Banshee by Ken McGrath

This is a true story. When I was ten years old, growing up in Thurles, County Tipperary, Ireland, a banshee haunted my town. Thurles back then had a population of seven and a half thousand. It was a good-sized country town, bustling and alive. It’s where my story, “The Astronaut’s Ghost,” is set. This was…

A Hermit Crab Pierced My Ear by Clay McLeod Chapman

True story. I think I was six, maybe? Definitely at an age when you do stupid stuff, dangerous stuff, all in the name of exploration. I pulled off a lot of asinine stunts as a kid. More than most, I bet. So much so, looking back now, it feels like a miracle that I survived…

What Burned Away by Sarah Lyn Eaton

Enjoy an exclusive guest post from Sarah Lyn Eaton author of “The Last Seven Tribes of Ketchari,” which is featured in our new anthology ON FIRE, out now. The morning of the accident, I sent out three submissions, increasing my productivity. I was selling stories, and I could see a clear path before me towards my goal….