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Editor's Pick, Fiction, Story Sunday, StorySunday
Mother Goes to Italy
She ran from this loneliness all the way to Italy, hoping it wouldn’t find her there.
Editor's Pick, Story Sunday, StorySunday
RCKT MAN
In 15 minutes a dead man would walk through the door and have a seat at the booth.
Editor's Pick, Story Sunday, StorySunday
The Revenge Consultant
It’s my job to try to figure out what would feel like justice to her and the victim’s loved ones.
Editor's Pick, Fiction, Story Sunday, StorySunday
Real Time
Sometimes what I thought was the end was only a pause.
Editor's Pick, Fiction, Story Sunday, StorySunday
Hey, Bob, Aren’t Ya Talkin’?
He turns into the hallway, walks its length, then grabs the gold knob on the storage room door. Locked. He walks back to the men’s restroom. Also locked. He knocks.
Editor's Pick, Fiction, Story Sunday, StorySunday
Wartime Generations
The day was beautiful. Perhaps it was a good day to die for the right reasons.
Editor's Pick, Fiction, Story Sunday
Vice & Hurricanes
I knocked at every registered address on the island that ever voted Democrat. And with it, experienced the culture of Galveston like accidentally swallowing the Atlantic ocean instead of a ...
A FATHER’S SON
A son re-imagines his fate after his father’s funeral.
Editor's Pick, Fiction, Story Sunday
The Ice Man
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Editor's Pick, Fiction, StorySunday
HUNGER
A story of the saapin.
BREATHLESS MOON
A man processes unconscious trauma in a unique and unusual way
Editor's Pick, Fiction, StorySunday
DRIVING IN THE DARK
A man’s shame is doubled when he hides what he witnessed.
Editor's Pick, Fiction, StorySunday
ORI
A reflection on identity and time in the context of immigration
Editor's Pick, Fiction, StorySunday
MAUD’S BABY
A single mother begins to understand that her old best friend can recharge her life in a way that no else could
WE’RE PROMISED RAIN
Old photographs of a married couple fade away on a living room mantel.
VIETNAMESE GUY AT THE NAIL SALON
The Vietnamese guy at the nail salon asks me how my day’s going. I sit down and smile politely answering proudly in flawless German “alles gut, und dir?”
FridayFlash, Interviews, Writing Fuel
A Flash of Inspiration: “It Wasn’t For Me” by Katy Ward
Welcome to Litro’s A Flash of Inspiration series! Once a month we will select a flash fiction or short story submission that we find especially intriguing and run a brief ...
MY LIFE AS THE WIFE OF HARRISON FORD
I was heading toward the frozen-food aisle, my mind filled with visions of chicken nuggets, when I bumped into something — hard. When I turned to see what I had ...
WANDERING STARS
Manual labor suited Kiichi best. After the Great Kantō earthquake of 1923 killed his wife and young daughter, he ended up in Kobe and worked at the port as a ...
OUR TOURIST
Our tourist stood at the street corner. They didn’t know how to get to where they were going and were too scared to ask us for help.
The wind blew their ...