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25 Most Recent Literary Fiction Short Stories

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...Another Man's Treasure by Adam Powers
A story anout a man that makes a decision that he's not quite certain was the right choice...
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1979 chevy impala by C.A. Reed
narrator's first-time experience in las vegas.....
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5 Dollar Kiss Album by David Stuart
The story of a yong man, his drink, a woman, and his search for an escape from his woman....and his next drink...
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A Bar Mitzvah Story: From Boy to Man; PG13 rated Becoming extcerpt by Mark Lichterman
I shouldn’t have done that, he thought, God’ll punish me for doing that tonight! He did feel relaxed, though, as if the act of masturbation had drained him of apprehension and tension, which in fact, outside of his guilt, it had. Yawning again, Mitchell Lipensky closed his eyes…..
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A Careful Descent by Dee Rimbaud
If you are going to commit suicide it helps if you are organised: otherwise all your plans may come to naught. ..
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A Cautionary Measure by Peggy Duffy
My fingers wander, probe, examine. Beneath my armpit alongside my left breast, I find it again. The lump is the size of a pea, moveable, pliable, floating on a layer of fat. ..
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A Christmas Letter by J.T. Townley by No Record Press
A Christmas Letter by J.T. Townley was published in The Red Anthology of Hitherto Unknown Writers (No Record Press)..
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A Clown's Life by Nishant Agrawal
Some love them, some hate them. They do everything they can to make us laugh, but what is really hidden behind their painted faces ?..
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A Compromise by J. P. Lowe
A father considers the best course of action to take, in regards to his children. (please leave all your preconceptions at the door)..
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A Convenient Death by Susan Sonnen
My first drabble, a story consisting of exactly 100 words. ..
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A Critical Eye by Leanne Dyck
As sometimes happens, I woke in the night to write this. I hope you like it. ..
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A Day In The Life Of... by Tamara Dailey-Keur
I think we have all been here at one time or another.....
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A Different Dream by Rita Odeh
A Different Dream..
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A Different Shade of Blue by Linda Dousay
Revised 5/14/6..
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A division between friends by Patrick McCormick
Friendship comes full circle after tragedy...
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A Drink Now and Then by Randall Barfield
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A dying dream by Lemon Pie
A fantasy battle in which the hero is doomed to die. More important are the forces that drive him. ..
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A Faire Daye by Cristina Van Dyck
A day in the life of a renaissance faire performer...
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A Family Dinner by Marcia Miller-Twiford
Sometimes the best of intentions turn out wrong...
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A Fine Pickle by Ev McTaggart
It's a windy night and Leila's brother has not come home..
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A Flight of Fancy by Laurel-Rain Snow
A young woman, depressed by the chaos of her own life, hopes that a business trip will provide perspective...And a bit of distraction...
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A Flower Girl Sister Surprise by Jerry Engler
This is a story that studies what people might do for each other outside the realm of usual expectation. It is among stories that I wrote, and then rejected until they could be rewritten. Feel free to tell me if you think it should have stayed rejected...
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A Future Face by Mark Lichterman
Coming from the air-cooled lobby, My, God, he thought as the heat hit him, it’s got to be a million out here today! Standing in the miniscule shad in the lee of the building, loosening his tie and removing his seersucker jacket, he draped it over the sample case..
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A Good And Not So Good Night (10) by Gene Williamson
Installment 10 in the Captain Jack series...
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A Good Dentist by Anne Carter
Vince Bagwell's life is on the skids. With everything going South, what's left to live for? ..
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A Hard Night by Guy Jacobs
New York late at night, what can I say?..
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A heart that wouldn't quit by Dawn Walker
a heart that wouldn't quit - a love story..
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A Leather Bag by Sandy Fackler
What would you do if a stranger forced a small bag into your hands and left you standing in the street?..
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A Little Longer by Michael Putegnat
A Short Story by Michael Putegnat..
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A Matter of Timing, Frankly by Randall Barfield
What bothered Bob was that Katie had not returned and more than ten minutes had passed.....
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A Meal and a Job by Gwen Dickerson
A story of a woman's plight of hunger and un-employment...
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A Memory by Samuel Alesich
In early Autumn, the wind came cold out of the North and the leaves changed color on the trees. Parting from their mother, they fluttered to the ground where they lay or blew about the yard or the side of the hills until the first rains came. I would stand by the window and watch the rain and..
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A Million by Lisa Adams
of what?..
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A Miracle on Rivington Street by David Grant
Santa Claus is having a drink at the bar and contemplating life...
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A Mother to be, Maybe. by Mark Lichterman
She knew something was different! Oh, there wasn’t a hint, or even the hint of a hint but, be it wishful thinking, she was sure she’d actually felt the force of Mitchell’s ejaculation last night, and Marsha knew! After last night, she knew! ..
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A Mother's Story by Peggy Duffy
It was the smile that fooled her. A brilliant, beguiling, bewitching smile which lit up the girl's face; it was an illusion, a delusion, a seduction she allowed to lure her in and ease her mind between the periods of the glum and the irritable, the attitude of indifference. ..
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All Hope! Part IVB by Carvin Wallson
Wherein, after I think I've found the answer, I screw things up incredibly...
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A Mother: Birth & Afterbirth by Mark Lichterman
“Come on, Mikey!” But the baby would not pull enough suction to latch onto his mother’s nipple and it slipped from his lips again... And again, in his frustration Michael began to wail and, her eyes becoming watery with the tears of her own frustration, “Mitchie, He won’t...” ..
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A Mountain of Many Treasures by John Howard Reid
Following the success of MEXICAN AUTUMN (a series of inter-related short stories), and MICAELA MORRIS IN JO'S HEAVEN, here is the title story for my work in progress, an anthology of various prose pieces, entitled A MOUNTAIN OF MANY TREASURES. As usual, I have drawn heavily on my own experiences, w..
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A Naked Lady!! by Mark Lichterman
On tiptoe, the two boys looked into the room. Mitchell saw a naked, muscled man. His back was to the window and he was kneeling on the floor at the foot of the bed. Facing the window, someone else was on the bed, not at the head, but rather below the middle… His eyes opening wide in wonder. ..
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A NEW LIFE Part 1 of 2 by Nicole Weaver
Excerpt from a collection of short stories soon to be published late 2009. This story is based on true events. I love my job and I am very passionate about helping my students. My love for helping young people led me to finally realizing a long time goal of publishing my very first book "Marie..
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A New Metal by Ryan Merwin
Alexander Mason is protecting his name and vast wealth from charges of child molestation, but after the verdict it becomes clear that his name and wealth protected him. Felix, father to Bela, the child in question, tries to make the best decisions for his daughter, but when he is left without furth..
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A Night On the Town by Sarah Petru
Two best friends on a night out on the town in New York city...
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A Nondescript Woman by Dennis Coleman
For most of the year, she was a "Plain Jane,” but at vacation time, she transformed herself into a woman of elegance, and intrigue...
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A Packet of Dreams by John Howard Reid
Is it possible to purchase a dream? Your own? Someone else's? A fairground tale by the Chief Judge of the Tom Howard Short Story, Essay and Prose Contest and author of MICAELA MORRIS IN JO'S HEAVEN. ..
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A Party In The Catalan by Wyn Preston
Closing in on 30 isn't easy for many men. Attending a party with his girlfriend and brother, annoyances overcome this 29 year-old who shared a lurid night with the host years prior...
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A Path to the Kingdom by Mahesh Vallampati
This is a short story about our beloved president Lincoln...
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A Perfect, Organic Circle by Chris Parsons
short story i had to write for a Graduation Project/Creative Writing Course. Teacher loved it....let me know what you think.. ..
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A Point Of Earl's Values by Arthur Wilson Jr.
A great friend...
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A Pregnant Woman with Parcels at Brock and Bagot by A. Colin Wright
Two strangers who met at a party accidentally meet again on the street--or do they?..
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