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“An Immersion” by Philippa Matthews
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Fiction, Flash Friday, Future Archives, Story Sunday
The Cancellation of Michael Z
One morning, Michael Z. wakes to silence then to scandal. T.L. Huchu’s story is a cutting, darkly comic portrait of literary culture, AI authorship, and the speed of public ruin.
EP04 — The Recovery Position by Stuart Snelson — Narrated by Charles Armstrong
A sharp, unsettling story about collapse, care, and the fragile line between control and helplessness. Read by Charles Armstrong for Litro Lab Audio.
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EP01 — A Good Mask — Nadia Owusu — Read by Harriet Dunlop
A sharp, intimate story about identity and presentation — and the line between safety and self-erasure. Narrated by Harriet Dunlop. Produced by Eric Akoto.
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EP03 — EARLY — LUCY WHITEHOUSE — Read by Harriet Dunlop
A sharp, intimate story about identity and presentation — and the line between safety and self-erasure. Narrated by Harriet Dunlop. Produced by Eric Akoto.
Podcast: ...
EP02- Birds in a Glass Cage – Caleb Azumah Nelson (read by Harriet Dunlop)
A sharp, intimate story about identity and presentation and the line between safety and self-erasure. Narrated by Harriet Dunlop. Produced by Eric Akoto.
Podcast: ...
Editor's Pick, Fiction, Future Archives, Story Sunday
An Anagram of Elsewhere
On a bus route threaded through memory, design, and stray thought, Simeon Edwards turns ordinary transit into something stranger: a study in urban perception, presence, and drift.
Editor's Pick, Fiction, Future Archives, Story Sunday
The House that Auto-Saved
Attunement
The house came with instructions that she did not read. She assumed they were the usual conditions, the kind dutifully handed out to every new occupant, outlining features she ...
Editor's Pick, Fiction, Story Sunday
Story Sunday – February 8, 2026
Four standout reads: Month of the Lilies, I’m Not Here, The Kingdom, and Guns, Ink and Smiles.
Story Sunday
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Arts & Culture, Editor's Pick, Essay, Fiction, Flash Fiction Contest, Flash Friday, flash-friday, Technology
Litro Flash Friday Challenge: THE ODDS ARE IN
Litro Flash Friday Challenge
THE ODDS ARE IN
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This week at Litro we’re publishing four stories about the moment the world tilts—softly, then all at once.
Arts & Culture, Editor's Pick, Essay Saturday, Features, non-fiction, Technology, World Series Editions
The Sunshine We Share
Kim Ho-Yeon on Memory, Homelessness, and Second Chances.
Litro Lab Audio: The Last Time-Traveller – George Cox (read by Charles Armstrong)
A sharp, intimate story about identity and presentation and the line between safety and self-erasure. Narrated by Harriet Dunlop. Produced by Eric Akoto.
Podcast: ...
The Christmas Mystery of Little Edward Lupin
Unveiling a mysterious boy’s chilling past, the Tilneys’ Christmas takes a haunting turn. As secrets unravel, a tragic tale connects them to a ghostly presence.
From the Balcony
“You can have this memory, if you want, completely uncorrupted.” On the balcony, two friends talk away the world.
Arts & Culture, Editor's Pick, podcast
Life in the Dressing Room of the Theatre
“A hush would fall like a curtain mid-act before Annie walked out.” Our latest Podcast is “Life in the Dressing Room of the Theatre” by Elinora Westfall.
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Editor's Pick, Fiction, Litro #182: Experimental, Print Issues
Litro #182: Experimental – Parenthetical
we (and by we I mean Claire (the woman I swore (vow (we still vow, we still pledge ourselves, like honourable (‘honour you’, that’s a wedding vow (there’s that word ...
Digital Subscription, Fiction, Litro #182: Experimental
Litro #182: Experimental – Lumen Odyssey
Space does not exist.
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Digital Subscription, Editor's Pick, Fiction, Litro #182: Experimental, Print Issues
Litro #182: Experimental – A Rogue Cure
On sunny afternoons, I go out to the street to eat tar.
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Editor's Pick, Fiction, Flash Friday
Come for Me
We swung in the wooden swing, creaking back and forth, or rocked in paint-pealing chairs while she and my parents talked of weather, war, politics, or relatives.