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“An Immersion” by Philippa Matthews
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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.
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Editor's Pick, Fiction, Tuesday Tales
Felicia
A story of survival where tenderness and danger begin to resemble each other, and the truth becomes something people negotiate rather than accept.
Editor's Pick, Fiction, Story Sunday
Whatever Happened to the Saturnines?
A countryside weekend becomes a decision point: pregnancy, classed comfort, and a relationship testing where choice ends and expectation begins.
This week at Litro we’re publishing four stories about the moment the world tilts—softly, then all at once.
The Trees
Two lovers stand among the trees as the mind tilts. Love, longing, and the small unspokens that undo us.
Caged Dogs
A haunting, magical realism tale of love, transformation, and the mysterious bond between a couple and an enigmatic dog with unsettling secrets.
Counting Hands
A wedding marred by revelations. Katherine, torn between choices, confronts truth amid familial chaos & an exploration of hidden lives unfolds.
Reunion
“I would gaze up at the stars and sink into my dreams like honey.” A quiet tale of relationships, alcohol, and (mis)communication.
Editor's Pick, Flash Friday, Technology
A ghost inside can make Scorpio and Taurus very happy
A ghost inside can make Scorpio and Taurus very happy’ is about love and connection, making jokes and making a cake, a delicious chocolate cake that has, surprise surprise, a ...
The River
“You have to focus on the good things. How would you cope otherwise?” Happiness after grief: today’s #TuesdayTale is “River” by Sarah Turner.
Arts & Culture, Essay Saturday, Features
Meandering Souls Longing for the Infinite
Sculptor Dr Gindi, explores the human soul’s yearning for infinity through her artwork. Her latest sculpture Meandering Souls captures one moment in the soul’s journey: the tender moment between longing ...
Mine
Would a more loving partner have pieced the clues together? Should I have known? It seemed so obvious now.
Editor's Pick, Fiction, Tuesday Tales
Sorrow
“The shape of her grew smaller and smaller until she was only a speck at the edge of the road.”
Editor's Pick, Fiction, Story Sunday
The Diamond Studs
“I always wanted to build a house beside the lake with her. It would’ve been a place where we could grow old and fat together and be buried in the ...
Editor's Pick, Fiction, Tuesday Tales
The Wife
I liked Ben enough. I didn’t love him; I could never love someone so whole.
Editor's Pick, Fiction, Story Sunday
The Bus Driver
He drives a bus, he lives above a shop, he drinks cheap wine, and he is now alone.
Editor's Pick, Fiction, Story Sunday
The Bad Between Us
Our evenings are filled with hospital dramas and 10:00pm bedtimes and getting irritated when one of us reads with the light on, the lamp glowing yellow in the room like ...
Editor's Pick, Fiction, Flash Friday
Bone China and Velvet
He says he married a girl who is sweet and merry
Three-Legged
What would’ve happened if we’d never met – only shared a glance and a smile across a packed auditorium, the fresh lacquer smell of the stage mingling with stale cigarette ...