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All Literary Fiction Short Stories

25 Most Recent Literary Fiction Short Stories

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The Pilgrim's Shell by Chris Tinniswood
Ray Coomb revisits a tea-shop from his childhood, armed with a copy of Proust and a heart full of grief for the death of his father. He is looking for closure, but what he finds... is a miracle. ..
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The Prada Shoes by Alexandra Román de Hernández
Valeria embraces her future while wearing her favorite designer shoes, for she thinks they will make her dreams come true, or will they?..
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The Prevailing by Amber Halo
My cool hand was brought to rest against the feverishly hot flesh of my forehead. Pounding lurked beneath the hard bone, mocking my attempt to satiate its curse. Shaking a strange memory, somehow related to the ache? I struggled to stand in the water. It seemed to be rising, though I could ..
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The Prevention by LK Hunsaker
Flash fiction: Historical..
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The Priest by Brendan Gisby
A story from Venice, Italy, inspired by true events...
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The Product by David Arthur Walters
Jim Jones shall become the richest man on Earth..
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The Promise of Palavers by David Taylor
I am Edmund Jaeger, I am Edmund Jaeger..
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The Protective Gates Man by Victoria's Poetry & Voices of Muse
It was suggest that I try my pen at a fictional story matter, so here is my efforts at trying to develope a story topic, and a couple characters......
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The Railing by James Driscoll
A man driven to suicide by marital breakup...
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The Re-Hang Boy by Dee Sunshine
The joys of factory work??!! ..
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The Resident by Richard Strachan
Alasdair gazed into the dawn-rising sun from the wide bay windows of the room he had been assigned at the Grierson Hospital. He could see the gently sloping hospital grounds; the wide lawns and the twisting paths that led down to the fenced-off tree line. Forests helped to isolate the hospital from ..
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The Resting Place by Sayword Eller
On a carpet of green she lays.....
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The Reunion by Shery Ma Belle Arrieta-Russ
A flash fiction piece...
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The Revelation of Lucifer the Divine - excerpt by Quentin Pierson
Short excerpt from first chapter, "Summer"..
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The Revelation of Lucifer the Divine - excerpt by Quentin Pierson
excerpt from the fifth chapter, "Winter III"..
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The Revenge. by Durlabh Singh
Humorous short story of a revenge of a couple on each other with unexpected results...
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The Ride Home by David A
This was an actual event I attempted to recreate through a short story...
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The Rule of Nines by Craig Quackenbush
A victim of circumstance finds his way back into the world he long ago abandoned...
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The Run by Tim Bonnette
There was a coolness in the air. Abrasive and offensive it held wetness and crept into my T-shirt, causing it to sag. It was early, before noon and the sun hid behind dirty, thin clouds neither of which offered much consolation for the anticipation that I held for the run. The track ran in a..
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The Runaway Kid by David Arthur Walters
Off to Chicago to join the Outfit..
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The Sacrifice by Roselyn Kachuck
An unexpected incident.....
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The Sanctuary (Near The Cathedral Of Learning) by Guy Hogan
There is a vibrant bar scene in the Oakland district around the University of Pittsburgh...
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The Scent of Loss by Jennifer Polhemus
Eddie is dead and she can smell him everywhere...
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The Scent of Provincial Orchids by Randall Barfield
Ambition, dreams and love in the tropics...
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The school bully by baz busbe
Jackie had been bullied all through school and one girl Zoe inparticular had bullied her relentlesly, and who should mrs thomas choose to send her down town with, yes Zoe......
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The Sculpter by . Crystalwizard
Be careful how closely you pursue perfection...
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The Seat of Power by j.d. daniels
Flash Fiction..
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The Secret by Megan Sheedy
Can be found in the Spring 2005 issue of "e-clips" in the "Flash" category...
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The Self Portrait by Rhea MacDonald
This story was writen as a challenge among a small group of friends fifteen years ago. I rewrote my story and this is the result...
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The Shape of Things to Come by Peggy Duffy
A flash piece on the theme of "Iron"..
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The Shift by Stafford Battle
An Alternative view of recent history...
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The Shlepper: A Hole Digger excerpt by Mark Lichterman
This work was work beyond all comprehension of what he’d ever thought of as work and by the end of the first coffee break of this day he could hardly lift himself off the curb and, “Thank God!” by the end of this day he felt as though he’d died and gone to hell ..
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The Spring by Katharine Sparrow
Do you believe in fairies?..
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The St. Louie Bird Call by Jerry Engler
Our Bird encounters the Teamsters in an old trucking story that shows what it was like to be in St. Louis during a union strike. It also is a commentary on how to live life asking the pivotal question of what would life be if you didn't do what you were meant to do. ..
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The Shower: Caution, R Rated by Mark Lichterman
Caution. "The Shower" contains an explicitly descriptive sexual scene Becoming can now be purchased as a kindle Ebook @ $4.95 ______________________________________ Bringing her hands onto his buttocks again, again prodding her nails into the soft flesh, again forci..
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View Photo of The Storms Of Armageddon  (a passage) Read excerpt from The Storms Of Armageddon  (a passage) The Storms Of Armageddon (a passage) by Nickolaus Pacione
Just a small passage from this Cyberpunk story. The first 3500 words of this beast. This is all I am going to let people read until it is finished. It borrows a lot from the anthology, QUAKES AND STORMS: A NATURAL DISASTER ANTHOLOGY, and it is dedicated to the entire line up of the project. The ac..
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The Story by LK Hunsaker
Flash Fiction..
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The Surfer by Deborah Shlian
She stood on the bluff overlooking Santa Cruz beach, smoking and watching as the young swimmer hoisted a surfboard to his shoulder and carried it to the water's edge. Even through his wet suit she could see the ripple of well-developed muscles. Not overdone, like some weight lifters, but perfectly..
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The Surprise Party by Ray Fracalossy
Flash Fiction..
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The Survivor by Brendan Gisby
A tale of survival from Scotland in the 1960's. Based on real people and true events...
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The Swimming Hole by Rae Spencer
None..
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The tale of Na'ima, Ahmad and the snake Ilham by Muhammad Al Mahdi
Short story...
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The Thief by Mary E. Martin by Mary Martin
THE THIEF by Mary E. Martin. This short story came to me almost like a dream. I am using the 'feel' of it as the basis for a novella I am working on. It's also on my website www.maryemartin.com. Please let me know what you think?..
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The Touching Death-scene of the Woodwinds by Daniel Boyer
automatic text..
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The Toy Phone by James Trevino
True story...
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The Traveler by Jerry Bolton
There are times when the roads we travel may not be what we thought they were, but turning around is no option./b> ..
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The Tree by Dave Moyer
A father must come to grips with his son's leaving while his son must accept that his father does indeed actually love him...
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The Trouble with Saints by A. Colin Wright
Why is a statue no longer there? A man with ambitions to be a great lover becomes involved with two very different Italian girls... ..
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The Truant by Dibakar Barua
A young man comes of age by eluding the control of his father...
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The True Messiah by Dee Sunshine
Christ is already back on Earth, biding his time in a lunatic asylum...
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