The Free Fictional Frontier

Library

Short stories, zines, and chapbooks for those who love wandering through words. Some are free to read, others you can find in print through Studio Second Street.

A Realm where imagination runs wild, genres collide, and the only rule is that there are no rules.

Wayward Words from the Edge of the Realm

Short stories and strays from the shifting borders of imagination.

Cartoon illustration of a wizard watching a king eat at a table, with a fox tail hidden beneath the king’s robe.

Tails Will Tell

A magical short story where a wizard’s careless spell, a fox curse, and a king’s greed reveal the folly of passing misfortune on.

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Whispers in the Wind

A woman braving the winter wind is guided—and frustrated—by mysterious voices, each reflecting her inner conflict, as she struggles to make sense of their advice.

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The Dispatch Crate

Messages from the outer realms. These zines arrived slightly scorched but ready to read.

Life advice from a cat who's mastered the art of ignoring nonsense.

Illustrated caveman crouches beside a clutch of eggs, watching longingly as three other cavepeople dance around a newly discovered fire in the background. Caption reads: “47,000 BCE Thag missed the discovery of fire because someone had to watch the eggs. He never got over it.”

Regret is older than the internet.

Illustrated cover of The Shopping List zine showing a crumpled, light blue paper with the title written in black handwriting, lying against a tiled floor background. Text at the top right reads “Zine No. 11,” and at the bottom it says, “Story & illustrations by Annette Zimmerman.”

A story about the consequences that come from believing our own stories.

The Script Morgue

Scripts I wrote and performed for the Storytown Radio Show.