Story: ‘Bitch Baby,’ by Halle Hill
“The story is really about two siblings and their love for each other. And the limits of love.”
Author: Ursa Editors
Member Bonus: What Deesha and Dawnie Are Reading Right Now
Books and anthologies to look out for in 2025.
Destiny O. Birdsong on Navigating Censorship in Storytelling
Birdsong published a short story, “The Jump,” only to have it pulled from publication less than a day later.
Member Exclusive: The Final Revival of Opal & Nev, by Dawnie Walton
“I had never really given myself a chance to do the things that I really, truly, in my heart, dreamed about.”
Ursa Short Fiction Presents: ‘Snow Bath Season,’ by Stacie Denetsosie
Stacie Denetsosie asks the question: “What if Amazon Alexa was a Navajo woman?”
Member Exclusive: Agents PJ Mark and Danielle Chiotti on Getting Published
“Your patience will likely be more rewarded than your impatience.”
Rion Amilcar Scott: ‘It Has to Be Fun, It Has to Be Funky’
“We have to write what we’re obsessed about. Big things and small things.”
Member Exclusive: ‘Sonny’s Blues,’ by James Baldwin
“James Baldwin is the writer that made me want to be a writer.”
Ursa Short Fiction Presents: ‘Telling Stories,’ by T.E. Wilderson
A new production from Ursa Short Fiction Season Three.
Season Three Premiere: S.A. Cosby on the Art of the Thriller
“The thing about being a writer: It is the world’s loneliest, solitary team sport.”