Short Stories

All the stories listed in the left hand menu have been published, shortlisted or won prizes in short story competitions. Beneath each story you’ll find any comments I’ve received (and been given permission to use) from competition judges and publishers. I’ve also provided information about the various competitions and the pros and cons of entering them. I hope the information will inspire and help new writers learn how to write a short story with a marketplace in mind, making it more appealing to editors and competition judges and aiding the likelihood of publication.

Or, if you’re just looking for free short stories online, I hope you enjoy the tales I’ve made available here :)

Please feel free to contact me if you have any comments or questions. Any comments (good, bad or ugly) are always welcome as long as they’re not abusive. I intend to run the site like a blog, so comments, both positive and negative, might be published if they aren’t too rude. If you want to be credited as the author of the comment you write, please provide your name. If no name is provided, you’ll be credited as ‘Anonymous’.

I'm always looking for original images to use on the site, espeically on the story pages. If you feel inspired to create any artwork based on my short stories, or any of the other content on the site, I will always be interested to see it and, with your permission, consider using it.

All the stories on this website are written by Christopher Fielden. Christopher Fielden has asserted his right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 to be identified as the author of these works. The stories on this site are provided for you to read free of charge subject to the condition that they are not, by way of trade or otherwise, copied, lent, sold, hired out, printed or otherwise circulated in any format without the author’s prior consent.

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