The Parable of the Red Sky
Listen to this story on Age of Muses After crossing the Great Mountains, I saw before me, to the west, a vast and sprawling plain. Many...
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The Editors
- Jan 30
- 1 min
Call for Short Stories
The Chained Muse is happy to announce its official call for new timeless short stories. The short story has been an innovative form that...
By Adam Sedia
- Aug 23, 2023
- 18 min
The Last Man of K---
A young scribe working in a remote village encounters a stranger traveler with an even stranger story. The last citizen of a once...
By David B. Gosselin
- Jun 19, 2023
- 7 min
Brain Love
Listen to the full story here. “Don’t you ever get tired of being sad, Steven?” said Jenny. “Don’t you ever get tired of being happy?”...
By David B. Gosselin
- Jun 7, 2023
- 19 min
The Second Snake: A Dialogue Featuring Adam and Eve
Listen to the full dialogue here. Many years had passed since Adam and Eve took their first bite. The meandering streams of Eden now...
By Robert Funderburk
- Apr 4, 2023
- 18 min
Peace in the Storm
I grew up in Algiers, on the ‘Point,’ and when I played on the grassy slopes of the levee as a child, I would look across a half mile of...
By David B. Gosselin
- Feb 26, 2022
- 9 min
After Paradise
I watched the menacing cloud—the most obstinate I’d ever seen. It lingered there year after year—never moving, never dissolving, never...
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