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Short Fiction
 4 min

A Troubled Young Scientist

Ibrahim Abalkhail

In early 1640s Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire, England, a time when England was immersed in a brutal civil war, lived a happily married couple who were expecting their first child in a few months. The ...  [+]
Short Fiction
 4 min

Lived All in

ENQI LIN

When I was nine years old, I was waiting for a stranger I had met on Carousell two days prior at Tanjong Pagar MRT station after school while wearing my school uniform and carrying a plastic bag of ...  [+]
Short Fiction
 3 min

When Making Deals

Katia Campos

Dearest demons and creatures,
So you've woken up to the grim realization you were never truly human, did you? How fortunate for you, as heaven was always an illusion. Regardless, what to do now ...  [+]
Short Fiction
 5 min

Erisichthon in the Red Light

Kee Fay Chen-June

I tune into the vault where I deposited daddy's cenotaph. Amidst the dead march's trills is suffused a tasteful air of Juliet's tomb. I pay the monthly renewal; the votives incense the air anew with ...  [+]
Short Fiction
 5 min

“The Man In Me”

Nicolette David

"Oh, come on, Mary, you were always a good girl," you tease. 
"No way," I shake my head and chuckle. I feel a flicker of irritation, but I relax my shoulders. You and I sit in a fancy but mediocre ...  [+]
Short Fiction
 5 min

Quietus

TJ Drias

 Breathtaking it would be, if Lila had any to take. She traverses the mansion, its shining candelabras, opulent silk rugs spanning wooden floors, and a grand, spiraling staircase lined with iron ...  [+]
Short Fiction
 3 min

All In: The Last Experiment

Tay Jian Hua

Noah used to think immortality was a metaphor.
Now it was a spreadsheet. Each morning began at 4:30 a.m., under the sterile light of his apartment-turned-lab. The hum of the centrifuge replaced the ...  [+]
Short Fiction
 3 min

At Home in Myself

Maho Ichimura

I grew up never really belonging anywhere. My family moved every three years, new countries, new languages, new classrooms. People admired it: "You're so lucky, you've seen so many places." But the ...  [+]
Short Fiction
 5 min

Where the Falcon Went

Daniel Poon

The sea burned beneath them. Columns of smoke rose from shattered hulls, blotting out the horizon. The sky, once blue, was now a black lattice of flak bursts. Where their squadron had been moments ...  [+]
Short Fiction
 5 min

Happy Birthday?

Robert Marquez

With the candles dancing atop the cake, everyone waits silently for Jeffrey to make a wish. He takes a deep breath and blows with all his might, through the windstorm the candles continue to ...  [+]
Short Fiction
 3 min

For Mike

Ben Perry

After class, Mike said he's got something to tell me.
It's not like we're BFFs or anything, but I don't really have close friends, so I suggested we go sit somewhere even though I wanted to go home ...  [+]
Short Fiction
 5 min

Behind Me, Before Me

Cassidy Gray

"Dad, I think I'll skip baking with Linda today. You could use some help sorting through bills while you're making calls to the bank, right? I mean, it's the least I could do to help out. Things have ...  [+]
Short Fiction
 4 min

The REDACTED Sailors

K.D. Battle

After passing mid-deployment trials to test our REDACTED capacity, my submarine shot up the coast of REDACTED to observe a REDACTED featuring top-of-the-line technology that even the U.S. wasn't ...  [+]
Short Fiction
 5 min

The Baby

Lacey Smith

Zeke Estrella sat in his patrol car with his brother and partner, Micah, watching the traffic go by as they both ate their dinners. 
They sat in silence since Zeke was not one for words and Micah ...  [+]
Short Fiction
 4 min

FROM THE DEAD

Granny Molope

Family is the most precious gift, but what happens when your family is taken away from you and brought back when you least expect it?
Carolina has two children, Kyler and Hankie. Kyler is a ...  [+]
Short Fiction
 3 min

Still All In

Emmanuel Ikeh

Summer in New York City felt like a heartbeat — fast, loud, and alive.
The sidewalks shimmered in late July heat, and the air smelled like sugar, salt, and the faint buzz of dreams that neve ...  [+]
Short Fiction
 1 min

All In

Dennis Lim

ALL IN The page was empty again. The cursor blinked as if it was breathing, steady and patient. The assignment was simple: write a short story on the theme All In. He had written about love ...  [+]
Short Fiction