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Main index of short fiction publications, most recent shown first. Use links on left to narrow search to a single category (micro fiction, flash fiction or short stories).
Big Bang (28 words)
Accepted for publication online. Flashshot, 03 Nov 2011.
Wish I Hadn't Brought That Up ( 46 words)
Accepted for publication online. Flashshot, 24 Oct 2011.
Old Bill's Money (55 words)
Accepted for publication online. Flashshot, 06 Oct 2011.
Sitting Pretty (1,061 words)
Accepted for publication online, The Straitjackets Magazine, Fall 2011. Cherry-picked by the Editors at ABCtales, 2009.
Let's Start Again (931 words)
Accepted for publication in print in the ABCtales anthology of the same name, 2011 having been previously Cherrypicked by the Editors, Aug 2011.
Brought Back (74 words)
Accepted for publication online. Flashshot, 17 July 2011.
Caught (404 words)
Published online, Firstwriter Magazine, Issue 19, Summer 2011. First published entitled One Last Hurrah, as Winning Entry - Adult Creative Writing Club Competition No. 105, May 2010.
What the Ghost Left (889 words)
Accepted for publication in Golden Visions Magazine, Spring Online Edition 2011.
ISSN No 1942 4450. First published, ABCtales, 2004 as a Ghost Story Competition entry.
Best Treatment (24 words)
Accepted for publication online. Flashshot - issue 3,251 - May 2011. Commended, Leaf Books Competition and first published in Anthology, Aug 2006. Read at Yunnan University, April 2011.
The Old Man in the Sea (64 words)
Accepted for publication online. Flashshot - issue 3,245 - May 2011. Read at Yunnan University, May 2011.
Mr Opportunity (698 words)
Accepted for publication in 6 Tales Magazine, May 2011. First published as Runner up, Adult Creative Writing Club Competition No. 84, Aug 2008.
Melting Clocks (320 words)
Accepted for publication online in Bewildering Stories Issue 428, April 2011. This story first appeared back in 2004 entitled Melting Time when it took Second place in an Arts Pagoda Forum Short Story Competition on VoicesNet.
Ellie Closes the Book (1,273 words)
Accepted for publication online. The Straitjackets Magazine, Spring 2011.
Based on a True Story (89 words)
Accepted for publication online. Flashshot - issue 3,161 - Feb 2011.
Read at Yunnan University 25 March 2011.
Hobby (98 words)
Accepted for publication online. Flashshot - issue 3,169 - Feb 2011.
Read at Yunnan University 25 March 2011.
Out of Deep Space (601 words)
Accepted for publication online and PDF in The Fringe Magazine, Jan 2011.
Out of Touch (1,389 words)
Runner up - Adult Creative Writing Club Competition No. 106, June 2010.
The Bite (989 words)
Accepted for publication online in The Straitjackets Magazine, Summer 2010.
Read at Yunnan University 25 March 2011.
The Maze (1,488 words)
Accepted for publication (print and pdf) in Twisted Tongue Magazine, Issue 14, Dec 2009, ISSN 1749-9941.
First published as Runner-up in Adult Creative Writing Club Competition No 86, Oct 2008.
Bones in the Mud (521 words)
Accepted for publication (print and online) entitled Bones in the Mud in Blinking Cursor Literary Magazine Issue Two Winter 2009. First published online entitled Just Kidding as Winning entry, Adult Creative Writing Club Competition No. 94, June 2009.
Read on Radio Sarawak, RED fm 91.9, Nov 2009.
A Sure Thing (959 words)
Winning Entry, Adult Creative Writing Club Competition No 95, July 2009.
Penelope's Poisonous Plan (314 words)
Winning Entry - Adult Creative Writing Club Competition No. 88, Dec 2008. Read on Radio Sarawak RED fm 91.9, Feb 2009.
The True Friend of Fairy Farndale (741 words)
Accepted for publication online, Fantasy Gazetteer Issue 6, Aug 2008. Read on Radio Sarawak, RED fm 91.9, Feb 2009.
At the End of the Day (226 words)
Competition runner-up. Published (pdf and print) Gold Dust Issue 13, Summer 2008.
First published as winner www.wearewriters.co.uk flash fiction competition, Aug 2006.
Read on Radio Sarawak, RED fm 91.9, Feb 2009.
Grandpa's Old Walking Stick (375 words)
Competition runner-up. Published (pdf and print) Gold Dust Issue 13, Summer 2008.
Read on Radio Sarawak, RED fm 91.9, Nov 2009.
Look Again (193 words)
Runner up, Between the Cracks Digest, Flash Fiction Competition, Feb 2008.
Snapshot (958 words)
Winning Entry, Adult Creative Writing Club Competition No. 76, Dec 2007.
Read on Radio Sarawak, RED fm 91.9, 11 Nov 2009.
A Wave from a Stranger (1,518 words)
Winner, Writers Billboard Short Fiction Competition, Dec 2007.
The Timepiece (1,679 words)
Winning Entry, Adult Creative Writing Club Competition No.75, Nov 2007.
The Deep End (490 words)
Winning Entry, Adult Creative Writing Club Competition No. 72, Aug 2007.
Read on Radio Sarawak, RED fm 91.9, Nov 2009.
Wind in the Western Desert (522 words)
Winning Entry (as Balancing Act) Adult Creative Writing Club Competition No. 71, July 2007.
The New Boy (400 words)
Published (pdf and print) Gold Dust Issue Eight, Autumn 2006.
Read on Radio Sarawak, RED fm 91.9, Nov 2009.
Characters and events are fictitious and any resemblance to actual people, living or dead, is purely coincidental. As pieces are published internationally, please excuse the mix of conventions and spellings. Stories will often have been revised since publication and titles, text, and word counts may differ from original versions.
fiction by colin w campbell