GossamerWight

Twisting the familiar into the uncanny. A literary magazine.

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News, Submissions

Image credit: Vanitas still life (1667-1726) painting by Herman Henstenburgh. An original public domain image from The MET Museum. Digitally enhanced. Image from Rawpixel.

Submissions Announcement #1 We are excited to announce that the first edition (pilot) of the GossamerWight Literary Magazine Anthology has reached the advanced planning stage. Your story could appear in me! The cover for GossamerWight's 1st Edition (Pilot) Anthology, with the theme to be announced. We will advertise

by James Paxton Priestley & Denver Karsen Shai Sep 03, 2025

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Flash Fiction

Elisheva Bennet, Sylph

Colour concept art of a mysterious, ethereal young woman with piercing blue eyes.

Author’s Note: The following piece of flash fiction is my re-imagination of a small part of Jane Austen’s 1813 novel Pride and Prejudice (taken from Volume II, Chapter IX, pages 136-138 from the 2004 Oxford World’s Classics edition).[1] In my story, Elisheva Bennet signifies the delightfully

by James Paxton Priestley May 21, 2025

Flash Fiction

Gerechtigkeit ist blind

Image credit: A still of Burgess Meredith from The Twilight Zone episode ‘Time Enough At Last’ (1960). Wikimedia Commons.

Gerechtigkeit ist blind (Justice is blind) Author’s Note: My inspiration for this piece came from a long-held, fond memory of an episode from The Twilight Zone, featuring the American actor Burgess Meredith, who died in 1997 aged 89—described one of the most accomplished and virtuosic actors of the

by James Paxton Priestley May 19, 2025