Wendy Cockcroft's Writings
I'm a no-nonsense unwoke horror, sci-fi, and fantasy-loving nerd. Come for the stories, stay for the fun. May contain nuts.
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- 21
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- Sep 29, 2026
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- Aug 21, 2026
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The Eohippus's First Contact Report (opens the original)
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Written for the Indie Ink Fund’s Sunday Plot Luck #4 and for Flash Fiction Friday, hosted by .<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1507777767380-68bdac55c642?crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&fit=max&fm=jpg&ixid=M3wzMDAzMzh8MHwxfHNlYXJjaHw1fHxjYW1waW5nJTIwZm9
The Old Garden Shed (opens the original)
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Written for the Lunar Awards S11|Round 5: Horror. <img alt="Weathered wooden sh
Bizarre Harvest – Week 5 (opens the original)
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Greetings, fellow writers. Stefan Pasek and Wendy Cockcroft proudly present theBizarre HarvestWriting contest<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ild5!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd864c6f9-0898-481e-83c1-0
The Afterlife Files: Crop Circles (opens the original)
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Written for the Bizarre Harvest Writing Contest, hosted by and . An elderly gentleman stands on a path that leads to a golden field of swaying wheat, and smiles. Cue credits and theme tune.Battenborough: Crop circles. They appear, unannounced and unwanted, in fields all over the world. What exactly are they? Who makes them, and why do they do it?<div cl
The Gnomes of Dowager Park (opens the original)
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Written for the Indie Ink Fund’s Sunday Plot Luck #3.<img alt="Lush green park with large weeping willow tree" class="sizing-normal" height="3376
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