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  • Editor's Pick, Story Sunday

    Hide and Seek

    Hide and Seek

    A woman haunted by grief, burnout, and something in her vent— a ghost story for the digital age. ...
    by Litro Magazine | 15th June 202515th June 2025
  • Editor's Pick, Story Sunday

    A Different Corner

    A Different Corner

    Rear Window meets emotional freefall in this subtle, voyeuristic portrait of love, timing, and what we see — or think we see — from across ...
    by Litro Magazine | 8th June 20258th June 2025
  • Editor's Pick, Fiction, Story Sunday

    Triassic Abbey

    Triassic Abbey

    Dinosaurs. Poets. A care home field trip to hell. ‘Triassic Abbey’ is what happens when satire out-evolves extinction. ...
    by Andrew Tucker Leavis | 25th May 202530th May 2025
  • Editor's Pick, Fiction, Story Sunday

    Mothergate 

    Mothergate 

    She forgot something—was it a grocery item or her old life? ...
    by Valeria Raimondi | 25th May 202525th May 2025
  • Editor's Pick, Fiction, Story Sunday

    BEEDI BOY

    BEEDI BOY

    A mountain sunrise, a local cigarette, and a romantic’s battle with addiction in India. ...
    by Ben Stower | 25th May 202530th May 2025
  • Editor's Pick, Fiction, Story Sunday

    GOD MADE CHARDONNAY, THE DEVIL MADE MERLOT

    GOD MADE CHARDONNAY, THE DEVIL MADE MERLOT

    A young boy’s curious mind uncovers the humour and heartbreak in his neighbours’ relationship. ...
    by Vishwas Gaitonde | 11th January 202511th January 2025
  • Editor's Pick, Story Sunday

    Coming Out Ahead

    Coming Out Ahead

    Set against the backdrop of family dysfunction and cultural displacement, the protagonist’s journey through trauma, identity, and survival is raw, poignant, and deeply human. ...
    by faithmiller | 29th December 202429th December 2024
  • Editor's Pick, Story Sunday

    Five Days in Nainital                                         

    Five Days in Nainital                                         

    Through a journey filled with historical reflections and contemporary challenges, the story explores connections to family, place, and self. ...
    by chrissiegittins | 29th December 202429th December 2024
  • Arts & Culture, Fiction, London, Story Sunday

    Lost and Found

    Lost and Found

    “It was eight o’clock and I was still drunk.” Today’s #StorySunday is “Lost and Found” by Charles Adey. ...
    by Charles Adey | 3rd November 202414th November 2024
  • Editor's Pick, Fiction, London, Story Sunday

    Seagulls

    Seagulls

    He’d said I was part-seagull, and he was too. ...
    by Shelley Trower | 2nd November 202413th November 2024
  • Editor's Pick, Story Sunday

    Digger’s Toxic Debts

    Digger’s Toxic Debts

    Of all my arrears and accruals, it’s the bin debt that drags on me the most. It rolls up to my door weekly, where it ...
    by Gary Finnegan | 26th July 202426th July 2024
  • Story Sunday

    Safety at Sea

    Safety at Sea

    Follow newlyweds Sarah and Adam on their honeymoon cruise, where their romantic voyage takes an unexpected turn when their ship rescues Syrian refugees. ...
    by Lisa Kline | 26th July 20241st August 2024
  • Editor's Pick, Story Sunday

    Scarambooh’s Last Sunday Performance

    Scarambooh’s Last Sunday Performance

    In a bittersweet journey through anecdotes, Scarambooh’s presence in the neighborhood weaves laughter, guilt, and the end of an era. ...
    by Richard Zahra | 4th February 20246th February 2024
  • Editor's Pick, Story Sunday

    Heist of Hearts, Spades, Diamonds, and Clubs

    Heist of Hearts, Spades, Diamonds, and Clubs

    Spades and Jack, master thieves on a daring heist for a 1,000-carat diamond, face chaos, guards, and a wild escape plan. ...
    by priscillagrey | 10th December 20238th December 2023
  • Editor's Pick, Story Sunday

    Counting Hands

    Counting Hands

    A wedding marred by revelations. Katherine, torn between choices, confronts truth amid familial chaos & an exploration of hidden lives unfolds. ...
    by Alison Theresa Gibson | 3rd December 20234th December 2023
  • Editor's Pick, Story Sunday

    History Will Not Know Them

    History Will Not Know Them

    Next morning, at your departure, your father tells you, his voice making your throat ache, that one day you will be Abbess of Wilton. You ...
    by Linden Hibbert | 19th November 20232nd December 2023
  • Story Sunday

    Shelly and Shelley

    Shelly and Shelley

    Shelly navigates the complexities of identity and friendship when she encounters another “Shelley” in town. Shelly and Shelley by Samuel Dawson. ...
    by Sam Dawson | 15th October 202324th October 2023
  • Editor's Pick, Story Sunday

    Schrödinger’s Chick

    Schrödinger’s Chick

    “Look what I found on the doorstep this morning,” says Emilio, cradling something on his hands as he enters the kitchen “but I don’t know ...
    by Anthony López Get | 8th October 202310th October 2023
  • Editor's Pick, Fiction, Story Sunday

    The New Dress

    The New Dress

    “I’d been out with other women over the past year, but Madeline tripped some wires inside me…” Today’s #StorySunday is “The New Dress” by Patrick ...
    by Pat Partridge | 24th September 202325th September 2023
  • Editor's Pick, Fiction, Story Sunday

    Mae misses Kitaj

    Mae misses Kitaj

    “After he’d gone, her friend Cecilia said missing cats like Murakami’s kickstart stories.” Today’s #StorySunday is “Mae misses Kitaj” by Chris Vaughan. ...
    by Chris Vaughan | 17th September 202318th September 2023

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