Author Archives: Randal Eldon Greene

My microfiction won a top 5 spot in The Welkin Writing Prize.

My micro story won a top 5 spot out of 1,200+ entries in The Welkin Writing Prize. His Girl, Forwards or Backwards, may be read—paragraph by paragraph—forwards or backwards. After you’re done reading His Girl, please check out the other stories, including all the shortlisted pieces and then vote for The People’s Writing Prize (HisContinue reading “My microfiction won a top 5 spot in The Welkin Writing Prize.”

Publisher troubles + new publications

This month I’m grateful to have two new publications. The first is my prose poem “Recall, Recall, Recall” which appeared in Made from Midnight: a requiem, an anthology published by Poets in the Pines. I haven’t had many poems published, possibly because I did not start to submit much poetry until recently, so an acceptanceContinue reading “Publisher troubles + new publications”

Book Launch: Blabber, Chat, Shouting Match

It’s my pleasure to announce that my new collection Blabber, Chat, Shouting Match: 50 Dialogue-Only Fictions is available to order from corona\samizdat. Purchase a copy here. I’d like to acknowledge all of the wonderful zines, reviews, journals, anthologies, and magazines which published stories from this collection. The Creative Café, Lit Up, Train Lit Magazine, TheContinue reading “Book Launch: Blabber, Chat, Shouting Match”

New Absurdist Story: Starry-Eyed Miniature Catalpas.

Dark Horses is the magazine of weird fiction, and they’ve published my short story “Starry-Eyed Miniature Catalpas” in issue 35 of their oddball publication. You can snag a Kindle or paperback copy here. This weird little tale, which they’ve placed as the final piece in their magazine (always an honor) is strange, falling into theContinue reading “New Absurdist Story: Starry-Eyed Miniature Catalpas.”

Podcast reading of two fall-themed fictions

I was invited back onto the LostBoys Cypher Circle podcast last Saturday. I read two of my published pieces, “Irony” and “Bright Moon Over Lover’s Bridge, on page 38” (both linked here for you if you wish to read them because the publishers have generously made them publicly available). Both are seasonally themed, especially theContinue reading “Podcast reading of two fall-themed fictions”

Conclave at the Tea Table (new publication)

“Conclave at the Tea Table” is story is told from the perspective of a little girl’s teddy bear. And it’s been published in Carte Blanche for issue #49, a play themed issue. You can read the story by clicking this link here. The magazine launch included a livestream showcase of the published works. I readContinue reading “Conclave at the Tea Table (new publication)”