Coming-of-age Fiction
The Blessing List
We went around the table saying what we were thankful for. No one said the truth.
Jon Negroni
Jon Negroni is a Puerto Rican author based in the San Francisco Bay Area. He’s published two books, as well as short stories for IHRAM Press, The Fairy Tale Magazine, and more.
The Graven Oaths
Magic oaths carved in bone. Trauma passed through blood. Both must be cut out.
speculative fiction
Little Good People
She was paid to invent the perfect neighbors. Now she can't prove who's real.
poetry
Three Poems from Lynchburg: A Study in Stillness
The Table, Dishwater Light, and Evening Window.
romantic comedy fiction
The Ex Files
Her ex is getting married. Her other ex is the maid of honor. This is fine.
Cozy Horror
Someone Lived There Too
The house on Seagrass Close is haunted. But the ghosts aren't angry. They're lonely.
literary horror
The Caller isn't Human
At 3 AM in a dead-end laundromat, the payphone rings three times. No one ever answers. No one ever should.
Speculative Horror
The Petals Beneath Her Tongue
A disgraced influencer sells her emotions as consumable flavors. But the technology under her tongue has plans of its own.
supernatural fiction
Housekeeping for the Dead
Seven rooms. Seven deaths. I have to clean up all of them.
urban fantasy
The Ghost Census
Every hundred years, the dead cast their votes. And the living wait to see if they still deserve tomorrow.
Romantic Fantasy
I Am the Wolf, I Am the Boy
When someone loves him, he becomes a wolf. Then he forgets them forever.
magical realism
The Archivist
When missed calls and broken promises begin piling up as literal objects in his home, Isandro must choose to burn or keep everything he's been carrying for years.