Archive - Strange Pilgrims

Good Smoke by Dawn Macdonald

"A little bit just toughens you up." | Flash CNF #6

22 hrs ago • Strange Pilgrims, Karan Kapoor, and Dawn Macdonald

Nymphs by Sunmisola Odusola

"I did not have what was needed for insect taxidermy, but I started learning anyway." | Essay #8

Aug 13 • Strange Pilgrims, Shannan Mann, and The Obsidian

The Cicadas by Amanda Sarasien

"Surely the seasons had lost their train of thought." | Short Story #8

Aug 6 • Strange Pilgrims and Karan Kapoor

Free Writing Challenge: Micro of the Month

New theme revealed inside! | Send us your fiction or nonfiction up to 300 words only!

Aug 1 • Strange Pilgrims, Shannan Mann, and Karan Kapoor

July 2026

Thread Woman by Lucy Zhang

"Freedom is more than worth the death of the organism in Saya’s womb." | Short Story #7

Jul 30 • Strange Pilgrims and Shannan Mann

Fanatics by Aliyah Knight

"Or babies with pig faces, trick-or-treaters, witches." | Micro #4

Jul 27 • Strange Pilgrims, Karan Kapoor, and aliyah

I will love the hallway by Ailsa Ross

"Generational predictions suggest this rented one-bedroom apartment may be as good as it gets." | Flash CNF #5

Jul 23 • Strange Pilgrims and Ailsa Ross

Star Shrapnel by Ata Zargarof

"Our violent stellar ancestry can be traced down to the subatomic realm, where matter is mostly empty space, unstable and crackling." | Essay #7

Jul 17 • Strange Pilgrims, Ata Zargarof, and Karan Kapoor

Love for the Artist by Divya Kernan

"I own a man. I don’t fuck him—" | Flash Fiction #8

Jul 10 • Strange Pilgrims and Shannan Mann

Send us your stories & essays!

Free to submit summer window | Open Submission Call #2

Jul 6 • Shannan Mann, Karan Kapoor, and Strange Pilgrims

Open Sub Call: Micro of the Month

👀 Theme Inside → Deadline: July 3, Midnight

Jul 1 • Strange Pilgrims, Karan Kapoor, and Shannan Mann

June 2026

Sparks Alive Through Severed Phonelines by Evan Noren

"The phone sex only starts to get interesting after the chainsaw comes into play." | Micro #3 → Love & Sex

Jun 28 • Strange Pilgrims and Shannan Mann

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