Stories - Long Story Short Award - 2024 - page 4 - all works

Short Fiction

5 min

An Unexpected Familiar Kind Of Love

Have you ever experienced the magic of finding a loved one after you have lost them?
It was lockdown back in 2021, a time where we were all at ease, all at peace with a slow-pace. It was a time ... [+]

Short Fiction

5 min

A Chance for Change

Tze Ming Eugene Ang

Have you ever pondered whether life was more than just the monotonous pattern of daily existence?
How often do the big, exciting moments we wait for actually happen in our everyday lives? ... [+]

Short Fiction

5 min

The Psyche Of The Blue Moon

Shiqing Zhang

Midnight should have been peaceful, but tonight the palace was alive with panic. Servants rushed through the halls, eyes wide, staring at the sky. "Are the sorcerers attacking?" the commande ... [+]

Short Fiction

5 min

The pond in the woods

Sylvana van den Dool

Love is often described as a magical thing. Whenever I read books about people falling in love they describe it like the most wonderful, amazing thing to ever exist. But I don't believe love is any of ... [+]

Short Fiction

5 min

Sometimes There's a Man in My Apartment

Walker Becher

Sometimes there's a man in my apartment. I don't mean my boyfriend–of course he's in my apartment, he pays half the rent–that wouldn't even be worth mentioning. I mean someone else. I don't know who ... [+]

Short Fiction

4 min

Melodic Memories of the Blue Moon

Lexandra Ng

The rusty guitar leans against the wall, a time capsule of memories from 2020. Dust motes float and shimmer in the sunlight, illuminating my glass butterflies, their iridescent, azure wings inviting ... [+]

Short Fiction

4 min

The Silver Lining of Heartbreak

Dayanaira Campbell

Heartbreak is often seen as a destructive force which is for a very good reason. It's usually something that is avoided, resisted, or quickly moved on from. For most people, it represents the ... [+]

Short Fiction

3 min

My Lady Elana

Callie Storm

It only happens once a year. When the moon glows gold in the pockets of cotton weighing down the night sky and the breath joins the clouds in puffs of white. When somehow you see warmth and feel ... [+]

Short Fiction

5 min

Anyone else see a blue moon at approx. 0005hrs?

Huan Yee Chern

I don't mean a calendrical blue moon, I mean it literally looked like it got dunked in some paint. And I don't know if it was the light pollution or what, but it was also glowing. I'd have snapped a ... [+]

Short Fiction

5 min

A mother’s love, never once in a blue moon

Low Yi Xuan

The monotonous beeping and hum of machines kept me awake all night. The intense sterile smell stung my nose, air stale with the scent of sickness and death. Longing for company, I turned to stare at ... [+]

Short Fiction

2 min

The Once in Blue Moon Insomniac

L Y

Once in a blue moon, I become an insomniac. Or perhaps it would be more accurate to say: I become an insom-maniac. They say that the mind never rests, even when you are asleep. The way I imagine how ... [+]

Short Fiction

5 min

Clouds at midnight

Jossef Eleazar Lacson

My friend's old Casio G-Shock was set on military time. He looked and it spoke to him.
"00:00" Casio warned him perfunctorily. It was a new day. Casio was my friend's most prized possession ... [+]

Short Fiction

5 min

Transcending Eros

S.K. Green

The air is apple crisp this October night. Clear and moonlit starry skies evoke a sense of occult magic in the mystery traditions of old as I await your arrival like a righteous adept. A ... [+]

Short Fiction

3 min

Onism Answered

Cooper Cooper

Daniel darted his eyes around, trying to soak up the last of his current vision. It's hard to try to remember something when you don't know what you'll miss yet, he thought. The excitement was ... [+]

Short Fiction

5 min

Grandpa's Bones

Emmett Bohney

Dearest and Most Beloved Gerard,
By the time you read this, the forces of time and space and irresponsible alchemical meddling will have taken me. I hope this letter finds you comparatively ... [+]

Short Fiction

5 min

A Beautiful Dream

William Susanto

The house was dark. The air was cool. The air conditioner hummed in a soft timbre. The only source of light was the blue moon, illuminating through the window and onto my face. I couldn't help but ... [+]

Short Fiction

2 min

The Language of Two Souls

Alec AESIR

There was a kind of silence in the room, not the chilly silence of loneliness, but rather the warm, reassuring silence of reflection. He glanced at the screen of his phone, the last words he had ... [+]

Short Fiction

3 min

Embellish: Tales of a Girl & Her Monster

Andrea Rhoads

CRASH! SLAM! BANG!
Sounds of a screen door swinging in the wind as the hole whispers sweet nothings in the crisp air. Adrian is awakened out of her sleep by a monster, wearing heels with red ... [+]