Fiction

Litro is self-selecting for people with an interest in literature, culture and innovation, providing readers with an escapism a perfect read for those with busy lives and encouraging cross cultural conversations through the annual Litro World Series editions.

Editor's Pick, Fiction, Story Sunday

The Netizens

On the way home from the fish market at eleven in the morning, Enzo walked with a bucket of clams hanging by his side. With each step he swung his ...

by Victoria Lancaster • May 22, 2022May 19, 2022

Editor's Pick, Fiction, FridayFlash

The Staten Island Hanger

Photo courtesy the author. We knew about the Staten Island Hanger, everyone did, sitting on its own on a large lot near the New York Harbor, like you could bring something ...

by Gil Kaplan • May 20, 2022May 19, 2022

Editor's Pick, Fiction, FridayFlash

Florida, 1993

They flew into Miami at night and decided to go straight to the hotel. They were both hungry but too tired to look for a place to eat. They had ...

by Leah Browning • May 13, 2022May 11, 2022

Editor's Pick, Fiction, Story Sunday

Gather the Tribe

Photo courtesy the author. “If we want to study history, why don’t we just study chimpanzees? They are our history. When a pack of chimps kills another ape, they go mad ...

by Benjamin Wolfe • May 8, 2022May 6, 2022

Editor's Pick, Fiction, FridayFlash

Slow Train in Winter

Blondirikard Fröberg. The trees are shades; hovering ghosts. I’m going to see my mother in her village. The compartment is warm; my wife is asleep. I can almost go to sleep ...

by Robin Wyatt Dunn • April 29, 2022April 28, 2022

Editor's Pick, Fiction, Story Sunday

Singularity

The fate of a beloved snail, who might be the last of their kind.

by Mandy-Suzanne Wong • April 24, 2022April 9, 2022

Editor's Pick, Fiction, Story Sunday

The Ice Man

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by Jane Ainslie • April 17, 2022April 19, 2022

Editor's Pick, Fiction, Story Sunday

This Way

In the sunlight of the boat he is a sepia photograph, a ghost from another century with vanished eyebrows and blue eyes like clean cuts that blink just once when ...

by Bethan Cooke • April 10, 2022April 11, 2022

Editor's Pick, Fiction, FridayFlash

This Week’s Post (Moleskin Notepad, Box of Biros)

by Neil Clark • April 8, 2022April 7, 2022

HUNGER

A story of the saapin.

by Kirk Bhajan • April 3, 2022March 31, 2022

Editor's Pick, Fiction, FridayFlash

Meditations of a Mermaid

This used to be a safe place

by Holly Hagman • April 1, 2022March 22, 2022

Editor's Pick, Fiction, FridayFlash

The Burning Chill

Photo by Eric Wahlforss One day a hole fell into a man. The hole, which had known only cold ground, took an immediate liking to the soft warm insides of ...

by Bob Thurber • March 25, 2022March 23, 2022

Editor's Pick, Fiction, FridayFlash

MICROFICTIONS

Four microfictions that dig into familial relationships in unexpected ways

by Leo Boix • March 18, 2022March 16, 2022

DRIVING IN THE DARK

A man’s shame is doubled when he hides what he witnessed.

by Jack Petrubi • March 13, 2022March 11, 2022

Editor's Pick, Fiction, FridayFlash

Means of Conveyance

Photo by Nate Lampa I can’t remember if the bench was wooden or metal or painted or plastic-coated or anything. Nor how it was structured—slatted throughout? A latticed back? A ...

by Ryan Pollard • March 11, 2022March 12, 2022

Editor's Pick, Fiction, FridayFlash

VOICES/VANISHING/READING THIS, MY BODY

Reading this, my body

by Denise André • March 11, 2022March 10, 2022

ORI

A reflection on identity and time in the context of immigration

by Bryan Betancur • March 6, 2022March 30, 2022

Editor's Pick, Fiction, FridayFlash

Black Shirt in the Middle

Photo by Sophie Louisnard The rusted pickup truck parked outside ends your pursuit; you pause in the doorway, your eyes adjust to the haze and track the room, past the jukebox, ...

by ANNE ANTHONY • March 4, 2022March 5, 2022