Ken Wetherington
@kenwetherington.bsky.social
American Legacy Book Award winner!! Nominated for “Best American Short Stories” 2023. First Runner-Up for the 2022 Harambee Literary Prize. Pushcart Nominee. Two collections on Amazon. Website: https://kenwetherington.com
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Ken Wetherington
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Check out my website. Lots of free stories to read.
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Red Tomatoes
So much depended on red tomatoes. Fresh off the vine, each bite a burst of summer. Today even the best backyard heirlooms taste like something plucked from a shelf. Though homegrown with care, they start as seeds from glassed-in plants— picked green, gassed red, and never knowing the…
So much depended on red tomatoes. Fresh off the vine, each bite a burst of summer. Today even the best backyard heirlooms taste like something plucked from a shelf. Though homegrown with care, they start as seeds from glassed-in plants— picked green, gassed red, and never knowing the…
Red Tomatoes
So much depended on red tomatoes. Fresh off the vine, each bite a burst of summer. Today even the best backyard heirlooms taste like something plucked from a shelf. Though homegrown with care, they start as seeds from glassed-in plants— picked green, gassed red, and never knowing the taste of rain. David Henson and his wife reside in Illinois. His work has been nominated for four Pushcart Prizes and has appeared in various publications, including Eunoia Review, Best Microfictions 2025, Ghost Parachute, MoonPark Review, Maudlin House, and Literally Stories. His website is His X handle is @annalou8.
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December 1, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Red Tomatoes
So much depended on red tomatoes. Fresh off the vine, each bite a burst of summer. Today even the best backyard heirlooms taste like something plucked from a shelf. Though homegrown with care, they start as seeds from glassed-in plants— picked green, gassed red, and never knowing the…
So much depended on red tomatoes. Fresh off the vine, each bite a burst of summer. Today even the best backyard heirlooms taste like something plucked from a shelf. Though homegrown with care, they start as seeds from glassed-in plants— picked green, gassed red, and never knowing the…
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This is so cool! A TfL poster from 1926 predicting London's cityscape 100 years in the future - in 2026. Seen in the London Transport Museum's depot in Acton. Very steampunk. www.ltmuseum.co.uk/collections/...
November 23, 2025 at 1:04 PM
This is so cool! A TfL poster from 1926 predicting London's cityscape 100 years in the future - in 2026. Seen in the London Transport Museum's depot in Acton. Very steampunk. www.ltmuseum.co.uk/collections/...
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November 23, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Fiction on the Web appeared on Authors Publish's list of 30 Magazines Accepting Genre Fiction, and we got 74 submissions in 48 hours! authorspublish.com/30-magazines...
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Upstairs, Vacancy
They came in pairs, sandals humid with lane‑water, the sort that clings to ankles and dries to a pale rim, and I knew the script before the door‑latch finished its chewing. Two women entered—sandals still wet, one folder, one tulip bag bleeding colour. Mother arranged the plastic…
They came in pairs, sandals humid with lane‑water, the sort that clings to ankles and dries to a pale rim, and I knew the script before the door‑latch finished its chewing. Two women entered—sandals still wet, one folder, one tulip bag bleeding colour. Mother arranged the plastic…
Upstairs, Vacancy
They came in pairs, sandals humid with lane‑water, the sort that clings to ankles and dries to a pale rim, and I knew the script before the door‑latch finished its chewing. Two women entered—sandals still wet, one folder, one tulip bag bleeding colour. Mother arranged the plastic chairs so their legs glided rather than scraped, the motion of someone who keeps a ledger in the throat.
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November 24, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Upstairs, Vacancy
They came in pairs, sandals humid with lane‑water, the sort that clings to ankles and dries to a pale rim, and I knew the script before the door‑latch finished its chewing. Two women entered—sandals still wet, one folder, one tulip bag bleeding colour. Mother arranged the plastic…
They came in pairs, sandals humid with lane‑water, the sort that clings to ankles and dries to a pale rim, and I knew the script before the door‑latch finished its chewing. Two women entered—sandals still wet, one folder, one tulip bag bleeding colour. Mother arranged the plastic…
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I recommend Adam Strassberg’s culture clash Christmas miracle December on 5C4, a funny, sensitive, and thought-provoking novel about mental illness/religion/addiction/love/loneliness. Great Christmas gift for the reader in your life! www.adamstrassberg.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:04 PM
I recommend Adam Strassberg’s culture clash Christmas miracle December on 5C4, a funny, sensitive, and thought-provoking novel about mental illness/religion/addiction/love/loneliness. Great Christmas gift for the reader in your life! www.adamstrassberg.com
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The Smart Search List of the Day is: Fee-Free Literary Poetry feat. @evergreenreview.bsky.social @yourimpossiblevoice.com et al. https://duotrope.com...
Smart Search List of the Day
The Smart Search List of the Day is: Fee-Free Literary Poetry feat. @evergreenreview.bsky.social @yourimpossiblevoice.com et al. https://duotrope.com/search/smart/poetry/fee-free-literary-poetry-aOaeYBuU
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November 16, 2025 at 1:05 PM
The Smart Search List of the Day is: Fee-Free Literary Poetry feat. @evergreenreview.bsky.social @yourimpossiblevoice.com et al. https://duotrope.com...
WINNER: AMERICAN LEGACY BOOK AWARD FOR SHORT FICTION! A collection of breathtaking variety, spanning worlds familiar and imagined. Includes “Singapura” (nominated for the Pushcart Prize and the 2023 Best American Short Stories anthology) www.amazon.com/Eye-Beholder...
In the Eye of the Beholder
Amazon.com: In the Eye of the Beholder eBook : Wetherington, Ken: Kindle Store
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October 29, 2025 at 12:01 PM
WINNER: AMERICAN LEGACY BOOK AWARD FOR SHORT FICTION! A collection of breathtaking variety, spanning worlds familiar and imagined. Includes “Singapura” (nominated for the Pushcart Prize and the 2023 Best American Short Stories anthology) www.amazon.com/Eye-Beholder...
Halloween is 4 days away. It’s a good time to check out my vampire series, which takes the form of a novella in four episodes. I’ve just added a new chapter. Free to read on my website! kenwetherington.com/the-saga-of-...
The Saga of Jake Wilkins
These tales chronicle the adventures of the vampire, Jake Wilkins. It’s best to read these stories in chronological order. The Postwar Years (April 1865 – January 2009)2020 (January 2020 – Ja…
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October 27, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Halloween is 4 days away. It’s a good time to check out my vampire series, which takes the form of a novella in four episodes. I’ve just added a new chapter. Free to read on my website! kenwetherington.com/the-saga-of-...
Halloween is just around the corner. It’s a good time to check out my vampire series, which takes the form of a novella in four episodes. I’ve just added a new chapter. Free to read on my website. kenwetherington.com/the-saga-of-...
The Saga of Jake Wilkins
These tales chronicle the adventures of the vampire, Jake Wilkins. It’s best to read these stories in chronological order. The Postwar Years (April 1865 – January 2009)2020 (January 2020 – Ja…
kenwetherington.com
October 7, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Halloween is just around the corner. It’s a good time to check out my vampire series, which takes the form of a novella in four episodes. I’ve just added a new chapter. Free to read on my website. kenwetherington.com/the-saga-of-...
I'm closing in on 4,000 readers for my story "Darwin's Énouement." Help me achieve this goal by taking 15 minute to read it here: www.fictionontheweb.co.uk/2025/06/darw...
Darwin's Énouement by Ken Wetherington
Short stories hand-picked from authors around the world. Submissions accepted. Humour, crime, sci-fi, fantasy, horror and everyday life.
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September 9, 2025 at 11:22 AM
I'm closing in on 4,000 readers for my story "Darwin's Énouement." Help me achieve this goal by taking 15 minute to read it here: www.fictionontheweb.co.uk/2025/06/darw...
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Fiction on the Web has once again made it into the Top Ten lit mags in FeedSpot's list! bloggers.feedspot.com/fiction_blog...
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July 22, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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See This
Another week, and again an organ has collapsed inside me. Hear now and see my thorax cave-whistle when I prise my ribs open, this tropical darkness enewing runt fuchsia viscera. To my pen pal in Italy, I wrote mostly of my aches and insomnia, all rinsed in the provincial philosophy that…
Another week, and again an organ has collapsed inside me. Hear now and see my thorax cave-whistle when I prise my ribs open, this tropical darkness enewing runt fuchsia viscera. To my pen pal in Italy, I wrote mostly of my aches and insomnia, all rinsed in the provincial philosophy that…
See This
Another week, and again an organ has collapsed inside me. Hear now and see my thorax cave-whistle when I prise my ribs open, this tropical darkness enewing runt fuchsia viscera. To my pen pal in Italy, I wrote mostly of my aches and insomnia, all rinsed in the provincial philosophy that pours from my tap. I could not match her enthusiasm for Cicero's rhetoric.
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June 7, 2025 at 4:00 AM
See This
Another week, and again an organ has collapsed inside me. Hear now and see my thorax cave-whistle when I prise my ribs open, this tropical darkness enewing runt fuchsia viscera. To my pen pal in Italy, I wrote mostly of my aches and insomnia, all rinsed in the provincial philosophy that…
Another week, and again an organ has collapsed inside me. Hear now and see my thorax cave-whistle when I prise my ribs open, this tropical darkness enewing runt fuchsia viscera. To my pen pal in Italy, I wrote mostly of my aches and insomnia, all rinsed in the provincial philosophy that…
WINNER: AMERICAN LEGACY BOOK AWARD FOR SHORT STORY FICTION!! A collection of breathtaking variety, spanning worlds familiar and imagined. Includes “Singapura” (nominated for the Pushcart Prize and the 2023 Best American Short Stories anthology)
www.amazon.com/Eye-Beholder...
www.amazon.com/Eye-Beholder...
In the Eye of the Beholder
Amazon.com: In the Eye of the Beholder eBook : Wetherington, Ken: Kindle Store
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May 16, 2025 at 1:17 PM
WINNER: AMERICAN LEGACY BOOK AWARD FOR SHORT STORY FICTION!! A collection of breathtaking variety, spanning worlds familiar and imagined. Includes “Singapura” (nominated for the Pushcart Prize and the 2023 Best American Short Stories anthology)
www.amazon.com/Eye-Beholder...
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Issue 14 is here!
Step off the trail, let yourself be buffeted by the wind and the rain, the fire and earth, the grief and fury and bravery of these contributors. Plus there’s a word search 🙂
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Step off the trail, let yourself be buffeted by the wind and the rain, the fire and earth, the grief and fury and bravery of these contributors. Plus there’s a word search 🙂
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25Q2
Editor’s Note This issue comes in the midst of spring’s wild growth, its uncertain promise growing from decay. In a world that feels increasingly unstable—oppressed by petty tyrants and a pil…
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April 12, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Issue 14 is here!
Step off the trail, let yourself be buffeted by the wind and the rain, the fire and earth, the grief and fury and bravery of these contributors. Plus there’s a word search 🙂
vastliterarypress.org/25q2/
Step off the trail, let yourself be buffeted by the wind and the rain, the fire and earth, the grief and fury and bravery of these contributors. Plus there’s a word search 🙂
vastliterarypress.org/25q2/
My sci-fi story, "Darwin’s Énouement," has been accepted for publication at Fiction on the Web and will appear on www.fictionontheweb.co.uk on June 27. I'll post a link when it's available.
FICTION on the WEB short stories
Short stories hand-picked from authors around the world. Submissions accepted. Humour, crime, sci-fi, fantasy, horror and everyday life.
www.fictionontheweb.co.uk
April 20, 2025 at 9:19 AM
My sci-fi story, "Darwin’s Énouement," has been accepted for publication at Fiction on the Web and will appear on www.fictionontheweb.co.uk on June 27. I'll post a link when it's available.
Check out my website. Lots of free stories to read.
Ken Wetherington
Fiction
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April 17, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Check out my website. Lots of free stories to read.
My story, "The Scene Stealer," has been published in "Discretionary Love." Here's the link: www.discretionarylove.com/the-scene-st...
The Scene Stealer, Discretionary Love
“Naked?” I asked. “Well, yeah. ” I glanced around the sparsely populated bistro before leaning close to Sam. “I’d be nervous
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April 15, 2025 at 12:16 PM
My story, "The Scene Stealer," has been published in "Discretionary Love." Here's the link: www.discretionarylove.com/the-scene-st...