Micah Castle

“The Wolf of Ilex” Out Now in Fat Cat Magazine!

Posted on March 29, 2021March 29, 2021 by Micah Castle

“He hadn’t spoken to him since elementary school, and they weren’t in the same classes, except for lunch. It bothered him more and more until he had gone searching for an answer.”

Read for free my horror flash fiction story, “The Wolf of Ilex” in Fat Cat Magazine now!

Writing Prompt #133 — Heavenly Abyss

Posted on March 25, 2021March 22, 2021 by Micah Castle

Prompt: You die and go to heaven. You can see the pearly gates in the distance, glistening in the sunlight. You walk towards them and a strange feeling overcomes you. As you come close you notice that they’re rusty and derelict. The handles are worn down. With considerable effort you force them open…

Exterus Vol. 1: The Journal of the Speculative, the Fantastic & the Bizarre — Out Now!

Posted on March 19, 2021March 19, 2021 by Micah Castle

Exterus: Vol 1. released today, including over a dozen short stories, six novellas/novelettes, and three articles.

Among the short stories is my first published dark fantasy story, “The Gallows”!

Writing Prompt #132 — Ignorant Transactions

Posted on March 17, 2021March 18, 2021 by Micah Castle

Prompt: As a Necromancer, you figured you’d end up in jail someday. What are you didn’t expect was that it would be because of someone else’s misdeeds. You ‘were’ purchasing corpses from a very ‘reliable’ source, until it was revealed that they were a serial killer. Now your taking the fall.

Writing Prompt #131 — Hell’s Queue

Posted on March 10, 2021March 10, 2021 by Micah Castle

Prompt: Hell is full, but that doesn’t mean you’re free. Take a number and sit down. You’ll suffer when you’re called.

Writing Prompt #130 — Choosing Not To Remember

Posted on March 3, 2021March 3, 2021 by Micah Castle

Prompt: Everyone remembers their past lives, up to ten generations back. Some can remember fifty lives back. You are the only person who can’t remember anything.

Writing Prompt #129 — Falling Off the Blood Wagon

Posted on February 24, 2021February 17, 2021 by Micah Castle

Prompt: You were a good vampire. Your track record had been perfect for so long. You’d never killed anyone. Until today.

Writing Prompt #128 — The Age Old Question

Posted on February 17, 2021 by Micah Castle

Prompt: I manufacture clones for a living. It’s a fun job, and some of my own help me out here. I find it a funny how they all call me “dad” despite “being” me, but I’d be lying if I didn’t consider them my own. B76 is having some trouble after the “Where did I come from?” talk, though.