SHORT STORY REX Year Two in Review 2024
YEAR TWO IN REVIEW: i am a poet and didnt know it So last year i did a year-end roundup of all the stuff I’d recommended in the newsletter, and I figured I’d...
SHORT STORY REX Dec 2024
1. “The Giraffe”, Charles O. Smith Here's one of those fables that has not only sea monsters and magical potions but also op-eds and drag nights and old...
(two) year(s ago) in review
(two) year(s ago) in review (or: RIP cohost) back when it was first announced or made official that Twitter was being bought by Elon Musk, a lot of people...
SHORT STORY REX November 2024
1. “The Kwak Race”, Manuela Draegher Remember October? Remember “worldbuilding discourse”? Well, here’s a story which uses a persistent trickle of casual...
SHORT STORY REX Oct 2024
1. R.T. Ester, “After Stasis” Finely-drawn sci-fi suspense on the virtual pages of Interzone Digital. Claustrophobia and fear of contagion reign among three...
Interview with Ivy Grimes
Anyone who was reading along with Short Story Rex last year knows that 2023 was the year I discovered the work of Ivy Grimes. I couldn’t shut up about her!...
SHORT STORY REX Aug/Sep 2024
1. “Letter from Mt. Monroe Elementary 3rd Grade”, Sarah Pauling I’ll admit things trend toward “bleak” or at the least “darkly, darkly obtuse” here at Short...
20 Book Covers pt 1
August has been a wild time and I’ve been slack on my short story recs so I’ll probably double up and do an August-September post a month or so from now. In...
SHORT STORY REX July 2024
jfc is this month over already 1. “Saurophaster in Oculus”, JF Gleeson Surprise, surprise, another story from ergot.! This one messes around with all sorts...
2024 so far: stories
It’s mid July and this year is a little more than half way over so I thought it’d be a good moment to do a little self-promo recap of the stories I’ve had...
SHORT STORY REX June 2024
Short Story Rex, June 2024 1. “The Abandoned”, Jack Klausner It was just sitting there in the dead leaves, she says.I tell her she shouldn’t pick up things...
“Manywhere, Manyone, Manything” in Seize the Press #10
“Manywhere, Manyone, Manything” in Seize the Press #10 As of a week or so ago, my story “Manywhere, Manyone, Manything” is available for all to read online...
SHORT STORY REX May 2024
SHORT STORY REX May 2024 1.”About Face And”, Ben Lockwood Still thinking about this story a long while later. Specifically, my writer/editor brain is...
SHORT STORY REX April 2024
SHORT STORY REX April 2024 1. “Alabama Circus Punk,” Thomas Ha More brilliant work from Thomas Ha, this time in ergot. A story that convincingly shows how an...
“The Skullhole Panic” and “La reja de Fátima IV”
“The Skullhole Panic” and “La reja de Fátima IV” Very quickly, some updates for March and April of this year. 1) the April issue of Gamut magazine has this...
SHORT STORY REX March 2024
SHORT STORY REX March 2024 1. "Dirt Retreat", Eugénie Szwalek The cover of the new Fusion Fragment is beautiful and the story its based on, equally so....
SHORT STORY REX Feb 2024
Short Story Rex Feb 2024 1. "Pig House", Kay Vaindal so if i described this story as 'mother and daughter go on a road trip to visit a pig' you might at...
New story: "Hank Eltz, the Singer"
New story: "Hank Eltz, the Singer" Hi there and welcome to the new newsletter, or rather the old newsletter in a new place. Still getting to grips with...
Updates Jan-Feb 2024
Some housekeeping re me and my stories
SHORT STORY REX Jan 2024
Happy new(ish) year everybody! Here, have some short story recs!