Short Fiction

See links to my short fiction as published on various literary websites…

A woman races her sadistic husband across the semi-arid wastes of the Brazilian Northeast in a test of endurance and will. See link to my short story Alto Sertão below.

https://apocalypse-confidential.com/2024/06/22/alto-sertao/?fbclid=IwY2xjawMvntpleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHod8TF_ecTn-E9h4-85A85VoXhuUdIXeAEryOn8Xbo-MR3ZJhM_xO2a5Q7ja_aem_I0a4DSocoOU8bWBHfZNUPA

A reporter puzzles over the last words of a mysterious colleague. He discovers a dark underworld below the glittering surface of Rio de Janeiro in O Mangue. See link below.

https://rundelania.com/o-mangue/?fbclid=IwY2xjawMvnyxleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFzWDd4cGlrOHFORVdQTnlKAR632hS1lPfZPkMwQy6xBZKEyh00_IlpJiQ2Gfdhlj9MxnoEQ_dStYsr2QkgXw_aem_XQBNeOgjAx04Ti3g00HtOA

Irish trader John Ernest Greene leaves the Brazilian port of Recife for home fearing that he might kill a man. But then he faces an even greater challenge on the Brazilian archipelago of Fernando de Noronha. See link below.

https://www.seattlestar.net/2024/12/fernando-de-noronha/?fbclid=IwY2xjawMvnmdleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFzWDd4cGlrOHFORVdQTnlKAR632hS1lPfZPkMwQy6xBZKEyh00_IlpJiQ2Gfdhlj9MxnoEQ_dStYsr2QkgXw_aem_XQBNeOgjAx04Ti3g00HtOA

A woman is found naked on the outskirts of town in the remote Brazilian sertão. Only the local doctor notices a bizarre scar on her forehead and cheek in Mossoró. See link below.

https://glintjournal.wordpress.com/glint-16-fiction-thomas-murphy/