Sudden Fictions

Host: R. B. Wood Cindy O'Quinn is a four-time HWA Bram Stoker nominated writer. Her dark poetry has been nominated for both the Rhysling and Dwarf Star Awards. Cindy lives a simple lifestyle on the old Tessier homestead in northern Maine.

Host: R. B. Wood Born in 1964 in Québec City, Yves Meynard currently lives in Orléans, Ontario. He holds a Ph. D. in Computer Science from the Université de Montréal. Since 1986, he has published over 50 SF & Fantasy short stories in both English and French, and 19 books in French. His first book in English, a fantasy novel titled  The Book of Knights , came out in January 1998 from  Tor Books . H...

Host: R. B. Wood Rose Blackthorn wrote this week's story, and it is a Twilight Zone-esque delightfully creepy, and beautiful tale! Rose Blackthorn lives in the desert but longs for the sea. She is a writer, dog-mom, jewelry-maker, avowed coffee drinker, and photographer. Her short fiction and poetry have appeared online and in print with a varied list of anthologies and magazines, including the co...

Host: R. B. Wood The April 2023 theme of "Storm" begins with a coming-of-age story by returning author Bill Kirton. Bill Kirton was born in Plymouth, England, studied French at Exeter University, and graduated in 1962. While teaching at Hardye's School, Dorchester, he started his Ph. D. on the theatre of Victor Hugo and was a lecturer at Aberdeen University from 1968 to 1989. He's also been a voic...

Host: R. B. Wood The last of our prophecy stories titled, fittingly enough, "The Prophecy," is by author Andrew Butters who also has a brand new non-fiction book releasing on April first. Give this rather satirical sudden fiction a listen. Andrew Butters is a married father of two living in New Brunswick, Canada and he will tell you that his first published work was Losing Vern as part of the Oran...

Host: R. B. Wood Another travel prophesy...I'm just gonna stay home from now on! "Train Car Six is by Jason McIntyre...and it's a good one! Jason McIntyre is the author of more than three dozen short stories, several novellas and full-length fiction. He is an editor and communications professional, and has spent several years as a graphic designer and commercial artist. With over a hundred a fifty...

Host: R. B. Wood I promised a "special guest" this week and unfortunately, things don't always work out the way you want them to. So I'm now my own special guest! How meta! Enjoy "The Grotesque of Boylston Street." Former technologist and world traveler, storyteller  R. B. Wood  is an MFA graduate from Emerson College and a writer of speculative dark thrillers. Mr. Wood, via Crystal Lake Publishin...

Host: R. B. Wood A fortune cookie makes for a very bad day. A wonderfully dark tale by Kristi Petersen Schoonover. Kristi Petersen Schoonover has always truly believed it's bad luck to leave a fortune cookie unopened. Her stories have appeared in over a hundred publications, and she and her husband, Nathan, are currently writing the screenplay for Candlewood: Jerusalem (working title)—sequel to th...

Host: R.B Wood The month of March kicks off the theme of "Prophecy" with a terrifying tale from the most amazing Eden Baylee. Eden Baylee is a writer of fiction. She keeps an active blog, home to many of her stories and inspirations. While showcasing her own work, Eden also posts on music and whatever moves her. Don't let her dry sense of humour and penchant for profanity scare you. She's always p...

Newcomer, Jason McIntyre tells the disturbing story of a service man trying to do his job. Enjoy "Keys" Host: R. B. Wood Jason McIntyre is the author of more than three dozen short stories, several novellas and full-length fiction. He is an editor and communications professional, and has spent several years as a graphic designer and commercial artist. With over a hundred a fifty thousand downloads...

TRIGGER WARNING: Implied child abuse A poignant and hard to hear story that is brilliantly written by Kerry E. B. Black. Host: R. B. Wood Kerry E. B. Black writes from a buttercream doll's house sinking into a swamp situated along the Allegheny River. She's a member of the HWA, Nomadic Wordsters, Rough Writers, and Wily Writers and can be found on many social media platforms, where she hopes you w...

Our first "tag-team" manuscript comes from Cindy O'Quinn and Nathan McCullough. I love these types od stories...you'll know what I mean when you hear it! Host: R. B. Wood Cindy O'Quinn is a four-time Bram Stoker Award-Nominated writer. Author of "Lydia", from the Shirley Jackson Award winning anthology:  The Twisted Book of Shadows , "The Thing I Found Along a Dirt Patch Road", "A Gathering on the...

My dear friend Maria Haskins joins us with her haunting story, "Marta's Smile," based on the February theme of Secret Crush . Host: R. B. Wood Maria Haskins is a Swedish-Canadian writer and reviewer of speculative fiction. She lives just outside Vancouver with a husband, two children, several birds, a snake, and a black dog. Her short story collection  Six Dreams About the Train & Other Stories  w...

Man, this is a good one! Author J. Edwin Baja's creepy story awaits your listening Pleasure. Enjoy "Tight White Smile," if you dare!

Suzanne Madron has provided us with a delightful tale of dread based on the January theme of "Blizzard." I read her story "Cold Faith" for this week's show.

Trigger Warning: Filicide A very dark and apocalyptic take on the January theme of "Blizzard. Sheri White does a marvelous job creating a Sudden Fiction that will stick with you for a while. Next week, we will get a story from Suzanne Madron.

Welcome to 2023 and the first episode of the "Sudden Fictions" Podcast! A Sudden Fiction is a story of between 750 and 1000 words with a beginning, middle, and end that is "suddenly" there. The year-long theme for 2023 is "Seasons" with the four stories slated for January having the additional prompt of "blizzard." Our first-ever story is by podcast veteran Bill Kirton, and his sudden fiction is a...