nora ray
@noraraywrites.bsky.social
words in Libre, Ghost Parachute, Flash Fiction Magazine, Moon Park Review, Ergot, Maudlin House, Frigg... fiction & poetry reader at @cosmicdaffodil.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/noraraywrites
A quiet roommate. A house that always smells of bleach. A suspicion that refuses to stay buried. “Bleach" by Nora Ray (@noraraywrites.bsky.social) starts as psychological horror and ends somewhere even more unsettling. Read it now: www.ceteramagazine.com/bleach/ artwork by @jonnegroni.bsky.social
"Bleach" by Nora Ray
A woman is sure her quiet roommate isn't human. She's almost right.
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POEM 332: "more legs, more legs, more legs to run" by Nora Ray (@noraraywrites.bsky.social) "i am alone on this hill: my only salvation from the water murdering the phlox, its petals loose and overwhelmed; it has been raining for half my age" stonecirclereview.com/more-legs #Poem #Poetry #NewPoem
Ok. Just seeing the phrase "lacerate my retina" is already making my eyes water. Gonna try to read this anyway.
"The surgeon asked me not to move my eyes. He was specific. He told me if I moved them, the red dot would lacerate my retina." If eye surgery wasn't already horrific enough, Nora Ray adds a whole new layer in the unsettling displacement of her weird horror story "LASIK".
"LASIK" by Nora Ray - Seize The Press
jokes The surgeon asked me not to move my eyes. He was specific. He told me if I moved them, the red dot would lacerate my retina. I wondered if all doctors shot threats at their patients during surge...
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I also failed to link to February's with stuff by @crystalkoo.bsky.social and Perry Ruhlands plus work from @lcvonhessen.bsky.social @noraraywrites.bsky.social and others in the latest @seizethepress.bsky.social Ah, and of course the Of Montreal Outback SteakHouse ad buttondown.com/shortstoryre...
SHORT STORY REX Feb 2026
SHORT STORY REX Feb 2026 [Remember how last month I wrote about “how it felt hopelessly trivial to be nattering on about short fiction just now”? yeah, i...
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"The hospital is built on a cliff overlooking the ocean. From his room, I can see down the coast to where the fires burn. When I’m not sitting at his bedside, I walk the long hallways..." Today on ergot.: 'The Forest of Almost Death' by @timothyfox.bsky.social www.ergot.press/authors/Timo...
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innovative + experimental horror
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i have been very busy moving, i hope i will get back to writing asap. i think i won't be publishing many short stories this year, though
STP Issue #13 is out now! A bumper issue of weird fiction, wretched vibes, queer cyberpunk, vengeful aliens, an unhinged horsegirl, and loads more. The sick cover art is by Ana Luna and design is by J.R. Bolt.
We've got a new issue coming out very soon and you can get a sneak peak at the sick cover art by Ana Luna.
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We're open for fiction submissions! We publish unsettling bad time stories that straddle the horror, fantasy, and science fiction spectrum. But genre is made up so if you have a dark weird horrible story that could be a fit, send it in and let us worry about it. No closing date, open indefinitely.
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Submissions Guidelines Submissions are open for fiction. We publish dark, unsettling, dislocating stories that straddle the horror, fantasy, and science fiction spectrum, but genre is made up. If you ...
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if you want a free query critique, please approach me! i can do up to three this week
read my new anxiety piece in LIBRE my agoraphobia has gotten better but her shade is still here librelit.com/2025/12/13/n...
The Base of the Iceberg
Nora Ray Freud claimed agoraphobic women suffered from the suppressed desire to sleep with strangers they encountered on the streets. If I ever had a dinner with Freud, I would argue, flooding him …
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS! THEME: TIDAL LIGHT🌊✨️ Submit on Duosuma - Check out our website for more information. Also, please vote for CDJ if you have a moment for Chill Subs annual BEST LIT MAGS: www.chillsubs.com/best-lit-mag...
If anyone is looking for something to recommend for any awards you might be associated with, "Reading Weird Fiction in an Age of Fascism" by Zachary Gillan @megapolisomancy.bsky.social deserves all the awards. Essential reading. ancillaryreviewofbooks.org/2025/05/02/r...
Reading Weird Fiction in an Age of Fascism
Zachary Gillan I have been thinking, for obvious reasons, about living in a world of reactionary politics, and about the political valences of the irreal, and about ARB’s insistence upon the radica…
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still processing that i got a full request after only a few sent queries
read my new flash in Ghost Parachute! ghostparachute.com/issue/septem... artist @damicandrea.bsky.social
Read "Always Forever Friend" written by @noraraywrites.bsky.social and illustrated by @damicandrea.bsky.social. "An old friend can become a new friend, a fresh and crispy friend, when the two of you stay silent for long enough." tinyurl.com/5a36bueh
Always Forever Friend — Ghost Parachute
An old friend who stops talking to you for no reason can be a special friend, a lingering and recurring friend, especially when it’s your best friend. She bombards you with pictures of her meals prepa...
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today's Chris Scott short really found a way to crawl inside me and not get out "If your brother really broke his arm. If your brother broke his arm falling from the ash tree in our backyard, the one along the fence. If your brother broke his arm..." https://www.havehashad.com/ivovi
I'm Pretty Sure I Would Remember That by Chris Scott
If your brother really broke his arm. If your brother broke his arm falling from the ash tree in our backyard, the one along the fence. If your brother broke his arm falling from the tree because he’d…
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5 Reasons To Rent This Apartment by Nora Ray maudlinhouse.net/5-reasons-to...
5 Reasons to Rent This Apartment
No Curse Tower 103993, Otherworldly Avenue 3 Monthly Rent: $4,000 Bedrooms: 2 You’ve spent weeks trying to find a safe and cozy apartment that would cost you less than a fortune, haven’t you? Congratu...
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and here is my another new story! (someone has been productive this year, right?) it's my third story with the number 5⃣ in the title! the piece was a lot of fun to write 👻 maudlinhouse.net/5-reasons-to...
5 Reasons to Rent This Apartment
No Curse Tower 103993, Otherworldly Avenue 3 Monthly Rent: $4,000 Bedrooms: 2 You’ve spent weeks trying to find a safe and cozy apartment that would cost you less than a fortune, haven’t you? Congratu...
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My new story "Three First Dates with You!" 🍷 is published in Flash Fiction Magazine i think it was the first time i decided to write something in the second person and now i'm addicted to it flashfictionmagazine.com/blog/2025/08...
Three First Dates with You
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TWO OF MY POEMS ARE OUT THERE IN APOCALYPSE CONFIDENTIAL "you woke up to the sounds of the agonizing sun. it whistled, clapped, and screeched." apocalypse-confidential.com/2025/07/25/a...
“A BLACK-AND-WHITE MOVIE” – “THE DYING SUN”
A Black-and-White Movie Forgive me for being a black-and-white movie:depressing, and bleak,and dull, and naive. Forgive me for being abrupt,my green lips off screen,grotesqueness of speech,and the …
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Submissions for LOST & FOUND close in ONE WEEK ✨️📅 Visit our website for more information: cosmic-daffodil.squarespace.com/submission-g... We can't wait to see your creations!
