Whatever he negs you on,Go back, and make it worse.William Shaw is a writer from Sheffield, currently living in the USA. His writing has appeared in Strange Horizons, Daily Science Fiction, and The Georgia Review. You can find his website at https://williamshawwriter.wordpress.com and his Bluesky at...

Good evening, worms and germs! Please hold your applause until the end. We have 8 wonderful categories to run through, covering 40 different finalists recognizing some of the best short fiction that was published in the year 2025.Our aim with The Foofs is to put a spotlight on "the little guy." With hundreds, if not...

The May issue of Foofaraw Zine is here! Of course, all stories will be published for free on the web throughout the month, but paid supporters receive a PDF/EPUB with all of the month's stories at the beginning of the month, along with a few other goodies, including the bonus Four-headed Foofaraw. And Patrons get...

“Jettison Tattoo Removal, Negotiable Fee.”The sign, old-fashioned gold script on a dark wooden plaque, hung in a window between a Black barber shop and a corner store advertising money transfers. A smaller wooden “Open” sign hung from the bigger sign.It’s been two years since I got that tattoo, with Terry beside me...

Quick one this week as we've released a bunch of stuff and I'm a little under the weather.First, our first anthology of 30 original stories is out now and available everywhere books are sold online on May 1st.A Great Big Fuss (2025)a foofaraw anthology—don’t go making a huge deal about it, that’s what we’re here...

The first anthology from Foofaraw Press has arrived. You can pick up a copy of A Great Big Fuss (2025) direct now and everywhere books are sold on May 1! We have a limited edition hardcover, paperback, and digital version (ePub and PDF), or all of the above at our Metalabel shop. Print copies purchased direct also...

Read Mark's story, The Lion Slide, now!Was there any particular park you had in mind while writing this story?It’s an amalgam of two parks near where I live. Were there any good ghost stories or local legends where you grew up?I asked my wife about this and she told me about St Wistan.In 849 AD, after he was...

Oli and Craig sat on the wall outside Burgon’s News, the newsagents at the edge of Gildeen park, eating crisps. “You ever hear the story about the lion slide?” said Craig, through mouthfuls of Ready Salted.“Hasn’t everybody?” said Oli. “Used to freak me out. But then I grew up.”The lion slide in Gildeen park had...

—Ellie Black

The April issues of Foofaraw Zine is here!While I know it's horribly late, I didn't want to let Tony's beautiful cover art go to waste... Of course, all stories will be published for free on the web throughout the month, but paid supporters receive a PDF/EPUB with all of the month's stories at the beginning of the...

Welcome back to another excellent week of comics and... not much else. That doesn't mean it's a complete waste of a week though. There are still some decent shows returning and a couple albums that might be worth checking out... The Media Guide | FoofarawYour weekly guide to the movies, shows, comics, and albums...

Read David's story, Out of the Band, now!Are you a musician yourself? Absolutely not. No talent, not enough patience. But I am a life-long music obsessive, record buyer and attendee of obscure gigs. Indie, reggae, synthpop, punk, electronica, rock, rave, a bit of metal, house, hip-hop (nineties vintage), goth, more...