Author: Marinda Kotze
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My micro-story, “Escape,” has just been published on 50-Word Stories. You can read it here: Last year, they also published another of my pieces, “The Thin Line Between Order and Chaos.” Read it here: I’ve been writing more micro-fiction lately…
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I celebrated another orbit around the sun recently and listened to a lot of music. For once, the YouTube algorithm did its job and suggested a lot of songs I hadn’t heard in years. It was wonderfully nostalgic and made…
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[Scroll down for the English translation of this post] Twee van my kortverhale, “Ontkoppel” en “Charlie“, is in Ns. Skrywershuis se nuwe kortverhaalbundel, AFRI-Allegaartjie, gepubliseer. In 2023 en 2024 het Ns. Skrywershuis via hul tydskrif, Naskrif, ‘n kortverhaalkompetisie op hul…
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I’m excited to share that my flash horror story “Red in New Hamlet” will be published on Black Hare Press’s Patreon in the coming weeks. The story is a dark, urban retelling of a familiar fairy tale. It follows Rosa…
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Every morning, at exactly three o’clock, icy currents slither through the gap underneath Mandy’s closet door. They crawl up her bed like glassy vines, patting down the duvet until they find her small body curled against the headboard. She keeps…
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Hope you guys are having an awesome week so far! My 1-minute horror story, “What the Frogs Took,” is now live on The Mythos Minute Podcast (Episode 93). I’ve always been deathly afraid of frogs—honestly, anything amphibian. The story was…
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I’m thrilled to share that my story “The Meat Sweats” is a finalist in Crystal Lake Publishing’s Shallow Waters Flash Fiction Contest this month! This round’s theme is Eco-Horror, and I’m incredibly honored to be featured alongside such an impressive…
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I’m excited to share that my flash horror story “Currents” has been accepted by Black Hare Press for the upcoming Flash Frights Anthology, entitled Alone. “Currents” was inspired by this picture: I’ve read some of the other stories, and boy,…
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In a quiet 1950s suburb, a beautiful stray cat slips into the lives of a young family—and stays. Generations later, in the very same house, another couple tries to make a fresh start, unaware of the dark legacy curling through…
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I’m happy to announce that my horror short story “A Tempting Offer” has been published in Schlock! Webzine (Volume 19, Issue 6). Read the story here for free on the Schlock! website. You can buy the magazine here on Amazon.…
