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Short Fiction

For whom the troll tolls

I couldn't believe it. "10,000 Kroners! That's outrageous!"
I was deep in the Troms region of Norway on the Nordost Road. I had been for a while. At the moment, I was trying to cross the ... [+]

Short Fiction

Absurd Humor 4 min

My life changed the day Cleopatra corporealized in the outdoor food court during our lunch rush. Corporealized. Bet you're surprised I know such a big word, but I do love me a good ghost story. Love ... [+]

Short Fiction

Absurd Humor 5 min Mature Audience

80-Year-Old Hero

Elanor Lin

It was a muggy morning at Cozy Cottage Nursing Home, and the arthritis was bothering me pretty bad. Hurt to move. Hurt to type. Still does, matter of fact. That's why, when they asked me for an ... [+]

Short Fiction

Absurd Magical Realism 2 min

Paris Street; Rainy Day

Susan Fuchtman

There's a painting at the Chicago Institute of Art by Gustave Caillebotte titled Paris Street; Rainy Day. I used to go and look at it every Thursday. Thursday, because that's the day with the fewest ... [+]

Short Fiction

Absurd Sci-Fi & Fantasy 2 min Mature Audience

An Android Story, Literally

Kevin Eric Paul

"Oh, Geoffrey! Good. You're finally home. Just put it all on the kitchen table. Were you able to get everything I wanted for the party?"

"Yes, ma'am."

"It's just that it's so late, did you run ... [+]

Short Fiction

Absurd Humor 4 min Mature Audience

Cost of Living

Joel Shoemaker

Joe's knuckles bled, the result of inflation.
Tonya was some sort of greedy little Tinker Bell wannabe. She even had the wings to go along with it. She wore them every single day. The whole idiotic ... [+]

Short Fiction

Absurd Quirky 2 min

Blue

Ben Black

In the office, she wrote everything on yellow paper: legals pads, while-you-were-outs, carbon copies, and sticky notes. Her eyes, so accustomed to the faded yellow of her workdays, had difficulty ... [+]

Short Fiction

Absurd Quirky Humor 3 min

Solomon's Lines

Jesse Richmond

Fred tiptoed into his room and slid into his desk chair, casting a worried glance over his shoulder as he opened his laptop. Typing as quietly as he could, he logged onto Artium Obscurorum and ... [+]

Short Fiction

Absurd Quirky Suspense & Mystery 5 min

Delicious

Megan Hart

Jess was only ten when the first pods washed up on the shore. She'd been standing with her toes dug into the sand, letting the cold Atlantic Ocean swirl around her ankles, daring herself to venture ... [+]

Short Fiction

Absurd Humor Quirky Sci-Fi & Fantasy 4 min Mature Audience

Captured by the Dragon Cult

Laurence Raphael Brothers

Probably I shouldn't have looked in that NO ADMITTANCE HIGH VOLTAGE DANGER OF DEATH door. I was loitering on the ramp to the #7 subway train at Grand Central Station. I didn't want to go home to ... [+]

Short Fiction

Absurd Suspense & Mystery 2 min

Burning Man, a fable

Dennis Edelen

It came to him suddenly, as he ran down the street screaming and on fire, that he was making a spectacle of himself.
After all, this was a modest neighborhood of well-maintained lawns and sensible ... [+]

Short Fiction

Absurd Humor Romance 5 min Mature Audience

Stop

Conall Walsh

Of the over 5,000 numbers in the English language, it is the number 14 alone that has come to hold a special place in my heart. I'm not a superstitious woman, or a woman at all for that matter. I am ... [+]

Short Fiction

Absurd Suspense & Mystery 2 min Mature Audience

Double-Edged

S. Qiouyi Lu

"I killed a man before, you know."

It's 3:12 pm, an awkward time for us to be preparing food. I'm not sure if we're making a late lunch, an early dinner, or just afternoon tea. I've been ... [+]

Short Fiction

Absurd Humor Portrait 2 min

Leaving

Gillian Rolfe

Freddie left the red and white cannon at speed. He whizzed over the open-mouthed crowd in a graceful crescent arc and was quite frankly bored, bored, bored.

The large frayed net loomed up, saggy ... [+]

Short Fiction

Absurd Humor Modern Love 5 min Mature Audience

Ecdysis

Peter Ott

"Yeah," Darius said into the phone as Jessica, the receptionist, made no attempt to disguise her eavesdropping. "I just finished the work-trade shift and will take a class with Hannah. After, I'll ... [+]

Short Fiction

Absurd Humor Quirky Magical Realism 4 min Mature Audience

Hair Today

Ty Fi

Randall stood before his bathroom mirror – gazing at the enormous, glistening dome that was his head. Creams, lotions, infused oils, battery-powered skull caps; he had deployed them all in his ... [+]

Short Fiction

Absurd Humor Young Adult 4 min

You Give Me Butterflies

Makaila Keyes

There's nothing I love more than eating. Mmm, yes. Fat Boy loves a good meal. I enjoy the crunch, the squish, even the quietest sizzles as I grind every little particle between my molars. I cherish ... [+]

Short Fiction

Absurd Humor 2 min Mature Audience

Goodbye Paul!

Olivier Castor

It was November. It was cold; below the seasonal average, the weather forecast said. The wind swept the dead leaves along in gusts. The sky was a cold, clear blue. Really not the weather to be put ... [+]

Short Fiction

Absurd Humor 3 min Mature Audience

Plan B

Nicolas Juliam

I can see myself going into my shower, quite happily, whistling. I can also remember that irresistible urge to smoke. The one that comes upon you anywhere, at any time. And you have to obey it.
So I ... [+]

A New Kind of Literary Pulse

A New Kind of Literary Pulse

For whom the troll tolls

My Dead-End Job

80-Year-Old Hero

Paris Street; Rainy Day

An Android Story, Literally

Cost of Living

Blue

Solomon's Lines

Delicious

Captured by the Dragon Cult

Burning Man, a fable

Stop

Double-Edged

Leaving

Ecdysis

Hair Today

You Give Me Butterflies

Goodbye Paul!

Plan B