My story “Wrestling Ambitions” appears in Fiction on the Web, 21 August 2026. This is my third appearance over at Fiction on the Web, my first since “Nora Naughton” in October 2024. They also published my story “The Weird Family,” which has much more in common with this one in terms of tone and character […]
“Deer Xing” at Foofaraw
My new story “Deer Xing” has been published by Foofaraw, yet another gorgeous website, and, my goodness, this page just blows me away! Talk about the royal treatment: there is custom art, page design, and an audio version of my entire story that you can access from the top of the page. There’s even talk […]
“In Translation” at New Pop Lit
My new story “In Translation” has been published by New Pop Lit, one of the more beautiful literary sites I’ve bumped into recently. New Pop Lit maintains an active Twitter that I follow, with tastes that pulled me in tweet by tweet: praise of John Steinbeck (An obsession of mine, age 16-25), Herman Wouk (Inherited […]
“Eat Your Catch” at The Genre Society
My horror story “Eat Your Catch” has been published in the Summer 2026 issue of The Genre Society. You can access my story directly beginning on page 36 of Issue #9 through this link. I’ve got a little more of an intro than usual for this one. This story has undergone significant edits […]
Audio version of “Playing Games”
Here’s the link: https://cliffaliperti.substack.com/p/playing-games … and here’s me blabbing about it: I’d been wanting to play around with audio or video with my stories for awhile now. When I noticed that some of the journals that had previously published my work had since disappeared, I decided to take it as an opportunity to recycle some […]
“Eddie the Simp Holds Court” at Literary Garage
My story “Eddie the Simp Holds Court” has been published over at Literary Garage. This story has had a long journey: it was the first short piece I wrote after returning my focus to fiction, but it has changed a lot from the masterpiece I thought I had created when I began submitting it to […]
