Published Stories
Fiction published in journals, anthologies, and magazines — each one a different door into the same recurring questions.
38 stories
Kelp Journal
The Hold
Published in Kelp Journal
Read ↗Forevermore
ForthcomingThe Rope
Published in Forevermore
Gossamer Wight
Preliminary Screening
Featured in Everyday Eerie Anthology
Read ↗Horrific Scribblings
No Exceptions
An independent publisher of transgressive dark fiction (and some poetry), horror and horror-adjacent such as dark fantasy, dark sci-fi, and the surreal.
Read ↗Flash Fiction Magazine
The Data
Published in Flash Fiction Magazine
Read ↗COOP: chickens of our poetry
Compliment Clouds
Published in COOP: chickens of our poetry — Zine 13
Read ↗34 Orchard
ForthcomingThe M-Mode Trace
Published in 34 Orchard, Autumn 2026
Moss Puppy Magazine
The Wolf's Tributary
Published in Moss Puppy Magazine — Issue 9: Echoed Howls
Read ↗Free Flash Fiction
The Arsonist's Daughter
Icicles clung to the eaves, glinting and mournful, as if the house itself wept. The air stung her cheeks, each breath a cold, unfinished chord.
Read ↗Bowery Gothic
The Voice Coach
Published in Bowery Gothic
Read ↗Furious Fiction / Australian Writers Centre
Behind the Eight Ball
This month, Furious Fiction celebrated EIGHT years of creative challenges! So what better than an appropriate theme to test your 500-words-or-fewer storytelling skills? Here were this month’s story…
Read ↗orangepeel literary magazine
PDFSlow Circles
Published in orangepeel literary magazine, Issue 9.5
Read ↗Across the Margin
The House of Denied Mercies
"The House of Denied Mercies" by Raymond Brunell — Across The Margin
Read ↗Writers' Hour Magazine
The Warden Observes
Originally published in Writers' Hour Magazine
Read ↗Horrific Scribblings
We Have Not Died Yet
An independent publisher of transgressive dark fiction (and some poetry), horror and horror-adjacent such as dark fantasy, dark sci-fi, and the surreal.
Read ↗Soul Poetry, Prose & Arts
PDFFrostwork
Published in Soul Poetry, Prose & Arts, Vol. 1, Issue 4, Fall 2025
Read ↗After Dinner Conversation
Did You Wish For Me
Originally published in After Dinner Conversation
Read ↗Bluebirds Scribe
The Peace Gardens
Our journal is a platform for creative expression, where unique voices and perspectives come alive in Poetry, Fiction, and Nonfiction
Read ↗34 Orchard
ForthcomingThe M-Mode Trace
Published in 34 Orchard, Autumn 2026 — Released November 10, 2026
Variety Pack
The Tides' Fragments
Published in Variety Pack — Issue XIII
Read ↗River & South Review
The Archive Cylinder
Published in River & South Review
Read ↗Literary Garage
The Black Lung Gospel
Published in Literary Garage
Read ↗Elegant Literature
PDFFrequency Response
Published in Elegant Literature
Read ↗Spillwords
The Taste of Ancestral Sorrow
Spillwords.com presents: The Taste of Ancestral Sorrow, flash fiction by Raymond Brunell, whose works explore memory, loss, and the ...
Read ↗Wild Willow Magazine
PDFStacking Chairs
Published in Wild Willow Magazine, Issue 5
Read ↗Little Old Lady Comedy
Phantom Pocket Syndrome
The safe house sits at the end of a cul-de-sac in a neighborhood where people still know their mail carriers
Read ↗Literary Cocktail Magazine
PaywalledSteam Faces
Published in Literary Cocktail Magazine — Fall 2025 Issue
Read ↗Rat Bag Lit
Thirteen Devours the First
Originally published in Rat Bag Lit
Read ↗Dishsoap Quarterly
Forty-Seven Angles
Published in Dishsoap Quarterly — Issue 12
Read ↗Furious Fiction / Australian Writers Centre
Never
Welcome back folks to the writing challenge we all love to be a part of… FURIOUS FICTION! (Applause.
Read ↗Skeleton Flowers Press
The Palimpsest Crest
Featured in Autumnal Equinox Vol. 2
Read ↗Furious Fiction / Australian Writers Centre
The News at 6:15
Welcome to the final Story Showcase for Furious Fiction this year – and we decided to end with an appropriate theme as we conclude 2025.
Read ↗Manic World Magazine
The Inheritance Fraud
Published in Manic World Magazine
Read ↗COOP: chickens of our poetry
Compliment Clouds
Published in COOP: chickens of our poetry — Zine 13
Read ↗Necessary Fiction
Ballast
Published in Necessary Fiction
Read ↗TrashLight Press
The Welfare Queen's Molotov
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Read ↗Dark Myth Publications
File 2847
Anthology contributor at Dark Myth Publications.
Read ↗Al Dente (University of Alabama)
The Death Eater
Published in Al Dente (University of Alabama) — Issue 2 — Our Roots, Winter 2025
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