Jennifer Jeanne McArdle

My story, "Chanticleer" a weird horror/fantasy set in 1380s England and featuring characters from Chaucer's "The Nun's Priest's Tale" (the one with the chickens and the fox) is free to read in Golgonooza Magazine. Read for free here [cw human and animal dismemberment, death, attempted SA, not super graphic]

 Hi all, my Gilded Age gothic taking place in the Thousands Islands region of New York, "On the Life of Cinderella Who Lost her Princes and Other Musings" is in this collection available for purchase here

  The story is told from the perspective of a young mother living in a fictional island that's part of the historical "Spice Islands" in the 1600s. These islands were part of the Banda group of islands in what is now the Maluku province of Indonesia. She meets a Dutch alchemist who insists that the island where she's living has a secret ingredient for a cure-all medicine, though the locals insist that nothing unique grows there. This story is partially inspired by Amitav Ghosh's nonfiction work "The Nutmeg’s Curse Parables for a Planet in Crisis", which describes some of the Dutch history in Indoensia and the Banda massacre of 1621. You can purchase this issue of Interzone here

 My weird flash piece, "The Money Left in My Account" has been published in Slugger's first issue! Purchase here

 My story about a group of misfits struggling to escape an authoritarian government in near-future Pennsylvania is out now in Penumbic Magazine. It's free to read here

My weird potato famine fantasy/horror about a girl who is part fungus was published in Baubles from Bones issue 6.  It can be read for free online here Baubles from Bones also has some beautiful print issues with original artwork for sale on Etsy here This story owes a debt to The Great Famine: Ireland's Agony 1845-1852 by Ciarán Ó Murchadha, the EPIC, the immigration museum in Dublin, and James Joyce's short "The Dead", the final story in his collection Dubliners

  My contemporary fantasy/humor piece about a mallard who works for an incel wizard is available in this collection of stories about sidekicks and minions. Can be found here 

Hi all, I had a flash piece "How a Satyr Becomes Real" in This Exquisite Topology by Angry Gable Press. Happy to share a ToC celebrating joy in all it forms with so many cool writers. You can purchase the collection here

My historical horror story about a weak vampire who befriends a beautiful young were ape lady and moves out to Nevada during the 1930s dust bowl is now published in a collection of monster stories inspired by author John Steinbeck. Purchase here

  My weird horror piece about an American English teacher living in Ulsan, South Korea is now available in Fraidy Cat Quarterly Volume 5. The issue's theme is paranoia Purchase the issue here

Luna Station Quarterly Issue 16 has published my fantasy story “When to Choose the Snake God” about a royal guard tasked with a journey that tests her morality and attachment to her young prince and the culture who kidnapped her as a child. Purchase the issue here .

  Dirty Magick is a new-ish magazine focusing on urban fantasy, fantasy/crime mash-ups, and fantasy focused on regular guys instead of kings and nobles. "Half-Orc Songs" is a coming-of-age story about a half-orc who likes to sing. Find it here

  My NSFW, silly vampire story, "Ye Olde Bat Cave" is in issue 22 of Humour Me Magazine Read for free here

One of my strangest stories, "Advice for humans dating in fairyland..." is available in Air and Nothingness's anthology Moving Across the Landscape in Search of an Idea  a collection of short stories and poetry with super long titles, short narratives, and copious footnotes and other marginalia. My story is a draft travel advice article which was in the process of being edited before it was shelved. Air and Nothingness sells some very unique books. Check it out here

 I have story free to read in Cosmorama Mag. In a dystopian future society obsessed with the past, a prosecutor puts a woman on trial for writing a blog post about her dream. Read for free here

 This cosmic/body horror story is based partially on a childhood illness. I wanted to explore how children often feel big emotions but helpless against the world and the things they cannot control. Content Warning: Most of these stories contain graphic depiction of gore. This is not a volume for sensitive readers. For purchase in electronic or hard copies on Amaz*n https://www.amazon.com/Body-Horror-Anthology-C-Baynam-ebook/dp/B0D3MCLQ7B

My fable told from the perspective of 4 animals was published in the spring 2024 edition of Mythaxis Magazine.  You can check it out here

Image is from All World's Wayfarer Magazine My Flash sci-fi piece, "Life in Our Solar System" is out now in All World's Wayfarer Magazine Read for Free here (link will expire after a few weeks) Purchase the electronic issue here This story was inspired by an astronomy class I took years ago. I was very bored in this class which was way too easy for me, so I made up aliens for each of the planets.

 Hello! We have released the table of contents for the upcoming book I am co-editing with From Beyond Press. Release date is still planned for February 2024. See the table of contents below:

 I am co-editing an anthology of fiction for the first time! Please see submission guidelines here:  Escalators to Hell: Shopping Mall Horrors | From Beyond Press