Short fiction
Short stories and flash fiction by Alexei Raymond, first published in literary journals and anthologies. Every piece below is available to read in full on this site.
Short stories
Deathwish
First published in Loser II anthology ·
Never imagined strangling or killing her.
From Mythbreaking
Remediation
First published in Loser II anthology ·
Question queued: whose fault is this?
From The Real
LothariOnline
First published in Some Words (opens in a new tab) ·
Flowery language will not, cannot, hide the gnarled rot.
From Fool's Gold
Red, They Are Cherry Red
First published in Dodo Eraser (opens in a new tab) ·
I transcribe what she’s saying, which will be of no use whatsoever
From Dreams
Father Frost
First published in DON’T SUBMIT! (opens in a new tab) ·
...maybe I did the thing, thing where nothin’ make sense ‘cept to bang on my fuckin’ empty useless bad head
From Dreams
On the Nature of Sleep
First published in Blue Daisies Journal #5 (opens in a new tab) ·
Sincerely, futilely, wretchedly yours. In beating sorrow and purest grief.
From The Real
Genesis
First published in Discretionary Love (opens in a new tab) ·
By the web he thought of no longer—by unrequited wings that bore him to the defining moment
From Fool's Gold
No, Rabbit
First published in Sublunary Review (opens in a new tab) ·
The rabbit’s black marble of an eye looks at him.
From Mythbreaking
Life to Dragons
First published in Euphemism #21.1 (opens in a new tab) ·
He sees that the dragon’s tan appearance was the sun’s insistence; greenish scales declare its true color.
From Valentine's Star
How the Night Glows
First published in miniMAG #176 (opens in a new tab) ·
The trip would be over in less than a week. And then. Home?
From Fool's Gold
The Trail
First published in The Raven Review (opens in a new tab) ·
Some say there are ways easier, braver, more cunning, but his heart’s been called to this one.
From Conscription
Truth, or Its Evidence
First published in Phylum Press #3 (opens in a new tab) ·
Somewhere in his besieged mind rattled an unassailable, choking truth.
From Mythmaking
Alley Money
First published in Blood+Honey (opens in a new tab) ·
Red, pixelated violence beamed from the screen and a MIDI soundtrack crackled out of a pair of speakers,
From Mythmaking
193 Thoughts of You
First published in Neon Origami Magazine #8 (opens in a new tab) ·
Hello, Ms. Tom Latin.
From Conscription
The Guests Are Here
First published in Blood+Honey (opens in a new tab) ·
The uninvited cannot discern their host in the dark though are seen themselves.
From Mythbreaking
Alpha
First published in The Argyle (opens in a new tab) ·
She was a nexus of love, a manifestation of it.
From Mythbreaking
193 Lines of Sight
First published in The Bloomin' Onion (opens in a new tab) ·
High and higher the translucent turns dim darker then void-black,
From Conscription
Flash fiction
Mothhead
First published in Expat Press (opens in a new tab) ·
...the old world is dying, and the new one is unborn yet. Time of moths.
From Portici
Witnesses
First published in Underbelly Press #6 (opens in a new tab) ·
This Friday we can get tipsy; I’ll cry, you’ll tell me I’m beautiful, read to me…
From Fool's Gold
Now
First published in Eulogy Press (opens in a new tab) ·
I am here, this is Now,
From Fool's Gold
His Green Delight
First published in Blue Daisies Journal #4 (opens in a new tab) ·
Silence settles between the scarabeous man and the gilt woman.
From Fool's Gold
The Nutcracker's Charge
First published in Everscribe Magazine #10 (opens in a new tab) ·
The scene terrifies her but it’s how the story goes—she knows, she knows.
From Mythmaking
Clothesline Divorce
First published in The Crawfish (opens in a new tab) ·
The yard is vast. It is life’s luxury, where a cascade of sensations dazzles the boy.
From Mythmaking
For poetry and a selection from across the cycles, visit Selected Works. The complete bibliography also includes work available through its original publishers and forthcoming publications.