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All Literary Fiction Short Stories

25 Most Recent Literary Fiction Short Stories

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Read excerpt from Hank's Achilles Hank's Achilles by Chance Montana
Sometimes Beauty IS the Beast.....
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Happy Like Me by Peggy Duffy
"Sophie was a tall, thin woman of thirty-six whose short blonde hair had started to gray prematurely a few years earlier. It had once been long and golden, flowing down her back and landing in thick waves between her shoulder blades. She could still remember the feel of the wind through her hair, th..
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Happy, Happy, Happy by Odin odin@aflx.com
Recent research suggests urban pressure is taking an unprecedented mental toll, leaving many what is called “benign masochism,” that fools most people with the guise of happiness. A continual smiling mood often covers the cuts and scars of melancholia, yet as some flash fiction suggests… most remain..
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Harlan Medlam milks a mudhole by Jerry Engler
This is a colorful piece of man and horse coming to the rescue, with Harlan Medlam, as usual, figuring how to turn it to his advantage...
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He Cut Deep by Peggy Duffy
"Shandra, there's something whispering in my head, " Jimmy says, coming into the darkness of his younger sister's room. "What kind of whispering?" Shandra asks, sitting up in bed. "Just whispering." "What does it say?" Click on the link below to read the re..
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Heartbeat. by John Williams
A short short sad tale..
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Helene's Boundaries by David Arthur Walters
How dare you! Get out of my house, you abuser!..
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Helene's Histrionics by David Arthur Walters
Dr. Sagwell distinguishes narcissism and histrionics for Helene's great admirer..
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Hell by P. Reed-Wallinger
I believe that hell may well be an individual experience...is that possible. Could hell be comprised of your worst fears? Imagine being trapped for time and eternity, in your your own personal nightmare...
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Hell Heaven & In-Between: One Woman's Journey to Finding Love by Kathryn Hurn
Chapter XVI The Necking Phase When you shall stand before the radiance of her whose lovely eyes perceive all things. From her you will learn the journey of your life. ~ The Divine Comedy, Dante Alighieri ..
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Here's Chapter 6 of Final Paradox, the second in The Osgoode Trilogy by Mary Martin
Harry's back at his office. Watch out for Jeremy, his junior. How many people are after the money? Come back on Monday for the next installment. ..
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Hey, Sir Melancholy by Odin odin@aflx.com
Keats wrote that “a World of Pains and troubles” is necessary “to school an Intelligence and make it a Soul.”..
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Hidden Motive by Ingrid Falconi
When a devastating storm nearly destroys New York City, Jared Abott gets a second chance through the miracle of science. At a price...
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His Mirror Now by Odin odin@aflx.com
In this piece of flash fiction, some objects personified reveal little. Others only know how to reveal. Sometimes, reality mimics fiction for relief. (Image by Pinterest..
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Hold Your Light Brother Rodney Hold Your Light - Sophie by Wayne Bien
Two stories which introduce the character Sophie in my book "Hold Your Light."..
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Holding My Breath by Odin odin@aflx.com
Bombardment is everywhere making me wonder just how far to trust my Zen teachings. After all, such thought is free and my friend, Nobody, sees a lot of upside. So, I thought I’d playfully explore some prose/poetry-thinking about it. If true , it’s pretty much a bargain in today’s world, wouldn’t you..
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Home by Lakshmi Sharma
A son is unsettled at the idea of the separation of his parents..
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Home Sweet Home - Part II by Barbara Terry
Jamie has found a home. What delights, surprises and other things does she find in her Home Sweet Home? ..
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Home Sweet Home Part III by Barbara Terry
Jamie wants her real mother and sister to come and live with her at McCreeley Manor. Will she get her wish? ..
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Home, Sweet Home - Part IV by Barbara Terry
The trial has begun. What will the verdict be? ..
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Home, Sweet Home - Part V by Barbara Terry
The defense puts Jamie's father on the stand. ..
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Home-Coming by Cristina Van Dyck
An expatriate mother and her toddler are stranded in a London airport where she confronts the issue of Home..
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Homecoming by Deborah Shlian
San Francisco, California The cab ride from the cemetery to Chinatown took Lili more than the five miles. It transported her back in time so that when the driver turned onto Grant Avenue she was ten years old again, playing in the alleys behind restaurants and curio shops. As she stepped f..
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Homeless CEO by David Grant
Everyone has a dream, if you don't believe, just Google it!..
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Homeward Bound Chapter 5 Continued by Jack Daley
Jack and Vance goe into Shelby to sample the night life, and end up not speaking to each other after Jack leaves Vance in a local bar so he can spend some time with Anne...
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Homeward Bound Chapter 6 by Jack Daley
As Jack revises his novel in the mid 1980's he gives an account of some of his night time dreams that show that there is no seperation between the boy who dreams about becoming a writer and the man who writes about the boy...
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Homeward Bound Chapter 7 by Jack Daley
Jack and Vance put in another couple day's work on the Montana wheat ranch. Ernie gets fired, and Vance and Jack get closer to doing some "real work" with Doc...
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Homeward Bound Chapter-One by Jack Daley
It's July, 1961 when Jack and his friends get turned back at the Canadian border and have to spend some time in Shelby Montana...
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Homeward Bound-Chapter 5 by Jack Daley
Jack and Vance spend their second day on the Montana wheat ranch and begin to learn a little more about the hands they are working with. ..
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Homeward Bound-Chapter four by Jack Daley
Jack and Vance experience their first day working on a Montana wheat harvest...
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Homeward Bound-Chapter Three by Jack Daley
As Jack rewrites the account of his first night in a Montana bunkhouse, he describes night time dreams from a quarter of a century later, and tries to Remember himself all the way back to his grandmother...
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Honing One's Lenses by Odin odin@aflx.com
Some flash fiction prosetry of a biography...
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How do we become writers? by Jack Kuperman
1238 words..
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How do you know? by Leopoldo Barge Álvarez
Psychologist waiting-room...
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How I Became The Girl I Am by Barbara Terry
This is a fictional piece of what it would be like for a M2F transsexual to have all the elements of a decent, accepting and loving world...
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How They Fly and Fly by Randall Barfield
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Hualpaya by ADOLFO MAZARIEGOS
Short Story (Spanish) From: "Gotas"..
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Huckleberry Finn in an Alternate Universe by Jerri Blair
A comment upon the need to remove offensive language from literary or historical works by creating an alternate context where the language doesn't matter to the story...
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Hummingbird at 30,000 Feet by Odin odin@aflx.com
History never tells the whole story. Many have answers. Some have questions. Thus, an allegory of sorts follows. (This was written years ago when its history had happened)..
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Hunger Pangs by Odin odin@aflx.com
Transporting oneself to an imaginary place works wonders for a rainy day. (A prosetry/flash fiction exploration)..
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Hunter by Kenneth Weene
A young man coming of age and dealing with his family's expectation that he hunt...
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I Did It My Way by David Grant
A bar, a song, and a miscommunication in this drunken tale of karaoke...
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I Have Proof by Michael LeFevre
When riding on the bus on the way home from work, a man witnesses an assault and takes photos of it to make it stick. But will it?..
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I Love You This Much by Tim Wilkinson
Funny how trajedy seems to follow the trail of ones blood...
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I Saw You by J.E. Seanachaí
I’m such a fool. I thought I was over you...
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I will provide the humor by Catherine Krause
The story of discovering the real essence of the mystery massage bar...given to me as a gift...
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I Wish by Lisa Adams
Reality check..
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I'm an Illegal Immigrant in America Because I Have No Choice by Jeff Brown
This is not opinion. This is a story based on a compilation of testimonies from family, friends, and students. ..
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View Photo of Ice *s* Cream Read excerpt from Ice *s* Cream Ice *s* Cream by Duane Pesice
Ice Cream for adults The melted ice cream has made its way down to the nether tip of the waffle cone. I touch my tongue to the cone, tasting the moisture, and follow its path back up to the waiting sweet treat, using the flat of my tongue to sop up the escaped fluid. On t..
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Ice Cream Headache by Marge Fulton
This could be baby steps into a novel for me. Not sure yet. What do you think? ..
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