Justis Mills - Writing

Recent Prose

As of May 2025, my most recent novella is Crossing the Wetlands, which can be found here. I've written several novels, one of which is a choose-your-own adventure story titled 9. Read that one here. If you do read (all of) 9, I humbly request that you let me know you have, and what if anything it makes you feel.

I've sometimes shared shorter stories on Tumblr. Here are links to a few of these:

  • Love, Interest - a story about a girl with too many magical boyfriends.
  • Two of Four - a romance in a world with very different marriage customs.
  • Indulgence - a story in which the seven deadly sins infest a very depressed man's house.

If you like my writing, and want to read more of it, I'll probably send you some if you ask nicely.

Legacy Prose

I used to be more involved with the online alt literary scene, especially around flash fiction. I ran a small literary review called First Stop Fiction for a few years, mostly alone and briefly with Gwen Werner.

During this time, I also submitted many flash fiction stories to literary journals. Below is a list of those that were accepted and published, that I was able to track down. They are roughly in order from oldest to newest.


Leaf Garden - Two stories

Down in the Dirt - Two stories

Eunoia Review - Instructions for a Better Life

Ramshackle Review - Downtime

The Adroit Journal - Spectacles

The Bicycle Review - Eldest

First Stop Fiction - In Defense of Sweaters

In Between Altered States - In Law Alone

Negative Suck - Learning How to Move

Subtle Fiction - Sushi Dissolves

Hoot - A Proposal for Custodial Adventure

Bartleby Snopes - Issues Not with Loneliness

Ampersand Review - This Year's Lesson

Pure Slush - Please RSVP

Cease, Cows - Sleep Debt

Drunk Monkeys - An Administrative Specialist's Apology

Red Fez - A Work In Progress (narrative nonfiction)