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THE DATE
A young Scottish football fan brings his French girlfriend to a match, hoping to bond — but obsession, masculinity, and cultural fault lines unravel everything.
Take Aim
A Nigerian woman in Paris stakes everything on an Olympic obsession—blurring the line between devotion and delusion.
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 the street.
Arts & Culture, Litro #169: Korea, Print Issues, Technology, World Series Editions
Sea Mothers
From the Archives: Sea Mothers
Rediscover the lives of the haenyeo, the legendary Korean women divers, through our immersive story “Sea Mothers.” Featuring poetry by Janet Hong and stunning ...
Arts & Culture, Editor's Pick, Technology, Tuesday Tales
Harbor Pilot
Alberto drove home the roundabout way. He took 41 to the Four Corners and took a left where the highway turns south and crosses the river as it empties into ...
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.
How to Catch an Unusual Fish
I pick up my lover and we drive to the abandoned ice cream shop, pull around behind it.
Ruby
I see in each ruby a trapped woman in the confines of her man’s world.
Editor's Pick, Fiction, Flash Friday
Stripped to the Bone
With fork and knife, thus armed he watched as she began to peel back the skin of the plaice with a delicate precision until its white flesh glistened, perfectly pearlescent, ...
Editor's Pick, Fiction, Flash Friday
Interview with the Monument
A wild interview with a national icon.
Editor's Pick, Fiction, Tuesday Tales
Ring
If I call you, you’ll say, hello, I’ll say, hi mum, it’s me, Catherine, then you’ll hang up.
Editor's Pick, Fiction, Story Sunday
Close To Me
For weeks, even months, after the gig, he remembered that feeling, could cling to it every now and then even as it faded or slipped from his grasp. He would ...
Liminal Life
I’m not having a bad time. It’s just a time.
Editor's Pick, Fiction, Flash Friday, Technology
Fish Brain
Rimac. Fish, 1000–1476. Cotton, slit tapestry weave with eccentric wefts.Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago; Kate S. Buckingham Endowment.
You fail to see it coming. It’s always zombie humans ...
BRIAN BUMPS HIS HEAD
As he recovers from an accident, Brian discovers the power to create and destroy worlds
GOLD
A gold miner puts down his tools and picks up a gun.
LEARN TO BREATHE FIRE AND AMAZE
A divorcé finds his way forward.
STEPPING ON BEES
A babysitter meets a mysterious boy with an affinity for bee stings.
THE HOLE
Love and longing take their toll.
CHICKEN BONES
Unfinished family business haunts a woman on a visit to her parents.