Aah! My story “Darkness, Blanket of My Eyes” was mentioned by @ClowderofTwo in Locus Magazine! 🔥🖤🔥 Many thanks to Charles (“oof” was the perfect summary for this piece 😁) and the wonderful editors at Flash Fiction Online! locusmag.com/2024/09/charle…

It is possible that we have never loved anything as strongly as the protagonist of @brandoncase101's story, "A Love of Bicycles in the Violent Now," from Issue 9. smallwondersmag.com/piece/a-love-o…

HUNGER GAMES x GIDEON THE NINTH Gifted magic and pain by a sentient curse, two modern teenagers compete in a series of deadly challenges to win amnesty during the coming apocalypse—forced to choose between humanity, their family, or 🖤🤍 each other. #PitDark #YA #UF #FA 🐉

GIDEON THE NINTH x HUNGER GAMES 💔 Doomed love 🏟️ Deadly coliseum 🐉 Shapeshifting dragons 💪 Themed powers 🪖 Magic vs the US Military 💥 Apocalyptic scale 📡 Broadcasting 📊 Social media votes to kill 💃 Banter and bickering 🖤 Dark humor 🤜 Heart punches #PitDark #YA #UF #FA

HUNGER GAMES x GIDEON THE NINTH Leah 🖤 🍺 Addiction 💨 Abandonment 🤕 Trauma ☠️ Grief Nolan 🤍 🫡 Duty 🙃 Self-loathing 🙅‍♂️ Denial ⚖️ Judgement “In moments we reflect the worst of our parents, two paths diverge—reject or become.“ #PitDark #YA #UF #FA 🐉

HUNGER GAMES x GIDEON THE NINTH Gifted magic and pain by a sentient curse, two modern teenagers compete in a series of deadly challenges to win amnesty during the coming apocalypse—forced to choose between humanity, their family, or 🖤🤍 each other. #PitDark #YA #FA #UF 🐉

HUNGER GAMES x GIDEON THE NINTH Leah, wild, her skittish love born of abandonment and pain 🖤 Nolan, steady, his clenched love rooted in self-forsaking sacrifice 🤍 As rivals in the Trials of Humanity, can they both even survive? ☠️

When your alcoholic mother who steals from you to fund her binges texts: “your on evERY NEWS PUNCHING SMUG SHIT IN HIS FACE. FLYING. POWERS. SPONSORSHIPS! YOU NEED MANAGER TO HELP WITH MONEY DON’T WORRY BABY I’M COMING!!!” #UnhingedPit #Q #YA #F 🖤🐉🐉🤍

Today, stretch your limbs and don't let anyone force you into a shape that doesn't fit you. Read "Unbending My Bones" by Sierra Branham in our issue 11 here: smallwondersmag.com/piece/unbendin…

My flash story “Eight Legs of the Mother Hunted” is free to read at Flash Fiction Online! It’s about a spider mom who tries to save her babies from the humans hunting their silk 🖤 🕸️ 🕷️ I love this one—please check it out if you have a few minutes! flashfictiononline.com/article/eight-…

NEW STORY: "Wild Centaurs Viewed from Our Safari Spaceship" by Brandon Case . Read it here: 100footcrow.com/wild-centaurs/

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.