Black Petals (online), Autumn 2025

October 2025

Editor	Kenneth James Crist
Cover art	Sophia Wiseman-Rose
Publisher	Fossil Publications
Price	$0.00

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Issue 113.
Data from the publisher's website.

Page	Type	Kind	Title	Author(s)
\|1	Essay	Non Fiction	Editorial (Black Petals (online), Autumn 2025)	Kenneth James Crist
\|10.1	Short Fiction	Fiction	The Secret	M. B. Manteufel
\|11	Short Fiction	Fiction	The Siren	Kalliope Mikros
\|12.1	Short Fiction	Fiction	You're Not Wrong	James McIntire
\|13.1	Short Fiction	Fiction	Transformation	Stephen Myer
\|14.1	Short Fiction	Fiction	Lucky	Jessica Elliott
\|15.1	Short Fiction	Fiction	Icing It	Cindy Rosmus
\|16.1	Short Fiction	Fiction	Joe Meets the Wizard	Stephen Lochton Kincaid
\|17.1	Short Fiction	Fiction	The Sex Life of Royals	David Barber
\|18.1	Short Fiction	Fiction	"68"	Cindy Rosmus
\|19.1	Short Fiction	Fiction	Acme Bio-Refrigeration Services, Inc.	Hillary Lyon
\|2	Essay	Non Fiction	Mars-News, Views and Commentary (Black Petals (online), Autumn 2025)	Chris Friend
\|20.1	Short Fiction	Fiction	The Yellow Room	Bernice Holtzman
\|21.1	Short Fiction	Fiction	he Beast of Warehouse 9	Hillary Lyon
\|22	Poem	Fiction	Burn at Both Ends Baby Please	Donna Dallas
\|23	Poem	Fiction	I Know the Time in the Road	Donna Dallas
\|24	Poem	Fiction	Manhattan 15th Street 1986	Donna Dallas
\|25	Poem	Fiction	Rita's Off the Charts	Donna Dallas
\|26	Poem	Fiction	Only Me	Joseph Danoski
\|27	Poem	Fiction	Opening Day	Joseph Danoski
\|28	Poem	Fiction	Rising Star (Sixth Magnitude)	Joseph Danoski
\|29	Poem	Fiction	The Nomads of No-Man's Land	Joseph Danoski
\|3.1	Short Fiction	Fiction	Deadly Depictions	Carolyn O'Brien
\|30	Poem	Fiction	+o remEMBER	Casey Renee Kiser
\|31	Poem	Fiction	No One Came	Peter Mladinic
\|32	Poem	Fiction	Pink Ball	Peter Mladinic
\|33	Poem	Fiction	The People, the People	Peter Mladinic
\|34	Poem	Fiction	Remote	Peter Mladinic
\|35	Poem	Fiction	Have a Blessed Day	Peter Mladinic
\|37	Poem	Fiction	by the way	John Yamrus
\|38	Poem	Fiction	he rubbed the wet	John Yamrus
\|39	Poem	Fiction	you ready for this?	John Yamrus
\|4.1	Short Fiction	Fiction	Last Call	Gene Lass
\|40	Poem	Fiction	The Dream Exhibit	Stephanie Smith
\|41	Poem	Fiction	An Evening Lament	Stephanie Smith
\|42	Poem	Fiction	Black Night	Stephanie Smith
\|5.1	Short Fiction	Fiction	Lost Years	Billy Ramone
\|6.1	Short Fiction	Fiction	New Hell	Arón Reinhold
\|7.1	Short Fiction	Fiction	Recess	Stephen Lochton Kincaid
\|8.1	Short Fiction	Fiction	The Chicken or the Egg	Roy Dorman
\|9.1	Short Fiction	Fiction	The Fungal Frequency	Emely Taveras

Page	Type	Kind	Title	Author(s)
	Editor	Non Fiction	Black Petals (online) - 2025	Kenneth James Crist
	Cover Art	Non Fiction	Black Petals (online), Autumn 2025	Sophia Wiseman-Rose
\|10	Interior Art	Non Fiction	The Secret	Kelly Moyer
\|12	Interior Art	Non Fiction	You're Not Wrong	Hillary Lyon
\|13	Interior Art	Non Fiction	Transformation	Sean O'Keefe
\|14	Interior Art	Non Fiction	Lucky	J. Elliott
\|15	Interior Art	Non Fiction	Icing It	Bernice Holtzman
\|16	Interior Art	Non Fiction	Joe Meets the Wizard	J. Elliott
\|17	Interior Art	Non Fiction	The Sex Life of Royals	Sophia Wiseman Rose
\|18	Interior Art	Non Fiction	"68"	Hillary Lyon
\|19	Interior Art	Non Fiction	Acme Bio-Refrigeration Services, Inc.	Andrew Graber
\|20	Interior Art	Non Fiction	The Yellow Room	Bernice Holtzman
\|21	Interior Art	Non Fiction	he Beast of Warehouse 9	Hillary Lyon
\|3	Interior Art	Non Fiction	Deadly Depictions	Chris Bunton
\|4	Interior Art	Non Fiction	Last Call	Zachary Wilhide
\|5	Interior Art	Non Fiction	Lost Years	Luis Cuauhtémoc Berriozábal
\|6	Interior Art	Non Fiction	New Hell	Michael D. Davis
\|7	Interior Art	Non Fiction	Recess	Cynthia Fawcett
\|8	Interior Art	Non Fiction	The Chicken or the Egg	John Sowder
\|9	Interior Art	Non Fiction	The Fungal Frequency	April Lafleur

Black Petals (online), Autumn 2025

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