Lex Chamberlin
Writer of sci-fi, fantasy, and horror
Stories
"Rise of the Hive"
An unintentionally sentient combat-training droid gets drastic.
-1,807 words-Radon Journal, Issue 8
9/15/24
"Anti-Phantasmic Spearmint Mocktail"
The deathwell awaits! Get your debts paid with this one easy recipe.
-366 words-The Cosmic Background
9/13/24
"Eight Legs Under Moonlight" (Reprint)
In a Victorian town plagued by werespiders, a curious spinster takes in a mysterious woman.
-3,472 words-Year's Best Arthropod Short Fiction, Vol. 1
6/24/24
"New Immortals"
A droid body is forever—all you have to do is pick one.
-827 words-Inner Worlds, Issue 3
6/2/24
"Reward for Hubris"
An expedition into a wyrm warren reaches its end.
-100 words-Wyrms 2: An Anthology of Dragon Drabbles
4/26/24
"Willow at the Labyrinth's Core"
You fought well through the maze, but can you defeat the willow?
-906 words-The Colored Lens, Spring 2024
3/30/24
"The Surgeon"
A successful doctor is interrogated for suspected necromancy.
-998 words-Factor Four Magazine, Issue 33
3/1/24
"Peppermint"
A surreal Christmas visit grows increasingly minty.
-2,496 words-Creepy Podcast
2/14/24
"Take Care"
A hospice android struggles to adapt her protocols to the undead.
-2,307 words-Radon Journal, Issue 6
1/14/24
"Wandering Womb"
Out of painkillers, a woman considers letting the kudzu take her.
-897 words-The Dread Machine, Issue 3.4
1/1/24
"Eight Legs Under Moonlight"
In a Victorian town plagued by werespiders, a curious spinster takes in a mysterious woman.
-3,472 words-Diet Milk Magazine, Fall / Winter II
10/31/23
"Cherry's Strawberry Revenge"
An ex–art student's explosive crafts hit back at the horde.
-1,055 words-HyphenPunk, Issue 8
6/21/23
"Giver of Flesh"
The Martian fungi are not as harmless as they seemed.
-100 words-Martian Magazine, Summer 2023
6/9/23
"Ascendant Neither-Nors"
One last mission in a dying planet's garden.
-1,167 words-Radon Journal, Issue 4
5/14/23
"Willing Souls"
A professor and her android are cornered by an insectoid swarm.
-994 words-The Colored Lens, Winter 2023
1/3/23
Coming Soon:
"Oliver Cinnamon Twist and the Crunchwraps of Wrath" - foofaraw
About
Lex Chamberlin (they/she) is a nonbinary and autistic writer of sci-fi, fantasy, and horror. They hold a master’s degree in book publishing and a bachelor’s degree in philosophy, and they reside in the Pacific Northwest with their husband and quadrupedal heirs.They are currently querying their first novel (fantasy) and working on their second (sci-fi, a sequel to their Radon Journal story "Ascendant Neither-Nors"). They are also querying and submitting a short story collection. See below for project descriptions:The Marked Coven
A coven of witches with nocturnal tattoo-based magic defends their secret village and power source from a dying kingdom’s invasion.City of Flora
Rhian, a human-sunflower hybrid from a fresh Deadworld, must help stop their Engineer overlords' planned population cull across the space station's nonessential levels.Gears and Webs: Tales to Trace and Evade the End
An SFFH short story collection saturated in dread, hope, and transformation, showcasing both new and previously published material.