The Orange & Bee
The Orange & Bee, Nike Sulway, Rebecca-Anne Do Rozario, Lisarobynwrights, Carina Bissett, C. L. Sidell, Kristen Baum DeBeasi, Laurel Benjamin, Victoria Brun, Sel Sezer, M FrostMagical stories for enchanted readers
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 177 | Founded | 3 years ago | Last Issue | 47 hours ago |
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Interview: Alin Haberle
The Orange & Bee are delighted to publish Alin Haberle’s flash fiction, ‘The black lamb’ (Issue eleven).
Alin Haberle (she/they) is a speculative fiction writer from Brooklyn, New York.
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The black lamb
We are thrilled and delighted to bring you a fresh, spooky story by Alin Haberle, who tells us that the story was partly inspired by a story William Butler Yeats included in his Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry. Yeats attributes...
Where the fish are
Magic inhabits our memories of those we love: an insight that Miguel Alfonso Ramos captures elegantly in his short story, ‘Where the fish are’. Ramos tells us that the story of a wish-granting fish found its way freely onto the page, ‘like...
Interview: Miguel Alfonso Ramos
The Orange & Bee are delighted to be the publishers of Miguel Alfonso Ramos’ short story ‘Where the fish are’ (Issue eleven).
Miguel Alfonso Ramos lives on the West coast, works as a librarian, and reads widely and voraciously. He is Hispa...
Phoenix: deluxe birders’ edition
Issue eleven: poetry by M Frost
The phoenix is a legendary immortal bird of ancient origins that cyclically regenerates itself through death and rebirth, fire and ashes. It has been reimagined through many cultures and traditions across ce...
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This is the shared email account for The Orange & Bee, edited by Carina Bissett and Nike Sulway
Writer, reader, teacher, eternal student. Lost child. Hopeless romantic.
Playing with the intermateriality of storytelling. Writer, fairy-tale scholar, metalsmith, farmer, knitter \ud83d\udeabAI
Reading addict, book hoarder, aspiring writer of true things and not so true things, terrible dog trainer.
Carina Bissett is an award-winning editor, writer, and poet working primarily in the fields of dark fiction and fabulism.
Tampa Bay native C. L. Sidell grew up playing with toads in the rain and indulging in speculative fiction. A Pushcart, Best of the Net, Dwarf Star Nominee and Rhysling Finalist, her work appears in 34 Orchard, Apparition Lit, Baffling, & others.
I am a poet, writer, and composer. I have a Master of Music, and compose for film and concerts. My music has premiered across the U.S. and Berlin. Find my poems in Fairy Tale Magazine, Menacing Hedge, The Muleskinner, and Blue Heron Review.
Laurel Benjamin is the author of Written into the Curve of the Sea's Open Throat (Shanti Arts, 2026), and Flowers on a Train (Sheila-Na-Gig Editions, 2025). She invented a secret language with her brother. Read her work at: laurelbenjamin.com
Reader & writer of fantasy and science fiction. \ud83d\udcda Words in Clarkesworld, Nature Futures, Factor Four, DSF, & other lovely places. Find me (and my monthly newsletter) at victoriabrun.com.
• I write letters made of porcelain.
M. Frost is a queer writer who pens poetry, snaps photos and slams stories and possibly, after dark, works on a few novels.
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