Category: Short Stories
“Pour One Out” in Print in DreamForge Magazine!
by Shannon Fox
I recently returned from Superstars Writing Seminars to discover Issue 11 of DreamForge Magazine of Science and Fantasy Fiction had arrived with my story “Pour One Out” in print! This beautiful full-color magazine includes stories from the two most recent digital issues of DreamForge Anvil. Get your copy from Amazon today – click here to buy!
A Fall Update
by Shannon Fox
Hello! I’ve been gone for a while and a lot of exciting things have happened over the past six months. 1) I got married on October 1st! It was every bit as magical as I’d hoped it would be. A truly amazing day and week of friends and family and love. 2) A friend brought me a copy of Cursed Collectibles to sign at … Read More A Fall Update
“The Weight of Promises Kept” to Be Published by Air & Nothingness Press
by Shannon Fox
2022 is already off to a great (and busy!) start! Very excited to share that I’ll have a story in the upcoming Air and Nothingness Press anthology, Orpheus + Eurydice Unbound. This anthology challenged the writers to reimagine specific parts of the famous Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. I chose “the wedding” portion of the myth and reimagined it as a gender-swapped sci-fi … Read More “The Weight of Promises Kept” to Be Published by Air & Nothingness Press
New Story in Slippery Elm – Available Now!
by Shannon Fox
Happy Monday friends! A couple pieces of writing news for me: -First, I got my copies of the new issue of Slippery Elm which contains my short story, “Cold Bluff.” If you haven’t read my other published work because it sounded too dark or too scary, then this is the one! It’s a lovely little contemporary fiction short about an old man who gets … Read More New Story in Slippery Elm – Available Now!
“Cold Bluff” To Be Published in Slippery Elm Literary Journal
by Shannon Fox
Some stories take longer than others to find a home. In the case of my short story, “Cold Bluff,” it took almost two years of consistently sending it out for it to be picked up by Slippery Elm Literary Journal. I’m so stoked that this story is going to be featured in such a fantastic publication! A friend had their story published in Slippery … Read More “Cold Bluff” To Be Published in Slippery Elm Literary Journal
“The Pirate Prince of the Barbary Coast” Finds a Home in a New Anthology, Particular Passages
by Shannon Fox
Hot on the heels of the news about Hold Your Fire anthology release, I have another short story coming out later this month! My story, “The Pirate Prince of the Barbary Coast” will be included in the Particular Passages anthology. About the Particular Passages: Down a forgotten hallway lie rooms no one has entered. Each room contains a world waiting to be explored. Some … Read More “The Pirate Prince of the Barbary Coast” Finds a Home in a New Anthology, Particular Passages
Hold Your Fire Anthology News!
by Shannon Fox
I blinked and somehow it’s Christmas. Christmas in the weirdest of all years, but Christmas just the same. I also blinked and it’s been over a month since I updated my blog and I have a couple things to share! Well, more than a couple things, but we’ll see how many posts I get to over the next few weeks. Starting first with the … Read More Hold Your Fire Anthology News!
Monsters, Movies, & Mayhem Out Today!
by Shannon Fox
Monsters, Movies, & Mayhem is officially available today! This anthology features 23 new stories celebrating monsters and the movies. I’m honored to have my story, “Hyde Park” included in the stellar lineup. Edited by Kevin J. Anderson and published by WordFire Press, this is an awesome anthology you won’t want to miss. Available in paperback and ebook. Click here to buy it now! Lights! … Read More Monsters, Movies, & Mayhem Out Today!
Writing Update: 2 Short Stories Find a Home and Monsters, Movies, & Mayhem Available for Pre-Order!
by Shannon Fox
It’s a good day to share a little writing news! Over the weekend I learned that two of my short stories, “White Feather” and “Hyde Park” will be published in the next Superstars Writing Seminars anthology, Hold Your Fire! “Hyde Park” will actually be a reprint as it will first appear in the Monsters, Movies, & Mayhem Anthology which is coming out later this … Read More Writing Update: 2 Short Stories Find a Home and Monsters, Movies, & Mayhem Available for Pre-Order!
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Cursed Collectibles: An Anthology is Available Now
by Shannon Fox
It’s officially Spooktober and what better way to celebrate than with a new collection of spooky stories?! Cursed Collectibles is officially available through Amazon! The Kindle version is available now, with print and audiobook versions to come in the next couple weeks. Click here to purchase Cursed Collectibles: An Anthology for Kindle Spend an afternoon antiquing and it’s not hard to figure out why … Read More Cursed Collectibles: An Anthology is Available Now
The Shell Collector
by Shannon Fox
The Shell Collector by Anthony Doerr The exquisitely crafted stories in Anthony Doerr’s acclaimed debut collection take readers from the African coast to the pine forests of Montana to the damp moors of Lapland, charting a vast physical and emotional landscape. Doerr explores the human condition in all its varieties-metamorphosis, grief, fractured relationships, and slowly mending hearts-and conjures nature in both its beautiful abundance and … Read More The Shell Collector
Writing Updates: Shadow of the Magician and More
by Shannon Fox
That’s a pretty cool sight, right? As a writer, having all those words you’ve written in book format is really just an indescribable feeling. I can’t even accurately tell you what that feels like except damn good. In May I finished the most recent draft of Shadow of the Magician. I’m really excited about where it’s finally gotten to and feel this is about the … Read More Writing Updates: Shadow of the Magician and More
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