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Litro Readers’ Choice 2026: Read the Ten Shortlisted Stories
Readers’ Choice 2026
Ten small fictions. One reader’s choice.
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Constantinople’s Jacket
In “Constantinople’s Jacket,” Álvaro Enrigue turns corporate certification into a sharp, absurd and brutal satire of workplace obedience. Translated by Diego Gómez Pickering, the story follows an office swallowed by ...
The Nest
On the sensitivities and cruel memories of youth.
Big Top
A great deal told in few words.
Editor's Pick, Fiction, FridayFlash
BURNED
A refugee dinner in postwar New York becomes a haunting reckoning with class, memory, and survival.
The Good Guys
On a hunting trip, a boy and his father stumble into tragedy. Ricky Olson’s haunting story asks: after loss and secrecy, who decides what makes us good—or guilty?
Editor's Pick, Fiction, short story, Writing Fuel
Tomato
It was two perhaps three hours before she straightened up to get her breath back and started back with a yelp – a large fox was crouching on the roof ...
Arts & Culture, Fiction, short story
Oxnardiando
An El Camino car and a time-travelling stereo takes you on a tour of Oxnard’s history: Native Americans, the Zoot Suit Riots, French Colonialists, and more.
Arts & Culture, Editor's Pick, Fiction, Literature, Reviews, Translations, Uncategorised
BOOK REVIEW: 19 CLAWS AND A BLACK BIRD: STORIES
Written in her deliciously dark tone, Bazterrica’s claws puncture polite society’s fragile membrane, revealing the darkness writhing beneath.
Editor's Pick, Fiction, Story Sunday, StorySunday
Baci a Tutti
“This time scribbled across the front, reads, ‘Baci a Tutti Tua Rosa.’” Today’s #StorySunday USA is “Baci a Tutti” by Gabrielle Dufrene.
Editor's Pick, Fiction, Story Sunday, StorySunday
Dinner Party Exit Strategy
A married couple attend a business party and get more than they bargained for. Today’s #StorySunday USA is “Dinner Party Exit Strategy” by Max Talley.
Editor's Pick, Fiction, Story Sunday, StorySunday
Good Humor Man
“Before last night, the only cops who wore helmets rode motorcycles.” Today’s #StorySunday USA is “Good Humor Man” by Roy Lowenstein.
Editor's Pick, Fiction, Story Sunday, StorySunday
The Last Time He Bowed
“He felt completely alone in that car, under that man’s hateful gaze.” Today’s #StorySunday USA is “The Last Time He Bowed” by Thomas Lee.
Editor's Pick, Fiction, Story Sunday, StorySunday
Amsterdam
“But what to do with wild desire, which careens from bloom to bloom?” Today’s #StorySunday USA is “Amsterdam” by Andrew Bertaina.
Editor's Pick, Fiction, On Writing
Read our Five Best Small Fictions nominees!
Picture credit: Jason Leung
By turns surreal, familiar, inventive and astonishingly written – immerse yourself in these five stories that we are delighted to nominate for Best Small ...
Cosmonaut Olga Returns from Space
“Problems begin on the flight to Frankfurt.” Today’s #StorySunday USA is “Cosmonaut Olga Returns from Space” by Maxim Matusevich.
Editor's Pick, Fiction, On Writing
READ OUR SIX PUSHCART PRIZE NOMINEES!
Dive into these spellbinding stories from our writers who have been nominated for the Pushcart Prize!
Editor's Pick, Fiction, StorySunday
Fox in the Snow
“I feel like a character in a fantasy novel living in some snowy village. Trading our goods, listening to stories. .” Today’s #StorySunday USA is “Fox in the Snow” by ...
Black Crescent
“Estelle saw the birthmark on the bride’s left shoulder.” Today’s #StorySunday USA is “Black Crescent” by Townsend Walker.
A Solarium
“He was a famous musician, about to travel. I’d be taking care of his house.” Today’s #StorySunday USA is “A Solarium”, by Rebecca Pyle.