Short Fiction
3,309 words by 5 writers in Toronto, Rio de Janeiro & elsewhere
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Short Fiction, science fiction, indigenous
Grandmother Spider
by David Wade ChambersAireys inlet — Star Trooper Alaric, American Sniper: Chris Kyle Class” In the year ACC 3420, Star Trooper Alaric returned to earth from his first half-millennium duty tour of nearby star systems. His crew understood very well that although earth culture was theoretically and organizationally controlled (just like the colony planets), nevertheless, entirely unlike the colony planets, Mother Earth was also deeme...
Active Writers
John McAlester
Lester X
David Wade Chambers
david frança mendes
Mark Yearwood
Fiction, storytelling, Short Fiction
It's 11pm. I get out of a movie theatre and get a taxi cab. And what follows is violent.
by david frança mendesRio de janeiro — It’s eleven PM and I’m getting out of a movie called The Canyons. I’m not sure what I think about the film, do I like it or not and why, and it is with this kind of cinephile reasoning in mind that I ...
Short Fiction, drawing, Fiction
Wrinkle
by John McAlesterSan francisco — She had an unnatural aversion to the horizontal. Which led to the usual things of course, insomnia, awkward sex but there were less obvious effects too. She never laid anything on a table, she never s...
Short Fiction
The short-short story. Fiction in 78 words – exactly. No more. No less. Begin.
by Mark YearwoodToronto — Okay, I’ll admit that it’s just an arbitrary number. No magic or meaning in its selection. Just 78 words to tell a story. A creation of a thousand cuts. A challenge for sure. But, fun. And, now for t...
Other Stories
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Short Fiction, drawing, Fiction
Wrinkle
by John McAlester in San Francisco -
Short Fiction, Character Studies, horror
As had been his habit since he moved back into his mother’s house, after dinner Ashley retreated to the living room.
by Lester X in Setagaya-ku -
Short Fiction, science fiction, indigenous
Grandmother Spider
by David Wade Chambers in Aireys Inlet -
Fiction, storytelling, Short Fiction
It's 11pm. I get out of a movie theatre and get a taxi cab. And what follows is violent.
by david frança mendes in Rio de Janeiro -
Short Fiction
The short-short story. Fiction in 78 words – exactly. No more. No less. Begin.
by Mark Yearwood in Toronto
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Short Fiction, drawing, Fiction
Wrinkle
in San Francisco, United States -
Short Fiction, Character Studies, horror
As had been his habit since he moved back into his mother’s house, after dinner Ashley retreated to the living room.
in Setagaya-ku, Japan -
Fiction, storytelling, Short Fiction
It's 11pm. I get out of a movie theatre and get a taxi cab. And what follows is violent.
in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil -
Short Fiction, science fiction, indigenous
Grandmother Spider
in Aireys Inlet, Australia -
Short Fiction
The short-short story. Fiction in 78 words – exactly. No more. No less. Begin.
in Toronto, Canada -
Short Fiction, friendship, Life History
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Short Fiction
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