Shadows on the Stage – Featuring My Short Story “Splinters”
I’m thrilled to announce a new anthology: Shadows on the Stage, featuring my short story Splinters. My short story Splinters appears in the latest Forest Publications anthology: Shadows on the Stage. Splinters tells the tale of Pinocchio, now known as Paolo Pinewood, and his one-man stage show, which appears far, far off-Broadway. The genre is literary fiction with a dash of fractured sexual fairytale. Order your copy today!
Order Your Copy of Shadows on the Stage…
Shadows on the Stage is a new anthology from Forest Publications, an indie press based in Scotland. This great anthology is only available in print. I urge you to order a copy today. Not only will you get your very own copy of my story, Splinters, but the rest of the anthology will not disappoint. USA readers can find the anthology at Barnes & Noble. UK readers will find it at Ingram. Boom go the links:
Shadows on the Stage and my story, Splinters, are also available on Amazon. I’m not including a link because that bastard Bezos is rich enough as it is.
Scrawling Into Summer…
Summer is here, friends and neighbors, and you know I’m a sucker for the heat. Speaking of hot, Splinters marks my twenty-eighth published piece for 2025. W00T! More stories are coming your way. How will you know when a new story breaks? Glad you asked, Friends. Read On! Drum roll and… Meanwhile, don’t miss any upcoming stories. You can stay tuned for all the latest by following the MEF blog:
And finally, with your indulgence, allow me a blatant book plug. A lovely concept: Artists being paid for their work. And, yes, even writers need to eat. So please, buy a damn book. Thank you!
The Wrong Name
Stories from the darker edge
The Wrong Name – Stories from the Darker Edge, stories of the darkness that lies within us, and the occasional glimmer of hope that keeps us afloat in the shadows. Doppelgangers and crones, artificial and human intelligence gone wrong, murder, revenge, tragedies embraced, and fates narrowly avoided. Reluctant heroes tire of the chase and ghosts relive the past. Bodies must be disposed of, corpses arise, and dreams damned. Here is magick, for good or ill. Twenty-one tales of darkness, and the occasional glimmer of hope that keeps us afloat in the shadows. Welcome, Reader, to The Wrong Name.
The Wrong Name gathers twenty-one of author Marco Etheridge’s best dark short stories into a single volume. These are speculative tales from the darker edge. Within these pages live characters bearing the wrong name, unrepentant, untethered, and unforgiven. Good choices are made and bad; others that are downright evil. Here are doppelgangers and crones, artificial and human intelligence gone wrong. Murder and revenge, tragedies embraced, and fates narrowly avoided. Reluctant heroes tire of the chase and ghosts relive the past. There are bodies to be disposed of, corpses arisen, and dreams damned. Here is magick, both benevolent and not. Twenty-one tales of the darkness that lies within us, and the occasional glimmer of hope that keeps us afloat in the shadows. Welcome, Reader, to The Wrong Name.
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Marco Etheridge is a writer of prose, an occasional playwright, and a part-time poet. He lives and writes in Vienna, Austria. His work has been featured in over one hundred reviews and journals across Canada, Australia, the UK, and the USA. His story “Power Tools” has been nominated for Best of the Web for 2023. “Power Tools” is Marco’s latest collection of short fiction. When he isn’t crafting stories, Marco is a contributing editor for a new ‘Zine called Hotch Potch. In his other life, Marco travels the world with his lovely wife Sabine. Website: https://www.marcoetheridgefiction.com/