Short Stories

I got my start in writing through short fiction, and I still love the form. To-date I’ve published several short and flash fiction stories (most of which are available to read for free online!), and one chapbook collection. Two of my flash fiction pieces (Feed Me and The Blemish Collector) have been nominated for the Pushcart Prize.

Flash Fiction:

  • “Things That Could Have Been,” published in pigeonholes (Apr 2020).
  • “Baby Duck,” published in Flash Fiction Magazine (Jan 2020).
  • “Meat Person,” published by ShortEdition; available in the Story Dispenser in the Calgary Public Library (February 2019).
  • “Feed Me,” published in the Dying Dahlia Review (June 2018). Nominated for the Pushcart Prize.
  • “Magpie,” published in Vine Leaves Literary Journal – A Collection of Vignettes From Across the Globe (print), November 2017.
  • “Two Dressers,” published in Vine Leaves Literary Journal – Issue #8, October 2013. Included in the annual Best of Vine Leaves 2013 print Anthology.
  • “The Blemish Collector,” published in Vine Leaves Literary Journal – Issue #2, April 2012 and nominated for the Pushcart Prize. Included in the annual Vine Leaves 2012 print Anthology. Update: Voice actor Elijah Lucian recorded an audio version of this story. You can listen to it (and his other awesome flash fiction compilations) here! 

Short Stories:

  • “Vinegar,” published by The RavensPerch (September 2018).
  • “Paris in a Bottle,” published in the Bella Online Literary Review (2012).
  • “Knit, Purl, Breathe,” published in Fiction365 (2012).
  • “Tiki Bar,” published in Full of Crow Fiction (2012).
  • “Little Bean,” included in An Anthology of Outstanding Prose from the WDCR Competition, Writers’ Community of Durham Region Whispered Words Contest (2011).

Awards/Nominations:

  • “Feed Me,” nominated for the Pushcart Prize (2019).
  • “Ashes to Ashes,” runner-up in the Room Magazine 2013 Contest (prose).
  • “Tastes Like Chicken,” highly Commended in the Writers’ Village short story award (2012).
  • “The Blemish Collector,” nominated for the Pushcart Prize (2012).

Short Story Collections:

None of These Are True: A Collection of Short Stories

Forthcoming April 2020!

I’ve collaborated with Rachel Small to create a collection of short stories that reads like a conversation between friends … sort of. I’ll share more details closer to the launch date.

Magpie: Stories by Carrie Mumford

Magpie chapbook cover

I collaborated with Displaced Snail (Joseph Carlough) and Rachel Small to create a chapbook of some of my short stories.

The chapbook, titled Magpie, includes eleven flash fiction pieces, one of which has not been published elsewhere.

Although paper copies of Magpie are no longer available, there is an ebook version!

You can get Magpie for $0.99 on Amazon, Kobo, or other fine platforms.