Jennifer Shelby hunts for stories in the beetled undergrowth of fairy-infested forests. She fishes for them in the dark spaces between stars. The stories listed here have been made possible as part of her ongoing catch-and-release program.

Teeth of the Lion – Abyss and Apex, October 2022

Borrowed Wings and Other Stories (Lunar Edition) – compiled for the Lunar Codex, available exclusively through Jennifer’s newsletter, Enchanted Side Quests, August 2022

Free Hugs – Reading 5×5 x3 (teaching anthology), Metaphorosis Publishing, August 2022

Stormslayer – Sea Stories from the Rock (anthology), May 2022

To Shane on the Second Anniversary of His Death – 99 Tiny Terrors (anthology), March 2022

Free Hugs – Metaphorosis, July 2021

The Voiceless of Shalott – Luna Station Quarterly #046, June 2021

The Feline, the Witch, and the Universe – Worlds of Light and Darkness: Best of Dreamforge and Space & Time Volume 1 (anthology), May 2021

The Moths of Luness – Mythology from the Rock (anthology), May 2021

Hellion Babysitting Services – Speculative North Issue 4, February 2021

The Mermaid’s Tail – Kaleidotrope, Winter 2021

Broke Down & Starside – DreamForge Issue 7 December 2020

Slipstreamers: Plague of the Dreamless (novella)- Engen Books, November 2020

A Disease of Time and Temporal Distortion – Recognize Fascism (anthology), October 2020

Stories. And Time – Winner, Engen Books Flash Fiction/Flash Photography June 2020

Meriden’s Moonlet – Hybrid Fiction, August 2020

Zsezzyn, Who is Not a God – Metaphorosis, June 2020 {Named one of Alex Brown’s Must-Read Speculative Short Fiction of June 2020 for Tor.com}

Just Enough for Jenny – Short Edition, June 2020

Parachutes and Grappling Hooks –Pulp Sci-Fi from the Rock (anthology) March 2020

The Feline, the Witch, and the Universe – Space and Time, Issue 135, December 2019

Dragon Crossing – All Worlds Wayfarer, December 2019

Last Night – Storming Area 51 (anthology) summer 2019

Borrowed Wings – Flights from the Rock (anthology) 2019

Winner Third Place, WFNB/Fog Lit Books “for young people” prize 2019 for Parachutes and Grappling Hooks

The Night Janitor – Unlocking the Magic (anthology) early winter 2019

The Green Lady – Winner, Kit Sora Flash Fiction Flash Photography October 2018 available here.  https://engenbooks.com/2018/12/03/the-green-lady-by-jennifer-shelby-short-story-winner/

Toby’s Alicorn Adventure – Cricket Magazine, September 2018

Leif the Story Hunter – Eenie Meenie Miney Mo: Tales for Tired Tykes (anthology) September 2018

Winner First Place, WFNB/Fog Lit Books “for young people” prize 2018 for Dragon Crossing

Mrs. Coleman’s Backyard Refugee Camp – Andromeda Spaceways, Issue 68 January 2017

Borrowed Wings – Spaceports and Spidersilk, April 2016