Publication news! My tiny fiction piece “The Dance” (under 250 words) is now available in Issue 008 of Quotidian Bagatelle. You can subscribe or buy the issue to read my story and the ones listed below right away. As per the schedule below, my story will be published on Quotidian Bagatelle on August 21.
Quotidian Bagatelle Issue 008
- 8/1/2026 — sorting by Bailey Loveless
- 8/2/2026 — Postcards From Your Dead Dad by Chris Clemens
- 8/3/2026 — Advanced Pet Care by E. Florian Gludovacz
- 8/4/2026 — How to Save a Witch by Tatiana Shokhan
- 8/5/2026 — Cinders by Alethea Paul
- 8/6/2026 — Cyborg by Brett Abrahamsen
- 8/7/2026 — Warning: There Are No Paintings in the Museum by Elle Burnett
- 8/8/2026 — The Cutest Little Outlaw in the West by E.J. LeRoy
- 8/9/2026 — All Tied Up by Stuart Docherty
- 8/10/2026 — My Bus Driver Thinks He’s A Medieval Knight by Hazel Pearson
- 8/11/2026 — Chopping at the Uncarved Block by Jason Ryberg
- 8/12/2026 — Steal My Sunshine by Floyd Largent
- 8/13/2026 — Hold Me To Hold by Tamara Brereton-Karabetsos
- 8/14/2026 — An Unexpected Ambush by Barb DeMoney
- 8/15/2026 — For Want of a Single Heart by Andrew Loria
- 8/16/2026 — Depressed by Michael Smith
- 8/17/2026 — wanderlush by Kelley Tai
- 8/18/2026 — Wondering by Kat Hausler
- 8/19/2026 — Urgent by Mackie P. Notte
- 8/20/2026 — The Gilded Curse by Cristina Cabrera
- 8/21/2026 — The Dance by Karl El-Koura
- 8/22/2026 — A Quiet Claim by Steven Van Der Heyden
- 8/23/2026 — Drum Tab Minus Guitar Solo by Nicholas De Marino
- 8/24/2026 — The Gunslinger’s Go Boat by R.J. BUTLER
- 8/25/2026 — The Writer’s Guide to Idea Hunting by Lisa Timpf
- 8/26/2026 — Home Safe by Imrak Eriksson
- 8/27/2026 — The Heartbeat of Creation by A.J. McCrae
- 8/28/2026 — Hype by E. Florian Gludovacz
- 8/29/2026 — Sacrifice by Sascha Reinhard
- 8/30/2026 — 10 Things to write a song about by M.D. Berry
- 8/31/2026 — bygones by Savannah S. Miller
Quotidian Bagatelle previously published two of my microfiction stories: “A Story Entirely Inoffensive” in Issue 003 and “The Virus” in Issue 006.
The Dance
by Karl El-Koura
The DJ announced the next song would be the last of the night, a final slow number to share with that special someone.
My legs were killing me. I’d only just slid down the wall to rest on our high school gymnasium’s floor. But this was it. Now or never.
I pushed myself up with help from the wall.
Don’t already be dancing with someone, I prayed.
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