The Shallow One

Check out my latest, "The Shallow One," at the Drabblecast. It's Lovecraft, only funny and with an inspirational message. So, It's not really Lovecraft. But you'll love it, so go listen. To hear the audio, scroll down past the print version of the story. Terrific art by Leonardo d'Almeida. Click here to listen: https://www.drabblecast.org/2020/12/12/drabblecast-437-the-shallow-one/

 

176 and 177

I finished story 176 about three weeks ago, a flash piece called "Between Worlds," about a guy on a journey that's longer than what might be healthy. Just finished 177 a few minutes ago. It's called "Those Who Live in Negative Space," and it's 8,500 words long. The narrator takes an unknown someone on a tour of a great artist's sculptures that might change their entire worldview.

174 and 175

In the last month I've finished two more stories, "The Shallow One" (174 of the One-Thousand), a light-hearted Lovecraftian story which was commissioned by the Drabblecast to run later this month, and "Turf War 2200" (175), which is a goofy piece of flash fiction about a fight using lawn equipment and that fight's consequences.

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Listen To My Latest

Art by Carly Heath

Listen to my two latest stories at the Drabblecast. Episode 427 includes my very short stories, "Life and Times" (140 of the One-Thousand), and "Sometimes I'm a Chair" (150). You can read them there also, but scroll to the player at the bottom if you want to listen: https://www.drabblecast.org/2020/07/04/drabblecast-427-doubleheader-matthew-sanborn-smith/

173

Just finished and submitted my 173rd story, "Three Princesses," a fantasy retelling of "The Three Princes of Serendip," told in a science fictional setting. That's my 940th submission.

David C Roy's Kinetic Sculptures

172

Finished story 172 last week. It's called "Expiration Date."

171

Oops.I finished 171 a month ago. Instead of calling it, "A Sensitive Woman," I changed the title to, "Their Heads Filled to Bursting."