Short Stories
Links to some of my short stories online (as well as information about those only available in print).
Sommerland (Web Conjunctions)
The Gorge (Your Impossible Voice)
You can buy the print issue of Your Impossible Voice #27 here, also featuring stories by Robert Glück, Alvin Lu, and others. This story was nominated for a Pushcart Prize.
Ragwell, or The Intelligentsia (Santa Monica Review). This story is not available online, but you can buy the Spring 2022 Santa Monica Review that contains "Ragwell, or The Intelligentsia" here, also containing stories by Mindela Ruby, Barry Gifford, and others. This is the fourth of the cat stories, and things are starting to unravel.
The Cinnamon Mother and Other Stories (Rivet Journal)
The Realitarians (Interzone). This story is not available online, but you can buy the 2019 May/June Interzone #281 that contains "The Realitarians" here, also containing stories by Georgina Bruce, Rebecca Campbell, and others. "The Realitarians" is the third in a projected series of eleven stories about feline sleuths. Things are now starting to unravel, only the cats can put things right, and one of them has already gone over to the dark side.
Shots of Water Are Free (Santa Monica Review). This story is not available online, but you can buy the Spring 2019 Santa Monica Review that contains "Shots of Water Are Free" here, also containing stories by Kareem Tayyar, Geoff Wyss, and others.
Seldomstone (Rivet Journal)
Э (Georgia Review). This story is not available online, but you can buy the Summer 2018 Georgia Review that contains "Э" here, also containing stories by A. Joachim Glage, Julia Elliott, and others.
P.Q. (Interzone). This story is not available online, but you can buy the 2018 July/August Interzone #276 that contains "P.Q" here, also containing stories by Tim Major, Paul Crenshaw, and others. This story was also reprinted in Best of British Science Fiction 2018.
Twelve Answers Only You Can Question (EPOCH). This story is not available online, but you can buy the 2018 Volume 67, Number 2 EPOCH that contains "Twelve Answers Only You Can Question" here, also containing stories by Lamar Herrin, John L'Heureux, and others. This story was also reprinted in The Best of British Fantasy 2018.
The Logicians (Ninth Letter). This story is not available online, but you can buy the Spring/Summer 2018 Ninth Letter that contains "The Logicians" here, also containing stories by Ari Laurel, Katherine Zlabek, and others.
Reception Theory (Your Impossible Voice)
You can buy the print issue of Your Impossible Voice #16 here, also featuring stories by Tahseen Béa, Dallas Woodburn, and others.
Bellacqua, or the Establishment (Santa Monica Review). This story is not available online, but you can buy the Fall 2017 Santa Monica Review that contains "Bellacqua, or the Establishment" here, also containing stories by Brendan Park, Ashley Farmer, and others. "Bellacqua, or the Establishment" is the second in a projected series of eleven stories featuring Bellacqua, Ragwell, Finisterra, Slim, and Bowra-Yin, five cats who save the world but without being able to save any of the individual humans they exploit along the way.
You're Never Lonely With a Laughtrack (Crimespree). You can buy #65 of Crimespree (Spring 2017) here. This story is not available online.
The History of Harrabash ( Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet). You can buy #35 of Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet (December 2016) here, also containing stories by Kate Story, Henry Wessells, and others. "The History of Harrabash" is the first in a projected series of eleven stories featuring the fantasy republic of Harrabash. This story is not available online.
Henry James and the Bigfoot (Santa Monica Review). This story is not available online, but you can buy the Spring 2016 Santa Monica Review that contains "Henry James and the Bigfoot" here, also containing stories by Gary Amdahl, Gary Soto, and others.
The Postmen (Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine) This story is in the June 2015 EQMM, also containing stories by Sheila Kohler, Mat Coward, and others. Specific back issues of EQMM are hard to obtain, but "The Postmen" can also be read on Great Jones Street, which is an app you can download (no signup required), bringing stories that first appeared in print to a wider audience. "The Postmen" is the first in a projected series of eleven stories featuring Bellacqua, Ragwell, Finisterra, Slim, and Bowra-Yin, angst-ridden hardboiled detectives who just happen to be cats.
Angles and Rebounds (ZYZZYVA) This story is not available online, but you can buy the Spring 2015 ZYZZYVA (no. 103) that contains "Angles and Rebounds" here, also containing stories by Lydia Millet, Héctor Tobar, and others.
Emergency Calls (Santa Monica Review) This story is not available online, but you can buy the Spring 2015 Santa Monica Review that contains "Emergency Calls" here, also containing stories by Stephen Cooper, David L. Ulin, and others.
Using the Word "Posterity" in a Sentence (Mid-American Review) This story is not available online, but you can buy the printed volume of Mid-American Review 34.2 that contains "Using the Word 'Posterity' in a Sentence" here, also containing stories by Lesley Nneka Arimah, Brian Costello, and others. (Interview about the story here.)
The Unbidden (Web Conjunctions)
I Saw Your Ad For A Trumpeter (Alaska Quarterly Review)
You can buy the printed volume of the Spring/Summer 2014 Alaska Quarterly Review that
contains "I Saw Your Ad for a Trumpeter"
here, also containing stories by Sarah Cornwell, Julia MacDonnell, and others.
Some Dragons Do Better in the Small Intestine (Wag's Revue)
The Prouf is in the Vermouf (Buenos Aires Review) (en Español, traducción de Santiago Martorana)
The
Forgery (Untoward)
Many
Islands (KGB Bar Lit Magazine)
Middlegame
(Narrative)
You
can also buy the printed volume of the Winter 2012 Narrative that
contains "Middlegame" here, also containing stories by Alice Munro, Sherman Alexie, and others.
Ichiwa
Ango (first posted in Night Train, reposted in Fiction365)
The
Masses Demand a Realistic and Constructive Assessment of the
General Secretary's Condition (Electric Literature -- The
Outlet)
Juno
Broccoli and the Songstealers (Storyglossia)
Hecklers
(ApostropheCast) appears here in podcast form, was reposted in text form in Jokes Literary Review). You can buy the print copy of Jokes Literary Review #2 here.
Cute Monster Spirit Pet Fluffy You Up! (Ninth Letter) This story is not available online, but you can buy the printed volume of the Fall/Winter 2008 Ninth Letter that contains "Cute Monster Spirit Pet Fluffy You Up!" here, also containing stories by César Aira, Mai Al-Nakib, and others.
Brush
Fire (first posted in SoMa Literary Review, reposted in Fiction365)
Believe
What You Read About the Wodderin (first posted in Dublin Quarterly, reposted in Jokes Literary Review). You can buy the print copy of Jokes Literary Review #1 here.
The
Mysterious Remnant (Agni Online)
Tornadoes
Along a Möbius Strip (Entelechy)
Gwendolyn,
or Shame Intruding Briefly on Guilt (Narrative)
A
Woman Talking To Albatrosses About Monogamy (Identity Theory)
The
Roaring Ocean Does Not Roar (Fiction Attic)
The
Master Who Painted Birds (Eclectica)
Contact: james jameswarner net
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