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All Literary Fiction Short Stories

25 Most Recent Literary Fiction Short Stories

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The Truth Is by LK Hunsaker
Flash fiction..
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The Visit by Monica Vanzant-Duke
A woman goes home for a special occasion...
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The Voices by Elizabeth Mills
An old mariner sits on the shore, reminiscing...
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Read excerpt from The Wait The Wait by Raven Woods
A pending paternity test and being caught in the middle of a strange love triangle has 18-year-old Johnny Austin "Drumcloud" Taylor in a quandry. An excerp from my novel "The Testament of Mattie-Jane."..
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The Wait by Marie Anne St. Jean
He had not been expecting a letter. The day started out like any other. Wake early, make coffee, read the newspaper. Having retired from the Marine Corps after more than 25 years, he was a slave to routine. Shave, shower - you know the drill...
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View Photo of The Waitress Read excerpt from The Waitress The Waitress by Bradley Fralick
This is the writing assignment for AUGUST '02  on THOUGHT CAFE!..
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The Wall by Suzanne Strong
Family conflict, life choices. ..
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The Wand of the Youth God by Mark Lichterman
When seeing Mitchell then, that way, subconsciously the beauty of his youth brought about the indisputable fact of her own age when Rhea admitted to herself, Jesus, I’m forty-five years old! And at that time – as though being with a youth would make her a youth – her son-in-law became the personific..
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The Water Jug: A Collection of Short Stories by ami blackwelder
A collection of short Stories that vary from Science fiction, social/cultural, spiritual, and comedic. ..
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The Wedding (27) by Gene Williamson
Installment 27 in the Captain Jack series...
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The Wedding Ring by Adina Pelle
In Syria, when I was fourteen, my mother and I witnessed a hotel explode at the hands of an angry, vengeful faction. It didn’t have much impact on me back then, but later in life, as I searched for an identity anchor in a sea of obscurity, the event popped into my memory as a story that practically ..
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The Weeping Tree (final chapter) by Janice Engle(rainbows)
Two brothers find peace at last.The tree weeps no more..
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The Wheels of a Century by Adam Powers
A century long bike ride to say good-bye to the girl he loves, does more than test his body. ..
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The Wintery Gauze of Dawn by Chaya Rainbird
a moving piece.....
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The World According to Bruno, The Shepherd by Blue Sleighty
This is just a short excerpt. This is an excerpt from my new book. I might change the name. Some may find the subject matter quite amusing for various reasons. Otherwise- it is still quite a humorous book. ..
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Two Parties by Raanan Geberer
An account of an aging man in his late 30s who seems to be constantly stuck in the same situations...
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What A Hundred'll Do by Jay Squires
Are these the rants, ramblings and actions of a demented man? Or are they the net result of love carrying him as far as it can go? ..
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What if (stand your ground part 5) by Alan Abrams
second guessing.....
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What Sherlock Holmes Can Teach Authors About Uniqueness by Liz Alexander
Watching the BBC’s brilliant TV series Sherlock (set in contemporary London for a change) has caused me to reflect on the many advantages of being Sherlock Holmes...
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The World is a Dream by Roberto Martinez
The World is a Dream takes the reader on a journey through the mind of one teenager and his relationship with his mother. A look at characters who they themselves don't know the answers to solving their problems. It's a short story about faith, but at the same time inspirational and as haunting as r..
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The World of Tabal by j.d. daniels
Domestic violence tale...
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The Younger Brothers Club by Ken Goldstein
When it came to discussing the war, the boys at New Trier Middle School were divided between those of us who had brothers old enough to be drafted and those who did not. The first group took the war seriously. For the second group it was a far-away distraction; something they'd seen on the evening n..
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There are Trains in Heaven by Kathy Kubik
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There Was A Soldier by Bryan Islip
There’s a lot more come back from Afghanistan crippled than in coffins to be driven slowly down Wootton Bassett’s High Street. But how do you get back a life when your body now in ruins has been your temple? Ex-sergeant Macrae wants to do it by himself, for himself. For him no tears, no regrets, no ..
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Theresa Jones - by Ian Irvine (hobson) by Ian Irvine (Hobson)
Written in 1998 and published at the New Zealand online literary site Southern Ocean Review, Theresa Jones is a modern day up-date of the Madame Bovary story. Theresa, however, lives in the fictional town of Ongara .....
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These Days You Need A Passport by Steve Bays
A young man meets the girl of his dreams but he finds out she has something he doesn't want...
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They've Tossed A Genius In Jail by Patrick Lee
Marvin Fuster, aged derelict, falls in love one night. The next morning he's off to unravel the mysteries of the human gene. Self contained chapter excerpt from my completed manuscript, "The Geneticist"...
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This is for your benefit, sweet heart. by J Thill
Here is my summary. Birds, smoke and steak...
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This Just In by D Johnson
In light of our present economic situation-dlj..
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Thought Process by Sidney Schwab
A story of a surgeon on the other end of a knife -- an attacker's knife. ..
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thoughts of my day 3rd september 2003 by Timothy Houlahan
things that I did today..
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Three Gorges by Lisa Adams
Octopus Garden..
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Thy Will Be Done by Joseph Cowley
The father she loved to hate. Whose will will be done?..
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Tiger Tales by Jane Baskin
A tale told by a telepathic tiger, name Sadji. He and Jane have been wintering with a misfit motorcycle club in remote Washington state. The bikers, who rarely ride any more, call themselves The Balls of Steel...
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Tight Veils And White Whales by Danny Manning
I fell in love. She left me. I followed her. And then all I knew was falling.....
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Tillie and the secret she knew by Jerry Engler
Tillie was a dog who didn't want her master to go...
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Time Is Not Here For Anyone by Guy Jacobs
What can I say, we have all been there, or maybe not.....
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Time Stood Still by David Arthur Walters
White Lace was wild about cops...
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Time, i and american foreign policy by liaquat razvi
sindhi short story..
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Tiny's Tree House by Sandy Knauer
...that might sound juvenile unless you know Tiny was the huge groundskeeper at the prison and his tree house was on the criminal side of the fence .....
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To Be Or Not To Be by Barbara Terry
This is a fictional story of a M2F transsexual living her life...
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To Break Into Many Pieces by Amber Halo
I stooped one more time and lowered my head to better see the flaking skin around the residual wounds that one acquires while walking. Slowly, as the day progressed the ritual sandals that I so seldom wore, cut deeper and deeper into my ankles and calves. Curse myself for never breaking in these san..
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To Catch A Croc by Robert Apold
This is a story told by my father-in-law, who was an Inspector of Education in Panama back in the days when there were no roads or bridges. He had to travel by horseback to visit schools throughout the interior of Panama. This is a true account of his chance encounter with an old man who showed him ..
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To Have A Real Mother (from Hold Your Light) by Wayne Bien
Is this what it is like to have a real mother?..
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To Leave The Working Stiffs, Epilogue by Zahala San Simone
What would a story be without a moral? ..
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To Leave The Working Stiffs, Part 10 by Zahala San Simone
This is part 10 of a series.....
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To Leave The Working Stiffs, Part 11 by Zahala San Simone
This is the 11th installation in a series. ..
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To Leave The Working Stiffs, Part 2 by Zahala San Simone
This is part 2 of a series.....
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To Leave The Working Stiffs, Part 3 by Zahala San Simone
This is part III in a series.....
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To Leave The Working Stiffs, Part 4 by Zahala San Simone
This is part of a series.....
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