Stories - Long Story Short Award - 2024 - page 7 - all works

Short Fiction

3 min

Once in A Pink Moon

The magic of the unexpected is so special because it can come at a time when you need reassurance for your soul. For me, it came on this beautiful day in Kerala, India on April 21st. I was in India ... [+]

Short Fiction

5 min

The Girl Who Followed The Moon

Mrithika Sivakumar

It was, without doubt, the brightest and the coldest night of her life. All Aurora could do was stare at the moon, slack-jawed and wide-eyed. Her body was unnaturally light as she pulled herself up ... [+]

Short Fiction

5 min

Once In a Blue Moon, I Wrote a Letter to You.

Bryan Lim Way Hern

Once in a blue moon, I wrote a letter to you.
Lying on the verdant green bed sheet we stared at the ceiling embellished with glow-in-the-dark stars. With your voice steadily reciting the tale of ... [+]

Short Fiction

5 min

The Forest Whispers to A Child

Howra M

I walk through the concrete path winding through the gardens outside my college, looking around fondly at the white magnolias in bloom, its sweet scent in the air. Its petals match the fluffy clouds ... [+]

Short Fiction

3 min

I walked to the end of the world.

Kiley Flynn

I walked to the end of the world.
I used to visit all the time. The 11:55 AM ding that announced the end of third-period English and the beginning of lunch would lift me out of the dismal high ... [+]

Short Fiction

5 min

Just for one Amavasai night

Vardni V

Chandra's vision was filled with bokeh in the soft neon lights at Luna. No, not the flower kind of bokeh but the technical-term-in-photography kind. She downed her drink and waved to the bartende ... [+]

Short Fiction

5 min

Piscis and the Witch

Addyson Turner

Ephesta's feet dangled off the rotting end boards of the dock, back and forth in a pendulum swing over the opalescent foam of the briny black sea. The rags around her shoulders prevented little of ... [+]

Short Fiction

4 min

Summer of Mosquitos

Tayadora Villalobos

"Well, there's lots of things along the roa-," I peeled my elbows off of the vinyl counter. I think someone is coming up. They are. Damn. I take out my earbuds. "Find everything alright?" I ... [+]

Short Fiction

2 min

Once in a Year

Atlas Wrobel

I sit in my bed bang my head against the wall. Two am in the morning And I have been wide awake since 10. And I have tried everything! Tea, honey, milk, melatonin, reading, watching a movie, ... [+]

Short Fiction

5 min

thirty seconds

pen name

There are thirty seconds until the guillotine's blade falls through your neck.
Thirty.
You take a second to scan the crowd. Your people are jeering and calling for your death. You, the ... [+]

Short Fiction

5 min

Lake of Lost Souls

Dana C

The man didn't know where he was. He looked down at his feet, feeling betrayed by them. Why was he here? His feet stared back silently at this accusation. The man tried to regain his senses but it ... [+]

Short Fiction

3 min

Bar Tales

Dayanna Shomo

I was sitting alone one day in this dive bar back in 2010 after long car road I made for a work trip. I don't remember much of this bar but I do remember this creepy guy walking into the bar. He ... [+]

Short Fiction

1 min

A Chance Encounter with a Cowboy

Isabel Reddy

I walked into my local thrift store one day and found a pair of chaps. I was quite sure it's genuine leather, I don't know much about leather but it didn't feel like that tacky plastic wrap ... [+]

Short Fiction

1 min

The Bunker

Haley Fannin

In the desolate silence of a world gone dark, a man wandered through the ruins, the weight of solitude pressing down on him. Months had passed since he'd seen another soul, and the echo of his own ... [+]

Short Fiction

5 min

Cushions of Carnage

Alira Hunt

I know most people stop living with their parents right after high school, but that wasn't me. I didn't move out until I turned 20. I was just so terrified of living on my own. Paying bills, buying ... [+]

Short Fiction

3 min

Trapped in My Head in Paradise by Alexandra Pombo

Alexandra Pombo

As my head emerged through the surface of the ocean, I was met with vision of nature. Looking west, I saw an endless array of water hitting the skyline in a perfect horizontal line. Looking east, I ... [+]

Short Fiction

5 min

The Calling Cat of Pneuma Lane

Antheia Tan

"Don't point at the moon, or your ears will be cut!"
My mother slapped my hand down. I wasn't exactly the curious type, nor the sharpest. When she turned away, I lifted my finger toward the ... [+]

Short Fiction

5 min

At The Edge of Memory

Trixie Kenner

A man she had not known was wearing the skin of the boy she had known all her life. His rust-brown eyes, the roundness of his lips, and the mole near his collarbone were the same pieces of desire ... [+]