Catherine George
Fiction

Fiction

Annotated Setlist of the Mikaela Cole Jazz Quintet

Clarkesworld, December 2019
Escape Pod, May 2021

A Portal Fantasy for Grown-ups

Gamut, August 2024 (Issue 8)
  • there’s a portal in your walk-in closet
  • but it’s nothing like the portals you dreamt about as a child …

A Test of Trouble

Luna Station Quarterly, March 2021 (Issue 45)
  • the first line gives some sense of what this one is about: “When the baby is nine weeks old, Bree begins to suspect she is a time machine”
  • content warning for the depiction of domestic violence

Bedtime Snacks for Baby

Flash Fiction Online, May 2019

Calling on Behalf of the Dark Lord

Translunar Travelers Lounge, February 2020
Cast of Wonders, May 2025
  • so you’ve taken a job at a call centre shilling for the Dark Lord …

Ephemera

Flash Fiction Online, November 2019
  • what if your belongings had to choose between you and your ex?

Katabasis

Augur Magazine, Issue 2.3, December 2019
The Overcast, September 2021
  • longlisted for the Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic

The Amphisbaena in the Wild

The Pink Hydra, Issue 1-3, September 2024
  • why are the heads on these two-headed mythological creatures in conflict?
  • told in the form of a transcript from a fictional podcast
  • also featuring: the difficulty of balancing work with parenting, assumptions being made about the competence of women in science, and a podcast host who’s a little too confident in his understanding of the events he’s reporting on!

The Bear Wife

Metaphorosis Magazine, February 2019
Metaphorosis: Best of 2019
  • a contemporary take on the classic animal bride story

The Crow Bridge

Luna Station Quarterly, September 2024
  • the power of storytelling to keep dreams alive, and a bridge that no-one can cross – or can they?

The Heartbreaker’s Apprentice

Flash Fiction Online, January 2025
  • a bittersweet love story inspired by “The Snow Queen,” appearing in an issue dedicated to winter folklore