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Step into the realm of the unexpected with Fiction Kitchen Berlin, the podcast that brings flash fiction to life.
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Step into the realm of the unexpected with Fiction Kitchen Berlin, the podcast that brings flash fiction to life. For over three years, the Kitchen ran as a literary journal showcasing stories from new authors in Berlin and across the world. Now, reborn as a podcast, the Kitchen continues to deliver new weird and wonderful tales plucked from the fringes of existence. Join us, Daniela and Shane O’Halloran, as we delve into worlds where boundaries blur, reality twists, and the ordinary becomes extraordinary.
The story above was part of our December 2024 series, 24 Authors Over 24 Days. A massive thank you to all the incredible authors who made this possible! Be sure to check out these flash fiction stories and other content on our Spotify podcast. If you’d like to support us, visit our Patreon—every cent helps keep the lights on in the Kitchen. Thank you!
Books
Check out our latest books and upcoming projects from the Kitchen. The Kitchen anthology and City Fishing are available to buy from Amazon.
Smitten
Shane O’Halloran & J.J. Villalva
Graphic novel – Smitten is a house cat who is also a superhero! Coming soon.
Anthology
Edited by Shane O’Halloran
Featuring 48 of the most imaginative and unique voices in flash fiction.
City fishing
Shane O’Halloran
An anthology of post-apocalyptic flash tales from the founder of the Kitchen.
Journals
Before we were a podcast, the Kitchen used to publish new stories each week from authors in Berlin and across the world on its website. Some of these stories, including author interviews, were published in a free journal distributed to the public.
Journal
Edited by Shane O’Halloran
Fiction Kitchen Berlin Journal. Issue 1, Volume 1, 2020.
Journal
Edited by Shane O’Halloran
Fiction Kitchen Berlin Journal. Issue 1, Volume 1, 2020.
Submissions are currently closed, but we’ll be reopening later in 2025. Following our special flash fiction podcast series on Spotify in 2024, we will be continuing with a new theme. Stay tuned for updates and details—we’d love for you to be part of what’s next in the Kitchen!
Another change we want to implement is with narration. We had a lot of fun doing this for our ‘24 Authors Over 24 Days‘ December special, but for future episodes we expect each author to record their own story. We feel there is really nothing better than hearing a story being read by its original author as it really adds to the mood and tone of the piece.
If this is something that rocks your boat, stay tuned to this site or follow us on social media for updates. We will be realising details soon(ish)!
A little bit about us...
Fiction Kitchen Berlin is run by Shane and Daniela O’Halloran. After the journal ended after three years of publishing new stories each week, we were looking to something different with the Kitchen… and that’s when Daniela suggested transforming it to a podcast. Since then we have been hard at work planning and narrating some of the stories you will hear in December. Have a listen also to our earlier podcasts where you will hear the two of us share our thoughts on the meaning behind the stories from Shane’s book, ‘City Fishing’.
Welcome to the Kitchen!
Based in Berlin, the Fiction Kitchen Berlin podcast publishes unique and captivating flash fiction stories from new and established authors across the world. Don’t forget to follow us over on Spotify!
© Fiction Kitchen Berlin, 2025.