I’ve got some fun news!
Starting next week, I’ll be the new Associate Editor at Uncharted Mag, primarily for Thriller/Mystery stories.
Can’t wait to join the fabulous team and start reading submissions!
@unchartedmag.bsky.social
Starting next week, I’ll be the new Associate Editor at Uncharted Mag, primarily for Thriller/Mystery stories.
Can’t wait to join the fabulous team and start reading submissions!
@unchartedmag.bsky.social
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Story sale! I’m delighted that my interdimensional romance, ‘Love Story in Colored Glass,’ will be published in @unchartedmag.bsky.social!!
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October 17, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Story sale! I’m delighted that my interdimensional romance, ‘Love Story in Colored Glass,’ will be published in @unchartedmag.bsky.social!!
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Thrilled to announce that my sci-fi story “By Wave” won 2nd place in Uncharted’s Refractions contest. I can’t wait to share this story because it came from a very magical place of deep meditation on the nature of cocoons 🦋
#writing
@unchartedmag.bsky.social
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#writing
@unchartedmag.bsky.social
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2025 Refractions: Genre Flash Fiction Prize Winners - Uncharted
We’re so excited to announce the winners of this contest! It’s not easy to tell a story in the flash form, let alone as a genre story, which usually needs some, if not a lot, of world-building. We hop...
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October 22, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Thrilled to announce that my sci-fi story “By Wave” won 2nd place in Uncharted’s Refractions contest. I can’t wait to share this story because it came from a very magical place of deep meditation on the nature of cocoons 🦋
#writing
@unchartedmag.bsky.social
www.unchartedmag.com/2025-refract...
#writing
@unchartedmag.bsky.social
www.unchartedmag.com/2025-refract...
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Enjoyed this story by Siara Biuk in @unchartedmag.bsky.social
How to Curse in Thirty-Seven Languages - Uncharted
“I’m in.” Samir stands in the nexus of corridors. They recede from him in all directions, motion-sensor spotlights on the ground fading along the path he’d taken, plunging the past into darkness. He’...
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October 24, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Enjoyed this story by Siara Biuk in @unchartedmag.bsky.social
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"You’re gonna think, “Lazy bitch. She just copied this letter from the original!” That’s called a bootstrap paradox. It happens."
I love it when a time travel story surprises me!
Sam Brown in @unchartedmag.bsky.social
I love it when a time travel story surprises me!
Sam Brown in @unchartedmag.bsky.social
When I Was Your Age - Uncharted
Dear past me, Happy eighteenth birthday. It’s time. Your time. Writing this letter feels so, so strange. Believe me, you won’t know what it feels like until… well… I remember reading this in Mom and D...
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August 2, 2025 at 4:09 PM
"You’re gonna think, “Lazy bitch. She just copied this letter from the original!” That’s called a bootstrap paradox. It happens."
I love it when a time travel story surprises me!
Sam Brown in @unchartedmag.bsky.social
I love it when a time travel story surprises me!
Sam Brown in @unchartedmag.bsky.social
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(the shortlist 2/2):
Andrew Bertaina @andrewbertaina.bsky.social in @theforge.bsky.social
Quinn Green @stayquinning.bsky.social in @unchartedmag.bsky.social
Andrew Bertaina @andrewbertaina.bsky.social in @theforge.bsky.social
Quinn Green @stayquinning.bsky.social in @unchartedmag.bsky.social
The Shortlist for August 8, 2025 - turn and work
Fiction by Jhumpa Lahiri, John Jodzio, Jan Hassman, Andrew Bertaina, Stefanie K. Yang, and Quinn Green
www.turnandwork.com
August 8, 2025 at 1:40 PM
(the shortlist 2/2):
Andrew Bertaina @andrewbertaina.bsky.social in @theforge.bsky.social
Quinn Green @stayquinning.bsky.social in @unchartedmag.bsky.social
Andrew Bertaina @andrewbertaina.bsky.social in @theforge.bsky.social
Quinn Green @stayquinning.bsky.social in @unchartedmag.bsky.social
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I’m so thrilled to share my short story “Postpartum Ballad of Wendy Rhys” that was just published in @unchartedmag.bsky.social —be warned, it’s pretty dark! www.unchartedmag.com/stories/post...
Postpartum Ballad of Wendy Rhys - Uncharted
I slink down the street, rotting tot in stroller. Each clack of the wheels on the sidewalk cracks becomes a twist inside my chest. Squeals ringing from the playground. Ladies on benches in neat dresse...
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August 8, 2025 at 3:18 PM
I’m so thrilled to share my short story “Postpartum Ballad of Wendy Rhys” that was just published in @unchartedmag.bsky.social —be warned, it’s pretty dark! www.unchartedmag.com/stories/post...
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(2/3)
Fiction from:
Jen Conley @jenconley45.bsky.social in @reckonreview.bsky.social
J.D. Strunk in @fictivedream.bsky.social
Anna Koltes in @defenestrationmag.bsky.social AND @xraylitmag.bsky.social
Don Rath in @publishedbyjake.bsky.social
Sam Brown in @unchartedmag.bsky.social
Fiction from:
Jen Conley @jenconley45.bsky.social in @reckonreview.bsky.social
J.D. Strunk in @fictivedream.bsky.social
Anna Koltes in @defenestrationmag.bsky.social AND @xraylitmag.bsky.social
Don Rath in @publishedbyjake.bsky.social
Sam Brown in @unchartedmag.bsky.social
The Shortlist for August 15, 2025 - Turn & Work
There's a lot here this week. New fiction at Turn & Work, two nonfiction pieces and 10 short stories.
www.turnandwork.com
August 15, 2025 at 12:30 PM
(2/3)
Fiction from:
Jen Conley @jenconley45.bsky.social in @reckonreview.bsky.social
J.D. Strunk in @fictivedream.bsky.social
Anna Koltes in @defenestrationmag.bsky.social AND @xraylitmag.bsky.social
Don Rath in @publishedbyjake.bsky.social
Sam Brown in @unchartedmag.bsky.social
Fiction from:
Jen Conley @jenconley45.bsky.social in @reckonreview.bsky.social
J.D. Strunk in @fictivedream.bsky.social
Anna Koltes in @defenestrationmag.bsky.social AND @xraylitmag.bsky.social
Don Rath in @publishedbyjake.bsky.social
Sam Brown in @unchartedmag.bsky.social
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"Also, there was the duckling to consider. None of his training prepared him for how to slay a demon while holding a live fowl."
Fun story from Amy Flanders in @unchartedmag.bsky.social !
Fun story from Amy Flanders in @unchartedmag.bsky.social !
The Demon and the Duckling - Uncharted
“No, thank you.” The demon inclined her head graciously. “Pardon?” The knight blinked. He was not prepared for politeness from demons. It went against all his training. He swallowed the rising lump in...
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August 17, 2025 at 11:23 PM
"Also, there was the duckling to consider. None of his training prepared him for how to slay a demon while holding a live fowl."
Fun story from Amy Flanders in @unchartedmag.bsky.social !
Fun story from Amy Flanders in @unchartedmag.bsky.social !
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Does a heroic crow count?
"Come Crow, Come Death" by @madpelletier.bsky.social
@unchartedmag.bsky.social
"Come Crow, Come Death" by @madpelletier.bsky.social
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Come Crow Come Death - Uncharted
It’s rare for someone to be born with a genuine gift. I certainly wasn’t. Only thing I ever saw in a crystal ball was my own reflection, not that it stopped me taking the coins off the hopeful and the...
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August 18, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Does a heroic crow count?
"Come Crow, Come Death" by @madpelletier.bsky.social
@unchartedmag.bsky.social
"Come Crow, Come Death" by @madpelletier.bsky.social
@unchartedmag.bsky.social
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We also have:
The Night Birds by @premeemohamed.com in Northern Nights (undertowpublications.com/shop/norther...)
"Birds Aren't Real" by Rachel Luria in
@unchartedmag.bsky.social
www.unchartedmag.com/stories/bird...
@authortrsteele.bsky.social's " The Owl-Wife" acoupofowls.com/2025/06/15/s...
The Night Birds by @premeemohamed.com in Northern Nights (undertowpublications.com/shop/norther...)
"Birds Aren't Real" by Rachel Luria in
@unchartedmag.bsky.social
www.unchartedmag.com/stories/bird...
@authortrsteele.bsky.social's " The Owl-Wife" acoupofowls.com/2025/06/15/s...
Northern Nights — Undertow Publications
TRADE PAPERBACK (Oct. 2024) 296 PAGES COVER ART: Serena Malyon "This Whitman's sampler of Canadian horror explores so many subgenres that there's bound to be something here for every reader." - P...
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August 18, 2025 at 10:04 PM
We also have:
The Night Birds by @premeemohamed.com in Northern Nights (undertowpublications.com/shop/norther...)
"Birds Aren't Real" by Rachel Luria in
@unchartedmag.bsky.social
www.unchartedmag.com/stories/bird...
@authortrsteele.bsky.social's " The Owl-Wife" acoupofowls.com/2025/06/15/s...
The Night Birds by @premeemohamed.com in Northern Nights (undertowpublications.com/shop/norther...)
"Birds Aren't Real" by Rachel Luria in
@unchartedmag.bsky.social
www.unchartedmag.com/stories/bird...
@authortrsteele.bsky.social's " The Owl-Wife" acoupofowls.com/2025/06/15/s...
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My story "Good Real History" placed 2nd in Uncharted's Cinematic Short Story contest, it'll be live on 10/30/25!
It follows a reality TV crew that goes back in time to film historic events and create their own narratives. A huge thank you to @unchartedmag.bsky.social and @rachelharrison.bsky.social
It follows a reality TV crew that goes back in time to film historic events and create their own narratives. A huge thank you to @unchartedmag.bsky.social and @rachelharrison.bsky.social
August 21, 2025 at 6:40 PM
My story "Good Real History" placed 2nd in Uncharted's Cinematic Short Story contest, it'll be live on 10/30/25!
It follows a reality TV crew that goes back in time to film historic events and create their own narratives. A huge thank you to @unchartedmag.bsky.social and @rachelharrison.bsky.social
It follows a reality TV crew that goes back in time to film historic events and create their own narratives. A huge thank you to @unchartedmag.bsky.social and @rachelharrison.bsky.social