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Short Fiction

Crazy James and Barking Mad

Some Bright Spark tells Crazy James the dog will make his fortune. Says the mutt can smell buried treasure like a pig snuffling out truffles. Of course, James doesn't know the first thing about ... [+]

Short Fiction

Young Adult Sci-Fi & Fantasy Modern Love 5 min

First Date

L N Hunter

I watched one of those old movies the other day—you know, from when nobody wore masks. It was a little disturbing to see all those naked mouths, and sometimes it was tricky to tell what was going on ... [+]

Short Fiction

Sorrow Love & Loss 4 min Mature Audience

Knitting for Leo

Alex Grehy

My mother taught me to knit.

Back then, knitting was a necessity, not some artisan craft like it is today. She would get patterns from women's magazines and cheap wool from the market. She ... [+]

Short Fiction

Modern Love Slice of Life 3 min

Save the Date

Mehdi M. Kashani

They did it for the hell of it. They knew they wouldn't last. Their friends knew; their families knew; even their dog knew, though it wasn't invited to the wedding.
It was fun, especially when they ... [+]

Short Fiction

Portrait 4 min Mature Audience

Even Niagara Falls Ran Dry

Sam Price

I imagined diving under all that churning water to look for coins from faraway countries. My feet would be glued to the ground carrying the weight of one of those old-timey, metal spaceman-looking ... [+]

Short Fiction

Quirky Absurd 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

Slice of Life 2 min

Half The Sweetness

Mir Yashar Seyedbagheri

My older sister Nancy and I walk down the street together. In our hands are plastic grocery bags that smell like shame and old onions. We are going trick-or-treating. I know we're getting too old fo ... [+]

Short Fiction

Portrait Nostalgia 2 min Mature Audience

She Don't Fade

Die Booth

There's a ghost in my house. I hear her singing.
A little girl. Why is it always a little girl?
The light through the window is barely enough to see by, but the sky outside is very pale. Clouds ... [+]

Short Fiction

Slice of Life Modern Love 5 min Mature Audience

Drunk Driving

Olivia W

I. Sober
Mrs. Anna Shaw dreaded Saturdays, though if you asked her why, she wouldn't have known exactly what to say. "Dinner just doesn't feel right," she might say, tugging thoughtfully at he ... [+]

Short Fiction

Quirky 1 min

Just A Fish

A.M. Dodds-Wade

We spent hours at the store. Allison examined each animal one by one. She studied their movements, their noises and their smells. She looked at their feathers, spots, fur patterns, and colors. She ... [+]

Short Fiction

Portrait Slice of Life 5 min Mature Audience

Diet in Venice

Thomas J. Misuraca

Gregory Ashton set out alone from his apartment in Mar Vista, California for an extended walk. It was spring in the year 20–, and Gregory needed exercise. His doctor had recently diagnosed him as ... [+]

Short Fiction

Portrait 2 min

My Father Was A Doctor

Juan Rosado

My father was a doctor. We never got the doctoring bug. He never spoke to us about medicine. Instead, he took us on road trips and taught us to play catch, even me. When we were little, he would read ... [+]

Short Fiction

Sorrow Suspense & Mystery 1 min Mature Audience

For Seven Years

Thomas Elson

Each morning his face flushed as he remembered the boy's words, "I want that shovel. It's just like yours." And each morning he fell to his knees, extended his arms, then plunged his hands into the ... [+]

Short Fiction

Magical Realism Romance 3 min Mature Audience

Tower of Light

Travis Wade Beaty

Long ago, an incorporeal god of light named Belgrin flew over the face of the earth searching for new and interesting objects to illuminate. When he found a young woman named Isil, he stopped. He was ... [+]

Short Fiction

Slice of Life Portrait Nostalgia 5 min Mature Audience

Sins and Secrets

Michael Riordan

He had earned the stamp of "loser" in his father-in-law's eyes. Worse, he was less a man to his wife Jean. When a possum tried to move in a few months after they purchased their little two-bedroom ... [+]

Short Fiction

Quirky Humor 5 min Mature Audience

The Break

AJ Rocca

Jude always ordered hot coffee when he was falling apart. He leaned back in his booth and pressed his hands into the porcelain, trying to drink in the heat through cold fingertips. He couldn't taste ... [+]

Short Fiction

Portrait Slice of Life Joy 4 min

Blue Glass Dog

Heather Santo

After I left Tom, I rented a house next to a cemetery. My mother offered to help me move. Standing in the gravel lot where I parked my car, she regarded the one-story clapboard partially hidden in ... [+]

Short Fiction

Slice of Life Suspense & Mystery 4 min Mature Audience

Echoes

Floris M. Kleijne

"You didn't invite them in, did you, Sheila?"
Grandfather Jessup clasped my biceps in his feeble grip and searched my face, worry akin to fear darkening his eyes. I patted his liver-stained hand and ... [+]

Short Fiction

Quirky Sorrow Magical Realism 5 min

Plum Tree

L N Hunter

I saw them once, when I was little. Maybe age four or five.
The tree on the other side of the fence had branches stretching over our garden. It was too tall for me to reach the succulent, juicy ... [+]

Short Fiction

Slice of Life Suspense & Mystery 1 min Mature Audience

Summer of 1985

Thea Pueschel

The cool breeze drifts in from the Pacific Ocean through the banana plant leaves. Shadows dance across the pastel pallet of the bedspread; the charcoal nude woman looks over her shoulder. Jesus ... [+]

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Crazy James and Barking Mad

First Date

Knitting for Leo

Save the Date

Even Niagara Falls Ran Dry

Blue

Half The Sweetness

She Don't Fade

Drunk Driving

Just A Fish

Diet in Venice

My Father Was A Doctor

For Seven Years

Tower of Light

Sins and Secrets

The Break

Blue Glass Dog

Echoes

Plum Tree

Summer of 1985