Short Fiction Archives | ELJ Editions

It Came from the 80’s

Oct 7, 2026 | Coming Soon, Short Fiction

The 80’s were a golden age for horror. Friday the 13th, A Nightmare on Elm Street, and their many offspring were everywhere. It was also a golden age for pop and rock music. Prince, Bruce Springsteen, and Culture Club, among many others. So what happens when you put those two things together? In It Came from the 80’s, Poison’s “Talk Dirty to Me” turns into a battle to the death between good and evil magic, “Footloose” becomes a grotesque mass violence event, and even “Escape (If you love pina coladas…)” transforms into a grim tale of desire gone wrong.

Your Daily Micro Desk Calendar 2027

Sep 25, 2026 | Anthology, Coming Soon, Short Fiction

Start every morning of 2027 with a new world of fiction and art. ELJ Edition’s 2027 Your Daily Micro Tear-Away Calendar delivers a daily, bite-sized escape into stories written by diverse authors from every corner of the globe. Perfect for book lovers, busy readers, and writers seeking daily inspiration, this beautifully designed calendar turns your desk into a daily literary festival.

Domesticated Creatures

Aug 5, 2026 | Coming Soon, Featured, Short Fiction

George-Rupert is a struggling writer and failing donkey parent who is trying to navigate suburban absurdities and moonshot dreams alongside his unsympathetic wife. Then Gene, a reaper, moves into The Hills and befriends him alone. A relationship with cloaked death becomes one more complication, or perhaps salvation, as his life threatens to fall apart.

Magical Objects

Mar 28, 2025 | Short Fiction

Magical Objects is a weirdo collection of flash and short fiction drawing from fabulism and the magical power of metaphor. It’s genre-bendy, queer, dark, whimsical, and ridiculous. It is a fairy tale of growing up with books and fairy tales. It is about words, identity, and broken, smart-assy girls learning how to draw strength from their scars.

Sweet Nothings Are a Diary If You Know How to Read Them

Nov 14, 2024 | Chapbook, Short Fiction

Virtuoso scream queens. Cuckholding cockroaches. Scorned mermaids. Orphaned trapeze artists. Young love. True love. Secret love. Consuming love. Sex, strippers, Stoli, and a severed human hand. A collection of 22 micros and flashes to light your fire and break your heart.

Pretend I’m Not Here

Oct 5, 2024 | Featured, New Release, Short Fiction

Pretend I’m Not Here features characters struggling with sex, identity and meaning in a world collapsing around them. Everyone is longing for something—the beloved, a newborn child, even annihilation. Cities burn, protests rage, isolation intensifies. A motif of masks and costumes runs throughout as characters experiment with who they are and struggle for connection in an absurd world. Though bleak, many of the stories end with a moment of dark optimism.

I Will Judge You from Your Roommate

May 28, 2024 | Coming Soon, Featured, Short Fiction

A vibrant new short story collection from Fatima J. Alharthi exploring the fundamental question of identity: who am I? These stories challenge collectivism while embracing the beautifully imperfect nature of being human. From Saudi Arabia to the Aegean Sea, Kenya to Syria, the restless drive to anchor the self transcends geography.

What Blooms in the Dark

Oct 11, 2023 | Short Fiction

The stories in What Blooms in the Dark imagine worlds where nature is magic, queer love transcends universes, and relationships pulse with the fear of inevitable grief. Capitalism preserves ghosts and produces cyborgs. Women are inspired by cicadas’ screaming songs and sparrows that transform into light.

All Lovers Burn at the End of the World

Oct 11, 2023 | Short Fiction

All Lovers Burn at the End of the World is a collection of 50 micros and flashes that straddle our world and beyond in a voicy mix of speculative and literary fiction.

The Monsters Are Here

Sep 11, 2023 | Short Fiction

The thirty stories in this collection can be described as Kelly Link meets Bram Stoker and Nathaniel Hawthorne in a forest or an alternative universe with aliens. The stories rely on both humor and terror to capture the reader’s attention.