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Ephiny Gale
Ephiny Gale writes speculative fiction of many flavours, often with generous helpings of strangeness, female characters, and queer content.
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Ephiny Gale is the author of more than two dozen published short stories and novelettes that have appeared in publications including 'Beneath Ceaseless Skies', 'Constellary Tales', and 'Daily Science Fiction'. Her stories have been awarded the Sundress Publications' Best of the Net award and the Syntax & Salt Editor's Award. Much of her short fiction has been recently collected in 'Next Curious Thing'.
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The Secret Death of Lane Islington
Published Sep 26, 2020 · 7,099 words (26 minutes) · 2 likes · 626 views
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Lane Islington despises stardom — so good thing she found a spell to locate her doppelgänger to take her place in the public eye. But how far will this deception go?
Australian author Ephiny Gale’s work has appeared in Daily Science Fiction, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, and more. Her collection NEXT CURIOUS THING is available now in paperback and ebook form.Free
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Emelia and the Undrowned
Published May 17, 2020 · 945 words (4 minutes) · 1 like · 533 views
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The squids save some children from drowning, and afterwards those children are never the same.
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Wrecked
Published Feb 23, 2020 · 2,641 words (10 minutes) · 559 views
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Vivian and her community have built a makeshift life for themselves since the shipwreck. Still, it's the tiny inconsistencies that wear at her. Why can't she remember the origin of her own damn lip scar?
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Sickly Sweet
Published Nov 30, 2019 · 4,298 words (16 minutes) · 689 views
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A cross between 'The Girl Without Hands' and 'Hansel and Gretel', from the witch's perspective.
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Little Freedoms
Published Sep 7, 2019 · 4,942 words (18 minutes) · 7 likes · 1365 views
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In a dystopian prison, eight women known only by the small comforts they most miss from home (Chocolate, Music, Flowers, Cigarettes, Hot Chips, Internet, Guns, and Privacy) compete for their freedom in a series of cryptic challenges.
Author and playwright Ephiny Gale lives in Melbourne, Australia, and has published more than two dozen short stories and novelettes in Aurealis, Daily Science Fiction, Syntax & Salt, and many more.
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As Long as We Both Shall Live and After, Too
Published Jul 20, 2019 · 686 words (3 minutes) · 1 like · 610 views
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"Before she dies to save us both, my wife shears off a chunk of her hair, thrusts it into my hands and tells me to take care of the cat."
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