Brandon Case
@brandoncase101.bsky.social
Author ✍️ & Photographer 📸
Fiction in Escape Pod, Flash Fiction Online, Small Wonders, Factor Four, Third Flatiron, and others. Member of SFWA, Codex, and the Fireside Quills.
www.brandoncase.net
Fiction in Escape Pod, Flash Fiction Online, Small Wonders, Factor Four, Third Flatiron, and others. Member of SFWA, Codex, and the Fireside Quills.
www.brandoncase.net
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“Eight Legs of the Mother Hunted” by Brandon Case is just in time for Mother’s Day here in the US. Wishing all moms and mother figures, of humans and pets and spiders alike, a great weekend!
@brandoncase101.bsky.social
#flashfiction #specfic #mothersday
www.flashfictiononline.com/article/eigh...
@brandoncase101.bsky.social
#flashfiction #specfic #mothersday
www.flashfictiononline.com/article/eigh...
Eight Legs of the Mother Hunted
Eight legs, fleeing. Eight babies cling to my back.Over my black exoskeleton, my children scuttle on sticky feet, pitter-patt-pitt, trying to hide from you.Your torches shine violent orange in my e…
www.flashfictiononline.com
Yesss! 🖤🕸️🕷️
I love this story, and I’m super excited it found a home at @flashfictiononline.bsky.social . Special thanks to @beckyhalsey.bsky.social and all the wonderful FFO editors.
Happy Mother’s Day! 🖤
I love this story, and I’m super excited it found a home at @flashfictiononline.bsky.social . Special thanks to @beckyhalsey.bsky.social and all the wonderful FFO editors.
Happy Mother’s Day! 🖤
Reposted by Brandon Case
Double issue of MicroVerse Spec Flash Roundup with Oct-Nov recs!
Flash Roundup * October-November 2025
A gathering of recent speculative flash & micro fiction, each presenting a tiny-yet-powerful universe. How tiny? About one-thousand words for flash; four-hundred words for micro. The word count…
mynachang.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Double issue of MicroVerse Spec Flash Roundup with Oct-Nov recs!
Aaah, I love Ball and Cassiopeia
and Small Wonders! 🤖❤️🛰️
Please give them a read, it’s
“Such a Simple Thing” as
Ray Lamontagne (and Cassi) would say,
just beware paper hearts to flame.
and Small Wonders! 🤖❤️🛰️
Please give them a read, it’s
“Such a Simple Thing” as
Ray Lamontagne (and Cassi) would say,
just beware paper hearts to flame.
.@brandoncase101.bsky.social returns to our magazine with "Love, Falling From the Stars," a poem about Cannonball_Jellyfish_9c87.int,
a sea-cleaning robot who affectionately refers to himself as Ball, and his friend Cassiopeia the satellite.
smallwondersmag.com/...
a sea-cleaning robot who affectionately refers to himself as Ball, and his friend Cassiopeia the satellite.
smallwondersmag.com/...
November 19, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Aaah, I love Ball and Cassiopeia
and Small Wonders! 🤖❤️🛰️
Please give them a read, it’s
“Such a Simple Thing” as
Ray Lamontagne (and Cassi) would say,
just beware paper hearts to flame.
and Small Wonders! 🤖❤️🛰️
Please give them a read, it’s
“Such a Simple Thing” as
Ray Lamontagne (and Cassi) would say,
just beware paper hearts to flame.
I have a new audio story “Jackpot God” out on Simultaneous Times!
Harold lost his family in an accident
But an artificial god transforms the economy into a lottery game that’s “pray to win”
The ultimate prize: a wish (including resurrection)
And with enough prayers, his family might be returned…
Harold lost his family in an accident
But an artificial god transforms the economy into a lottery game that’s “pray to win”
The ultimate prize: a wish (including resurrection)
And with enough prayers, his family might be returned…
Simultaneous Times episode 90 has launched! Featuring stories by @taracampbell.bsky.social and @brandoncase101.bsky.social with music by Phog Masheeen and TSG
www.podomatic.com/podcasts/spa...
www.podomatic.com/podcasts/spa...
August 15, 2025 at 10:58 PM
I have a new audio story “Jackpot God” out on Simultaneous Times!
Harold lost his family in an accident
But an artificial god transforms the economy into a lottery game that’s “pray to win”
The ultimate prize: a wish (including resurrection)
And with enough prayers, his family might be returned…
Harold lost his family in an accident
But an artificial god transforms the economy into a lottery game that’s “pray to win”
The ultimate prize: a wish (including resurrection)
And with enough prayers, his family might be returned…
Starting an adventure with heartbreak and the desire to prove to oneself that I CAN is a powerful motivation—but can quickly became hazardous for someone stubborn, who often finds it impossible to back down… even when it would be wise to do so.
July 31, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Starting an adventure with heartbreak and the desire to prove to oneself that I CAN is a powerful motivation—but can quickly became hazardous for someone stubborn, who often finds it impossible to back down… even when it would be wise to do so.
Reposted by Brandon Case
NEW STORY: "Wild Centaurs Viewed from Our Safari Spaceship" by @brandoncase101.bsky.social
Read it here: 100footcrow.com/wild-centaurs/
Read it here: 100footcrow.com/wild-centaurs/
Wild Centaurs Viewed from Our Safari Spaceship - 100-Foot Crow
By: Brandon Case. Our safari spaceship flies over the sandstone mesa. Cacti and tumbleweeds whip beneath our transparent floor. A dust cloud announces the herd. Across the plateau run dozens of wild c...
100footcrow.com
June 26, 2025 at 10:44 AM
NEW STORY: "Wild Centaurs Viewed from Our Safari Spaceship" by @brandoncase101.bsky.social
Read it here: 100footcrow.com/wild-centaurs/
Read it here: 100footcrow.com/wild-centaurs/
Yesss! 🖤🕸️🕷️
I love this story, and I’m super excited it found a home at @flashfictiononline.bsky.social . Special thanks to @beckyhalsey.bsky.social and all the wonderful FFO editors.
Happy Mother’s Day! 🖤
I love this story, and I’m super excited it found a home at @flashfictiononline.bsky.social . Special thanks to @beckyhalsey.bsky.social and all the wonderful FFO editors.
Happy Mother’s Day! 🖤
“Eight Legs of the Mother Hunted” by Brandon Case is just in time for Mother’s Day here in the US. Wishing all moms and mother figures, of humans and pets and spiders alike, a great weekend!
@brandoncase101.bsky.social
#flashfiction #specfic #mothersday
www.flashfictiononline.com/article/eigh...
@brandoncase101.bsky.social
#flashfiction #specfic #mothersday
www.flashfictiononline.com/article/eigh...
Eight Legs of the Mother Hunted
Eight legs, fleeing. Eight babies cling to my back.Over my black exoskeleton, my children scuttle on sticky feet, pitter-patt-pitt, trying to hide from you.Your torches shine violent orange in my e…
www.flashfictiononline.com
May 9, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Yesss! 🖤🕸️🕷️
I love this story, and I’m super excited it found a home at @flashfictiononline.bsky.social . Special thanks to @beckyhalsey.bsky.social and all the wonderful FFO editors.
Happy Mother’s Day! 🖤
I love this story, and I’m super excited it found a home at @flashfictiononline.bsky.social . Special thanks to @beckyhalsey.bsky.social and all the wonderful FFO editors.
Happy Mother’s Day! 🖤
Reposted by Brandon Case
Check out "Eight Legs of the Mother Hunted" by @brandoncase101.bsky.social
www.flashfictiononline.com/article/eigh...
exemplifying the sacrifices of mother/parenthood throughout the animal kingdom
www.flashfictiononline.com/article/eigh...
exemplifying the sacrifices of mother/parenthood throughout the animal kingdom
May 9, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Check out "Eight Legs of the Mother Hunted" by @brandoncase101.bsky.social
www.flashfictiononline.com/article/eigh...
exemplifying the sacrifices of mother/parenthood throughout the animal kingdom
www.flashfictiononline.com/article/eigh...
exemplifying the sacrifices of mother/parenthood throughout the animal kingdom
Reposted by Brandon Case
Manawaker Studio's Flash Fiction Podcast presents:
“The Book of Tar” by Brandon Case (@brandoncase101.bsky.social)
podcastaddict.com/manawaker-st...
Supported by Patreon patrons: patreon.com/manawaker
#flashfiction #podcast #cancer #necromancy #magicalrealism
“The Book of Tar” by Brandon Case (@brandoncase101.bsky.social)
podcastaddict.com/manawaker-st...
Supported by Patreon patrons: patreon.com/manawaker
#flashfiction #podcast #cancer #necromancy #magicalrealism
May 1, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Manawaker Studio's Flash Fiction Podcast presents:
“The Book of Tar” by Brandon Case (@brandoncase101.bsky.social)
podcastaddict.com/manawaker-st...
Supported by Patreon patrons: patreon.com/manawaker
#flashfiction #podcast #cancer #necromancy #magicalrealism
“The Book of Tar” by Brandon Case (@brandoncase101.bsky.social)
podcastaddict.com/manawaker-st...
Supported by Patreon patrons: patreon.com/manawaker
#flashfiction #podcast #cancer #necromancy #magicalrealism
Reposted by Brandon Case
This merman loves bicycles and we're not going to judge him for that. "A Love of Bicycles in the Violent Now" by @brandoncase101.bsky.social:
smallwondersmag.com/piece/a-love...
7/34
smallwondersmag.com/piece/a-love...
7/34
A Love of Bicycles in the Violent Now - Small Wonders
My kind hates humans for turning our fossilized ancestors into pollution and making our deep-ocean homes uninhabitable. But depleted oil reserves brought this resurgence of bicycles, which I love!
smallwondersmag.com
February 14, 2025 at 8:36 PM
This merman loves bicycles and we're not going to judge him for that. "A Love of Bicycles in the Violent Now" by @brandoncase101.bsky.social:
smallwondersmag.com/piece/a-love...
7/34
smallwondersmag.com/piece/a-love...
7/34
If you haven’t checked out The Daily Tomorrow yet, please do!
They serialize one story per week, delivered to your inbox in daily bite-sized chunks.
Currently it’s “The End of an Infinite Moment,” about artificial intelligence, love, and trying to have a baby (and hope) in a collapsing world.
🤖❤️👶
They serialize one story per week, delivered to your inbox in daily bite-sized chunks.
Currently it’s “The End of an Infinite Moment,” about artificial intelligence, love, and trying to have a baby (and hope) in a collapsing world.
🤖❤️👶
New Story Sunday! We have for you an unboundedly beguiling short fiction by Brandon Case @brandoncase101.bsky.social. And this week, even some thoughts about the story going in! Is that too much? Are we tainting the experience? Let us know! Either way, please enjoy "The End of an Infinite Moment."
The End of an Infinite Moment - Part One
By Brandon Case
open.substack.com
February 13, 2025 at 4:31 AM
If you haven’t checked out The Daily Tomorrow yet, please do!
They serialize one story per week, delivered to your inbox in daily bite-sized chunks.
Currently it’s “The End of an Infinite Moment,” about artificial intelligence, love, and trying to have a baby (and hope) in a collapsing world.
🤖❤️👶
They serialize one story per week, delivered to your inbox in daily bite-sized chunks.
Currently it’s “The End of an Infinite Moment,” about artificial intelligence, love, and trying to have a baby (and hope) in a collapsing world.
🤖❤️👶
Hello writing friends!
If you’re voting for the awards
(or simply want to read 🖤)
here are my eligible works from 2024!
If you’re voting for the awards
(or simply want to read 🖤)
here are my eligible works from 2024!
December 20, 2024 at 6:54 PM
Hello writing friends!
If you’re voting for the awards
(or simply want to read 🖤)
here are my eligible works from 2024!
If you’re voting for the awards
(or simply want to read 🖤)
here are my eligible works from 2024!
I had a blast interviewing @camdenscorner.bsky.social, discussing her excellent opening line, and quietly wanting your spouse to die, and the genesis of experimental story structure 😁🖤
Xanax Hamster issue 2 is almost ready! To get a taste of what's in store, check out this interview between @brandoncase101.bsky.social and @camdenscorner.bsky.social, where they talk about first lines, weird structures, and rejections!
youtu.be/SicW259Y1FM
youtu.be/SicW259Y1FM
Xanax Hamster author interviews: Brandon Case and Camden Rose
YouTube video by From Beyond Press
youtu.be
November 21, 2024 at 11:30 PM
I had a blast interviewing @camdenscorner.bsky.social, discussing her excellent opening line, and quietly wanting your spouse to die, and the genesis of experimental story structure 😁🖤
Reposted by Brandon Case
It is possible that we have never loved anything as strongly as the protagonist of @brandoncase101.bsky.social's story, "A Love of Bicycles in the Violent Now," from Issue 9.
smallwondersmag.com/...
smallwondersmag.com/...
A Love of Bicycles in the Violent Now - Small Wonders
My kind hates humans for turning our fossilized ancestors into pollution and making our deep-ocean homes uninhabitable. But depleted oil reserves brought this resurgence of bicycles, which I love!
smallwondersmag.com
September 17, 2024 at 4:10 PM
It is possible that we have never loved anything as strongly as the protagonist of @brandoncase101.bsky.social's story, "A Love of Bicycles in the Violent Now," from Issue 9.
smallwondersmag.com/...
smallwondersmag.com/...
Aah! My story “Darkness, Blanket of My Eyes” was mentioned by @cypayseur.bsky.social in @locusmag.bsky.social ! 🔥🖤🔥
Many thanks to Charles (“oof” was the perfect summary for this piece 😁) and the wonderful editors at @flashfictiononline.bsky.social!
locusmag.com/2024/09/char...
Many thanks to Charles (“oof” was the perfect summary for this piece 😁) and the wonderful editors at @flashfictiononline.bsky.social!
locusmag.com/2024/09/char...
Charles Payseur Reviews Short Fiction: Small Wonders, Flash Fiction Online, and Cast of Wonders
Small Wonders 5/24 Flash Fiction Online 5/24 Cast of Wonders 5/29/24 I’ll start off with May’s Small Wonders, a publication dedicated to flash fiction and poetry, which includes Angel Leal’s power…
locusmag.com
September 7, 2024 at 7:52 PM
Aah! My story “Darkness, Blanket of My Eyes” was mentioned by @cypayseur.bsky.social in @locusmag.bsky.social ! 🔥🖤🔥
Many thanks to Charles (“oof” was the perfect summary for this piece 😁) and the wonderful editors at @flashfictiononline.bsky.social!
locusmag.com/2024/09/char...
Many thanks to Charles (“oof” was the perfect summary for this piece 😁) and the wonderful editors at @flashfictiononline.bsky.social!
locusmag.com/2024/09/char...
Reposted by Brandon Case
I had a blast assembling this list of stellar genre flash, spanning SFFH, mystery, historical, romance & YA! With stories from:
Paul Martz
Tara Campbell @taracampbell.bsky.social
ML Krishnan @emelkrishnan.bsky.social
LM Guay @nightgleaming.bsky.social
1/?
#sffh #flashfiction
Paul Martz
Tara Campbell @taracampbell.bsky.social
ML Krishnan @emelkrishnan.bsky.social
LM Guay @nightgleaming.bsky.social
1/?
#sffh #flashfiction
Recommended Reading: Genre Flash! - Uncharted
by Myna Chang I love genre fiction and flash fiction, so I was thrilled when I learned Uncharted would be offering another flash contest this year! The contest is open to stories of 1,000 words or les...
www.unchartedmag.com
July 12, 2024 at 5:22 PM
I had a blast assembling this list of stellar genre flash, spanning SFFH, mystery, historical, romance & YA! With stories from:
Paul Martz
Tara Campbell @taracampbell.bsky.social
ML Krishnan @emelkrishnan.bsky.social
LM Guay @nightgleaming.bsky.social
1/?
#sffh #flashfiction
Paul Martz
Tara Campbell @taracampbell.bsky.social
ML Krishnan @emelkrishnan.bsky.social
LM Guay @nightgleaming.bsky.social
1/?
#sffh #flashfiction
Reposted by Brandon Case
⚡️NEW HORROR ⚡️ It’s visceral, strange, even a bit squishy. 🙈😱 It’s our latest original story: “Darkness, Blanket of My Eyes” by @brandoncase101.bsky.social
www.flashfictiononline.com/article/dark...
#horror #flashfiction #writingcommunity
www.flashfictiononline.com/article/dark...
#horror #flashfiction #writingcommunity
Darkness, Blanket of My Eyes
Darkness my blanket, tied close by the one I love.Beyond my blindfold, outside this abandoned Chevron station, I hear movement.Gasping, slapping, moist flesh—fwap, fwap—a squeal. Silence.Neighborho…
www.flashfictiononline.com
May 17, 2024 at 4:58 PM
⚡️NEW HORROR ⚡️ It’s visceral, strange, even a bit squishy. 🙈😱 It’s our latest original story: “Darkness, Blanket of My Eyes” by @brandoncase101.bsky.social
www.flashfictiononline.com/article/dark...
#horror #flashfiction #writingcommunity
www.flashfictiononline.com/article/dark...
#horror #flashfiction #writingcommunity
Reposted by Brandon Case
Today, Jerry just wants to make friends in "A Love of Bicycles in the Violent Now" by @brandoncase101.bsky.social
"This might be my chance to approach, to convince them we’re not so different. Assuming I can get my body to cooperate."
smallwondersmag.com/piece/a-love...
"This might be my chance to approach, to convince them we’re not so different. Assuming I can get my body to cooperate."
smallwondersmag.com/piece/a-love...
A Love of Bicycles in the Violent Now - Small Wonders
My kind hates humans for turning our fossilized ancestors into pollution and making our deep-ocean homes uninhabitable. But depleted oil reserves brought this resurgence of bicycles, which I love!
smallwondersmag.com
March 18, 2024 at 4:08 PM
Today, Jerry just wants to make friends in "A Love of Bicycles in the Violent Now" by @brandoncase101.bsky.social
"This might be my chance to approach, to convince them we’re not so different. Assuming I can get my body to cooperate."
smallwondersmag.com/piece/a-love...
"This might be my chance to approach, to convince them we’re not so different. Assuming I can get my body to cooperate."
smallwondersmag.com/piece/a-love...
Reposted by Brandon Case
Just finished the sly fun read that is “The Book of Tar” in @factorfourmagazine.com by @brandoncase101.bsky.social on an overcast February morning in Paris.
In related news, missing a beach vacay right about now.
In related news, missing a beach vacay right about now.
February 18, 2024 at 7:29 AM
Just finished the sly fun read that is “The Book of Tar” in @factorfourmagazine.com by @brandoncase101.bsky.social on an overcast February morning in Paris.
In related news, missing a beach vacay right about now.
In related news, missing a beach vacay right about now.
Hello, BlueSky!
Let's start with one of my favorite black-and-white shots from Northern Washington 🖤🤍
Let's start with one of my favorite black-and-white shots from Northern Washington 🖤🤍
August 16, 2023 at 6:19 AM
Hello, BlueSky!
Let's start with one of my favorite black-and-white shots from Northern Washington 🖤🤍
Let's start with one of my favorite black-and-white shots from Northern Washington 🖤🤍