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New Story Announcement – The Widow Parkhurst in Factor Four Magazine!

November 16, 2025

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Hello readers!
I have a new short story out, which you can read for free at Factor Four Magazine!
When widowed ranch owner Mariah Parkhurst hears her cat yowling in the night, she expects trouble. But when she sees what, or rather who, her cat has run up on the shed roof, even she gets more than she bargained for in this short but sweet flash fiction story.
https://factorfourmag.com/the-widow-parkhurst-by-hugh-j-odonnell/
This is my second time published with Factor Four, and Richard Flores has been a delight to work with. Go check out the story, along with the three other great flash fiction pieces for November!
And thanks for reading!

Publication Announcement: Beach Reads

August 4, 2020

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SP&SS June 2020

Hello readers!

My flash story, “Beach Reads” is now available in the June 2020 issue of Spaceports & Spidersilk! This is an all-ages short fiction magazine, edited by Marcie Lynn Tentchoff, and I was thrilled to be a part of it. The magazine is available in print from the publisher’s website, as well as Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Powell’s Books.

“Masks,” Now published in Iridium Zine!

March 10, 2018

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Hello readers!

Holy cow has it been a busy couple of weeks! Between a triumphant return to the Smoky Writers retreat and a whole bunch of positive but dizzying developments in my day job, I’ve been running in circles. I haven’t even had time to properly promote my brand-new short story from the fine folks at Iridium Magazine!

“Masks” is a very personal flash story I wrote last year, and it’s probably the most political thing I’ve ever written. It was inspired by a picture in Dave Robison’s most excellent Daily Flash group, an island of writerly refuge that has really kept me working when I was tempted to slack off over the past year. Members of the group got a preview of the story, as did supporters of now-on-hold Patreon campaign. I’m happy to finally be able to share it with a wider audience.

Iridium is a free web-based magazine, and I’m thrilled to be in their first issue. Go take a look, read the other stories too, and let them know what you think.