Saw Coyote vs. Acme. Wile E. Coyote employs a hapless lawyer to sue the monolithic Acme Corporation. Mixes human actors with cartoons. Made with a lot of love for the old Looney Tunes. Despite feeling occasionally contrived, the humour and heart won me over. Shame on WB for trying to shelve this.

Readers loved Wei Bo's short story published on Friday: "This is poignant science fiction, the reflective, even melancholy kind that reminds me both 'Blade Runner' films." "I loved the story!" www.fictionontheweb.co.uk/2026/08/wher...

Played Baba Is You on Switch. A brilliant reality-bending puzzler in which you push words around Sokoban-style to redefine various objects. So often this game presented us with a level that seemed ridiculously simple and yet was fiendishly difficult to solve. Genius.

Watched an open-air screening of The Princess Bride as part of Streatham Free Film Festival, and my appreciation for this movie only grew. Star-crossed lovers, swordfights, pirates, magic, despicable baddies - this tongue-in-cheek swashbuckling adventure has it all. So quotable, too.

I played a new-to-me board game: 12 Rivers. Place dams along a river to collect "pearls" (marbles), and select villagers to maximise your score. Looks amazing on the table with the big sloping river board. Much more thinky than the cutesy anime art style suggests. Want to play more. 7/10.

James Hanna's comedy story published on Wednesday delighted readers: "A wild, out of control account of an American Princess of Rasslin'." "What a quality rip-snorting yarn!" "Gertie was lovable. Terrific!" www.fictionontheweb.co.uk/2026/09/the-...

Readers loved Redfern Jon Barrett's sci-fi story, Big Boat: "This one took me back to the golden age of New Wave SF" "reminded me a bit of the interstitial, liminal nowhere utopias you'd see in J.G. Ballard or William Burroughs" www.fictionontheweb.co.uk/2026/09/big-...

In Travis Koll's sci-fi story, Sansa's life is going nowhere, so she resorts to a trendy new technology that will give her a new start. One reader called it "A thought-provoking story about the nature of personhood." www.fictionontheweb.co.uk/2026/09/a-ne...

Watched Bad Apples at the cinema. Primary school teacher deals with a problem student in a rather extreme way. A dark comedy of escalating absurdity, but wonderfully restrained in a way that Hollywood is incapable of. I was giggling and squirming in equal measure through the whole movie. Loved it.

I watched The Wailing. Deadbeat goofball cop investigates an escalating series of bizarre murders, with his daughter's life at stake. Tense slow-burn of a movie, punctuated with gore and humour. Pretty Korean landscapes. Atmospheric but overlong.

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My story "Freedom" was reprinted in the digital/PDF version of The Hemlock Issue 11, which you can buy now for $3! thehemlockjournal.com/2026/09/12/t...

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I watched The Skin I Live In. Traumatised surgeon kidnaps man for revenge therapy. Almodóvar's movies usually put character and relationships first, but this one prioritised plot - at the expense of credible character development/exploration. Maybe the book is better? Also, weirdly abrupt ending.

In John Bruce's short story, a man oppressed by his parents and keen to distance himself from his disreputable past meets an intriguing young woman that confounds his expectations. One reader said it "felt like gossiping with a friend!" www.fictionontheweb.co.uk/2026/09/craz...

In Hartley James's short story, a supernatural task force is sent to Manhattan to silence an existential threat. Leave a reader comment to say what you think of the story! www.fictionontheweb.co.uk/2026/09/irra...

Irradiated by Hartley James

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I saw Laputa: Castle in the Sky. How had I never watched this before?! A boy's hard life in a mining town is disrupted when a princess lands in his arms who is being chased by soldiers and pirates. Miyazaki started strong with his first animated feature film - it's beautiful, compelling, and epic.

Watched Teorema. A young man seduces each member of a bourgeois household, one by one, then leaves them to realise how empty their lives were without him. Abstruse. It has stuff to say about class and identity and meaning and art and sex and faith, and I didn’t get it at all.

I'm obsessed with the teaser for You Can See Everything. It's like a terrifyingly creepy horror movie, but it's a documentary. It's Elizabeth Holmes and - what?! - Nathan Fielder?! How did this even happen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGJS...

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Friday's Renee Tawa story was a "pick of the month". Reader comments: "A well written story with a delicate, yet powerful ending." "Just so graceful! Poetic! Well done!" "What a beautiful and moving story." www.fictionontheweb.co.uk/2026/09/wher...

Where Wildflowers Bloom by Renee Tawa

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Check out this chilling Chinese horror story by Wei Bo. "Gripping, suspenseful and engaging. It's a clever story which helps the reader reflect on how they treat their loved ones and how humans behave under threat." www.fictionontheweb.co.uk/2026/09/my-d...

My Daughter Came Back Wearing Red by Wei Bo

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Watched Okja. Korean girl grows up on a mountain farm with a mutant pig for a best friend, until American corporate interests disrupt her life. Not just weird, but Bong Joon-Ho weird, with lashings of social commentary and caricature. Intentionally unsatisfying end that forces you to think.

Got an email from Alexandra Andrews at Routledge saying she wanted to represent me. Suspicious because: 1. It came out of the blue 2. from a Gmail address. 2. Alexandr*i*a Andrews at Routledge specialises in textbooks not fiction. I emailed the real Alex Andrews who confirmed it was a scam.

Fiction on the Web submissions reopened on 1 September, and we've been averaging 11 submissions per day received since then. Since we only publish 3 stories per week, we'll end up with a mere 4% acceptance rate if that continues - harsh!

In The Sinking of the Apple Knight by Tommy Oler, a morally estranged knight recalls defining moments from his past as he struggles against drowning. It still has no reader comments - make the author's day by leaving a comment to say what you thought: www.fictionontheweb.co.uk/2026/08/the-...

Rewatched Mary Poppins with the family, and I had forgotten how perfect a film this is (barring the unfortunate racial slurs from Admiral Boom). The special effects are better than some of the Marvel movies, too. We also watched the 54-years-later sequel, which felt mostly like a bland cash-in.

I read Star Beast by Robert Heinlein. Slightly goofy novel about a kid with a space pet who ends up getting embroiled in high-stakes intergalactic diplomacy. Now that I've read more of the author's work, I get a sense that this is but middling Heinlein. Fun, though!

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