Judah Mahay, Author

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.

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 “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…

Literary, Short Stories, Short Works

Short Story “Coffee to Soothe the Flame”

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Laughter, with hints of youthful vile and ignorance, echoed down her alley, a path brimmed with stench and decay, hacked into a hidden alcove in the Chelsea District. This great New York City, not a comfort, was still her home. Cassandra lifted her eyes at the hollow sound, her long…

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Multimedia Art, Watermill Grimoire Project

Watermill Residency Gallery

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Below is photo documentation of my January 2010 artist residency at the Watermill Center, where I worked on a collection of stories called the Watermill Grimoire.

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Flash Fiction, Short Works, Watermill Grimoire Project

Flash Fiction “Arhat”

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Written for the Watermill Grimoire Project. “Welcome to the Archive. I am Arhatta, but if it suits you call me Arhat.” Stillness kept the calm soothed, stillness of my heart, untouched by calamity, vice, or vitality. Death not kin, but rebirth conquered by the brahmacarya, by the culmination of life.…

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Flash Fiction, Short Works, Watermill Grimoire Project

Flash Fiction “King Bamci”

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Written for the Watermill Grimoire Project. My palace has fallen, my subjects gone, but my family is with me. At least I have solace. I was from the Singa Raja Palace. I was King, I am King, but with no throne. “Call me Bamci.” He scratched his shoulder, his eyebrows turned…

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