Short Story – Page 2 – Gabrielle Bleu

Anthropocene Thaw

June 17, 2024

My 100-word flash fiction story “Anthropocene Thaw” is now available to read in Horror Tree’s Trembling With Fear series. The mountain glaciers are melting, and something ancient beneath the ice is stirring. Read the story here.

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“What Lingers in the Trench Depths” in Astral, Alien Fiction

March 20, 2024

My short story, “What Lingers in the Trench Depths” is now available to read in the first issue of Astral, Alien Fiction. An entity travels through space, searching for the source of a great grief which has afflicted their companion, and the cosmos entire.

Publication, science fiction, Short Story, Speculative Fiction

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“You’re It” in Utopia Science Fiction’s Year Five Anthology

January 2, 2024

My short story “You’re It,” originally published in Utopia Science Fiction June 2020 Vol. 1 Issue 6, has been republished as part of the magazine’s Five Year Anthology.

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A Fish-Eaten Grin now available

September 15, 2023

The horror anthology Fish Gather to Listen is now available, and with it, my short story “A Fish-Eaten Grin.” As two cousins with a tumultuous relationship prepare for a fishing trip, parasites that dwell within the mouths of fish prepare to make a jump across species. Check out “A Fish-Eaten Grin” alongside many other water-themed…

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Fish Gather to Listen Kickstarter

July 5, 2023

I’ve got a short story in the upcoming sci-fi and fantasy horror anthology Fish Gather to Listen, published by Horns and Rattles Press. “A Fish-Eaten Grin” is filled with oil rigs, tongue-eating lice, drumming noises crossing the open sea, and a pair of cousins who are just trying to have a relaxing fishing trip. The…

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The End of Night on Second-Day

May 12, 2023

My short story The End of Night on Second-Day is available to read in the anthology Gargantua, published by Air and Nothingness Press. The short stories in Gargantua all feature a megastructure and are 1000 words long, a fantastic juxtaposition between the super huge and the super small. In The End of Night on Second-Day,…

Anthology, Publication, science fiction, Short Story, Speculative Fiction

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Birdwatching Notebook Found on a Colorado Trailhead

October 3, 2022

My short horror story, “Birdwatching Notebook Found on a Colorado Trailhead,” is now available in Issue 2 of Archive of the Odd: A Supernatural History. You can pick up various versions of the issue here. The story is written in the format of a birder’s notebook, as an intrepid new birdwatcher sights something better left…

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Reviews for “Two Condition Reports from The Museum of Mythologic Science and Paranatural History”

July 18, 2022

My short story “Two Condition Reports from The Museum of Mythologic Science and Paranatural History” published in Hexagon Issue 8 has gotten some cool reviews and discussion in the last few months. Kathleen Jennings gave a lovely analysis of the story as part of her three-mood story structure project. You can read her analysis of…

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Two Condition Reports From the Museum of Mythologic Science and Paranatural History – Must read of March 2022

April 11, 2022

My short story “Two Condition Reports From the Museum of Mythologic Science and Paranatural History” is listed on Tor.com’s Must-Read Speculative Short Fiction for March 2022! I’m incredibly delighted to have made the list, and for “Two Condition Reports”to be listed alongside such great stories. Give the story a read at Hexagon, and then check…

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Two Condition Reports from The Museum of Mythologic Science and Paranatural History

March 4, 2022

My short story “Two Condition Reports from The Museum of Mythologic Science and Paranatural History” is now available to read in Issue 8 of Hexagon magazine! A specimen runs amok in the collections, causing all sorts of museum mayhem and necessitating a ton of paperwork, replete with monster factoids, professional sniping, and complaints. This story…

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