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The Falling Marbles Bimonthly

An every-other-month offering of and about fiction from the premier publisher of literary fiction in the State of Texas

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“Cascading worth, one work at a time”

Stories

THE BALLAD OF EDMUND TUPPENCE, CANTO THE LAST by Mark Gullick

The last of four cantos in The Ballad of Edmund Tuppence, a look-in at the state of love in postmodern London, will be available as part of the forthcoming paperback edition. Links for Cantos the First, Second, and Third.

THE FELL-ALL THIGHS by Stewart Berg

A story of a young man made mad by that which is below his floorboards, a spiritual sequel to Poe’s “Tell-Tale Heart.”

HUCK FINN by Shay Martin

A ballad for the postmodern jester, in the vein of Rush’s “Tom Sawyer.” Where that work concerns the Tom Sawyer-type, this is about the Huck Finn-type.

HOW TO “LOSE YOUR RELIGION” by Stephen Paul Foster

A chapter excerpt from Stephen Paul Foster’s Toward the Bad I Keep on Turning, the eventful and egregious confessions of a morally superior — than you — conman.

DAY ONE, STORY TWO by Stewart Berg

A selection from The Pentameron; or, The Five Days of Fifty Stories, as Told by a Group of Friends Escaping the Covid Pandemic, a reworking of the 15th Century work “Cent Nouvelles Nouvelles.” Part romance and part satire of romance, The Pentameron features a group of Puget Sound friends who, spending a week on Lake Chelan, tell stories — all of them true — of the people at home.

ARBY AND QUEEN LESLIE by Steve Gordon

An early-chapter excerpt from Steve Gordon’s upcoming novel, At the End of the Day, releasing June 2026, the saga of Jake and Leslie as they become, and perhaps stay, Mr. and Mrs. Eisenberg.

On Stories

THE FATAL FRIENDSHIP THAT LED TO “FATAL FRIENDSHIP” by Stephen Paul Foster

An author’s sharing of the personal story of a double-homicided friendship that inspired his novel Fatal Friendship