My flash fiction Insomnia was published in SciFanSat, a free magazine of speculative fiction and poetry — my second publication in this magazine!
You can read my story for free in the current issue, along with many other amazing stories.
SciFanSat Issue 34 | Rescue is available for viewing as epub and PDF!
A short retrospective of my writing journey in 2025.
Continue reading “The Year 2025 in Writing”
Welcome to the Advent Calendar Story Train, where you can read through 24 stories under this year’s theme, Lost.
Trigger warning: Dementia, Alzheimer’s
I could draw this room with my eyes closed. Coming here every Thursday for the past three years has etched it into my memory: the white walls, the square window towards the garden, the beige armchair, the nondescript wardrobe, the hospital bed in the corner. The only specks of color are the green carpet and a dozen postcards.
Continue reading “Lost Memories (Advent Calendar Story Train)”
My fantasy short story The Wish, which was published on MetaStellar online in 2023, is now also available in their latest anthology, The Best of MetaStellar Year Four!
The anthology is available from most book retailers in ebook or paperback form, and contains 54 amazing science fiction, fantasy, and horror stories.
My first published poem titled Late is now available to read in the latest issue of The B’K (Volume 16, Issue 3), a free art and literature magazine prioritizing traditionally marginalized creators.
You can read my poem for free in the current issue, along with many other amazing stories, poems, and artwork.
The B’K Volume 16, Issue 3 (July 2025) is available as a free PDF or can be pre-ordered as a print copy!
My fantasy short story A Fairy Tale was published in SciFanSat, a free magazine of speculative fiction and poetry.
You can read my story for free in the current issue, along with many other amazing stories.
SciFanSat Issue 21 | Adventure is available for viewing, ePub Download, and PDF!
A short retrospective of my writing journey in 2024.
Continue reading “The Year 2024 in Writing”
My spec-fic short story System Update was published in AI, Robot (edited by Jessica Augustsson).
The anthology is available in ebook and paperback format on Amazon and is filled with stories about the not-so-distant future, that span the emotional spectrum of the AI experience.
“AI, Robot isn’t just a collection of stories; it’s a gateway to a future that might already be unfolding. Prepare to have your heart challenged and your mind expanded as you delve into the lives of the metal and the circuits that may one day become an inseparable part of our own reality.”
A short retrospective of my writing journey in 2023.
Continue reading “The Year 2023 in Writing”
Publication time! You can now read my fantasy short story The Wish on MetaStellar, an online literary magazine for speculative fiction and beyond.
My story is available to read for free here.
If you enjoy this story, take a look at my ebook What You Wish For: 5 Fantastical Short Stories, where it was first published earlier this year. You’ll find four more stories with a similar theme of people having their wishes turned upside down, sideways, and inside out!
My feline flash fiction Nine Lives appears in Many Mewsings (and Some Barking too) (edited by Sean McGillis).
The anthology is available on Amazon and contains fantastic feline fun and canine capers contributed by writers from around the globe. All profits from the anthology will be donated to All About Animals Rescue.
My second self-published short story collection What You Wish For: 5 Fantastical Short Stories is now available on Amazon!
In this collection, people have their wishes turned upside down, sideways, and inside out – and nothing is how it might seem.
Reviews, recommendations, and shares are very welcome!
My fantasy story Behind the Waterfall (which appeared in my ebook Tröll, Álfar, Hestar) has now been published in Winter Enchantment: An Anthology of Magical Stories (edited by Malina Douglas).
The anthology is available on Amazon and Kobo, and contains fifteen fantastic tales to inspire, surprise and light the way through the winter darkness.
A short retrospective of my writing journey in 2022.
Continue reading “The Year 2022 in Writing”My climate flash fiction What’s A Penguin? which was published online by Little Blue Marble earlier this year is also available in the yearly anthology Little Blue Marble 2022: Warmer Worlds (edited by Katrina Archer).
You can buy the anthology in print or ebook format here.
The book is also available on Amazon, Kobo, and most other ebook shops.
My self-published short story collection Tröll, Álfar, Hestar: 3 Magical Short Stories Inspired by Iceland is now available on Amazon!
It contains 3 adventurous, romantic, and magical twists on Icelandic folk tales, as travelers meet some of the hidden and mystical inhabitants of modern Iceland.
Reviews, recommendations, and shares are very welcome!
I gave a short interview for Iridescent Words, in light of the upcoming Winter Enchantment anthology, which will feature one of my stories, Behind the Waterfall. In the interview, I talk about my inspiration for my stories, my writing space, and some of my favorite books and authors.
Click here to read the full interview!
Winter Enchantment will be published in November 2022.
To help make this happen, please support the fundraising campaign here!
Another publication! You can now read my climate flash fiction What’s A Penguin? on Little Blue Marble, a great website that raises awareness of the consequences and potential solutions to anthropogenic climate change.
My story is available to read for free here.
If you like this project, please consider donating and/or becoming a Patron of Little Blue Marble!
My first horror story got published in The Quiet Ones – True Love Never Dies!
You can read the magazine for free here with my story Reflections and many other great stories to make your blood run cold.
It took a few tries to get this story accepted somewhere, but I am overjoyed that it found such a good home in excellent company. It also taught me to not give up on stories, even after many rejections.
The first publication of 2022! On Friday, my sci-fi story One More Sunrise was published by Flash Point SF. You can read it for free here!
I wrote this story after a prompt from Furious Fiction, and while it didn’t make it to the short or long list then, after a bit of editing and polishing, I am happy that it found a home in a poignant sci-fi magazine next to other great stories.
This story first appeared on 12. April 2021 in Land Beyond the World Magazine.
Continue reading “Story: Snowstorm”
A short retrospective of my writing achievements (and failures) in 2021.
Continue reading “The Year 2021 in Writing”
My fantasy story Snowstorm was published in Land Beyond the World Magazine today!
You can read it on their website or here on this page for free.
I wrote this story during the NYC Midnight Short Story Challenge in 2020, and am happy it found a good home after the feedback I received and several edits.
This story was first shortlisted in the Furious Fiction July 2019 Contest.
This story was published in City.River.Tree.
S.J.C. Schreiber