About
Welkin is magazine of fantastic literature, devoted to narrowing the gap between realist literary fiction and more traditional and fantastic modes of narrative.
We have two digital magazines: Welkin, our quarterly ebook; and The Book of Idle Tales, our online magazine, which contains very short, digestible pieces of fantastic flash fiction.
Recent Stories in The Book of Idle Tales
Home Is a Transverse Plane
My mother dies before she knew me. When she becomes sick, I move in to her house, and when she dies, I inherit the place. An old, two-story shotgun house….
Night Fishing
On rare nights in the late fall when the moon is a sliver short of full, the fog rolls in from the sea to fill the hollows and valleys of…
Water Grass
Around ten in the morning, Dr. Sekitei stopped by with a bunch of spring onions and a bottle of beer in his hand. We had become friends through our mutual…
Current Issue
Spring 2021
