Jeff Fleischer

The first short story I wrote in years, now nearly five years old, The Others, is now published in Duende literary magazine, part of its January spotlight. An excerpt: Zacharias had spent most of the day alone, tending to his small flock of sheep. With no children of his own, and his wife long dead […]

A couple years ago, I wrote The Cat, a holiday story based on a Celtic myth. Now it’s part of East Bay Review’s holiday issue. I like being in a magazine from my old neighborhood, with Jack London on the masthead. An excerpt: Sitting in a bar on Christmas Eve didn’t feel out of the […]

More fiction news. My short story “Crocotta” appears in the new issue of Mikrokosmos Journal, which came out last night and pairs all stories up with illustrations. An excerpt: Study the unexplainable long enough, and you’ll learn there’s usually an explanation. The gryphon? Just protoceratops bones, discovered by Proto-Greeks who didn’t understand what they were […]

This news was embargoed for a long time, but can now be shared. My 2015 book Rockin’ the Boat was selected by the Illinois Reading Council as part of the 2017 Illinois Reads program. It’s one of six books chosen for high schools as part of a statewide reading initiative. Illinois Reads is a great […]

My undergrad alma mater, Indiana University, included “Votes of Confidence” in the latest edition of the media school’s alumni bookshelf. I’ve gotten three entries on that shelf, and hope to grow that number soon.

Zoetic Press Non-Binary Review just put out its Alice in Wonderland issue, which includes my short story “The Lion, the Unicorn, and the Dragon.” It’s my second time in this publication (after the Arabian Nights issue).

My short story Clarksdale is out today in the new issue of Deep South Magazine. It’s what comes from too much time ruminating on Robert Johnson and the Crossroads. Milo pulled into Clarksdale just as the sun was setting.   It had been a long drive from Chicago, and he had to shake his legs […]