Science, History, and Fiction in Everyday Life
On March 3 [redacted, quality checks in progress], Frozen Wavelets #8 (Winter 2023) will go live, featuring our typical mix of flash fiction and dark poetry by truly amazing authors. We cannot wait to share it with the world.
I’ve always known I could walk on water. You must’ve tried it. Sat on the edge of a dock, jeans rolled up. Reached out and pressed your sole against the surface. Felt it push back. Then a wave broke over…
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It looks strange to celebrate a blogversary after a year like 2021. So many things happened in the last twelve months, and if I had thought 2020 was the worst on the record, I was badly mistaken. 2021 was challenging…
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Submissions are now closed and we’re making progress on the ones still outstanding. We’ve received a record number this time (I have still to make a full statistical analysis but we had more than 500 pieces), which, considering we only…
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Just a quick post to remind you the submission window for 2021 in going to close in 48 hours. We have received so far more than 350 pieces in between flash fiction and poetry. As mentioned before, due to staff…
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Please remember to follow the guidelines and submit exclusively to the Moksha portal. All the rest will be deleted unread. As announced, we are also seeking applications for a volunteer position as an Editor, to replace the one who left…
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After many Covid-related delays and all that these strange times can throw at us, here we are again. Our next submission period opens on Monday 6 September. The window will remain open for about three weeks, until September 25. Please make…
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Hades was like the other men Evie had requested favors of; he asked Evie to explain herself before he believed that she wanted what she said she wanted. “What is there to explain?” She rubbed her bare arms. She hadn’t…
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First, you’ll have to build a gibbet. They were all burned under the Act of Recommitment fifty years ago, when capital punishment was outlawed in favor of MindCleanse procedures. There’s an old crossroads a few miles south of the dusty…
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Frozen Wavelets Issue #6 is now live here. This Winter/Spring 2021 edition features some excellent flash fiction and poetry, including an original contributed by the Japan Fantasy Award winner Umiyuri Katsuyama and translated by Toshiya Kamei. Enjoy the reading.