Hello, I'm a short story writer, fiction podcaster, and book author. 👋🏽 You can read my short genre fiction on my site or listen to it in my podcast. New stories weekly. ***FIND IT ALL AT STORYFEATHER.COM *** Genres: science fiction, fantasy, fairy tales, fables, mythology, and occasionally, horror. Follow me on Pinterest to see soothing art progression videos. Or read previous issues of my email publication, the Storyfeather Gazette, to learn more about my stories and about me. (This profile page of mine is just the tip of the iceberg. I invite you to explore any of the links that interest you below. 🧐 Choose high jinks 🤓.)
Dogs are out here - meeting cat wizards, making bargains with fairies, and hiding from the authorities in a gas giant. Storyfeather Gazette.
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August 2026 Issue 2 In this issue: A "show I like" segment, and short stories & podcast episodes from second half of August. GHOSTS ARE FUN (ON TV) 👻 I don't have any stories of apparitions this time. But if you like tales about dogs, this issue's offerings should please. ✒️ 🪶 🎙Greetings! I'm Nila. Every week, I release a new short story and a new podcast episode spanning the genres of science fiction, fantasy, mystery, mythology, fairy tale, fable, and horror. 🐕 Dog-gust 🚀✒️ For this month's theme, dogs. Because they're special. And August is special. Titles and taglines below. Enjoy! Short StoriesYear 13. This year's theme is WildCards. Cards pulled from games. Maybe characters who are wild cards? I'll figure it out as I go. ONCE UPON A FIG BEETLE A DOG DREAMS OF WINGS Find more Year 13 stories at the button below. Podcast EpisodesThe Wheel of Fiction turns and decides each story's theme. Thirteen spokes total. Eight are the themes of past seasons, one is a Wild Card, one is "Turn Again," and three are a mystery. The text links below go to the Explore page on Storyfeather, where you can listen to the episode and find more info about the story Pressing on the Spotify embed image leads to the episode's Spotify page. THE LUNARIAN Two astronauts investigate a faint but suspicious signal on the dark side of the moon, and encounter the being who sent the signal. 🌚
An imaginative girl narrates in her captain’s log as she, her father, and her dog pass through a car wash…and emerge on the other side of the galaxy. 🚀
Find more episodes at the button below. 🐾 “Sometimes I build gadgets with one of my younger human companions.”
“The dexterity of their paws is enviable. Though, I don’t think I should like to walk on only my hind legs.”
“Agreed,” said Luna, with a somewhat forced chuckle. For she still liked the cat wizard, but was somewhat put off by his pretense. He had invited her to his home as a guest, and was now seeking to make her an employee.
They’d just met, and she didn’t want to do business with a villain.
—From "Once Upon a Fig Beetle" Attention Fiction Writers ✒️Did you know I have a dedicated area of the Storyfeather site just for fictioneers? You'll find articles, a resources page, my book. You can even sign up for my newsletter, Fictioneer's Field Guide. I pick a topic or theme for the month. Then, I send out a short weekly email with tools, tips, techniques, troubleshooting, and typically a demo using one of my stories. On signing up, you'll get a PDF download to help you spark your story, and a short welcome series of emails walking you through that PDF. Visit the 🌿 Fictioneer's Field Station today! Reminder: You can always customize and change what emails you receive from me by using the "update preferences" link at the bottom of each email. Parting words🪶Next time, a September of mysteries in the podcast. A missing professor who left behind a letter, a surgeon who found the soul, a star haunted by her shadow, and a newly discovered ancient species. As for the short stories, two themes comes to mind: Soup-temper and Super-tember. I'll figure it out. 🤓 Happy reading and listening! 📚 |
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Hello, I'm a short story writer, fiction podcaster, and book author. 👋🏽 You can read my short genre fiction on my site or listen to it in my podcast. New stories weekly. ***FIND IT ALL AT STORYFEATHER.COM *** Genres: science fiction, fantasy, fairy tales, fables, mythology, and occasionally, horror. Follow me on Pinterest to see soothing art progression videos. Or read previous issues of my email publication, the Storyfeather Gazette, to learn more about my stories and about me. (This profile page of mine is just the tip of the iceberg. I invite you to explore any of the links that interest you below. 🧐 Choose high jinks 🤓.)