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One Funded Place for October
We’ve opened one funded place on Litro’s October Submission Sprint for a writer who might not otherwise be able to take part. We’d especially like it to reach a younger ...
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“The Options” by Elizabeth Cohen
A naked stranger asks Susannah for water. Days later, as she prepares a memorial for her nephew, he returns with a family. Told through lists of possible actions, “The Options” ...
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Anthropometrics by Tim Boiteau
Flash Fiction
A crash-test dummy wakes mid-flight with no memory of the destination, no sign of the crew, and ...
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Litro Readers’ Choice 2026: Read the Ten Shortlisted Stories
Readers’ Choice 2026
Ten small fictions. One reader’s choice.
Read ...
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Men Are Swine by Annie Johnson
A woman watches her husband survive a pig-heart transplant and become stranger, colder and more practical than the man who once wrote poetry.
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After the hurricane – Sheila Kannappan
A dog survives the aftermath of a hurricane through scent, fear and memory, waiting for the world to smell safe again.
Heart
A heart-shaped artwork made from Katrina debris sends one woman back into the heat, fear, and improvisation of trying to flee New Orleans before the storm.
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“Hole” by Michael Matejcek
A boy wanders beyond the last finished house and into a construction trench, where childhood solitude turns into a private fantasy of being searched for.
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Company of Men
Monica is broke, angry and trying to file for bankruptcy without collapsing under the indignities of the day. In “Company of Men,” debt, appetite and humiliation become part of the ...
What We Keep After Love Ends
This week’s four stories move through grief, memory, awkward hope, and domestic unease each one pared back to the details that matter most.
Two Eggs in a Pot
Egg odor poisons the kitchen air, and in her mind the yolks slime the inside of her mouth, their spoiled milk taste lingering even after she’s brushed her teeth.
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Flash Friday: Systems Under Strain (Four New Stories)
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Alaska Was Just Incredible
The passengers of the Sea Glass believe they are ordinary. What follows is a fast, savage story in which environmental catastrophe breaks through the polished script of eco-tourism.
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The Great Server Farm in the Sky
David is dead, but still online. In Natalie Paris’s story, grief unfolds inside a digital afterlife where presence remains possible — but touch, time, and escape do not.
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Alligator
A childhood memory of an alligator returns with fresh force after a diagnosis, exposing the long afterlife of fear, shame, and paternal judgment.
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This Toddler and Bobcat Are Best Friends
A wholesome viral animal story spirals into something much darker in this sharp satire of content culture, parental performance, and the deadly stupidity of turning everything into a post.
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Sarah Said So
A child insists her doll is protecting her. Her mother doesn’t believe a word of it until the evidence becomes impossible to explain. A tight horror flash with a final ...
You’re OK! You’ll survive the most
A childhood memory of religious paranoia and performative certainty becomes a flash of real unease. Steve Mada’s piece captures the moment fear is handed down as truth.
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The Other Reality
A contemporary speculative story where escape arrives in the sleek language of technology—only to become another kind of trap.
Editor's Pick, Fiction, Tuesday Tales
The Swamp
A psychologically rich story that returns to childhood, where devotion and dread grow together—and memory becomes its own terrain.