Jake Stein lives in Portland, Oregon, where he concocts strange tales on his laptop and spends too much time at Powell’s Books. His stories have appeared in Lightspeed Magazine, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, The No Sleep Podcast, and lots of other awesome publications. You can occasionally find him fumbling around bluesky, or check out his stories below!
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Sparrow Maker — nominated for the Robert L. Fish Memorial Award, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, November/December 2024
Beginning Before And After The End — Lightspeed Magazine (read for free!)
Grow Up — first-place winner of the Weird Wide Web Fiction Contest, read it for free on Weird Wide Web, or pick up a copy of OFIC Magazine #8, where it was originally published.
Worse Companions — Aurealis #178
Sicker — The No Sleep Podcast S21E06
The Infinite Space Between Walls — Broken Antler Magazine #4 (read for free!)
Dick Tries To Die — Every Day Fiction (read for free!)
A Little Light In The Darkness — Creepy Podcast (Listen for free!)
Things Could Die — Many Worlds #6 (read for free!)
Find Your Voice — Electric Spec (read for free!)
Stopping — Stupefying Stories (read for free!)
Skin Of Stone — “Skin” Anthology by Bag Of Bones Press
The Old Man Who Never Screamed — Dark Dead Things #4 (or find the ebook here)
Real Food — “Murderfish” Anthology by Wonderbird Press
The Depression Talking — Eggplant Emoji #4
Stuck Above — Manawaker Studios (listen for free!)
The Last Time I Saw You — Hollow Oaks Press (read for free!)
House On The Mountain — “Two For The Show” Anthology by Rebellion Lit
Baby Steps — “To The Dogs” Anthology by Altitude Press
Big Animal — “Year Seven” Anthology by Black Hare Press
Human Garbage — British Science Fiction Association, Fission #4
A Story About — A Coup Of Owls Summer 2025 (read for free!)
Uniquely Norm — Big Smoke Pulp #1
The Mask Of Innocence — Mystic Mind Magazine
Jake Stein