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.

A hand adds a doodle to “The Quest” pages of the November Realmscapes Dispatch. Colored pens and the cranberry “Coming Together” cover rest nearby on a black desk.

November 2026 Dispatch: Coming Together

A busy October brought pencil studies, camping, a sketchbook-making class, and an unexpected discovery: my engineering and artistic sides enjoy working together. November’s Dispatch gathers the sketches, doodles, and lessons from a month of coming together.
Anni holds up a copy of her new dispatch, a gold color cover titled "Belonging'

October 2026 Dispatch: Belonging

Do you ever feel like you just don't belong anywhere? I thought about it a lot this month, and it's showing in my work.
Anni is holding a blue zine with a collage on the cover.

September 2026 Dispatch: Making Room

Making room can mean a lot of things. This month's newsletter focuses on the ways I discovered this.

The Script Morgue

Scripts I wrote and performed for the Storytown Radio Show.