Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam

  • Two stories in Eleven Eleven

    Two stories in Eleven Eleven

    I’ve got two stories in the recent issue of Eleven Eleven: “Feeding the Skeleton Cats” and “Tornado Season.” I wrote “Tornado Season” during, well, tornado season, after obsessively checking the TorCon and worrying over the arrival of my storm shelter, after crouching in my hallway with a mattress pad over my head while tornado sirens…

  • “Skeletons” reprinted in audio

    “Skeletons” reprinted in audio

    My story “Skeletons,” which originally appeared in Room Magazine, is in audio form today at GlitterShip! In a world where the skeletons of extinct animals go on walking and talking, a group of friends, all in love with the same woman, go camping. Read it here: http://www.glittership.com/2016/01/19/episode-20-skeletons-by-bonnie-jo-stufflebeam/ Photo: [Dinornis Elephantopus] digital image courtesy of the…

  • “The Damaged” in audio on StarShipSofa

    “The Damaged” in audio on StarShipSofa

    Listen to my dark sci-fi story “The Damaged” on today’s StarShipSofa podcast. “The Damaged” appeared in the January 2014 issue of Interzone and was reprinted online in January 2015 on Story. I wrote this during my time in grad school at Stonecoast. I don’t remember the inspiration, but I do remember when I turned it…

  • “In the City of Martyrs” up on The Toast

    “In the City of Martyrs” up on The Toast

    An original fairy tale about a royal family, a homesick man, and dead flowers. Read it for free here: http://the-toast.net/2015/12/02/in-the-city-of-martyrs-a-short-story/

  • “Sleeping with Spirits” on Mothership Zeta

    My ghost sex story (yeah, you read that right) is up at Mothership Zeta. Read it for free here: http://mothershipzeta.org/2015/11/17/sleeping-with-spirits-by-bonnie-jo-stufflebeam/ From the editors: “This story is not safe for work, children, or jealous lovers. “You could say Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam’s story has sex but is not erotic. You could say it’s not safe for work…