Judah Mahay, Author

Short Story “The Trees of Evermore, Forevermore, Nevermore”

Published in The North Shoreian Magazine, The Writer's Issue, Volume 1, Issue 9, September 2008. | The forest watched Jared run. He could feel their eyes on him, even if…

Poem “Willow”

Published: Mississippi Crow Magazine, Fall 2009. Willow, of a specter’s dream, breatheYou fell lightly down the dew-covered wellLike a broken feather your bones whistleCaught up in the wind of your…

Short Story “Angels in Despair”

Noah whispered to the bundle in his arms as a passing breath of wind raked across his skin. “So you’re the last Hope. I’ll do my part. You’ll get to…

Short Story “Death Wish”

Published in Sick Lit Magazine, 3/16/2017. | The rush of wind forms into words. “If you could know what it is to die, to experience it, to be…one with it,…

Short Story “Soul Requisition”

Published in Pinky Thinker Press, Issue 11, 5/2/2024. | "Soul Requisition" is an experimental story of an irate AI demanding a soul.

Blog, Book Reviews

Book Review: Hood (American Rebirth) by Evan Pickering

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Hood by Evan Pickering grips with a high-octane tale of dystopian America, navigated by a gunslinging young man who both searches for and discovers family amidst the brutality of humanity's depraved fall from grace.

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Updates: “Death Wish” Translated by Nico Popow into Poetry

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My short story "Death Wish" was translated into poetics by the Poet Nico Popow through Pinky Thinker Press as part of their Conversations in Translation series.

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Post Apocalyptic, Published, Short Stories, Short Works

Short Story “Breathe”

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Published in the multi-lingual literary journal Contrapuntos Magazine. The short story "Breathe" explores the need to find purpose when we have nothing.

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Updates: “Breathe” Pre-Orders Available

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The multi-lingual literary journal Contrapuntos has enabled pre-orders. There, you'll also discover my story "Breathe," which explores the need to find purpose when we have nothing, framed around a dystopian near-future.

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