Short Stories | Many genres, same heart — Morgan Lockhart

MARIGOLD AND THE TOAD

WITH CERULEAN EYES

Fractured Fairy Tale

Published September 2026 in Luna Station Quarterly 67

A woman with red hair dress as a scullery maid holds a toad with arresting cerulean eyes in her hands, staring at him with amusement.

Art of Marigold and Sir Toad by Aga Futa

TEA TIME

Magical realism

Published January 2026 on Metastellar

Illustration of a couple walking arm-in-arm outside a tea shop named 'Tea Time,' with a signboard welcoming new arrivals, in a neighborhood scene with shops and trees.

ALL CREATURES

Folkloric Fantasy

Published in the December, 2025 issue of Luna Station Quarterly

A girl in a red coat standing in a snowy forest with a small dog, looking at a large, fluffy, blue creature with antlers and closed eyes. The creature has a peaceful expression and appears to blend with the wintry scene. The top of the image has the text 'LUNA STATION QUARTERLY' with a crescent moon graphic, and at the bottom, it states 'Issue 064 | December 2025'.

LAGRANGE'S LULLABY

Science Fiction

Self-published single.

A science fiction space-themed book cover titled "Lagrange's Lullaby" by Morgan Lockhart. It features a woman with short dark hair holding a sleeping child in her arms, with futuristic technology, a spaceship, and a planetary body in the background.

Cover art by Michał Migacz

WHAT REMAINS

Science Fiction

Part of the anthology Halo: Fractures.

Book cover for 'Halo: Fractures,' part of the Halo series, featuring a shattered green and gray Halo ring with bright light and space background. Text highlights it's an extraordinary collection of tales from the Halo canon, featuring authors Troy Denning, Christie Golden, and John Jackson Miller.

OLD BART AND THE COUGAR WOMAN

Magical Realism

Part of the anthology Gaia: Shadow and Breath.

Cover of a fantasy anthology titled 'Gala Shadow and Breath, Vol. 1,' featuring a stylized illustration of a woman's face with dark eyes, surrounded by flowers and intricate line art in shades of green, orange, and black, with the editors' names at the bottom.

ORIGIN STORY

Super Hero

Published in the May 2014 issue of Penumbra e-mag.

COUNT TO A THOUSAND

Horror

Published on Every Day Fiction

October 2011

SOUL SMUGGLER

Fantasy

Published on Every Day Fiction

September 2013