The Orange & Bee
The Orange & Bee, Daniel Badosa Moriyama, Nike Sulway, Kristen Baum DeBeasi, Rebecca-Anne Do Rozario, Sel Sezer, Laurel Benjamin, Monica Louzon, Victoria Brun, C. L. SidellMagical stories for enchanted readers
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 170 | Founded | 3 years ago | Last Issue | 11 days ago |
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Interview: Selene Sezer
The Orange & Bee are delighted to be the publishers of Selene Sezer’s poem ‘Tail chase’ (Issue ten).
Selene Sezer’s recent work have appeared in Suddenly and Without Warning, The McNeese’s Boudin, and The Airgonaut, and is forthcoming in t...
Tail chase
We’re delighted to publish ‘Tail chase’, a poem by the Norwegian writer Selene Sezer. Selene tells us that the poem’s imagery of thread, burning without flame, and circular motion ‘draw on tales in which time, desire, and transformation rep...
Interview: Racheal Jones
The Orange & Bee are delighted to publish Racheal Jones’ short story, ‘The devil in the chimney’ (Issue ten).
Racheal Jones has been published in Spider Magazine, the Black Hare Press Dark Moments, and has short stories in two anthologies:...
The devil in the chimney
Beauty always comes with a price, and some prices are higher than others. When a downtrodden scullery maid gets the chance to change the course of her life, she must make a terrible choice. Racheal Jones sweeps us away in ‘The devil in the...
Story-telling
One of the interesting things about fairy tales is the way they reinvent themselves. A story can be told over and over again, changing as it moves from place to place, from storyteller to storyteller. Although it is easy to connect Carter L...
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Authors
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This is the shared email account for The Orange & Bee, edited by Carina Bissett and Nike Sulway
Escritor de novelas y relatos cortos. Profesor de escritura creativa. Editor. Adicto irremediable a youtube. Padre del sol y la luna infinitos. Su madre es samurai y su padre calçot. Creo en el poder de las historias.
Writer, reader, teacher, eternal student. Lost child. Hopeless romantic.
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.
Playing with the intermateriality of storytelling. Writer, fairy-tale scholar, metalsmith, farmer, knitter \ud83d\udeabAI
• I write letters made of porcelain.
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
Monica Louzon (she/her) is a queer USian writer, editor and translator. Her stories, poems, translations, and essays have appeared in over 50 publications. Her story "9 Dystopias" was a Best Microfiction 2023 winner.
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.
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.
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