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Flash Fiction Online @flashfictiononline.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Congrats and happy release day @brandoncase101.bsky.social !! 🎉 Thank you Hexagon! We love “Eight Legs of the Mother Hunted” 🕷️🖤🕷️🖤

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Brandon Case @brandoncase101.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

My ”Eight Legs of the Mother Hunted” can be found within, hiding her young amongst these excellent arthropod stories 🕸️🕷️ Thanks again to @flashfictiononline.bsky.social for giving this story its first home 🖤

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Hexagon SF Magazine @hexagonmagazine.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Year’s Best Arthropod Short Fiction Vol. 3 will release on August 24th! 🦋🕷️🐞 With stories from @brandoncase101.bsky.social, @cornellwriter.bsky.social, @bethgoder.bsky.social, @jordanrhirsch.bsky.social, @shedric.bsky.social, and @dmwagner.bsky.social. Cover art by @babeandoak.bsky.social.

Cover for Year’s Best Arthropod Short Fiction Vol. 3 features an orange repeating arthropod pattern including a leaf insect, butterflies, beetles, and wasps. Edited by JW Stebner. Includes stories by Brandon Case, P.A. Cornell, Beth Goder, Jordan Hirsch, M. Shedric Simpson, and Derek Wagner.

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Brandon Case @brandoncase101.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Very neat project- Here are a few of mine! themartianmagazine.wordpress.com/2023/12/11/d... stupefyingstories.blogspot.com/2023/07/spin... 100footcrow.com/wild-centaurs/

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Gavagai @gavagai.com · 31/05/2026

In today's Surreal Sunday Editor Pick: Rejections have a way of getting under a writer's skin. One struggling author discovers that some opportunities arrive with far more strings attached than expected. It's Obituary of the Writer by Brandon Case! Read it for free at gavagai.com

Cover card for Obituary of the Writer by Brandon Case on Gavagai.

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The Phantom Pulse @thephantompulse.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Do fish love bicycles? Yes. Yes, they do. Read Brandon Case's short story "A Love of Bicycles in the Violent Now" at The Phantom Pulse. @brandoncase101.bsky.social www.thephantompulse.com/2026/04/29/a...

A portion of the cover art for issue #1 of the Phantom Pulse. A man reaches out of the dark towards the viewer, his head and arms covered in bright mushrooms.

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The Phantom Pulse @thephantompulse.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Issue 1 of The Phantom Pulse is live at thephantompulse.com!

The cover of Issue 1 of the The Phantom Pulse magazine depicting someone stumbling out of a dark tunnel and reaching out. They are covered in bioluminescent mushrooms and covering their face with one hand, looking straight at the reader through their fingers. The authors are listed in the corner: Amanda Cecelia Lang, Beth Goder, John K. Peck, D.A. Xiaolin Spires, Rowan Hill, Brandon Case, Lex Chamberlin.

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The Phantom Pulse @thephantompulse.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

The first issue launches in 4 days with original stories from @amandacecelia.bsky.social, @johnkpeck.bsky.social, Rowan Hill, and Lex Chamberlin and reprints from @bethgoder.bsky.social, @brandoncase101.bsky.social, and @spires.bsky.social!

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Brandon Case @brandoncase101.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Thanks, Alex! 🖤🕸️🕷️ I’m so glad you enjoyed the story! It’d be amazing if flash could get its own category at the Nebulas one of these days 🤞🙏

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Chey Rivera @criverawrites.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

THE DEATH OF DEMONS by @brandoncase101.bsky.social in @trollbreathmag.bsky.social AT THE END OF THE WORLD, MEET ME BY THE VENDING MACHINES by @cjtavares.bsky.social in @heartlines-spec.com Will definitely be reading more from these authors. 🙌🏼

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Brandon Case @brandoncase101.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Huzzah 🍓💪 Thanks so much for reading my story!

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Brandon Case @brandoncase101.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Yay! Thanks so much, Yvonne 🍓💪

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Yvonne Eliot @y-eliot.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Wow. This short story by @brandoncase101.bsky.social absolutely ripped out my heart before transforming into something so much more. Go check it out. 💔❤️✨

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Brandon Case @brandoncase101.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

My story “The Death of Demons” is out today! It follows a swordsman stuck, haunted by an old mistake, and given the opportunity to face his past… …And it’ll defy your expectations all the way to that intense conclusion ⚔️🤍 This piece means a lot to me, and I’d love if you gave it a read!

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Brandon Case @brandoncase101.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

Aaah, I love Ball and Cassiopeia and Small Wonders! 🤖❤️🛰️ Please give them a read, it’s “Such a Simple Thing” as Ray Lamontagne (and Cassi) would say, just beware paper hearts to flame.

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Brandon Case @brandoncase101.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Billy (aka Bilbo Waggins) has a smile to spare. Best wishes to you and your family.

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Brandon Case @brandoncase101.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

I have a new audio story “Jackpot God” out on Simultaneous Times! Harold lost his family in an accident But an artificial god transforms the economy into a lottery game that’s “pray to win” The ultimate prize: a wish (including resurrection) And with enough prayers, his family might be returned…

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Brandon Case @brandoncase101.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Starting an adventure with heartbreak and the desire to prove to oneself that I CAN is a powerful motivation—but can quickly became hazardous for someone stubborn, who often finds it impossible to back down… even when it would be wise to do so.

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Brandon Case @brandoncase101.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Thanks, Manda! I had tons of fun layering into the format, with time running two directions as she scribbles back up the form, emphasizing certain words as her ink runs out 🖤✍️ I enjoyed your story too! So sweet—I had a rush of goosebumps when the woman regressed to childhood and hugged her father 😊

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Brandon Case @brandoncase101.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Yaay! Thanks Sierra 🖤🕷️🖤 I super appreciate you being a calm language-tech-support agent when I’d message all of a dither like “OMG does this (intentionally!) weird and unbalanced sentence still make sense I’ve read it 500 times and don’t know what words are anymore” 😁

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Brandon Case @brandoncase101.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Yesss! 🖤🕸️🕷️ I love this story, and I’m super excited it found a home at @flashfictiononline.bsky.social . Special thanks to @beckyhalsey.bsky.social and all the wonderful FFO editors. Happy Mother’s Day! 🖤

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Yelena Crane 🌻🇺🇦 @yelenacrane.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Check out "Eight Legs of the Mother Hunted" by @brandoncase101.bsky.social www.flashfictiononline.com/article/eigh... exemplifying the sacrifices of mother/parenthood throughout the animal kingdom

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Brandon Case @brandoncase101.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

This was great! I love the art, too 😁 Thanks CB 🖤💀💛

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CB Droege (Manawaker) @cbdroege.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Manawaker Studio's Flash Fiction Podcast presents: “The Book of Tar” by Brandon Case (@brandoncase101.bsky.social) podcastaddict.com/manawaker-st... Supported by Patreon patrons: patreon.com/manawaker #flashfiction #podcast #cancer #necromancy #magicalrealism

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Brandon Case @brandoncase101.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Hurray! 😊😊 Thanks so much, Maria!

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Brandon Case @brandoncase101.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

If you haven’t checked out The Daily Tomorrow yet, please do! They serialize one story per week, delivered to your inbox in daily bite-sized chunks. Currently it’s “The End of an Infinite Moment,” about artificial intelligence, love, and trying to have a baby (and hope) in a collapsing world. 🤖❤️👶

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Brandon Case @brandoncase101.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

“Test of Reforming Angels” Xanax Hamster Vol 2 Steal a bread feed your child for a day Defy the nuns have your virginity restored (horror, 1200 words) Forthcoming in December! (For my other 2024 stories including micros, please visit brandoncase.net/writing/)

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Brandon Case @brandoncase101.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

“The Clockwork Octopus and a Letter to Queen Victoria” Dragon Gems Winter Anthology Water Dragon Press (steampunk, 3300 words) A tale of misfits in Elizabethan England and features perhaps THE cutest brass octopus ✨🐙🎩 amzn.to/3Smeevl (Feel free to DM if you’d like a review copy of my story!)

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Dragon Gems: Winter 2024 [Water Dragon Publishing] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Dragon Gems: Winter 2024

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Brandon Case @brandoncase101.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

“Saturdays of Night” Factor Four (contemporary fantasy, 1000 words, 2024) With the world overrun by raucous demons, how long can two dimension-crossed lovers survive humanity’s brutal response? 💃🔥🖤 😈🔪☀️ factorfourmag.com/saturdays-of...

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Saturdays of Night by Brandon Case

One year ago, Halloween’s annual resurrection fell on a Saturday, and the dawn sun disappeared like the closing of God’s eye. The sky blackened, leaving a fiery corona, a devil’s crown …

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Brandon Case @brandoncase101.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

“The Book of Tar” Factor Four (contemporary fantasy, 1000 words) For a young cancer patient, medical necromancy might provide a second chance… if he can perform the ritual without losing himself and his family. 🖤💀💛 factorfourmag.com/the-book-of-...

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The Book of Tar by Brandon Case

The hospital bed cradles my body like some pharaoh on display at The Honolulu Academy of Arts. My fingers tremble as I adjust midnight-blue candles. On an aluminum tray that’s bent where Cousin Kev…

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Brandon Case @brandoncase101.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

“Darkness, Blanket of My Eyes” Flash Fiction Online Apocalypse and panic, His partner left him in a gas station to get help Weeks ago. Now that promise and blindfold, tied by his love, are all that remains of humanity 🖤👺 “Oof” -Charles Payseur, Locus www.flashfictiononline.com/article/dark...

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Darkness, Blanket of My Eyes

Darkness my blanket, tied close by the one I love.Beyond my blindfold, outside this abandoned Chevron station, I hear movement.Gasping, slapping, moist flesh—fwap, fwap—a squeal. Silence.Neighborho…

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Brandon Case @brandoncase101.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

A Love of Bicycles in the Violent Now Small Wonders (dark fantasy, 1000 words) Merfolk 🧜‍♂️ Body horror 😱 Dark (dark) humor 🖤 +Content Warnings: bigotry, tentacle genitals (nonsexual), 🚲🇺🇸🚲 smallwondersmag.com/piece/a-love...

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A Love of Bicycles in the Violent Now - Small Wonders

My kind hates humans for turning our fossilized ancestors into pollution and making our deep-ocean homes uninhabitable. But depleted oil reserves brought this resurgence of bicycles, which I love!

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Brandon Case @brandoncase101.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

Hello writing friends! If you’re voting for the awards (or simply want to read 🖤) here are my eligible works from 2024!

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Brandon Case @brandoncase101.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

I had a blast interviewing @camdenscorner.bsky.social, discussing her excellent opening line, and quietly wanting your spouse to die, and the genesis of experimental story structure 😁🖤

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Small Wonders @smallwondersmag.com · 17/09/2024

It is possible that we have never loved anything as strongly as the protagonist of @brandoncase101.bsky.social's story, "A Love of Bicycles in the Violent Now," from Issue 9. smallwondersmag.com/...

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A Love of Bicycles in the Violent Now - Small Wonders

My kind hates humans for turning our fossilized ancestors into pollution and making our deep-ocean homes uninhabitable. But depleted oil reserves brought this resurgence of bicycles, which I love!

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Brandon Case @brandoncase101.bsky.social · 15/09/2024

Haha same! Season 2 blew my mind. The later episodes felt like reading top-tier experimental short fiction, where my short-circuiting brain howls “I DON’T KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING BUT IT’S SO AMAZING YESSS! 🔥🔥🔥”

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Brandon Case @brandoncase101.bsky.social · 14/09/2024

(I always proselytize for Jujutsu Kaisen and Bocchi the Rock. So worth.)

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Brandon Case @brandoncase101.bsky.social · 14/09/2024

Just spent a week binging with my friend. Watched: -Frieren (lovely) -Kaiju #8 (fantastic) -Solo Leveling (action!) -Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian (cuuute) -Love is War (funny, cute) -Suzume (symbolism feels) -Made in Abyss (feels, intense! problematic)

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Small Wonders @smallwondersmag.com · 18/03/2024

Today, Jerry just wants to make friends in "A Love of Bicycles in the Violent Now" by @brandoncase101.bsky.social "This might be my chance to approach, to convince them we’re not so different. Assuming I can get my body to cooperate." smallwondersmag.com/piece/a-love...

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A Love of Bicycles in the Violent Now - Small Wonders

My kind hates humans for turning our fossilized ancestors into pollution and making our deep-ocean homes uninhabitable. But depleted oil reserves brought this resurgence of bicycles, which I love!

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