CHRISTINE RAINS

Short stories

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"She Waited" in 101 Words. Coming June 27th, 2024.

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"Cookies and Bones" in Flash Fiction Magazine. Won Honorable Mention in January 2024 contest. April 23, 2024.

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"She Talks To Trees" in Engen Press' newsletter. 2nd place in the monthly Kit Sora Picture Contest. 2023.

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"The Moon's Glow" in Engen Press' newsletter. 2nd place in the monthly Kit Sora Picture Contest. 2023.

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"The Silent Wind" reprint in Anthology of the Damned. TreeShaker Books. October 2022.

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"The Day of Water and Woe" reprint in Sea Stories from the Rock. Engen Press. May 2022.

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"Tips For Dealing With the Monster Under the Bed" in Annus Horribilis. Bag of Bones Press. April 2022.

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"The Headless Horseman" narrated by the JekyllHydeClub on YouTube. October 2021.

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"The Bad Seed (1956)", "All The Kind Strangers", and "Come Out and Play" in Evil Seeds: The Ultimate Movie Guide to Villainous Children. Edited by Vanessa Morgan. August 2021.

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Introduction to Akila Levesque in Arriving in Pyreshore: A Keepers Companion Book (The Keepers of Knowledge series). Digital Quill Services. December 2020.

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"Mother of Caribou" and "Carnaval Stream" in Futuristic Canada. Dark Helix Press. June 2019.

 

"The Holiday." Flash Fiction Magazine. December 23, 2018.

Elements of Untethered Realms. (Includes the four stories from the UR anthologies) October 2018.

"Frozen" in Spirits in the Water. An Untethered Realms anthology. October 2017.

"Marketing With a Budget of Zero" in The Insecure Writer's Support Group: Writing for Profit. September 2017. Amazon * B&N * Kobo * Smashwords

"The Torchbearer" in Ghosts of Fire. An Untethered Realms anthology. October 2016.

"What Lay Below" in Eldritch Embraces. Dragon's Roost Press. February 2016.

"Paid" in Every Day Fiction. January 2016.

"All I Want For Christmas" in 9 Tales Told In The Dark. 9 Tales. November 2015.

"The Silent Wind" in Mayhem in the Air. An Untethered Realms anthology. October 2015.

"The Ole Saint" in Twisted Earths. An Untethered Realms anthology. October 2014.

"Soulless" on Brilliant Flash Fiction. June 30, 2014.

"Ladgarda" in Luna Station Quarterly. June 2014. (reprint)

"Summoning Fire" on Aurora Wolf - A Literary Journal of Science Fiction and Fantasy. March 24, 2014.

"No One Believed Me" on Every Day Fiction. May 23, 2013.

"Never Too Old" in Overcoming Adversity: An Anthology For Andrew. Edited by Nick Wilford. March 2013.

"Red" on 365 Tomorrows. February 3, 2013.

"Not Every Story Has A Happy Ending" on Arrows of Anteros. January 31, 2013.

"Immaculate" in Mortis Operandi. The Harrow Press. December 2012.

"A Ticket on the Train" in Ocean Stories. May 2012.

"Lady Blood" on A Twist of Noir. February 2012.

"Fever" in Under The Stairs by Wicked East Press. December 2011.

"Demon Hunter", "Soul Imago" and "Honeymoon on the Beach" in The Campaigner Challenges 2011. November 2011.

"Townies" in Indiana Horror 2011. September 2011.

"Snow Strangers" in Daily Flashes of Erotica Quarterly (Oct.-Dec. issue). September 2011.

 

"The Kalengu" on Raven and the Writing Desk. February 2011.

"Atlantis Risen" in Something From the Attic 2. January 2011.

"Tree Line" in Aurora Rising magazine. January 2011.

"Bun in the Oven" in Fistful of Hollers. Published by Cyberaliens Press. May 2010.

"Tree Line" posted on Aurora Wolf - A Literary Journal of Science Fiction and Fantasy. March 2010.

"The Tattooed Woman" in Emerald Tales - Carnivale. Published by Scribblers and Ink Spillers, LLC. March 2010.

"Ladgarda" in Skulls and Crossbones. Edited by Andi Marquette and R. G. Emanuelle. Published by Mindancer Press. February 2010.

"Father's Sword" in issue #4 of Silver Blade Fantasy Fiction Journal. September 2009.

"Lazuli" in Nights of Blood 2. Edited by Elyse Salpeter & Bob Nailor. Published by 23 House Publishing. April 2009.

"The Eye of Re-Atum" in Ruins Metropolis. Edited by Eric T. Reynolds. Published by Hadley Rille Books. May 2008. (Published under maiden name, Poulsen)

"The Day of Water and Woe" in Strange Stories of Sand and Sea. Edited by Esther Schrader. Published by Fine Tooth Press. March 2008. (Published under maiden name)

"Pretty Bows" in The Drabbler. Issue #8. Published by Sam's Dot Publishing. February 2007. (Published under maiden name)