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If you missed this conversation, you’re in luck cause the Live is here for your listening (and viewing) pleasure. Apologies if the volumes seem off, I’m not a sound tech!
We discussed TMVII, the process, the sponsors, and of course the stats, as well as a bit about the future plans of The Midnight Vault overall.
J. Curtis, Shane Bzdok, and Bryan Pirolli have been working hard to make TMVII the viral success that it is today and soon, we’ll get to see a physical representation of their hard work when Volume II is released. Honorable mentions should also go to Sean Thomas McDonnell who was there from the beginning on this project. And all the writers who made the first, and especially the second iteration such an integral part of the fiction community.
It was a great hour long discussion that I think I’ll start to look forward to having with them every year. As they up their game with bridging community and storytelling, I hope to up my game with questions for them.
Below are the usual callback stories from the last four weeks of November, PLUS, I’ve gone ahead and included 25 stories from The Midnight Vault II. They are, by no means the best, as that honor is subjective to you, dear reader. But I hope they are as much of a varied selection for you to sink your teeth into, and if you have the time, go read all 98 of them!
POETRY
Winter’s hold - 11/9/25 [Fantasy]
A.M. Bowman of Navlys Unlocked
SHORT STORY
(MAN)I(N)FESTATION - 11/2/25 [Horror]
Drew Valdez of MEAT SANDWICH
A complex case - 11/5/25 [Mystery]
Didrik of Grime Light
The Waiting Well - 11/13/25 [Horror]
Jenifer Jorgenson of Snark Floats
The Stranger-in-Red and the Three Sealed Gifts - 11/20/25 [Fantasy]
E. H. Lau of Hatching Stories
Tubby Time - 11/21/25 [Horror]
Sincerely Seb of My Sebstack
Iridium & Ichor - 11/26/25 [Romance]
L.G. Wells of Ink & Shadow
Jeepers Creepers, It’s The Grim Reaper - 11/25/25 [Comedy]
Howard Fox of The Joke’s On You
THE MIDNIGHT VAULT II - A SMALL SAMPLING
With 98 stories to choose from, it’s difficult to say which is best. They’re all so damn good! I don’t envy the boys and the hard road ahead to putting together their next anthology. Till then, if you haven’t started yet, here are a few to get you started. But check out The Entire Vault here.
Waiting for the End by Nissa Harlow
Birds of a Feather by Sean Thomas McDonnell
The Whistleback by DJ Stapleton
For a Muse of Fire by Garen Marie
No Promise But Enlightenment by EJ Trask
It’s Never Aliens by A.P. Murphy
Sympathy from a Devil by Author Michele Bardsley
The Digital Reflection by Milla Stellan
The Gospel According To Us by J. Curtis
The Billiardist by Layne Mercer
Opposite Attraction by Bryan Pirolli
Lonesome End by Miguel S. | The Fiction Dealer
Last Call by Michael S. Atkinson
Achievement Unlocked by Andy Futuro
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