Open Journal Short Stories
Many thanks to all the short story writers who continue to submit to Superlative.
Here are the fantastic short stories we have selected for publication in our open journal.
If you would like us to consider your short story, please submit here.
Enjoy!
John P. McEneny is an Albany-born playwright and the Artistic Director of Piper Theatre Productions in Brooklyn. His plays include Mayla the Monkey Girl (Playscripts), Very Bad Girl Scouts, Two Houses, and Grippe of October (YouthPLAYS), and Cold April (Best Play Anthology, Strawberry Festival).
M.R. Turner was, at one time, a disreputable diplomat in Paris.
Julie Thorndyke was a librarian in the education sector before her career change to concentrate on writing fiction and poetry. A contributor to The NSW School Magazine, she has been editor of Eucalypt: a tanka journal since 2017. Julie has published three collections of tanka poetry with Ginninderra Press including Borrowed Riches (2022). Julie’s adult novel, Mrs Rickaby’s Lullaby, was published in 2019 and Divertimento (short stories) in 2021.
Nikita Akula is an Indian-American illustrator, designer & storyteller. Her goal as an artist is to empower and inspire and her work ultimately highlights the magic in the ordinary. Nikita holds a BFA in Illustration and a minor in book arts from the Maryland Institute College of Art. She was a winner of MICA’s Ezra Jack Keats Bookmaking Competition in 2025.
Nastia Goddard (née Anastasia Goddard) is an undergraduate student at Northwestern University studying Theatre and Creative Writing. She delights in telling stories both onstage and on the page that explore femininity, the turmoil of a human body's form, and the eternal struggle of self-discovery. She adores the absurd, the complicated, and the nonsensical, and she pushes her audiences to dive deep into their pasts, their fears, and their desires.
Shayna is a New York native, poet, film lover, and Riot Grrrl enthusiast. Her poetry has been featured in Beyond Words Literary Magazine, Luna Literary Journal, Tempered Runes Press, and Hawai'i Pacific Review. Shayna’s work delves into themes of isolation, trauma, and regeneration, often drawing from her own experiences. Never one to shy away from the darker aspects of life, her writing offers readers an unfiltered and unapologetic glimpse into the deeply personal.
Henrick is writer based in New Orleans. His fiction was selected by the Ernest Hemingway Foundation and published in the 2025 Hemingway Shorts literary anthology, shortlisted for The Letter Review Prize, and a finalist for the 2026 Kurt Vonnegut Speculative Fiction Prize (results pending). His work has also been featured in McSweeney's Internet Tendency, Flash Fiction Magazine, and ExPat Press along with forthcoming editions of BULL and Blood+Honey literary magazines.
Jeremy Stelzner’s stories have appeared in numerous literary magazines, journals, and anthologies, including the 2024 Coolest American Stories, the McNeese Review, and Prime Number Magazine, where his story The Thin Line was awarded runner-up for the 2024 Press 53 Award for Short Fiction. He’s a teacher of literature and journalism.
Finn Williams is a writer, English teacher and former journalist from Whanganui, Aotearoa New Zealand. Finn has loved the art and magic of storytelling since he was young boy and when he is not writing his own stories, he is imparting that love for stories onto his students in the classroom.