Julie C. Day

Short Fiction

“Whole Bodies Are Never Left Behind”
Black Static
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“Flyover Country”
Weird Dream Society: An Anthology of the Possible & Unsubstantiated in Support of RAICES
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“After the Apocalypse There Will Be Memory Poems”
Vol.1 Brooklyn
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“Flyover Country”
Interzone
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“Flight Aids Minus the Wings and Fuselage”
Necessary Fiction
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“Seven Falls Away”
Linea
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“Bluebeard’s Surrender”
Gorgon: Stories of Emergence
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“Stone Memories”
Jellyfish Review
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“City Magic”
The Cincinnati Review
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“A Pinhole of Light”
The Dark Issue 42
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“A Pinhole of Light”
Ténèbres 2018
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“Schrödinger’s”
Interzone 274
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“The Rocket Farmer”
Podcastle
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“Re-stitched”
Split Lip Magazine January 2018
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“The Rocket Farmer”
Interzone 271
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“Raven Hair”
Cream City Review 41.1
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“Idle Hands”
New Haven Review Issue 019
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“One Thousand Paper Cranes”
Kaleidotrope Winter 2017
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“Everyone Gets a Happy Ending”
Interzone 268
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“The Re’em Song”
Pantheon Magazine
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“A Pinhole of Light”
Black Static 54
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“The Thirteen Tuesdays of Saint Anthony”
FWA 1
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“Holes in Heaven”
Isthmus No.4
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“Florida Miracles”
Interzone 261
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“The Faces Between Us”
Podcastle 386
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“The Thirteen Tuesdays of Saint Anthony”
Farrago's Wainscot
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“Faerie Medicine”
Gaia: Shadow & Breath Vol. 2
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“The Re’em Song”
Interzone 258
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“Raising Babies”
Crack the Spine
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“Pretty Little Boxes”
XIII : Stories of Transformation
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“The Church of Forgotten Gods”
A cappella Zoo Issue 14
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“Faerie Medicine”
Lunar Station Quarterly 020
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“The Faces Between Us”
Interzone 254
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“Faerie Medicine”
Flapperhouse #2
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“Dried Skins Unshed”
Stupifying Stories
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“Unmaking”
Outpouring: Typhoon Yolanda Relief
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“Unmaking”
Weave Magazine Issue 9
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“The Death of Love Project”
Swamp Biscuits & Tea Issue 4
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“Finding Your Way to the Coast”
BESTIARY: the best of the inaugural demi-decade of A cappella Zoo
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“Paradigm Shift”
Electric Velocipede 26
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“Finding Your Way to the Coast”
A cappella Zoo Issue 9
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Recent & Upcoming Publications

“Whole Bodies Are Never Left Behind” Black Static 82/83. July, 2023. More Info.

Other Featured Short Fiction

I’ve published over forty short stories. Below are a few of my personal favorites you can find online.
Feel free to glance over my complete bibliography here.

Goodbye, Kansas

Some memories are like scars—
A knife-sharp Mobius strip in the brain
Peter and his Raiders of the Lost Sharks t-shirt
That mixture of citrus and musky end-of-day sweat
“It’s a dishwasher lemon-meringue pie, not a disaster” 
Peter had laughed 

“After the Apocalypse There Will Be Memory Poems”
Vol 1. Brooklyn (2020)

How many stitches do human lips require to hold the soul inside? Alicia tries to help her sister discover the truth.
“Re-stitched”
Split Lip Magazine (2018)
Fiction of the Week at Longform Fiction
Ellen Datlow’s full recommended list for 2019 (from Best Horror of the Year volume Eleven) 

A secret family history, a unique farm, and a daughter who can’t find her place on this particular world.
“The Rocket Farmer”
Interzone 271 (2017)
Podcastle ( 2018 Reprint)


Elijah was the younger brother, and Callie was the older sister who sent handwritten notes to the dead. 
“One Thousand Paper Cranes”
Kaleidotrope (2017)

Two brothers compete to create the first portal to the stars.
“Holes in Heaven”
Isthmus No.4 (2016)
Eunoia Review (2016 reprint)
5-star rating in the The Review Review