The Secret Language
Miss Crystal always hid behind the door when she opened it, as if she was luring Elisa inside for some secret purpose of her own.
Dark Waters. December 2025
Calamity Creek
I know what he’s like and so do you. Nobody is putting his face on a milk carton.
Cold Caller. July 2025
coldcallermag.substack.com/p/calamity-creek
Also, there’s an interview!
coldcallermag.substack.com/p/an-interview-with-colleen-quinn
The Fox Sisters
Leah didn’t claim she had any special powers. But she didn’t deny them either.
Dark Harbor Magazine. December 2024
https://darkharbormagazine.com/short-story/the-fox-sisters/
Terry Darling
Her status as town pariah did not seem to trouble her one whit.
Masks of Sanity, Hidden in Plain Sight, anthology from Wicked Shadows Press, April 2024
Almost as Good
Teach me everything! That’s what I would have said if anyone had asked.
Fauxmoir Lit Mag, vol.8, 2023
https://fauxmoir.com/no-8/tag/Colleen%20Quinn
Mrs. Bannister’s Bargain
The wrong way to buy a piano
Hell Is for Children, A Haunted MTL anthology, 2022
https://www.amazon.com/Hell-Children-Haunted-MTL/dp/1989225365/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8
Beautiful Shadows
Worst diet drug ever. Or is it the best?
Pick Your Poison, 2017
https://owlhollowpress.com/anthologies/
Exclusive Service
Concerning Donald Trump’s hairdresser
Scoundrel Time, 2016
http://scoundreltime.com/exclusive-service/
Cleaning House
Don’t like getting old? Don’t do it.
Dark Magic: Witches, Hackers, and Robots
Anthology published by Owl Hollow Press, 2016
https://owlhollowpress.com/anthologies
The Apparition
Stop holding your breath.
Bellevue Literary Review, Fall 2015
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Letters From the Tank
You can get used to anything, believe me.
Holdfast Magazine, Spring 2015
http://www.holdfastmagazine.com/letters-from-tank-fic-issue5/4588355867
The Good Fairy
Think of it as a reverse Rear Window.
Behind the Yellow Wallpaper: New Tales of Madness
Anthology published by New Lit Salon Press, 2014
http://newlitsalonpress.com/product/behind-the-yellow-wallpaper/
Eyes Wide Open
Running away and joining the circus.
Honorable Mention, Gemini Magazine Short Story Contest, 2011
http://www.gemini-magazine.com/quinneyes.html
When Kyle Comes
You might wish he didn’t.
Spinetingler Magazine, 2006
http://www.spinetinglermag.com/fall2006story15.htm
The Revenants
Everything comes back.
Brooklyn Rail, 2004
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