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The online literary magazine with short stories and comics from all around the world. Find us at https://fictionable.world

The contributors for Fictionable's Summer 2026 issue, from top left: Will Boast, EC Osondu, Samantha Luna, Elaine Vilar Madruga, Zhenya Oliinyk, Luke Healy and Robin Munby
Portraits of the writers Will Boast, Elaine Vilar Madruga, EC Osondu, Zhenya Oliinyk and Robin Munby, with brief readings from their stories for Fictionable's Summer 2026 issue
A woman holds a smartphone up to take a selfie, with a quote from Joel Cox's short story Variable Rewards: 'The instant gratification of a flattering selfie makes the indignity of taking it almost worthwhile…'
Sheep graze in a field against a bright blue sky, with a quote from Holly Edwards's short story Little Lamb, Who Made Thee? 'The chorus of contented bleating carries on the wind…'
A woman and a baby silhouetted against the sky, with a quote from her graphic short story One Day at a Time: 'Your friends will discover a brand new version of you…'
An overhead view of a road running through a field, with a quote from Takiguchi Yūshō's short story Peppermint, translated by Jesse Kirkwood: 'So when my grandmother fell in that ditch, it definitely wasn't Seita's fault…'
A tower block with a quote from Diana Evans's short story Ice Cream: 'A rambling, stony estate in the alien southwest…'
A portrait of the writer Lucy Caldwell, with a quote from her blog: 'Some of my short stories have taken as long to write as a novel'
A portrait of the writer Takiguchi Yūshō, with a quote from his podcast interview: 'Memory is always with us, but it isn't something we can control'
A portrait of the writer Holly Edwards, with a quote from her podcast interview: 'I did not grow up on a farm'
A portrait of the writer Joel Cox, with a quote from his podcast interview: 'We could be seeing some radical changes'
A portrait of the artist Bruna Martini, with a quote from her podcast interview: 'No one really told me about it'
A portrait of the writer Diana Evans, with a quote from her podcast interview: 'We all know of someone who didn't make it'
A portrait of the writer Takiguchi Yūshō, with a quote from his podcast interview: 'Things never quite unfold the way you intend'
Clippers lined up against a mirror in a barber shop, with a quote from Diana Evans's short story Ice Cream: 'With tear-sore eyes I went to a barber in Harlesden and asked for a grade-two shave…'
A portrait of the writer Holly Edwards, with a quote from her short story Little Lamb, Who Made Thee? 'Queerness is inherent in this story'
A portrait of the artist Bruna Martini, with a quote from her graphic short story One Day at a Time: 'Your friends will discover a brand new version of you…'
A portrait of the writer Takiguchi Yūshō, with a quote from his short story Peppermint, translated by Jesse Kirkwood: "He was this small when we got him…'
A portrait of the writer Diana Evans, with a quote from her short story Ice Cream: 'I was in my second year of waiting and eager to leave…'
A portrait of the writer Joel Cox, with a quote from his podcast interview: 'New York is a wonderful place, but it's kinda like Disneyland'
Sheep graze in a field against a bright blue sky, with a quote from Holly Edwards's short story Little Lamb, Who Made Thee? 'The sheep are on the hills, their heads bent to the ground…'
A pregnant woman silhouetted against the sun, with a quote from Bruna Martini's graphic short story One Day at a Time: 'Your body is no longer your own…'
An empty bench under a tree on the crest of a hill, with a quote from Peppermint by Takiguchi Yūshō, translated by Jesse Kirkwood: 'Maybe some things were better left unsaid…'
An ice cream sundae stands in front of a pile of peaches, with a quote from Diana Evans's short story Ice Cream: 'I was working noon till ten at the ice cream parlour in Leicester Square…'
A portrait of the artist Bruna Martini, with a quote from her podcast interview: 'They don't tell you that you are going to go a little mad'
A portrait of the writer Joel Cox, with a quote from his short story Variable Rewards: 'Aaaand snap…'
A portrait of the writer Holly Edwards, with a quote from her short story Little Lamb, Who Made Thee?: 'She dreams of long grass dancing in the fields…'
A portrait of the writer Takiguchi Yūshō, with a quote from his short story Peppermint, translated by Jesse Kirkwood: "Walking through the town where my father grew up…'
A portrait of the writer Diana Evans, with a quote from her short story Ice Cream: 'You needed a story of woe…'
The fantastic contributors to Fictionable Spring 2026. From top left to bottom right: Bruna Martini, Diana Evans, Holly Edwards, Joel Cox, Takiguchi Yūshō, Jesse Kirkwood and Lucy Caldwell
Diana Evans, Takiguchi Yūshō translated by Jesse Kirkwood, Bruna Martini, Holly Edwards and Joel Cox read snippets from their short stories for Fictionable's Spring 2026 issue
A wide shot of a writer's room, with a bookshelf, comfy seating and a desk in front of a broad window
A writer's desk, with laptop, notepad, fruit bowl and a bright picture on the wall featuring the word "GAY"
A writer's desk with two screens, a set of watercolours and some proper paper
A host of red tulips surge up towards a blue sky
A portrait of the writer Joanna Kavenna, with a quote from her blog: 'He's mired in a fatal paradox'
A portrait of the writer Samuel Rigg, with a quote from his podcast interview: 'I'm interested in the places where styles mix'
A portrait of the writer Cynthia Banham, with a quote from her podcast interview: 'I feel a freedom when I write'
A portrait of the writer Tim Conley, with a quote from his podcast interview: 'Every artist is playing chess with herself'
A portrait of the writer Rodrigo Urquiola Flores, with a quote from his podcast interview: 'Reading and writing teach you to doubt reality'
A portrait of the writer Cynthia Zarin, with a quote from her podcast interview: 'You kind of write from the world you're living in'
A bowl of ramen with the legend 'Broth: get your copy of Diana Evans's short story from your local bookshop of fictionable.world'
A row of Hello Kitty figures with the legend 'Bona Fide Nihon-kitsch: get your copy of Samantha Harvey's short story from your local bookshop or fictionable.world'
A concrete building with graffiti reading 'Caution! Reality ahead' and a quote from Joanna Kavenna's blog: 'He's trying to proceed as if reality is reasonable'
A row of hockey helmets, with a quote from Samuel Rigg's short story At the Rink: 'The physicality of the sport had been daunting at first…'
A close-up of seedlings, with a quote from Cynthia Banham's short story Swimming With Crocodiles: 'She had to get those seedlings in the ground…'
A close-up of bins at a record shop, with a quote from Tim Conley's short story Records: 'I don't know why we hired you…'
A man in a suit adjusts his tie, with a quote from Rodrigo Urquiola Flores's short story DYSNEYWORLD, translated by Shaina Brassard: 'Speaking English with a blond green-eyed man in a fine black suit…'
An astrological clock, with a quote from Cynthia Zarin's short story Housekeeping: 'The house has its own astrological weather…'
A portrait of the writer Samuel Rigg, with a quote from his podcast interview: 'You obviously need to find a way in that connects'
A portrait of the writer Cynthia Banham, with a quote from her podcast interview: 'You don't really control what finds its way into your story'
A portrait of the writer Tim Conley, with a quote from his podcast interview: 'To record something is to have it by heart, again'
A portrait of the writer Rodrigo Urquiola Flores, with a quote from his podcast interview: 'My lifelong dream, actually, was to become a footballer'
A portrait of the writer Cynthia Zarin, with a quote from her podcast interview: 'I wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then'
A portrait of the writer Joanna Kavenna, with a quote from her blog: 'Poor Hamlet spends the rest of the play trying to deal reasonably with this entirely unreasonable situation'
A city looms in the distance, with a quote from Samuel Rigg's short story At the Rink: 'Beyond their small-town lives rose a great metropolis…'
A hospital corridor, with a quote from Cynthia Banham's short story Swimming With Crocodiles: 'Thoughts of her mother floated into her head…'
A record spins on a turntable, with a quote from his short story Records: 'This insanely obscure album…'
A close-up of a lobster, with a quote from Rodrigo Urquiola Flores's short story DYSNEYWORLD, translated by Shaina Brasssard: 'The animal with the pincers is called a lobster, hijo…'
A close-up of one pearl earring, with a quote from Cynthia Zarin's short story Housekeeping: 'Losing one earring is part of the usual run of things. But the house often hides two…'