Entries by Black Hare Press

OCEANS: A Dark Microfiction Anthology

Savage sirens, selkies, sailors, serpents, suckers, and sea monsters.
What miracles can one hundred debut to bestselling authors do with 100 words?
More than three hundred 100-word drabbles from around the world.

Chrysalis by Kimberly Rei

Born under a dark moon, Iana was destined for greatness. When fate finds her, it brings prophecy and power. But when a mystery from her mother is unveiled, Iana’s world will change forever.

Mount Terror by E.L. Giles

“Do not come here. We are all doomed.”

The words haunt Henry Chapelton as he braves the unwelcoming waters of the Austral sea, heading toward Antarctica to save Captain Ernst Land and his ill-fated crew. What’s supposed to be a rescue mission quickly turns into a fight for survival, a battle against Nature, the elements, and forces of unknown origins.

Carpe Detritus by Tim Mendees

It’s a dirty job, but someone has to do it, right? Refuse collection is a miserable task at the best of times, but Matthew’s life is about to get a whole lot worse.

They by G. Allen Wilbanks

I do not know what They are. I don’t know where They came from. All I know for certain is They appeared in the house about six weeks after Amy and I moved in.

Spiritus ex Machina by G. Allen Wilbanks

Alexander Devin’s life is about to change. Pulled from the edge of death, he wakes to find his mind has been preserved in a new body, a mechanical body that will never know pain, illness, or old age. But it is much more than that.

The Bookworm by L.T. Emery and Andreas Hort

Gerald prides himself on his librarian skills—he’s a teacher, a researcher, a human database, and the one he coined himself, a recommender; with just a few details, he knows the perfect book for every customer.

The Salamandrion by Mike Adamson

In the late 25th century, a systems analyst is called in to diagnose a strange instability in the computers of a base established on the most volcanically active planet ever encountered. What he finds shakes his understanding of reality, because this planet is not as dead as it seems, and it wants humans gone—for their own sake.