issue 26 was made up of three stories with a mischievous take on ubiquitous life from Laura Wolf Benziker, Suzy Eynon, and Avitus B. Carle—read it at surelymag.com/archive 〰️

because time collapses over the next couple months, we're opening our reading window a little early—send us your best strange fiction between November 17th and January 10th! our guidelines and more about what we want can be found at surelymag.com/about

our 25th issue was our 1st issue of surely, and it was a little creepy and a lot strange, thanks to Robert Long Foreman, Sophie Campbell, Kerry Anderson...

issue 24 was our last issue of Shirley Magazine—and we couldn't have ended that chapter with a better issue—with four surreal stories from Liz Rosen, James Pate, Benjamin Henry DeVries, and Nicole Chrenek. 〰️ Shirley Magazine lives forever, at surelymag.com/archive

one more look into our latest issue for your mid-week reading: with Fractures by Amy DeBellis...

New story "Fractures" out in @surelymag.bsky.social - about a ballet dancer after a career-ending injury. 🩰https://surelymag.com/fractures

Another feature from @surelymag.bsky.social. do not sleep on this issue surelymag.com/a-story-abou...

read Walking Tom by Robert Long Foreman: surelymag.com/walking-tom

issue 32 starts with the cozily surreal A Story About a Fire by Salena Casha surelymag.com/a-story-about-a-fire

issue 29 has been moved to the archive surelymag.com/archive 🚪

issue 32 is up today, with gleefully disorienting stories from Salena Casha, R.K. West, Robert Long Foreman, and Amy DeBellis 〰️ enjoy, at surelymag.com

issue 23 of Shirley Magazine met "what if" with magic in unexpected ways, with stories by Valerie Alexander, Daniel Allen Solomon, Andrew Martin...

Issue 22 of Shirley finds surrealism in the body, in nature, and far-flung pockets of the universe with stories from Kyra Enby, Ashley McCurry, Jessica Wright...

📣 one more week! send us the stories you found growing in the back of the closet! 📣

issue 21 of Shirley has four stories of monsters, hauntings, and the shimmering donkey in your kitchen 🐴 Read the work of Jasmine Sawers, Sarah Batista Pereira, Yael Grunseit, and Christopher Fuller over at surelymag.com/archive 〰️

this weekend we're time-warping back 4 years to issue 20 of Shirley, with some hot and haunting stories from C. Michael Mincks, Laura Vincent, Richard Helmling, and Jessica Hatch. 🔥🔥🔥🔥 go back in time with us at surelymag.com/archive

the submission window is still open—won't you throw your story through it, like a soft breeze or perhaps a nice rock? there's just under a month left to show us your strange fiction for issue 32 🪨💨

today we're looking back at issue 19 of Shirley, which is packed to the gills with flash fiction by Travis D. Roberson, Lucie Bonvalet, Fortunato Salazar...

the window is OPEN! send us your stories from now until Sept. 15 〰️ guidelines and more can be found at surelymag.com/about

the window is OPEN! send us your stories from now until Sept. 15 〰️ guidelines and more can be found at surelymag.com/about

we're taking a look back at Shirley's 18th issue, with stories by Tariq Shah, Noa Covo, and Meghan Louise Wagner that take on unique relationships between people and animals (& people becoming animals). read it at surelymag.com/archive!

somehow it's just a week away—our next submission window is August 1 through September 15! guidelines and desires can be found at surelymag.com/about

This weekend we're looking back at issue 17 of Shirley, with 3 flash pieces from Gale Acuff accompanying stories by L.W. Nicholson and Toti O'Brien!

for issue 16 we were hungry & served up seven courses of food-themed stories by Laton Carter, Jenessa Vanzutphen, Victoria Manifold, Scott Daughtridge Demer...

it was a pulpy treat for us in early 2020, and it's a pulpy treat for us now—it was an experiment in publishing a long-form short story, and who knows? maybe we'll do it again someday. for now, revisit Robert Long Foreman's "Sex Cantaloupes from OS (Outer Space)" with us! 🍈〰️ surelymag.com/archive

halfway through our archive, it's issue 15 of Shirley! four stories by Lindsey Turner, L.W. Nicholson, Beth Alvarado, and Hannah Pass give us traces of decay, irony, and edge-teetering. read it with us, won't you? at surelymag.com/archive

rewind to summer 2019 with us as we look back to issue 14 of Shirley, which features stories of strange times in strange places by Helen McClory, Carina Martin, Mercedes Lawry, and Emrys Donaldson 〰️ read 'em all over at surelymag.com/archive

this weekend, we're looking back at issue 13 of Shirley, with 4 shimmering, simmering stories from Sylvan Lebrun, Derek Andersen, Stephanie Feldman, and Joshua Storrs 〰️ revisit it with us at surelymag.com/archive !

have you had enough flash fiction for your Friday yet? issue 31's got plenty to spare—from Tom Busillo, Ada Pelonia, and Lucie Bonvalet—with some slightly longer works by Lizzie Rhys Derksen and Soramimi Hanarejima to round things out 〰️ enjoy at surelymag.com

a few more tastes of issue 31 (on surelymag.com) for you today—from Lucie Bonvalet...

This one is for people who enjoy the notion that some of us secretly harbor insects inside of our bodies. surelymag.com/one-of-the-c...

Check out Lucie Bonvalet's new flash fiction at @surelymag.bsky.social 💥 surelymag.com/a-malediction

our final story in issue 31 is "Cryptomnesia" from Soramimi Hanarejima, which has us thinking of something we can't quite put our finger on... 🐇📺 Search your memories with us at surelymag.com

two stories by Ada Pelonia—"Takeout Baby" and "The Ghost"—give us glimpses of unsettling beginnings and endings. Be sure to read their middles, too (they're brief!), at surelymag.com 🥡🚼➕👻

Lucie Bonvalet takes us way back to 1314 with "A Malediction" in the middle of issue 31 at surelymag.com 🔥

two bite-sized stories from Tom Busillo: "Baking Cookies of Myself" and "One of the Chosen Chambers"—read them in one go at surelymag.com 🐛

issue 31 starts out with "Something New" by Lizzie Rhys Derksen, which might resonate with those of us who have devoted ourselves to "leaky animals." Read it with daring piety at surelymag.com 🐕

issue 31 is here! with 7 stories by Lizzie Rhys Derksen, Tom Busillo, Lucie Bonvalet, Ada Pelonia, and Soramimi Hanarejima, there's an abundance of strange possibilities for you to consider 〰️ surelymag.com

issue 28 has been added to the archive 🚪 (issue 31 drops tomorrow!) surelymag.com/archive

this weekend we're reading Shirley's dozenth issue, with 5 daring short stories by Kayla Eason, Caitlyn GD, Rita Hynes, Alissa Hattman, and Tate Oquendo. Jump into the archive with us at surelymag.com/archive 〰️

today's your last day to send us something for issue 31! 〰️ our next submission window opens August 1 〰️ surelymag.com/about

For our 11th issue, we asked writers to send us stories that explore twins, pairs, double exposures, mirror images, and doppelgängers. 👯‍♂️ Read what Lindsey Anderson, Jonna Batten, Whitney Collins, Mason Binkley, and Thea Prieto delivered at surelymag.com/archive

our window's open for 2 more weeks! send us something good if you haven't already 🪟🕯️

our 10th issue of Shirley offers up stories by Lucie Bonvalet, L.W. Nicholson, Kisha Lewellyn Schlegel, and Kevin Hatch, all which creep right along the edge of a sharp knife. read it with us at surelymag.com/archive

we're revisiting one of our most experimental issues of Shirley this weekend—read the wild words of Cat Ingrid Leeches, Laura Paul, and Alicia Bones in our ninth issue at surelymag.com/archive 🖤

this morning we're reading through issue 8 of Shirley, with four fantastical works by Grant Gerald Miller, Lisa Gordon, Kelly Krumrie, and Spencer Lucas Oakes 〰️ read it at surelymag.com/archive

our submission window is now open until May 15! find out more about what we're looking for at surelymag.com/about

Looking back at issue 7 of Shirley this weekend, with three stories about strange natures, strange mothers, and strange mother nature—from Jessica Berger, Ingrid Keenan, and Dóra Grőber 〰️ read it at surelymag.com/archive

Our next submission window is April 1, 2025, through May 15, 2025—we can't wait to read what you've got for us!

this weekend we're revisiting issue 6 of Shirley, featuring a mix of short stories and flash pieces by Mary Milstead, Kate Jayroe, and Matthew Robinson 〰️ read it at surelymag.com/archive