Please join me in congratulating the runner-up for our our April 2024 flash fiction contest, Mara AU! The premise of Mara's two-sentence horror story is wonderfully relatable and is surely a nightmare many have encountered either in real life or in their dreams. Mara, thank you so much for contributing your work to this contest and for a job well-done!

Congratulations to the winner of April's flash fiction contest, Maggot! The April theme was two-sentence horror. Maggot's story had all the hallmarks of a classic two-sentence horror with its easy-going opening sentence to the horrific twist that follows in sentence two. Please join me in celebrating our winner! You can read Maggot's winning two sentence horror story and learn more about the author below.

Volume 1 of Stone is finally complete! This bonus issue is set between Issues 4 and 5. In this issue, Shonda has an encounter with a Stone Person. Stone is a science fiction serial and is best read in order. Use the links below to read other issues of Stone (Volume 1). If you prefer the audiobook version of Stone, you can listen to this issue using the video embedded in this page.

It turned out that Stone (Volume 1) wasn't quite complete! This is the first of two bonus issues. This bonus issue is set between Issues 3 and 4. It the two main characters, Martin and Shonda, and opportunity to get to know one another. Stone is a serial which is best read in order. Use the links below to get caught up. The audio recording is available through the Underground Bookshelf YouTube Channel. If you prefer to listen to the audiobook, click the button to the right to be brought to the recording on YouTube or use the video embedded in this page.

This is the final chapter of Stone (Volume 1)! In this issue Martin and Shonda escape another attack of the stone beings and find themselves lost outside their pod with nowhere left to run.

Welcome to the penultimate issue for Volume 1 of Stone! In this issue, Shonda deals with a concussion. Martin helps her into the building they've been using as a base and keeps watch on the stone beings just outside their door. This story by Laura Browne-Lambert is being released in serial form. Two more volumes are planned for this story. Issues of Stone are meant to be read in order. If you need to catch up on this story, you can do so by clicking the links below to read previous issues. If you prefer to read audiobooks, this serial is available to listen to on YouTube or by playing the video embedded in this page.

We are back with another issue of Stone, a serial by Laura Browne-Lambert. In this issue, Shonda gets hit in the head while trying to get Martin out of harm's way. In her dreams, she remembers a moment from her past that pushed her on her path to Mars.

We're back with Issue 5 of Stone (Volume 1). I plan to release this story in three volumes with seven or eight issues apiece. In this issue, Shonda decides to study the Stone People and makes an unusual discovery while Martin devises a way to protect their base.

In this issue of Stone, Martin remembers a moment in his life before the ill-fated NASA mission. His memory reveals the civil unrest and his role in it as a marine called to defend against insurgency. Stone is a science fiction story which will be released in three volumes. This issue marks the halfway point for Volume 1. Use the links below to navigate the existing issues.

Welcome back to our guest writer, Phoenix Illing! Phoenix is a newly graduated high school student, and their interests include writing, reading, baking, spending time outside, and playing with their dog. They have been writing since they were eight years old, but only in the past year have they really seriously written pieces. They try their best to represent minorities that they don’t often see represented, and they want to draw awareness to mental health issues. Phoenix uses they/them pronouns.

Welcome to our new guest writer, Phoenix Illing! Phoenix is a newly graduated high school student, and their interests include writing, reading, baking, spending time outside, and playing with their dog. They have been writing since they were eight years old, but only in the past year have they really seriously written pieces. They try their best to represent minorities that they don’t often see represented, and they want to draw awareness to mental health issues. Phoenix uses they/them pronouns.

Welcome back to our guest writer, Ghost! Their second submission is a short story that answers the prompt: "How has the way you understand your gender changed over time? How has it affected your access?" The text uses imagery of sea creatures that morph their bodies to protect themselves in new environments to discuss the ways queer folx change themselves as they pursue safety in an unsafe world and seek a version of themselves that fits their identity.