Category: Reading

Free Fiction Friday: Steadfast

So I found out this week that my flash fiction retelling of Hans Christian Andersen’s The Steadfast Tin Soldier won second place in the Women on Writing Winter 2019 Flash Fiction contest.

The Steadfast Tin Soldier was always one of those fairytales I wanted to retell … with a happy ending. Steadfast is a contemporary retelling with a gender flip (she’s the soldier, he’s the dancer). Even better, it has an unapologetic happy ending.

You can click on through to the contest page to read it, along with the other two terrific stories that placed first and third. If you’re in the mood, you can keep going and read the top ten.

Free Fiction Friday: Epic Fantasy Book Lovers Box

Each month, Crystal Watanabe curates a fantastic collection of books centering around a genre or a theme. You have a few days left in April to download the Epic Fantasy box.

If you love epic fantasy, you’ll definitely want to check this out. If you want a surprise in your inbox each month, sign up for the virtual book box subscription.

Free Fiction Friday: The Last Banquet of Temporal Confections by Tina Connolly

Illustrated by Anna & Elena Balbusso

Do yourself another favor this week. Go read this story. The Last Banquet of Temporal Confections by Tina Connolly is a fabulous novelette.

You can read online for free, or if you want to curl up with it (like I did), you can buy it for 99 cents.

Free Fiction Friday: How Does She Do It? by Jane O’Reilly

A fabulous and fun piece of flash fiction from Daily Science Fiction: How Does She Do It? by Jane O’Reilly.

Do yourself a favor and start your Friday with this story.

Free Fiction Friday: The Bargain (Super Deluxe Version)

While I’ve shared this story before, I haven’t shared the super deluxe version I made the other day.

I love the image of the dragon that I found, and it was fun to make this little graphic, but I’m not really sure what to do with it. Other than sharing it here, that is.