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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

Justin Allard
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….

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Night Fishing

S. A. McKenzie
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…

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Water Grass

Jūran Hisao, Translated by Toshiya Kamei
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…

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Spring 2021 

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