Katie Cervenec

November 2023 magazine.metaphorosis.com/toc/2023/novem… via @metaphorosismag My short story comes out tomorrow! Read it here at Metaphorosis!

@Shersinghzn Nice!! 🎄🎄

Nothing compared to the beauty of downtown New York as December crept in. Rows of lights flickered above the streets. Snow topped Christmas trees stood at regular spots, decked in gold and red balls, fairy lights twinkled between their green foliage.#1stLinePit #A #R

@beggug1 Cool!

They were not trees, at least not all of them, and they certainly did not grab him and devour him as he had feared. They were people, exceptionally tall people dressed in bright pastel colours that prismed in the sunlight and the green forest mist. #YA #F #1stLinePit

@beggug1 He’s gonna have to wait!

She knew Viktor was watching. She always knew when Viktor was watching. But she would not look up. She was on the last page of the book, the last paragraph of the book, the final two sentences…#YA #F #1stLinePit

@themarysonny Ooh! Nice!

“Just a bit more,” encouraged her mother, as blood trickled like rain from Anastasia’s palm into the golden goblet their god was waiting to sip from. #1stLinePit #A #H #F #WIP

@YasmineJibril Looks great!

MONSTERS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS HISTORY. In the original telling of their tale, they’d bore no fangs, no horns, no wings. But as their legend traveled; their faces twisted, their bodies contorted, & their saccharine smiles slipped into sneers. #1stLinePit #YA #HF

@LadyErynn Nice!

@ARFrederiksen Nice!

@brantleywrites Woot!

@nordlichtinLA Looks awesome!

@deegarretson Creepy! Nice!!

If you slip into the cemetery on a hushed night when the air doesn’t whisper, and you find the right grave, hold still and listen hard. You’ll be able to hear the bones below. They thrum with the secrets they want told. LET DIE WHAT MUST #1stLinePit #Q #H

@rhursday Great lines!

@joannaobviously Nice!!

The writing was beautiful, the way a letter from a demon had to be so you forgot about the bloodlust clawing between words. Red fountain-pen ink skimmed across the page like a swan mid-flight. #1stLinePit #Q #YA #F

@Barron_Writer @ECthetwit @apexmag @ponciovicario @UncannyMagazine @BourbonPenn @MetaphorosisPub @JoPintoWriter @hexagonmagazine Very kind of you! I’m going to read the other ones you mentioned too!

5 (Recently Published) #ShortStories I Read In December 2023: A list of some really great stories. #WritingCommunity @ECthetwit @apexmag @ponciovicario @UncannyMagazine @BourbonPenn @ReadKaCerv @MetaphorosisPub @JoPintoWriter @hexagonmagazine michaeljbarron.com/2024/01/05/5-r…

Thanks for the shout out!! @Barron_Writer

I just got one more short story acceptance in 2023! I’m excited about this one at Planet Scumm! As far as I can tell, there were over 550 submissions. This story falls into the bio-punk category, which I didn’t even know was a thing until after I’d written it. 😂😂 hurray!

@EmilyHoli13 Great comps!

THE GHOST OF ROSE HILL x TUCK EVERLASTING hoping to hit my dark lit/horror editors with this beaut 👀💀 #stalkerpit

@teagansturmer I like your title!

@tammy_blakley The goat 😂😂!!!

- A failed marriage - A shit covered rodeo clown - A corrupt small town mayor - A kidnapped pig - A dead body - A deep dark secret - Oh yeah, and a beer drinking goat! #StalkerPit