Upbeat Tales

We are now 80%, or 384, of the way through submissions. We will apologise as this is longer than we hoped, but we were over whelmed with people sending us their best pieces.

Thank you for being patient with us.

“Thanks for the Memory” • by Rick Danforth “Another grocery store robbery isn’t going to cut it,” said Kioxia with a yawn, leaning back on a greasy chair in the back of the van...

I have another new story out today in stupefying stories!

A fun idea about future entertainment.

stupefyingstories.blogspot.com/2023/09/than...

The Bookshop + Interview with Rachel Handley A lightning story about one man's relationship with his workplace. Then, an interview with Rachel Handley, Editor in Chief of Crab Tales Magazine and author of Possible Worlds and Other Stories.

Our new bonus episode and interview with the delightful @rachelhandley.bsky.social regarding @crabtalesmagazine.bsky.social is now here!

It features a lightning story about one man’s relationship with his workplace.

upbeattales.com/episodes/202...

My cosy flash story about a sentient bookshop PLUS my interview all about @crabtalesmagazine.bsky.social is out now with @upbeattales.bsky.social!

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Listen here:
upbeattales.com/episodes/202...

How do they open the submissions with their claws?

The interview is today!

Send the crabs questions!

We are recording this afternoon!

Hi Devon. Thank you for letting us know, and congratulations on your acceptance! We are sorry to be so slow to lose your submission.

Please let us know when and where we can read it :)

I have withdrawn your submission, and we will make the contact details more clear next time.

Thank you for letting us know! We will have a look into that as we must have made a mistake.

Thank you! We really appreciate that :)

We are delighted to announce that our mini-episode featuring a story from @rachelhandley.bsky.social will also include a quick interview and questions regarding @crabtalesmagazine.bsky.social

If you have any questions for Rachel, please comment below!

New story day! Back to fantasy with a, hopefully, fun take on the magical equivalent of a tech startup.

This melancholic comedy shows that the magics of finance are sometimes more powerful than any a wizard can summon.

Episode 5 - When a Portal Comes Around, by @rickandwrite.bsky.social is now available for free on Spotify, Google or Apple podcasts.

Upbeat Tales are now CLOSED!

We are happily surprised to have been sent 541 subs in total. Thank you so much for trusting us with your work.
Responses are already going out, but due to our unexpected popularity please allow 30-60 days for us to process them all.

I'm very pleased to say that my story The Bookshop will be out with @upbeattales.bsky.social on 15th September!

We are delighted to host you and your wonderful story :)

Aditya Sundararajan is a speculative fiction writer from India living and working. He uses his writing to explore his native culture through the lens of genre fiction. His debut short story has been accepted for publication at Planet Scumm.

We are happy to announce that
@AdityaSWrites
has joined the team as a first reader! He's already got stuck into the queue and been a huge help.

Upbeat Tales Fun short stories from all across the English-speaking world!

Hi Myna! Thank you for asking.
All details can be found at the bottom of our website:
Upbeat Tales

Upbeat Tales Fun short stories from all across the English-speaking world!

Full submission details can be found at: Upbeat Tales

We have joined the exodus to BlueSky so we advertise to all the wonderful authors that our submission window is currently open!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeAanhM8Tf1Qp2WljaRarrZYzy5-1XaTlFvv9ew8nkIgeNjZA/viewform?usp=sf_link