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Recent Posts: GAY FLASH FICTION
PHOTOGRAPH – by Jessahme Wren
Ariel sulked in the corner, stirring her Shirley Temple with the little cocktail straw. She pulled her blazer closed over her generous bump, but to no avail; it hadn’t fit properly in months. She should’ve never come to the birthday party, but it was a corporate affair. Her boss had even hired a band and […]
LOVE STORY 3 – by Luis Martín Ulloa. Translated from Spanish by Michael Langdon
I was his wife for two months. Not his lover, his wife. What’s more, I was an unsatisfied wife. Literally. In my defense, I was completely inexperienced at that time. I had recently gotten my first “important” job, and it fell to me to interview him when he applied for a position. It wasn’t a […]
HER – by Marble Black
I want to be soft, malleable. I want to change for the better. In the summertime, she used to pick me up in her car. She talked about the Beatles like they were her father, and drank cheap coffee. She always made time for me no matter the position of the sun, and it was […]
Category Archives: short story
Alone on the Ranch – by Tymothy L. Smith
Originally posted on GAY FLASH FICTION:
We sat here, on this, our porch, all those balmy evenings. Not talking, no need to really, no need to do nothin’. Anyhow, we were usually too tired to talk after such long hard…
Holiday
“Shit! Who is that?” I carefully put my beer down on the floor where the wet patch was. Who the hell would be knocking on my door, especially at three o’clock in the afternoon in Melbourne on the first Tuesday … Continue reading
The Queen City Players Present
This delightful short story comes from our promo issue, our very first Wilde Oats nearly five years ago. It’s by Matt Brooks, whose recently released novel Honeymoon Cottage is reviewed here. Each week we’ll upload another story or article from … Continue reading
The Squires
Every week, we’ll be uploading stories or articles from our archives. The Squires is a short story by Kit Moss, writing as Nan Hawthorne, and illustrated by Rowan Lewgalon. It was first published in issue 8 of August 2009. … Continue reading
Issue 14 is live
We have the final permissions, we’ve made the final HTML and textual adjustments, and so …. ta-da! …. our latest issue of our gay-shaded magazine is live. Enjoy! [The illustration is from one of the stories in this issue, Three-Quarter … Continue reading
Issue 14 ….
… is pretty much done. We’re just checking for all the usual mistakes plus waiting for final permissions from some authors. But it shouldn’t be more than a day or two from now …. I’ll let you know. Nick
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