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25 Most Recent Literary Fiction Short Stories

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In Honor of Life by CJ Heck
For Memorial Day 2011 ..
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In the Arms of an Angel by Stephen Chiarelli
When life seems to be sucking our very souls we all need someone or something to turn to...
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In the Bathroom, On the Bus by Tom Lichtenberg
It was supposed to be a short bus ride into town for a job interview, but there was an unexpected detour, and then there was something weird going on in the back, and soon the situation is completely out of hand...
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In The Outside Cold by Randall Barfield
This story is experimental flash fiction. It's creation is inspired by the instruction and explications of AD author Guy Hogan. ..
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In The Shadow Of The Cathedral Of Learning by Guy Hogan
Mitchell's / Logan's Pub / Chief's Cafe / The Luna / Panther Hollow Inn / Union Grille / Peter's Pub / Joe Mama's / Fuel & Fuddle / Primanti Brothers / Original Hot Dog Shop / Oakland / Pittsburgh / Hemingway's Cafe / Unpstage ..
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In The Shadow of The Dragonfly - Excerpt by Jean Pike
Since so many of you have been kind enough to ask, I'm posting an early preview of my new novel (due out October, 2008). This is Chapter Three.....
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In the Silent Hours of Night by Bode Osanaiye
About initiation into wizardry..
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In The Valley Of The Six-Armed Cross by David Carlberg
It was a dry summer in the San Luis Valley, and there wasn’t much that had the heart to grow. Most of the earth had come to cracked dust; the sun poured into the wide expanse and sank quietly into the dirt, yellowing the grass until it crunched underfoot. It was a poor meal for the cattle that lived..
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In Times of Unity by Ursula Troche
Universal Rhythms - the rhythms of the elements..
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Incorrigible by Michael Dyet
A short story published in "Canadian Voices Volume Two, An Anthology of Prose and Poetry from Emerging Canadian Writers"...
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Indigo Eyes by mz kimi
At 4 a.m. she found herself under the Broadway Bridge. Mara’s shopping cart held all her most treasured possessions; her shoe box filled with love letters, a snake-skin bag containing seventeen shades of lipstick, a big bottle of vanilla body lotion, a hat box full of sex toys, four notebooks and t..
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Integration Under the Midnight Sun by Adnan Mahmutovic
Rape victim Almasa finds comfort among boisterous and funny old Bosnian women...
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Interview with a Prankster by Bob Mitchley
This is one paragraph from Interview with a Prankster...
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Intro by Kevin B
Intro to boardwalk story..
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Introduction Of Characters by Rebecca Lerwill
Hello friends! You might be curious about the characters in my romantic suspense ‘Relocating Mia’, and you should be. A handful of very interesting people have gathered to make this story even more intriguing. I’m proud to introduce to you in no particular order:..
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Introductory dialogues by Jerry Engler
Dicussions by characters Ricky and Roland in the introductions of Jerry Engler's books..
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Ironic Dance by Jacqueline Larson
Part One of a series, the Ironic Dance is a quilt of an interweaving saga that spans two lifetimes...
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Is There Something You Want? by Alan Abrams
A consolidation of some earlier fragments. A work in process.....
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Isabel and I by daniel crocker
. Daniel Crocker dcrocker@lycos.com Isabel and I I was in bed when my wife died. I wasn't sleeping, however. I was mad at her for not being home yet. I tossed in bed several times beat our red blanket with the back of my hand. Then the knock came on the door (I've ..
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Isabel and I by daniel crocker
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Isak's Immortal Story by David Arthur Walters
I seek myself in Dinesen's 'Immortal Story'..
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It Had Been A Long Year by J Howard
We all have a life story.....
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It Might Have Been by Firoze Hirjikaka
Then he had found her. She called herself littlecheekydevil; not exactly Hemingwayesque, but there was something. for those few incandescent months, he had been able to peer into the depths of her soul. It was a bond that defied logic and reason. She was 19. He was 62...
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It snowed the night after dawn by Sha Yan
It snowed the night after dawn ..
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Izzy's Revenge by David Grant
Another boring Florida afternoon at Izzy's bar until the girl in leather walked in.....
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J'ya ever see a girl's wha’ch’ma’call’it? by Mark Lichterman
“Mitch, don’t be such a dope! You know, their things! The only things that make girls different then guys is their chests an’ that they got different kinds of pissers than us. You ever wonder about ’em, about what a girl’s pisser looks like?”..
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j'ya ever see a girl's wha’ch’ma’call’it? : A Becoming extract by Mark Lichterman
Mitch, don’t be such a dope! You know, their things! The only things that make girls different then guys is their chests an’ that they got different kinds of pissers than us. You ever wonder 'bout ’em, 'bout what a girl’s pisser looks like?”..
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Jack and Mrs. Sprat by Peggy Duffy
A fun little flash piece..
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Jack Shows Up by Gene Williamson
Installment 26 in the Captain Jack series...
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Jack's Boat by John Klawitter
When dad's boat started drifting, it led to a new understanding and a new life for his son...
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Jake by Roy Edwards
I met him one night down at Rosie’s Tavern, a long time ago, though I can’t say I remember exactly how we met, and that’s strange don’t you think. Somebody like Jake, well, you’d at least think you could remember. I do know that at one point I though he said his name was Gabriel then I thought he sa..
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James Benedetti's Daughter by Randall Barfield
The man, an older one, began to get out of the car as soon as Carla parked in the driveway. She knew he was going to speak to her, so she took her time getting Jimbo out of his car. seat. ..
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Jane and Sally (22) by Gene Williamson
Installment 22 in the Captain Jack series...
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Jazban khan kahli Wajood by Ali Leghari
short story of sindhi language..
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Jenny — 1974–2006 by Roy Edwards
One day her man went to work and never came back. A bomb they said, a cruel and evil terrorist thing. ..
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Jerusalem by Eddie Bruce
Reflections of an alcoholic...
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Jesus in the Driveway by Sherry Bryan
"The scent of Lemon Pledge provokes vivid memories of my childhood, but none more powerful than of the day my sister saw Jesus in the driveway."..
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Jesus Is A Mild Mannered Fellow, but I Ain't. by Dale Hudgins
I love this story, so far anyways...
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Jew Baiting: A Becoming Extract by Mark Lichterman
“Ain’t no one here gonna help ya! Look at me when I talk to ya!” Looking at his friend, Al snickered. “Know what, Guido? I think you’re right! I think this here prick’s a fuckin’ Jew!”..
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Jezebel and the sale-barn solution by Jerry Engler
The old attorney, O.B. Goodfellow is up to usual habits sending a visiting young female attorney to the livestock sales barn to teach the locals a lesson...
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Jimmy Crack Corn by Joel Windsor
Jimmy, an African American teenager, tries to find a way to love his mother without letting his anger for her get in the way--2006. (Won 2007 Hurston/Wright Award for College Writers)..
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Johhny O by Matthew Benoit
A humorous story about an old college professor amidst the rigorous, staunchy, serious, world of mechanical engineering...
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Jolly (4) by Gene Williamson
Fourth Installment in the Captain Jack Series...
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Jumping To Conclusions by Philip Neale
'Never assume the worst.' Doug Atherton had lived his life by that Mantra, but now that the worst had actually happened, his entire career lay in tatters. There seemed to be only one way out...
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Just A Minute by Marcia Miller-Twiford
How long is a minute? Long enough. ~*~..
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Read excerpt from Just Another Morning Just Another Morning by Charlie B
I wrote this when I was 15, and it's not bad!..
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JUST TAKING A HIKE by Bill reyland
A VERY SHORT STORY..
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Justice on Track collage by Paul JJ Payack by Paul Payack
Justice on Track..
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Kanashibari by Colin O'Sullivan
Weird goings-on in a hospital provoke the solitary janitor into action, which he just might regret...
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Keeping Score by Jay Squires
Competition means nothing unless a score is kept -- even when the competitors are 100-plus years-old! On this field the battle can be brutal. Ask 114 year-old Graham Murdoch, listed as the oldest person in the U.S. (but only 3rd on the world-scale)! Or, ask his ruthless opponent, in the other corner..
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