Gabrielle Bleu

Publication

  • The Houses Lie Empty on Mulberry Street

    My plant-based creature-feature horror story “The Houses Lie Empty On Mulberry Street” is now available at Theme of Absence! You can read it here. When Joannie rode her bike to school in the fall, Mulberry Street always sat empty as she passed. No cars, no adults, no other kids on bikes. The shades on the…

  • 2020 in Review

    2020 was my first year out of graduate school, and it made such a tremendous difference on my writing output. In 2019, I had 27 story submissions – no small feat, to be sure. But in 2020, I submitted short stories 42 times, and completed four new short stories on top of the ones I…

  • You’re It

    My science fiction short story “You’re It” is out now in the June 2020 issue of Utopia Science Fiction! “You’re It”  has everything – geological features, Neptune’s best moon, and cosmic married life. Its also one of the most optimistic and cheerful stories I’ve written, and I’m really glad it story found a home with…

  • Let Loose the Lilac Mammoths!

    My play-by-mail story game Let Loose the Lilac Mammoths! is available now on my itch.io page! (exclamation mark!) I wrote it as part of the Step Up For the Postal Service game jam, organized with the news that the United States Postal Service is facing bankruptcy under the Covid-19 pandemic. I very briefly worked as…

  • Two Scientifically-Inclined Monsters

    I have two monsters and their stat blocks for use in DnD out as part of the bestiary Scientific Secrets of Avernus. The Volcanitherium is an adorable two-headed, gliding murder hound, and the False Cleric Fish is the spookiest arthropod you could ever encounter. I’m a big fan of both ttrpgs and monsters, so this…

  • Coppice & Brake out now!

    The anthology Coppice & Brake by Crone Girls Press is out now! In it you can read my horror story, Dog’s Blood Trail; a heartwarming story about a father, his son, and their faithful dog, as well as a razor-blade and a handful of sharks. Not only that, 22 other stories of love, horror, hope,…

  • “Dog’s Blood Trail” Upcoming

    I’m extremely pleased to announce that my short horror story “Dog’s Blood Trail” has been picked up by Crone Girls Press to be part of the upcoming anthology “Coppice & Brake” edited by Rachel A. Brune. Crone Girls Press will also be releasing Volume Two of its “Stories We Tell After Midnight” anthology. I hope…

  • Revoluta Revolution

    My flash fiction horror story “Revoluta Revolution” is out at Jitter Press. Check it out here! I at one point also had a sago palm, bought under the thought process featured in the story. It met an unfortunate end, as did the creeping juniper I planted four months ago. I really try, but just do…

  • Trophic Dynamics

    My flash fiction creature feature/horror story “Trophic Dynamics” is out in Dark Moments by Black Hare Press. Check it out here! I’ve been shopping this story around since 2015. It’s always been one of my favorites, and has undergone a lot of changes for such a compact story, but the core idea of a creature…

  • Leave No Trace

    My flash fiction horror story Leave No Trace is out at The Arcanist. Please give it a read, its a culmination of the dozens and dozens of Junior Ranger booklets I filled out as a child. The main character is a National Park Ranger. I wrote the first draft of this story back in 2016,…