Recent and Upcoming Short Fiction
Unseelie Brothers, Ltd.
May 2021 - The novelette, “Unseelie Brothers Ltd.” appears in the May issue of Uncanny Magazine and you can listen to it free, here!
The Rain Remembers What The Sky Forgets
June 2023 - The short story, “The Rain Remembers What The Sky Forgets” appears in the May/June issue of Uncanny, and you can read & listen to it, free, here!
Anthologies
Fran Wilde’s short fiction can be found in select anthologies.
The Year’s Best Fantasy, Vol. 1 (July 2022)
“A Catalog of Storms”
With selections of the best fiction from Asimov's, F&SF, Clarkesworld, Lightspeed, and other top venues, The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy is your guide to magical realms and worlds beyond tomorrow.
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“A Catalog of Storms”
The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy and Horror: Volume 1 delivers tales of deathly possession, the weirdly surreal, mysterious melancholy, and frighteningly plausible futures.
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“A Catalog of Storms”
The Year’s Best Science Fiction Vol. 1: The Saga Anthology of Science Fiction 2020 displays the top talent and the cutting-edge cultural moments that affect our lives, dreams, and stories.
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“Midway”
Screams From the Dark is a chilling anthology featuring 29 all-original tales of monsters from bestselling and award-winning authors, edited by Ellen Datlow, one of the top editors in horror.
Tor Nightfire
ISBN 9781250797063
“Rhizome, by Starlight”
What if the apocalypse isn't the end of the world? In this follow-up to Defying Doomsday, disabled and chronically ill protagonists build new worlds from the remains of the old.
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“Welcome to the Underhill Cinema”
Monsters, Movies & Mayhem is a fun, nostalgia-filled anthology of 23 original, lighthearted horror tales riffing on the movie monsters of both modern cinema and B-movie favorites.
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“The Fall of the Bank of Usher”
Thirteen of YA's most celebrated names reimagine Edgar Allan Poe's most surprising, unsettling, and popular tales for a new generation in His Hideous Heart.
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“Twice the Same River”
Futurescapes is about futures we want and don’t want. Things to be pursued and things to be avoided at all cost. Futurescapes is about harnessing the genius of art to chart a better life for humanity.
“The Society for the Reclamation of Words and Meaning”
Do Not Go Quietly is an anthology of science fiction and fantasy short stories about those who resist.
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“The Sea Never Says It Loves You” & “Clearly Lettered, in a Mostly Steady Hand”
The Best of Uncanny collects many of the best stories and poems from the first 22 issues of Uncanny Magazine.
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“The Synchronist”
Infinity’s End contains stories of a future that’s lived in; of a life in space that’s hard and lonely, whether it’s inside Saturn’s rings or a colony in the clouds of Neptune.
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“Only Their Shining Beauty Was Left”
The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror 2017 includes sinister fairy tales, dreadful new legends, and spooky tales sure to spur the shivers.
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“The Jewel and Her Lapidary”
The Nebula Awards Showcase reprints the winning and nominated stories of the Nebula Awards, voted on by the members of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA).
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“Happenstance”
Futurescapes: Cities of Empowerment is more than just a collection of engaging tales. It is also as a roadmap to steer
communities away from negative futures and towards positive ones.
“The Thousandth Cycle”
The fantastic stories in Eclipse Phase: After the Fall explore the vastness and intricacies of the Eclipse Phase RPG universe and are a great read for science fiction fans, especially those leaning towards transhuman sci-fi.
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“Death and My Mentions”
The Death of All Things includes 22 writers taking their shot at the Grim Reaper with explorations of the mythical, fantastical, and futuristic bonds between life and death.
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“A Moment of Gravity, Circumscribed”
The thirteenth Tarot card is Death, and he is a symbol not of the end, but of transformation and rebirth. The 28 authors of Thirteen: Stories of Transformation are voices—new and old—who are not afraid to explore what comes next.
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“A Moment of Gravity, Circumscribed”
An astonishing amount of the science and technology in vintage science fiction has come to pass but much has not. For a fresh take on these classic ideas, try Impossible Futures.
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“How to Feed Your Pyrokinetic Toddler”
Mechanical Animals is a speculative fiction safari that riffs on the traditional ideals of automata to explore our strange and competitive relationship with the natural world.
Literary Magazines
The following stories can be found in various magazines, journals, and zines.
"The Rain Remembers What The Sky Forgets," Uncanny Magazine, May/June 2023 Read Now.
“The Midway,” 29 Screams from The Dark, June 2022.
“Shadow Plane,” Weird Tales, Spring 2022. selected for Years' Best Dark Fantasy & Horror
"My Cloak of Keys," The Deadlands, Vol. 10, January 2022
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"Seed Star," Asimov's Science Fiction, July/August 2021.
"Unseelie Brothers Ltd.," Uncanny Magazine, May/June 2021.
Read now. Best Fantasy of 2021, Hugo Finalist, Locus Reading List
“Mayor For Today,” Asimov’s Science Fiction, January/February 2021.
Read Now.
“An Explorer’s Cartography of Already-Settled Lands,” Tor.com, April 2020.
Read now.
“A Catalog of Storms,“ Uncanny Magazine, January 2019.
Nebula Award Finalist ∙ Hugo Award Finalist ∙ Locus Award Finalist ∙ 2020 Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy ∙ 2020 Year's Best Dark Fantasy & Horror ∙ The Saga Anthology: 2020 Best Science Fiction and Fantasy
Read now. Listen now.
“The 10,000th Cycle," Future Magazine, 2019.
“Choose Wisely,” Fireside Fiction, December 2018.
Read now.
“The Sea Never Says It Loves You,” Uncanny Magazine, March 2018.
Read now.
“Ruby, Singing,” Beneath Ceaseless Skies, September/October 2018.
BSFA Longlist
Read now.
“Disconnect,” Uncanny Magazine: Disabled People Destroy Science Fiction, October 2018.
Read now.
"A Recipe for Magic," co-written with Kat Howard, BarnesandNoble.com, 2017.
Read now.
“Clearly Lettered in a Mostly Steady Hand” Uncanny Magazine, September 2017.
2018 Eugie Foster Award Winner ∙ Nebula Award Finalist ∙ Hugo Award Finalist ∙ World Fantasy Award Finalist
Read now. Listen now.
“Regarding Your Future with the Futures Planning Consortium,” with Raq Winchester, Fireside Fiction, April 2017.
Read now.
“Only Their Shining Beauty Was Left," Shimmer, September 2016.
2016 Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror ∙ 2016 Locus Rrecommended Reading List ∙ WSFA Small Press Award Finalist
Read now.
“A Moment of Gravity Circumscribed (A Bone Universe Story),” Lightspeed Magazine, October 2016.
Read now.
“Bent the Wing, Dark the Cloud,” Beneath Ceaseless Skies, September 2015.
Read now.
“You Are Two Point Three Meters from Your Destination,” Uncanny Magazine, Spring 2015.
Read now.
“With Regrets, the Official Report of the Ballot Incident at the Academy Scientific (The Naturalist Cycle),” Lakeside Circus Year Two, Issue One, 2015.
“How to Walk through Historic Graveyards in the Digital Age,” Asimov’s Science Fiction, April/May 2015.
Read now.
“Welcome Briefing At The Obayashi-Ragan Youth Hostel” Abyss & Apex, October 2014.
Read now.
“Like a Wasp to the Tongue,” Asimov’s Science Fiction, April/May 2014.
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“Nine Dishes on the Cusp of Love,” Daily Science Fiction, June 2014.
Read now.
"Local Delicacies," Drabblecast #328, June 2014. Read by Lauren Synger.
Read and listen now.
“The Topaz Marquise,” Beneath Ceaseless Skies issue #152, July 2014.
Read now.
“Without,” Nature, September 2012.
Read now.
“Everlasting,” Daily Science Fiction, September 2011.
Read now.