The Middle Ground – FFP 0931

“Philosopher Rex” by Larry Hodges Manawaker Patreon: https://patreon.com/manawaker/ Manawaker store: https://payhip.com/Manawaker More info / Contact CB Droege: https://cbdroege.taplink.ws The Flash Fiction Podcast Theme Song is by Kevin McCleod The Producer, Editor, and Narrator of the podcast is CB Droege Author Bio: Larry Hodges is an active member of SFWA with over 200 short story sales, four novels, 21 books, and over 2200 published articles in over 180 different publications. He also claims to be the best table tennis player in SFWA and the best SF writer in USA Table Tennis! Visit him at www.larryhodges.com.

“The Middle Ground” by Ingrid Jendrzejewski Manawaker Patreon: https://patreon.com/manawaker/ Manawaker store: https://payhip.com/Manawaker More info / Contact CB Droege: https://cbdroege.taplink.ws The Flash Fiction Podcast Theme Song is by Kevin McCleod The Producer, Editor, and Narrator of the podcast is CB Droege Author Bio: Ingrid Jendrzejewski currently serves as Co-Director of National Flash Fiction Day (UK) and Editor-in-Chief of FlashFlood. She’s judged flash competitions for organisations like Flash500, Mslexia, and Quantum Shorts and loves shortform writing in all its flavours. Her novella-in-flash Things I Dream About When I’m Not Sleeping was published by Ad Hoc Press. You can find her at www.ingridj.com and on Twitter at @LunchOnTuesday.

“Sky’s Falling” by Stuart Docherty Manawaker Patreon: https://patreon.com/manawaker/ Manawaker store: https://payhip.com/Manawaker More info / Contact CB Droege: https://cbdroege.taplink.ws The Flash Fiction Podcast Theme Song is by Kevin McCleod The Producer, Editor, and Narrator of the podcast is CB Droege Author Bio: Stuart is a British writer and poet based in Tokyo, where he writes, eats too much, and pretends to speak Japanese. You can find his work at ergot.press, Maudlin House, and Black Hare Press.

“Spill-Free and Sparkling” by Addison Smith Manawaker Patreon: https://patreon.com/manawaker/ Manawaker store: https://payhip.com/Manawaker More info / Contact CB Droege: https://cbdroege.taplink.ws The Flash Fiction Podcast Theme Song is by Kevin McCleod The Producer, Editor, and Narrator of the podcast is CB Droege  

“Dead Eye” by Dannye Chase Manawaker’s Patreon: https://patreon.com/manawaker/ Manawaker books: https://payhip.com/Manawaker More info / Contact CB Droege: https://cbdroege.taplink.ws Author Bio: Dannye Chase is a queer, married mom of three who lives in the US Pacific Northwest. She claims to write in many genres, but her oldest offspring suspects it all boils down to either romance or horror…or somehow both. You can find her at DannyeChase.com, where she gives weird writing prompts.

“AdVerse Possession” by Karl Lykken Manawaker’s Patreon: https://patreon.com/manawaker/ Manawaker books: https://payhip.com/Manawaker More info / Contact CB Droege: https://cbdroege.taplink.ws Author Bio: Karl Lykken writes stories and software in Texas. His work has appeared in Overtime (a chapbook series by Blue Cubicle Press), Love Letters to Poe, and Daily Science Fiction.

“Fragmented” by Eric Fomley Manawaker’s Patreon: https://patreon.com/manawaker/ Manawaker books: https://payhip.com/Manawaker More info / Contact CB Droege: https://cbdroege.taplink.ws Author Bio: Eric Fomley’s stories have appeared in Clarkesworld, Daily Science Fiction, and Flame Tree Press. You can read more of his stories in his Flash Futures or Portals collections.

“Bells” by Jake Stein Manawaker’s Patreon: https://patreon.com/manawaker/ Manawaker books: https://payhip.com/Manawaker More info / Contact CB Droege: https://cbdroege.taplink.ws Author Bio: Jake Stein lives in Portland, Oregon, where he concocts strange tales on his laptop and spends too much time at Powell’s Books.

“Breakup, Breakdown, Breakfast” by Emma Burnett Manawaker’s Patreon: https://patreon.com/manawaker/ Manawaker books: https://payhip.com/Manawaker More info / Contact CB Droege: https://cbdroege.taplink.ws Author Bio: Emma Burnett is a researcher and writer. She has had stories in Apex Magazine, Radon, Utopia Magazine, MetaStellar, Milk Candy Review, Elegant Literature, The Stygian Lepus, Roi Fainéant, The Sunlight Press, Rejection Letters, and more. You can find her @slashnburnett, @slashnburnett.bsky.social, or emmaburnett.uk.

“No Words to Describe the Sky” by Elad Haber Manawaker’s Patreon: https://patreon.com/manawaker/ Manawaker books: https://payhip.com/Manawaker More info / Contact CB Droege: https://cbdroege.taplink.ws Author Bio: Elad Haber is a husband, father to an adorable little girl, and IT guy by day, fiction writer by night. He has recent publications from Lightspeed Magazine, Underland Arcana and the Simultaneous Times Podcast. His debut short story collection, “The World Outside” will be published by Underland Press in late 2024. Visit eladhaber.com for links and news.