Author: Marinda Kotze
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My 100-word techno-horror story Suburban Perfection has been published by Black Hare Press on their Patreon. You can read it here (paywalled). The story will also feature in their 2026 collection later this year. Suburban Perfection is an AI/automation horror…
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The World of Myth Magazine is celebrating its 150th issue. I have one flash story and one artwork in this issue: The flash story is a horror story entitled They Started Coming to the House in the Fall. A mysterious…
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A micro story of mine entitled “Please Let Me Into Your Storm” was published on Spillwords recently. Read it here. I wrote it a couple of months ago and submitted it to a microfiction competition. Unfortunately, it didn’t make the…
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A struggling trader discovers a way to glimpse tomorrow’s winning stocks and quickly builds a fortune beyond his wildest dreams. But as his wealth grows, so does his ego.
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This weekend I hit my goal of 100 submissions to literary magazines and competitions! Over the last two and a half years, I’ve sent 50 flash fiction and short stories to more than 60 magazines, publishers, and competitions. Thus far,…
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Ek laat weet net gou vir almal dat daar ‘n nuwe Afrikaanse jeugflitsverhaal vir 9 tot 13 jariges op my webtuiste beskikbaar is: Het jy al ooit gewonder wat sluip rond buite jou tent? Gerrit en sy beste vriend, André,…
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We live in a time when AI companions are no longer science fiction. Millions of people interact daily with systems designed to simulate empathy, romance, and devotion. But we rarely ask: what happens when those systems stop being disposable? We…
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My boyfriend and I visited his mother in Tzaneen over Christmas. We currently don’t have a car that can reliably handle long distances, so we decided to take the bus. While traveling back, the highway was especially busy—apparently everyone wanted…
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Black Hare Press’s annual anthology, Year Seven, collecting all the horror flash fiction published on its digital platforms during 2025, is out now. The anthology features over 240 flash stories that are weird, dark, and delightfully creepy. I am pleased…
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As clichéd as it is to say this, it truly feels like this year flew by. One moment it was February and now it is December (!!!). Now is as good a time as any to take a moment to…
