V.N. Ebert

“Georgia Buddha,” my first collection of short stories, is now available from Passage Press. https://passage.press/products/georgia-buddha

Substack: vnebertwrites.substack.com

“Georgia Buddha” – Received the Passage Prize First Place for Fiction. Now the title story of my collection from Passage Press, available at: https://passage.press/products/georgia-buddha

“Sky Burial” – It’s shorter than Georgia Buddha, touches on similar themes: https://vnebert.com/2022/03/19/sky-burial/

“Tar Paper” – A much longer story, because I’ve been slow updating these and thought I should put out something that’s free and substantial. https://wordpress.com/post/vnebert.com/212

“Frying Oil” – A high school football hero has designs on a Primitive Baptist in the post-war South in my more strongly Flannery O’Connor-influenced stories. https://vnebert.com/2024/10/20/frying-oil/

“Spanish State” – Two young attorneys on a trip to Spain, shortly after the end of the Second World War. https://vnebert.com/2025/08/14/spanish-state/

“Shark Fin Soup” – Published in Apocalypse Confidential‘s SUMMER OF THE SHARK Special. This one is, perhaps unsurprisingly, shark-themed. https://t.co/xPCnyrwtsA

“Rough Hump” – This was initially meant for a science-fiction flash-fiction anthology with a dystopian theme, which explains why it’s short and downbeat. https://vnebert.com/2023/03/08/rough-hump/

“Dead White Astronauts” – Flash fiction included in the anthology After the War, from Passage Press. https://passage.press/products/atw

“Borges at a Movie Palace” – A very short piece, which is appropriate because it’s my attempt at a Western in the style of Borges. https://vnebert.com/2023/04/27/borges-at-a-movie-palace/

“Waiting on Redemption” – Another short piece. It’s my version of a horror story. https://vnebert.com/2022/05/11/waiting-on-redemption/