There’s something wrong with my sister, Sky.

Writer of stories

a 30-story anthology

Mother slows as she climbs the hill. From inside her abdomen, her torso scraping against the rock, I feel all the little undulations as she moves. I knock again Gerald. “You’re getting too big,” Gera...

a foofaraw anthology—don't go making a huge deal about it, that's what we're here for...

Amazon.com: The Colored Lens: Autumn 2025 eBook : Brinegar, Rachael, Newkirk, David, Hoyt, Ellie, McIntosh, Parker, Klass, Judy, Vance, Michael, Clairval, Gio, Morrey, Josh, Apsley, JS, Docherty, Stuart: Kindle Store

micro fiction

a messy mix-up

Stuart Docherty Under Review:Open Up. Thomas Morris. Unnamed Press, April 2025. Thomas Morris’s Open Up depicts a host of male outsiders with parental issues ostensibly trying to fit in. Morris’s s…

innovative + experimental horror

Update 4/10/2025: We are OPEN for submissions to our Wilderness Horror call!We are OPEN to: April 1-30th - special call for "Wilderness Horror" for Oct 2025 issue, guest edited by C.R. LangilleApril'...

Gerald’s stomach clenched as he approached his daughter, Sarah. She sat at her computer, her back to the world, as intent as a...

A series of strange phone calls sets a child on a path full of ambiguity, doubt, and fleeting dread.

innovative + experimental horror

When the game ended, the processor began to sizzle. Charlie pulled off the rear panel and managed to save most of the motherboard and its components. The room smelled of smoke and burnt plastic. “I…

By Stuart Docherty