Catch up!Matthew BurbridgeThe story so far:Last issueStart from the beginning

🆕 On the Shelves🤖👧 PragmataDeveloper: CAPCOM Co., Ltd.Publisher: CAPCOM Co., Ltd.Pragmata is a unique, sci-fi action-adventure game from Capcom. Follow Hugh, a member of an ill-fated investigation team, and Diana, a young android, as they navigate a lunar facility taken over by rogue AI in search of a way to...

What was that? Up there, before you scrolled down. Did that say there's a monster at the end of this essay??? Shit no! My pockets and Pokédex are at capacity!!!We need a hero (key of A minor), cuz heroes decapitate monsters, and a decapitated monster is, well, gross, but a lot less threatening. Unless you're spiking...

Read Maureen's story, Jigsaw, now!Are you a big fan of jigsaw puzzles? I don’t have enough time in the day to do them now but I used to enjoy them very much. I found them a relaxing escape from the stress and anxieties of today’s troubled world and there’s something magical about the emergence of a beautiful...

Mandy hated New Year. It left her feeling desolate, in spite of the whisky and sleeping pills that helped her to function on less harrowing days. It was two years ago, on New Year’s Eve, since her fifteen-year-old son, Charlie, ran away. After a thorough search, full media coverage, and all the usual legal...

It's a bit of a rough week in new stuff with the lone exception being the exceptional Friday of new music we had. There are too many albums to even talk about and even more I want to listen to again.But I did my best to get through a few and share a few I thought stood out above the rest. I hope you check them out....

Whatever he negs you on,Go back, and make it worse.William Shaw is a writer from Sheffield, currently living in the USA. His writing has appeared in Strange Horizons, Daily Science Fiction, and The Georgia Review. You can find his website at https://williamshawwriter.wordpress.com and his Bluesky at...

Good evening, worms and germs! Please hold your applause until the end. We have 8 wonderful categories to run through, covering 40 different finalists recognizing some of the best short fiction that was published in the year 2025.Our aim with The Foofs is to put a spotlight on "the little guy." With hundreds, if not...

The May issue of Foofaraw Zine is here! Of course, all stories will be published for free on the web throughout the month, but paid supporters receive a PDF/EPUB with all of the month's stories at the beginning of the month, along with a few other goodies, including the bonus Four-headed Foofaraw. And Patrons get...

“Jettison Tattoo Removal, Negotiable Fee.”The sign, old-fashioned gold script on a dark wooden plaque, hung in a window between a Black barber shop and a corner store advertising money transfers. A smaller wooden “Open” sign hung from the bigger sign.It’s been two years since I got that tattoo, with Terry beside me...

Quick one this week as we've released a bunch of stuff and I'm a little under the weather.First, our first anthology of 30 original stories is out now and available everywhere books are sold online on May 1st.A Great Big Fuss (2025)a foofaraw anthology—don’t go making a huge deal about it, that’s what we’re here...

The first anthology from Foofaraw Press has arrived. You can pick up a copy of A Great Big Fuss (2025) direct now and everywhere books are sold on May 1! We have a limited edition hardcover, paperback, and digital version (ePub and PDF), or all of the above at our Metalabel shop. Print copies purchased direct also...