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Short Stories By Christina Engela

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According to modern trends, stories with a word count between 3,500 and 7,500 words fit into the category of ‘the short story’! The category also often includes ‘flash fiction’ (between 53 and 3,499 words) and ‘novelettes’ (between 7,500 and 17,000 words).

Christina Engela has (so far) published the following short fiction items – but it should be noted that some of these have been released as standalone items used for promotional purposes, or incorporated into larger titles as episodes in a longer story (for example in the Panic! Horror In Space series):

Short Stories By Christina Engela (27*):

  1. Code Red (1988, revised 2017)
  2. Dysfunxion (1990)
  3. The Devils in The Sky (1993)
  4. A Really Bad Day In The Life Of Lance Corporal Thomas O’Blivion (1995)
  5. Beyond (1998)
  6. I, Mac (2006)
  7. Homecoming (2010, winner of the eBook Diva contest)
  8. Midnight Station (2014)
  9. The Thirteenth Ship (2014)
  10. Little Green Men (2014)
  11. Wiggle Room (2015)
  12. Death By Vampire (2015)
  13. Good Evening, Mr. Gleeb (2018)
  14. The Storming Of Area 51 (2019)
  15. Overkill (2019)
  16. Barracuda! (2019)
  17. The Ace (2019)
  18. Going Quantum (2019)
  19. Broken Promises (2019)
  20. A Badfeller’s Tale (2019)
  21. A Nine In Time (2019)
  22. Escape From Paradise (2019)
  23. The Ghost And The Machine (2019)
  24. The Day The Sun Went Out (2020)
  25. It Happened In Late October (2022)
  26. The Lights Of Corramantee (2022)
  27. The Pirates Of Carthagena (2022)

(*Although Christina has written more than thirty short stories, only 27 are listed here as unique standalone short stories because others later became part of other projects, or were written for specific series, or were later lengthened to become novelettes or novellas.)

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Short Stories By Christina Engela – Publishing History:

Short Story Collections (by Christina Engela herself):

  1. Space Sucks! (2016)
  2. Malice! (2019)
  3. Space Sucks Too! (2020)
  4. Space Really Sucks! (2022)
  1. “The Devils in The Sky“, “A Really Bad Day In The Life Of Lance Corporal Thomas O’Blivion“, “Beyond“, and “I, Mac” appeared in a collection of sci-fi works by Christina Engela titled “Space Sux” released by Christina Engela in 2006 (First Edition, out of print). “Little Green Men“, “The Thirteenth Ship“, “Midnight Station” and “Death By Vampire” were added to make the second edition, as “Space Sucks!” a collection of short stories by Christina Engela in May 2016.
  2. “Wiggle Room“, “The Thirteenth Ship” and “Mercury Rising” appear in “Malice!” (2019).
  3. “Little Green Men“, “Good Evening, Mr. Gleeb“, “The Storming Of Area 51“, “Midnight Station“, “The Broken-tipped Sword” and “The Ghost And The Machine” appear in “Space Sucks Too!” (2020).
  4. “The Day The Sun Went Out“, “Death By Vampire“, “Overkill“, “Barracuda“, “The Ace“, “Going Quantum“, “A Badfeller’s Tale“, “A Nine In Time“, “Escape From Paradise“, and “It Happened In Late October” appear in “Space Really Sucks!” (2022).

Short Story Anthologies (Christina Engela as contributing author): 

   

  1. “Homecoming” (the EBook Diva writing contest winner in 2010) appeared in “Autumn Burning: Dreadtime Stories For The Wicked Soul” (JEA) – a Halloween anthology by various authors, published in October 2014.
  2. “The Thirteenth Ship” appeared in “Inanna Rising” (JEA) – an anthology of short stories published in February 2015.
  3. “Beyond” appeared in “For Love of Leelah” (JEA) an anthology in February 2015.
  4. “Space Vacation” (later reworked into “Life Signs“) appeared in “Fearotica” in 2015.
  5. “Midnight Station” appeared in “All That Remains” (JEA) – an anthology of short stories published in August 2015.
  6. “Wiggle Room” appeared in “M v F: Death Personified” (JEA) – an anthology of short stories published in February 2016.
  7. “I, Mac” was selected by a panel of judges in 2015 to appear in “The #Coinage Book: Journal Of New South African Writing”, published in October 2016.
  8. The poem “State Capture” appeared in “Trumpocalypse“, Horrified Press, April 24, 2017.
  9. “Beyond” appeared in “Come As Yourself vol 1” an LGBT charity anthology by Live Love Laugh Ranting on December 25, 2017.
  10. “Wiggle Room” appeared in Phantasmagoria Magazine Issue #5 in June 2018.
  11. “Homecoming” also appeared in Horror Anthology IV in 2018.
  12. “The Storming of Area 51” appeared in “SEE THEM ALIENS!: An anthology of what waits during the Area 51 Raid” published by Moon Books Publishing, September 20, 2019.
  13. “The Ghost And The Machine” appeared in “Christina Engela’s Strangely Compelling Science Fiction Anthology: Book 1” on December 26, 2019.
  14. “The Day The Sun Went Out” appeared in “Axevictims” re-titled as “When You Wish Upon A Star” on December 04, 2020.
  15. “I, Mac” and “The Ghost & The Machine” appeared in “2023 SciFi Anthology: The Science Fiction Novelists” on March 25, 2023.
  16. “It Happened In Late October” and “The Storming Of Area 51” appeared in “2024 SFN Anthology” on February 11, 2024.

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