2023
- “On Screen Deaths” (MONO., Blog Post)
- Flash Fiction
- Forthcoming
- “Forever Plastic Playhouses” (34 Orchard, Issue 8, Autumn 2023)
- Short Story
- The plastic playhouse in his backyard was haunted by a little girl. He watched her grow, not realizing their might come a day when he would lose her…
- “Voices From the Walls” (The Chamber Magazine, October 31st, 2023)
- Short Story
- A Halloween performance of an original live score brings the projection of a hard to find silent film to dangerous life for one man…
- “I Saw What I Saw” (Maudlin House, Spooky Intrigue, Guest Editor Claire Hopple, October 31st, 2023)
- Flash Fiction
- The strange things that occurred on Halloween night, 1999…
- “What appeared in a forest stream” (All Existing Lit, Issue 2, October 25th, 2023)
- Flash Fiction
- After a flash flood no one saw coming, something has appeared in the stream where Jenna is conducting observations…
- “Show Me” (Broken Antler Magazine Quarterly, Issue I, October 13th, 2023)
- Flash Fiction
- The legendary (and final) performance of an up and coming punk band at The Plateau Theatre.
- “Through the Plumbing” (The Chamber Magazine, October 10th, 2023)
- Flash Fiction
- The bathroom backstage at The Plateau theatre is a shrine to so much of the theatre’s past but some things remain…
- “What I Saw At My First Show At The Plateau” (The Chamber Magazine, September 20th, 2023)
- Short Story
- A young person’s first show at a well known theatre turned punk club, The Plateau, leaves them with an experience they will carry with them for a long time.
- “Ghosts of a Desperate Good Deed” (On The Run, August 25th, 2023)
- Flash Fiction
- Leaving a hospital in the early morning, a man helps someone out of an icy parking spot, with unintended consequences.
- “Enough to Think it was Her” (Sky Island Journal, Issue 23)
- Flash Fiction
- Walking home with his kids in a stroller, with the weather taking a turn for the worst, a man wonders what awaits him at home.
- “Beneath Sky and Eroding Peaks” (Sky Island Journal, Issue 23)
- Flash Fiction
- A lonely road trip away from the rocky mountains turns up a surprise on the side of the road.
2022
- “A Shared Interest” (Five South’s The Weekly, November 22nd, 2022)
- Flash Fiction
- A teacher’s first draft of a short story is stolen from his bag. He doesn’t know who took the story but the school’s students soon make it clear who is responsible.
- “A Trail of Needle Felted Creatures” (Nocturne Magazine, Issue 2, October 31st, 2022)
- Flash Fiction
- A man finds himself alone in his apartment during an apocalyptic event. His girlfriend, who has yet to return home, seems to be communicating with him through her favourite crafts.
- “Three Memories of Mr. Halliday” (The Raven Review, Volume III, Issue I, January 24th, 2022)
- Flash Fiction
- Three memories of a man’s grade 10 math teacher.
2021
- “Cabinet on the Curb” (Sky Island Journal, Issue 18)
- Flash Fiction
- A carpenter who restores furniture comes across a cabinet on a curb. He finds that the cabinet has a history.
- Nominated for the 2021 Pushcart Prize and 2022 Best of the Net Prize.
- “The Last Time We Fought” (Sky Island Journal, Issue 18)
- Flash Fiction
- A break up manifests in a big way.
- “The Plateau” (Sky Island Journal, Issue 18)
- Flash fiction
- Job interview to tend bar in an old theatre turned punk club called The Plateau does not go as planned when the theatre begins to reveal itself.
- “Happily, After” (Coffin Bell Journal, Volume IV, Issue III)
- Flash fiction
- The first date and first summer in a new home for a young couple, told from both perspectives. One more haunted than the other...
- “On A Swing”
- Flash Fiction
- A two year old is trapped on a swing in a secluded park when his father has a heart attack and falls beneath him.
- Winner of the June 2021 Crystal Lake Entertainment Shallow Waters flash fiction contest, “Trapped” theme. Available to read on the Crystal Lake Entertainment Patreon page, if you subscribe.
Patrick Malka 