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Factor Four Magazine
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Factor Four Magazine is a monthly magazine featuring flash fiction stories from the Speculative Fiction realm. We publish stories you can read for free right on our website. https://factorfourmag.com/
I apologize for the silence on our end. We are working in the background trying to understand what the future is for us.
Much-needed pleasant surprise to see my story “Falling Forever” from @factorfourmagazine.com on this list. Thank you @ideofmarch.bsky.social! 🙂
Íde “of March” Hennessy@ideofmarch.bsky.social · 7mo ago📚🚀💀🧚♂️It’s that time again! I lost track of how many stories this is (what are numbers? why are numbers?). Flash is heavily represented this year, for people who want a quick read ⏳ #speclit #scifilit #shortfiction #amreading #horrorrecs #horror #weirdlit idehennessy.medium.com/2025-recomme...
Just the right blend of funny, sad and surreal, 'We Sang Water into Lemonade, on the Eve of Summer, In the Wasteland' by Robert Luke Wilkins is my pick for Best Speculative Flash Fiction, 2025! @factorfourmagazine.com @robertlukewilkins.com
We have not updated you all in little bit. Some personal stuff has come up that has resulted in there being no December or January issue. The end result is it has us reconsidering our structure to ensure this doesn't happen again. I are temporarily closing submissions
This month's @factorfourmagazine.com stories just landed in my inbox -- looks like a great lineup with a couple of E Sheep friends! @aerynrudel.bsky.social @mmschreier.bsky.social Eager to read!
Factor Four Magazine@factorfourmagazine.com · 9mo agoNOVEMBER ISSUE is now live: factorfourmag.com/category/iss...
Very excited for this new issue of @factorfourmagazine.com. I've got a little #scifi #flashfiction in it called "Things I Don't Tell My Sister" Also pleased to share the issue with my #amwriting friend & critique partner the talented @aerynrudel.bsky.social Check it out here:
Factor Four Magazine@factorfourmagazine.com · 9mo agoNOVEMBER ISSUE is now live: factorfourmag.com/category/iss...
Hey, folks, got a new story up at @factorfourmagazine.com. It's about demons, social media, and the perils of practicing magic while high. 😉 I'm also sharing the ToC with superlative writer and frequent critique partner @mmschreier.bsky.social. #writingcommunity factorfourmag.com/care-and-fie...
Care and Fiending by Aeryn Rudel
Ran out of toilet paper. Had to use paper towels. Not recommended. Jerri, my ex, bought toilet paper, the dish soap, and all that other household stuff. So I got in the car and drove to Target. Wha…
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New Story Alert! You can read my new #FlashFiction Story, "The Widow Parkhurst" now @factorfourmagazine.com ! factorfourmag.com/the-widow-pa...
The Widow Parkhurst by Hugh J. O’Donnell
The Widow Parkhurst stood at the door to the farmhouse, looking out into the moonlit prairie night. The farm seemed deserted. The wheat danced in the breeze. But somewhere out there her cat was yow…
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All the 🖤 to @factorfourmagazine.com Ansible Press @blackcatbooks.bsky.social @thedailytomorrow.bsky.social PULPHOUSE(x2) @tenebrouspress.bsky.social for giving 🇨🇦weird SFF/H a home in 2025 (it's been a whirlwind few months~) Read/links: kaie.space/standalones Details in 🧵
This Prize Has Teeth (by yours truly) has been published at @factorfourmagazine.com! factorfourmag.com/this-prize-h...
This Prize Has Teeth by Alethea Paul
Despite dragging my generously-called-a-prosthetic pogo stick of a leg through this dungeon, I’m practically dancing like it’s the aisle on The Price is Right. I might not be the only one to make i…
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It's a new story day! "In the Void Behind My Deaths" is free to read at @factorfourmagazine.com See what happens between death and rebirth...and what it means for the whole universe share.google/SYcRA61Zkrz7...
In the Void Behind My Deaths by Effie Seiberg
In my first death I died alone, pierced through the belly with a velociraptor talon. I bled out before I felt much of anything, floating into a black void. It was quiet and and peaceful and still, …
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Whoa, September kinda got away from me & I completely missed that I had a story in @factorfourmagazine.com 's 50TH ISSUE?!?!!!!😱🎉
Factor Four Magazine@factorfourmagazine.com · 11mo agoWe can't believe we've published 50 issues already! Here is our 50th issue for your reading enjoyment! factorfourmag.com/category/iss...
6. The Everlasting Wound Of Polythemus by David Anaxagoas in @factorfourmagazine.com in which the cyclops carries scars factorfourmag.com/the-everlast...
The Everlasting Wound of Polyphemus by David Anaxagoras
The museum warehouse was more than ample space for Polyphemus, and he could make it a true home with just a little effort. That’s what Gale, his social worker from the Department of Mythical Beings…
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I'm happy to say my story "Chasing the Sky Whale" is in this issue! I wrote the story when I was grieving for my grandma, so it is full of grief. I'm glad it found such good company here
Factor Four Magazine@factorfourmagazine.com · 11mo agoWe can't believe we've published 50 issues already! Here is our 50th issue for your reading enjoyment! factorfourmag.com/category/iss...
We can't believe we've published 50 issues already! Here is our 50th issue for your reading enjoyment! factorfourmag.com/category/iss...
Contract signed, so it's probably safe to announce I'll have another flash piece coming out this fall! Get ready for "Crumbling of the Sandwich Generation" (WIP name: Swallowing Poison) from @factorfourmagazine.com ! It's gonna be a busy fall/winter release season!🖤🇨🇦
I have three! "A Single Song" came out in the July issue of @factorfourmagazine.com, "A Knot for the Hawk" is part of Flame Tree Press's LOKI anthology, and "Blood Stains True" is in @speculationpub.bsky.social's VAMPIRE HUNTERS anthology! Threading the links -
August Spec Flash Roundup! With @smallwondersmag.com @flashfictiononline.bsky.social @apexmag.bsky.social @flashpointsf.bsky.social @factorfourmagazine.com @naturefutures.bsky.social @hexliterary.bsky.social @okaydonkeymag.com @escapepod.org @molotovlitzine.bsky.social @yourimpossiblevoice.com 1/3
Flash Roundup * August 2025
A gathering of recent speculative flash & micro fiction, each presenting a tiny-yet-powerful universe. How tiny? About one-thousand words for flash; four-hundred words for micro. The word count…
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LOVED this story by Michael M. Jones aka @oneminutemonkey.bsky.social in @factorfourmagazine.com. "Sandwiches for the Soul" is exactly what it says on the tin! factorfourmag.com/sandwiches-f...
Sandwiches for the Soul by Michael M. Jones
In the tangle of streets affectionately referred to as the Haystack, set away from the worst of Puxhill’s downtown chaos, there’s a place where shops come and go at their own whim, usually with no …
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Very excited to be attending Seattle Worldcon this year. I've been away from the convention scene for too many years and am looking forward to getting back into it. If you will be there, I have a few thinks I'll be participating in. Take a look: builder.guidebook.com/g/#/guides/s...
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New story day!! “Falling Forever” is my fourth story in @factorfourmagazine.com and my 8th published story in which I mess with time. Check it out! factorfourmag.com/falling-fore...
Falling Forever by P.A. Cornell
In this universe, time runs in reverse. Though, I suppose that’s all relative. From my point of view, time is moving backwards, at least for the moment. And not a moment too soon. The spots fade fr…
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My newest story, “Sandwiches for the Soul” is in this issue. I apologize if it makes you hungry.
Factor Four Magazine@factorfourmagazine.com · last yr.Hot August Nights are here! You can read issue 49 to cool off (Though that statement has not been evaluated by the FDA). Issue 49 is live here: factorfourmag.com/category/iss...
My new story, "We Sang Water into Lemonade, on the Eve of Summer, in the Wasteland", is in the August 2025 issue of @factorfourmagazine.com, with stories by @cornellwriter.bsky.social, @oneminutemonkey.bsky.social, and @authorthealiu.bsky.social. Give it a read! factorfourmag.com/category/iss...
Issue 49: August 2025 – Factor Four Magazine
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"A Single Song", my dark fairytale retelling twisting together possession, music, revenge, and corruption, is free to read now from @factorfourmagazine.com! "A harp made of bones, they say, will only ever play a single song..." factorfourmag.com/a-single-son...
A Single Song by Nico Martinez Nocito
A harp made of bones, they say, will only ever play a single song. Haunting, my listeners called my melody, and beautiful. My fingers glided over the sinuous strings and my voice, the harp’s voice,…
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@nicowritesbooks.bsky.social, one of our All World’s Wayfarer Writers, has an amazing new Flash Fiction piece out in @factorfourmagazine.com! Please check it out to support Nico and all the other great Factor Four authors!
Nico Martinez Nocito | Writer@nicowritesbooks.bsky.social · last yr."A Single Song", my dark fairytale retelling twisting together possession, music, revenge, and corruption, is free to read now from @factorfourmagazine.com! "A harp made of bones, they say, will only ever play a single song..." factorfourmag.com/a-single-son...