Sean MacKendrick
@seanmackendrick.bsky.social
Short fiction writer
SFWA member
SFWA member
October 29, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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Manawaker Studio's Flash Fiction Podcast presents:
“A Silent Aria” by Sean MacKendrick @seanmackendrick.bsky.social
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“A Silent Aria” by Sean MacKendrick @seanmackendrick.bsky.social
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October 23, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Manawaker Studio's Flash Fiction Podcast presents:
“A Silent Aria” by Sean MacKendrick @seanmackendrick.bsky.social
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Supported by Patreon patrons: patreon.com/manawaker
#flashfiction #podcastfiction #narratedfiction
#speculativefiction #scifistories #scifiaudio
“A Silent Aria” by Sean MacKendrick @seanmackendrick.bsky.social
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Supported by Patreon patrons: patreon.com/manawaker
#flashfiction #podcastfiction #narratedfiction
#speculativefiction #scifistories #scifiaudio
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New ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ anthology review just dropped.
I urge you to check out this collection of horror tales from the likes of @travisearl.bsky.social @seanmackendrick.bsky.social @mariah-southworth.bsky.social & @annomaraheyward.bsky.social
I urge you to check out this collection of horror tales from the likes of @travisearl.bsky.social @seanmackendrick.bsky.social @mariah-southworth.bsky.social & @annomaraheyward.bsky.social
Mark Robinson's review of IT'S DARK IN THEIR MINDS
5/5: For me, a great anthology does two things: it provides little bite-sized pleasures of reading delight when not in the mood for a novel and introduces new writers. I’m happy to say this one hits t...
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July 24, 2025 at 4:07 PM
New ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ anthology review just dropped.
I urge you to check out this collection of horror tales from the likes of @travisearl.bsky.social @seanmackendrick.bsky.social @mariah-southworth.bsky.social & @annomaraheyward.bsky.social
I urge you to check out this collection of horror tales from the likes of @travisearl.bsky.social @seanmackendrick.bsky.social @mariah-southworth.bsky.social & @annomaraheyward.bsky.social
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In this issue!
Dust Over the Dunes by Lilly Lockwood
Historian of the Corporate Age by Billie Leavenworth
Upon their Backs they Heave the Earth by Nick Badot
The Curious Case of Starfall Valley by Ian Fortey
Another Trip Around The Sun by Sean MacKendrick
Red Maple Moon by Emmie Christi
Dust Over the Dunes by Lilly Lockwood
Historian of the Corporate Age by Billie Leavenworth
Upon their Backs they Heave the Earth by Nick Badot
The Curious Case of Starfall Valley by Ian Fortey
Another Trip Around The Sun by Sean MacKendrick
Red Maple Moon by Emmie Christi
December 20, 2024 at 6:15 PM
In this issue!
Dust Over the Dunes by Lilly Lockwood
Historian of the Corporate Age by Billie Leavenworth
Upon their Backs they Heave the Earth by Nick Badot
The Curious Case of Starfall Valley by Ian Fortey
Another Trip Around The Sun by Sean MacKendrick
Red Maple Moon by Emmie Christi
Dust Over the Dunes by Lilly Lockwood
Historian of the Corporate Age by Billie Leavenworth
Upon their Backs they Heave the Earth by Nick Badot
The Curious Case of Starfall Valley by Ian Fortey
Another Trip Around The Sun by Sean MacKendrick
Red Maple Moon by Emmie Christi
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Ever feel like you just don't belong? Even amongst your own family? Like you're not even real? Then you might understand how Brooke feels. Check out "A Butterfly's Echo" by Sean MacKendrick. It's out now in our 83rd issue!
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March 31, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Ever feel like you just don't belong? Even amongst your own family? Like you're not even real? Then you might understand how Brooke feels. Check out "A Butterfly's Echo" by Sean MacKendrick. It's out now in our 83rd issue!
www.roifaineantpress.com/post/a-butte...
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Some excellent narration in this edition of @mythaxis.bsky.social
i42 ToC
Tag, You’re It - Sean MacKendrick
Listen, Don’t Touch - Cheryl Ntumy
Lay-offs - Anna Ziegelhof
Swimming With Elephants - Travis Ezell
The House We Built Together, Yesterday - Charlie Winter
Someday Someone’s Gonna Steal Your Carbon - Josh Pearce
Strange Pictures, by Uketsu - by Bill Ryan
Tag, You’re It - Sean MacKendrick
Listen, Don’t Touch - Cheryl Ntumy
Lay-offs - Anna Ziegelhof
Swimming With Elephants - Travis Ezell
The House We Built Together, Yesterday - Charlie Winter
Someday Someone’s Gonna Steal Your Carbon - Josh Pearce
Strange Pictures, by Uketsu - by Bill Ryan
July 22, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Some excellent narration in this edition of @mythaxis.bsky.social
Check out my latest story in the Mythaxis! The issue has some seriously good audio.
Issue 42 of Mythaxis Magazine is out now!
mythaxis.co.uk/issue-42/
Six new stories in text and audio formats, and reviews too!
Many thanks to @SeanMacKendrick.bsky.social, Cheryl Ntumy, Anna Ziegelhof, Travis Ezell, Charlie Winter, Josh Pearce, @faceyouhate.bsky.social, and Micah Hyatt on voice!
mythaxis.co.uk/issue-42/
Six new stories in text and audio formats, and reviews too!
Many thanks to @SeanMacKendrick.bsky.social, Cheryl Ntumy, Anna Ziegelhof, Travis Ezell, Charlie Winter, Josh Pearce, @faceyouhate.bsky.social, and Micah Hyatt on voice!
July 1, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Check out my latest story in the Mythaxis! The issue has some seriously good audio.
A story of mine is appearing in the newest RDG Books Press horror anthology. Check out the trailer!
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"It's Dark in Their Minds" RDG BOOKS PRESS Horror Anthology Vol I
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June 8, 2025 at 11:08 PM
A story of mine is appearing in the newest RDG Books Press horror anthology. Check out the trailer!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONR7...
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Story time! My latest flash fiction is free to read thanks to @foofarawpress.bsky.social
Word on the street is you might be looking for a story about a severed clown head… foofaraw.press/greebee-by-s... #shortstory
April 26, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Story time! My latest flash fiction is free to read thanks to @foofarawpress.bsky.social
Check out my new drabble in the latest Trembling with Fear!
John Dougherty infects us with 'Carcinoma' in this week's #TremblingWithFear w/drabbles by Catherine Berry, Sean MacKendrick, & Gideon Smith
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#AmReading #AmWriting #WritersLife #bookworm #IndieWriter #IndieAuthors #horror #Book #Books
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#AmReading #AmWriting #WritersLife #bookworm #IndieWriter #IndieAuthors #horror #Book #Books
March 30, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Check out my new drabble in the latest Trembling with Fear!
My short story "Hammering Home" appears in the latest issue of Brilliant Fiction. Check it out!
Check out our latest issue at brilliantflashfiction.com/2025/01/31/j....
Thank you to all the writers who contributed to this brilliant issue, and to Laurie Scavo for her photography.
Thank you to all the writers who contributed to this brilliant issue, and to Laurie Scavo for her photography.
JANUARY 2025
File a ReportBy H. A. Eugene One warm summer evening a boy had the bejeesus scared out of him by an object hovering in the night sky that was bigger than the mountain it loomed over, and emanated a…
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February 2, 2025 at 10:48 PM
My short story "Hammering Home" appears in the latest issue of Brilliant Fiction. Check it out!
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Just in time to stuff your stocking! It's Impossible Worlds Issue 6! Only $5 in our shop, or free to our Impossible Dreamer and Unlikely voter patrons!
Six new fantastic tales!
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#scifi #fantasy #magazine #indiebooks #speculativefiction #sff #indiepub
Six new fantastic tales!
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#scifi #fantasy #magazine #indiebooks #speculativefiction #sff #indiepub
December 23, 2024 at 1:13 PM
Just in time to stuff your stocking! It's Impossible Worlds Issue 6! Only $5 in our shop, or free to our Impossible Dreamer and Unlikely voter patrons!
Six new fantastic tales!
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#scifi #fantasy #magazine #indiebooks #speculativefiction #sff #indiepub
Six new fantastic tales!
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#scifi #fantasy #magazine #indiebooks #speculativefiction #sff #indiepub
Check out Another Trip Around the Sun in the newest upcoming issue of the always-entertaining Impossible Worlds. And then check out all the available back issues if you haven't already.
Monday- ISSUE VI of Impossible Worlds! And within its pages, six new tales of the fantastical and strange! Pick it up on Dec 23 for just $5 and in the meantime check out our backlog on our site!
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December 20, 2024 at 9:12 PM
Check out Another Trip Around the Sun in the newest upcoming issue of the always-entertaining Impossible Worlds. And then check out all the available back issues if you haven't already.
My first story to appear in the engaging @acrossthemargin.bsky.social
A work of fiction that speaks to the complications in communication between parents and their children as time carries on. “Iron and Oak” by Sean MacKendrick: acrossthemargin.com/iron-and-oak/ #Fiction #Family #Aging
Iron and Oak
A work of fiction that speaks to the complications in communication between parents and their children as time carries on… by: Sean MacKendrick Paula stood at the kitchen sink washing dishes …
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December 5, 2024 at 6:26 PM
My first story to appear in the engaging @acrossthemargin.bsky.social
"Award winning" is going into my bio toot sweet.
December 4, 2024 at 12:32 AM
"Award winning" is going into my bio toot sweet.
It's a little bit embarrassing to discover how personally I can still take a rejection email, especially when the criticism is both detailed and accurate.
November 30, 2024 at 3:07 AM
It's a little bit embarrassing to discover how personally I can still take a rejection email, especially when the criticism is both detailed and accurate.
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Our Trembling With Fear zine has an insatiable need for drabbles. We're looking for dark and speculative (ie SFFH) stories that tell a complete tale in exactly 100 words. We publish THREE every darn week!
Submit 'em over here >> horrortree.com/submissions/
- Lauren ( @laurenwrites.bsky.social )
Submit 'em over here >> horrortree.com/submissions/
- Lauren ( @laurenwrites.bsky.social )
November 13, 2024 at 9:13 PM
Our Trembling With Fear zine has an insatiable need for drabbles. We're looking for dark and speculative (ie SFFH) stories that tell a complete tale in exactly 100 words. We publish THREE every darn week!
Submit 'em over here >> horrortree.com/submissions/
- Lauren ( @laurenwrites.bsky.social )
Submit 'em over here >> horrortree.com/submissions/
- Lauren ( @laurenwrites.bsky.social )
I was lucky enough to have a story accepted for the wonderful Flame Tree press's Moon Falling Short Stories. "The Bird and the Moon" appear in this beautiful volume.
November 23, 2024 at 6:46 AM
I was lucky enough to have a story accepted for the wonderful Flame Tree press's Moon Falling Short Stories. "The Bird and the Moon" appear in this beautiful volume.
Get in the holiday spirit with a classic Santa Claus story! My sci fi story "All Through the House" appears in the latest issue of Allegory.
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Allegory | All Through the House
Biannual Online Magazine of SF, Fantasy & Horror
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November 23, 2024 at 6:39 AM
Get in the holiday spirit with a classic Santa Claus story! My sci fi story "All Through the House" appears in the latest issue of Allegory.
www.allegoryezine.com/stories/fict...
www.allegoryezine.com/stories/fict...
Love love love the podcasts Manawaker studio puts out regularly. Check out this little tale of an inbound ship and the never ending quest to see your name in the record books. @cbdroege.bsky.social
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Space Race – FFP 0911
Manawaker Studio's Flash Fiction Podcast · Episode
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November 23, 2024 at 6:33 AM
Love love love the podcasts Manawaker studio puts out regularly. Check out this little tale of an inbound ship and the never ending quest to see your name in the record books. @cbdroege.bsky.social
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Did you know National Bartender Day is December 6th? Believe it or not that was the inspiration for this story.
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“One for the Road” • by Sean MacKendrick
The sirens amplified as the door opened and a man limped in, ash falling from his hair. He blinked while his eyes adjusted to the dim inter...
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November 23, 2024 at 6:28 AM
Did you know National Bartender Day is December 6th? Believe it or not that was the inspiration for this story.
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Check out my little story with a title most publishers hated and told me was too silly. I guess Daikaijuzine isn't afraid of a little silliness. @daikaijuzine.bsky.social
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Seasonal Updates for Exotic Game and Foraging Enthusiasts | Daikaijuzine
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November 23, 2024 at 6:23 AM
Check out my little story with a title most publishers hated and told me was too silly. I guess Daikaijuzine isn't afraid of a little silliness. @daikaijuzine.bsky.social
www.daikaijuzine.org/seanmackendr...
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My university library had old bound issues of Amazing Stories from the 30's and 40's that I would read between classes. What a history. @amazingstories.bsky.social
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Be A Fine Guy, Kiss Me! by Sean McKendrick – FREE STORY
A mother, a grandmother, and a sensitive child. Many parents have to deal with this, and their parents help, too. But some children are very sensitive, just too sensitive… To: Christine H...
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November 23, 2024 at 6:20 AM
My university library had old bound issues of Amazing Stories from the 30's and 40's that I would read between classes. What a history. @amazingstories.bsky.social
amazingstories.com/2024/09/be-a...
amazingstories.com/2024/09/be-a...
I was lucky enough to appear in Nature Futures! An absolute delight. @naturefutures.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Nostalgia
A night to remember.
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November 23, 2024 at 6:16 AM
I was lucky enough to appear in Nature Futures! An absolute delight. @naturefutures.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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