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The Low Ebb
William, a Jonah, an orphan, friendless, homeless, poor, trying to survive in a fishing village turned tourist town. Bleak, honest, real.
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Little Stuffing-Head
Unusual, compelling, story about a stone mason’s apprentice fulfilling his own vision in the absence of his master, and his murder when the master returns.
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Serial Fiction, Story Sunday, The Last Time-Traveller
The Last Time-Traveller: Part Four – The Visitor at the Wall
Anna and Reverend Gregory Green finally track down one of the lost travellers — but the reunion ends in a way neither of them ...
Editor's Pick, Story Sunday, Technology, Uncategorised
THE MINISTER FOR RURAL AFFAIRS
Instead of following the removals van, Nora made her own way out of the city to her new house. It was a long drive, but much of it familiar. After ...
Editor's Pick, Fiction, Story Sunday, Technology
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.
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Editor's Pick, Fiction, Technology, Tuesday Tales
The House of Campos Street
When Tiara returns to Lagos, the city of her childhood, she is drawn back into a house heavy with memory, grief, and unspoken family truths. In The House on Campos ...
The Last Time-Traveller — Part One: The Stranger at the Stones
“The stranger appeared in the mist — and nothing has been the same since.”
From Part One of The Last Time-Traveller by Sir George Cox
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Editor's Pick, Story Sunday, Technology
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.
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Editor's Pick, Fiction, Story Sunday, Technology
Mothergate
She forgot something—was it a grocery item or her old life?
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Editor's Pick, Fiction, London, Story Sunday, Technology
Seagulls
He’d said I was part-seagull, and he was too.
Shelley ...
Editor's Pick, Fiction, Technology, Tuesday Tales
Life is but a
A dark comedic and philosophical exploration of domestic life, aging, and the absurdity of human existence.
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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.
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Finals
Litro was deeply saddened to learn of Obinna’s recent passing. His immense love for literature & his journey as a writer remains an inspiration. We mourn the loss of this ...
The Shortest Movie in the World
As the movie credits scrolled onto the screen, Lane clutched her armrests as if her life depended on it and angst-filled her abdomen. She turned and studied Charlie.
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Chester Before Cheetos
When we adapt to suit our ambition, what do we become? ‘In the beginning I complained about the orange dye rubbing off on our towels and the seats of our ...
Arts & Culture, Editor's Pick, podcast
“My Son Was Taught”, “The Orchid of the House” & “We Haven’t Eaten” | Litro Lab Podcast
“He was taught that boys are just habits and that habits are meant to be broken.” Today’s Podcast is a trio of flash pieces – “My Son Was Taught”, “The ...
Obstructing the Doors Can Be Dangerous
A painful departure, with no turning back. ‘This is the fingertip laid on the edge of what if.’
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DOGS
Julia stood on the steps of the house, the only person on her dead-end, abandoned street, applauding solo, in ghostly community with the rest of the country.
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Switchback
In the face of death, a man thinks of an ingenious way for life to continue.
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