Stories - Long Story Short Award - 2022 - page 4 - Short Fiction

Short Fiction

1 min

Forgotten Eyes

Mallory Johnson lived in the suburbs behind a white picket fence and a dark pine door. Her husband called her "Mal" when he trudged in late on the weekends, drunk and tired. David Smith was a working ... [+]

Short Fiction

3 min

A Tale of Three Friends

Miriam Arce

A long time ago, in a lonely forest, lived three unlucky friends.

Vanished into the land of the lost souls, they were outcasts left to perish—left with nothing but regret and anguish.

It ... [+]

Short Fiction

5 min

The Moon and her Novelties

Cristina de La Espriella

Springtime arrives with cherry blossoms falling over the streets of Florence. The shower of rosy petals are tangled in the ruby dawn. A young girl approaches those new hours of daylight in a different ... [+]

Short Fiction

5 min

Lemons

Keturah McQuade

Anya sat slumped on the couch with her hands on her stomach, anxiously anticipating her husband's return from work. She watched emptily as her breathing raised her hands slowly up and down. Her navel ... [+]

Short Fiction

3 min

Honest Doubt

Tanner Burke

"There lives more faith in honest doubt,
Believe me, than in half the creeds."
A. L. T. - In Memoriam

When I was nine years old, I lost a little Superman action figure and Dad told me to ... [+]

Short Fiction

5 min

Hunt

Helen Kong

Moonlight shone upon the street, lingering around. There was only one person wandering around humming a song.

‘Hey Jude, don't make it bad...' The song was fluttering around the street. ... [+]

Short Fiction

3 min

Cold Walls and Ugly Chairs

Samuel Houghton

The white wall of Mount Sinai's waiting room was hard and smooth against Henry's head. Its unforgiving coldness infiltrated his bristly hair and trickled along the back of his skull and down his ... [+]

Short Fiction

5 min

Marin of the Sea

Tobin Eckstein

The strength of the ocean lives on inside of me. Tight-laced panels around my waist will never drain the saltwater from my veins, nor will high-heels ever rid me of my sea legs. I refuse to buckle ... [+]

Short Fiction

5 min

I see myself in you

Clarice Wu

Why?

I whispered under my breath, looking at my soulless corpse on the bed. Next to me, my dearest sister stood there in shock, with a pillow in her hands.

The pillow that suffocated ... [+]

Short Fiction

2 min

Looking for a Story

Isaac Buckley

What is one thing that everyone has but none of them are the same? The easy answer is a story. Where can a story be found? It can be found anywhere, as Callie found out one night long ago. Callie was ... [+]

Short Fiction

3 min

Fault Line

Abby Knudsen

Evan's body lay sprawled on the outcropping below, just above the reservoir.

Millie hadn't meant to. She was only joking, only trying to stop him from being such a wimp. She could still feel ... [+]

Short Fiction

2 min

Conversation

Kezia Burgoyne

She always went to the library on Tuesdays. For three years, she floated among the bookshelves on Tuesdays, curling up in her own private corner to read history and science—but only books with ... [+]

Short Fiction

2 min

In Contempt

Ash Huggins

"-ll rise, court is now in session."

The room spun as she opened her eyes and her vision slowly returned, like a very bright light burning into her eyes after staring into darkness. He ... [+]

Short Fiction

5 min

The Ancient Prophecy

Natasha Bowie

An Oracle stepped into the centre of the village, surrounded by villagers. There was a clearing that was bordered by busy shops filled with bustling people. It was as if everyone was out, waiting fo ... [+]

Short Fiction

4 min

The Mirror

Kiley Smith

The mirror startled her. She did not see it right away, not until she had already gone several steps past it. Her inability to immediately recognize the mirror was not simply a lack of awareness ... [+]

Short Fiction

5 min

He Was A Soldier

Delaney Edge

He was a soldier. Was. The distinction should mean something but it still felt like he was fighting in an endless battle. But, now, the war is of a different kind. He was drafted five years ago as a ... [+]

Short Fiction

4 min

Are You Afraid of the Dark?

Antonio McLauchlan

An ominous feeling hangs in the night air, so silent yet filled with evil. A man dressed in a trench coat and a hoodie huddles under a street lamp. In the distance sits an abandoned house that used to ... [+]

Short Fiction

3 min

Under The Willow Tree

Ella Sullivan

His smile was the brightest one I'd ever seen like sunshine on a rainy day. But it hadn't made an appearance in the longest of times.
He woke up each day as I laid in bed beside him. He ... [+]