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Short Fiction

Portrait 5 min

Store of Ashes

Old Shanghai was dying, losing between three and six streets a day. The modern city was strangling it among its many skyscrapers. Soon, in a few years at most, it will have disappeared. Yet, through ... [+]

Short Fiction

Sci-Fi & Fantasy Young Adult 2 min

Great Discoveries, Now Lost

Maxime D.

When he was small, he had always dreamed of being an astronaut. Unfortunately, he was hopeless at astrophysics, but that had not stopped him from becoming the best geneticist at NASA.
The day he ... [+]

Short Fiction

Slice of Life 4 min

An Unforgettable Azalaï

Nicole Coste

In the Niger River region, there is a town whose name is the stuff of dreams: the mysterious Timbuktu. They say that, a very long time ago, the nomads entrusted the care of a well there to an old ... [+]

Short Fiction

Slice of Life Portrait 2 min

In Her Bubble

Alicia Bouffay

Her eyes have been open for half an hour now in the darkness of the bedroom. She always prefers to wait for the sunrise. Gently, she removes the thick duvet and seeks out the warmth of her slippers ... [+]

Short Fiction

Humor Young Adult 6 min

Krab

Elvyre Fregnac

I don't want to boast, but I've just pulled off a real masterpiece. At the age of seventy-five, I have become the unrivaled outrageous old lady of Moussy-lès-Limas. I live in this peaceful little ... [+]

Short Fiction

Sorrow Suspense & Mystery 4 min Mature Audience

Amen

John-Henry Brichart

The intense yellow sun was high in the sky. The fields were hot and the earth burned the feet of the men running in front of him – they wore no shoes and no one knew why.

There were fifteen of ... [+]

Short Fiction

Romance Slice of Life 3 min

Time to Go Home

Thierry Covolo

We were lying on the beach. Marie, who felt the cold less than I did, had gone for a swim after our picnic. She'd come back to lie next to me, without drying off, enjoying the hot sun on her wet ... [+]

Short Fiction

Sorrow Portrait 3 min

My Father’s Castle

Stéphane Livino

All adults have, in their memory, the places which defined their childhood. They just have to shut their eyes to visualize them and the feelings associated with these places come flooding back. When ... [+]

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Slice of Life Young Adult 2 min

Stars Are Born from the Smiles of Women

Léa Gerst

Granddad used to say that the stars were born from the smiles of women, and I never understood how right he was. Until today.

At the age of seven, all I knew for sure was that I liked the idea of ... [+]

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Slice of Life Suspense & Mystery Magical Realism 4 min

A Light in the Storm

Thierry Covolo

Pa had always had a lot of respect for Sam's grandmother.
That must have been at least partly to do with what people in the village used to say about her.
Pa used to say that civilization took ... [+]

Short Fiction

Sci-Fi & Fantasy Young Adult 4 min

The Elite

Lola Léonard

Nolan had gotten up early that day. This was unusual enough in itself.
He had grabbed the bag lying on his desk chair. He had only decided to leave a few hours earlier. He had resolved to do it ... [+]

Short Fiction

Nostalgia Young Adult 4 min

Last Breath of Adolescence

Madalen Hulin

"Come on, come on, come on, before the moment's gone"
The lyrics of "No. 1 Party Anthem" by the Arctic Monkeys rang through the summer air. It had been a red hot summer, right from June, covering ... [+]

Short Fiction

Slice of Life Portrait 4 min Mature Audience

The Chess Players

Arthur Morin

I am waiting for Bernard. He should have been here at 10:30, and it's already 10:32. Something is wrong. Bernard is never late. When I'm even a tiny bit slow in getting to our daily game, Bernard ... [+]

Short Fiction

Love & Loss Slice of Life 3 min

Two Old Men on a Bench

Ernest Fourachault

There were two old men sitting on a bench. They looked as if they were waiting for a bus, but when the bus went past, they were still there.
The one on the left was holding a bunch of flowers. The ... [+]

Short Fiction

Sorrow Historical 2 min Mature Audience

The Stalag Doll

Sergine Dautzenberg

I am a doll.

I was born sixty years ago at Görlitz in Germany, in a hut in Stalag VIII-A.

I am the one for whom a Belgian prisoner of war, number 15825, opened his clenched fists and to whom ... [+]

Short Fiction

Sorrow Sci-Fi & Fantasy Young Adult 3 min

Elby

Marion Gosse

I am waiting... I am waiting.
I have always been waiting.
My eyes are closed, as they have always been.
My hands float in front of my face, and even if I can't see them, I know exactly what shape ... [+]

Short Fiction

Humor Absurd 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 ... [+]

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Slice of Life Young Adult 1 min

Summer Night’s Dream

Yves Gheysen

She lies down, stretching out across the trunk of a walnut tree cut during the spring.

All that's left of its bark are a few shreds, gradually withering away.

With her back resting between ... [+]

Short Fiction

Modern Love Portrait 1 min

Letter to Claire

Céline Laurent

My very dear Claire,

I already know so much about you, and yet I have never actually seen you. For six months now, I have been passing you, sensing you, hearing you, closing my eyes when I ... [+]

Short Fiction

Humor Absurd 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 ... [+]