May was awesome.

And here’s why.

It was our first time experiencing short story month, which was a great way to promote our stuff. And, thanks to folks like Thomas Michael Duncan and many others, we discovered a bunch of great short stories as well.

We also saw a bunch of new followers, on here, on Twitter and on Facebook. And, to date, May was our busiest month on the site.

Speaking of the site—and another first for us—we published four short stories in May: Little Birds by the sensational Sarah Flynn, A Few Loose Ends by the magnificent M.W. Fowler, Soul Gazing by the priceless Pete Grapentien, and Swarm Theory by the brilliant Braydon Beaulieu. If you them read, a million thanks. If not, you can grab your free downloads here.

Soon after debuting the stories, a section of Little Birds (How the Light Gets In) was given a beautiful narration by the extremely talented voice artist Xe Sands. 

And at the beginning of the month, we also announced our next compilation: Little (flash) Fiction. So far, we’ve been receiving way more submissions than we anticipated, and there’s still a month to go. 

Lastly—certainly not least—May saw another first for us: we handed the reigns over to two-time Little Fiction author Will Johnson for an interview with Jay Hosking, writer of another Little Fiction title, Analogue. 

Hence, the awesomeness of May.

Stay tuned for our next stories, coming to the site June 6: Extensions by Carissa Halston, and To Those Who Cut Us Down by Emily Walker. You can check out the cover art for both of those titles here. And we’ll have another interview by Will, this time with Calm, Ghosts author Meredith Hambrock.

Thanks.

Soul Gazing.

Soul Gazing, new to Little Fiction this month, is a story about the life that fills our eyes — the stories, the history, the moments and the people. And what happens when that life is replaced by a pupil that can no longer dilate. 

In Soul Gazing, Pete Grapentien has crafted an emotional and poignantly told story about life and death, and of waiting for their dividing lines to meet.

You can download Soul Gazing for free at Little Fiction, or follow any of these links to read it on your smartphone, tablet, eReader or desktop.

Little Fiction is about to turn six months old, and we’ll be celebrating next week with the release of four short stories (instead of our usual two):

Little Birds by Sarah Flynn, Swarm Theory by Braydon Beaulieu, Soul Gazing by Pete Grapentien and A Few Loose Ends by M.W. Fowler. Until then, hope you dig the covers. 

Thanks.