Fiction
Original works of weird fiction.
“Landscape, With Fish”
original fiction by Karen Heuler • “He never actually saw the fish take off — he always caught them flying, instead — but he had to assume they did a kind of leap first, so he put up a higher fence.”
“First Photograph”
original fiction by Zoran Živković • “Exactly two months and eleven days after my twin brother and I were conceived, he decided not to be born.”
“The Last Great Clown Hunt”
original fiction by Chris Furst • “Entire tribes of clowns had been wiped out. Even the proud Karamazovs and the once-numerous Bozos were reduced to eking out a living as Ripley’s exhibits.”
Trick or treat: “Seven Shades”
original fiction by Karen Best • “The doctors here have warned him that her teeth are not to be looked upon unless he wants his eyes to boil.”
One-Minute Weird Tales: vol.0 no.1
A backyard sci-fi horror story by J.M. McDermott, complete in one minute.
“Tom Edison & His Telegraphic Harpoon”
original fiction by Jay Lake • “The steam ram City of Hoboken moved like a drunken bear in all weathers, pistons groaning with the pain of metal as the great machine walked the prairies.”
Spam Fiction: “Mexico Delivered At Your Door”
The third place winner in the Weird Tales Spam Fiction Contest!
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MEXICO DELIVERED AT YOUR DOOR
by Kristine Duffey
copyright © 2008 / May not be reproduced without permission
I love Mexican food. Tacos, enchiladas, and guacamole are my favorites. So, the email offered to deliver Mexico to my door, and I was hooked. I should have [...]
Spam Fiction: “Boy Eats Fried Rat, Pictures”
The second place winner in the Weird Tales Spam Fiction Contest!
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BOY EATS FRIED RAT, PICTURES
by Eric Grissom
copyright © 2008 / May not be reproduced without permission
Almost everyone has seen the pictures, and the unfortunate few at the Coma Farm who haven’t will be getting the audio version with their next round of [...]
Spam Fiction: “Let Yourself Look Spiny”
Finally! It took a few extra days for us to contact all the winners, but Weird Tales is now proud to present: the first place winner in the Weird Tales Spam Fiction Contest!
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LET YOURSELF LOOK SPINY
by Richard Howard
copyright © 2008 / May not be reproduced without permission
“Bone Exposure is sort of like paleontology,” [...]
Vaughn’s dragon roars
Carrie Vaughn’s popular WT story “For Fear of Dragons” is now available as an audio download from PodCastle.org!
