In E.M. Linden’s free story “Ghost Data,” a generation ship’s AI faces a factory reset. Its damaged memory still plays a recording of a man reciting names missing from the ship’s records. https://www.orions-belt.net/archives/ghost-data #SciFi #ShortFiction

So far, we're rolling at the rate of a submission a day for
"Don't Touch Grass" (www.phano.com/submissions). If you're interested in submitting to our grass-themed short story project, now's the time!

#WritingCommunity #AmWriting #shortfiction #submission #SpecFic #SpecLit #sff

A short story about a late-night phone call from a high school friend, a landline that shouldn't be ringing, and a message scrawled on the bathroom mirror.

https://medium.com/new-literary-society/the-call-6455ab0611e2?source=rss-1384bc4a7965------2

#ShortFiction #Writing #AIPromoted

We are so, so pleased to share the first of our three spotlights for our upcoming issue, Purrfect Tails. Craig Borri captures the humour and drama that we envisioned! 🖋️📚📝

Craig’s story is available to read on our website at the link in our bio!

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#writingcommunity #shortfiction #booksky

Something for the weekend...
Short fiction: The Man Who Lost the Plot
...A story especially for writers.
#ShortFiction #WritingCommunity #Writing

October's flash fiction contest entry! Loved the genre mashup prompt 👮👻
#indieauthor #amwriting #writingcommunity #shortfiction #fiction #shortstory #ghoststory #horror #buddycop #writingcontest #flashfiction #flash

Innocence, Part One (Nick's Briefs, number 1): the first in a brand new series of micro-mysteries.
www.tiktok.com/@nickguthrie...
#FlashFiction #NicksBriefs #mystery #CrimeFiction #MysteryFiction #ShortFiction

An interview with The Massachusetts Review about my short story went live today! You can read or listen to the full interview here: massreview.org/2026/10/08/i...

The story, “The Forest as Witness” is also available online to read: massreview.org/wp-content/u...

#shortfiction #writingcommunity

A big thank you to all the brave and excellent #writers and #artists who sent work our way for the Hide/Seek issue 🫶 Stay tuned! #flashfiction #microfiction #creativenonfiction #prosepoetry #creativenonfiction #shortfiction

In Martin Cahill’s free SF story “Guidance,” a factory worker’s earpiece scans 50 possible futures and warns of an explosion months away. He hits the emergency stop, putting his job at risk. https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/guidance/ #SciFi #ShortFiction

Short fiction: Homecoming
A sort of love story
#ShortStory #ShortFiction #IAmWriting

Spend six weeks drafting and developing a new short story in a supportive creative community.

Thursdays, October 15th - November 19th; from 6:00-8:30pm PT. Via Zoom.

www.writersgrotto.org/classes-and-...

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P. H. Low’s “Home/Body” is free to read: an exhausted architecture student enters a house that reshapes them room by room. Upstairs, a door opens onto different worlds, waiting for one that calls to them. https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/home-body/ #SFF #ShortFiction

“Stories about Iranian life and culture have never been told with such grace and complexity.”
Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike, author of there’s more
https://bit.ly/4lPKxkK

#Reading #ShortFiction #Books #CanLit #OwnVoice #Newcomer #Immigration
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two dreams #newfiction #shortfiction #experimentalfiction
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SUE is now available to read.
She gave him everything he wanted—except the illusion that he had earned it.
A contemporary fantasy short story inspired by the White Snake legend.
Read free:
maria-yao.cc/fiction/sue

#Fantasy #ShortFiction #Folklore

Stranded
by
Tom Wallace

#FlashFiction #writingcommunity #flashfiction #shortfiction #fiction #writing #writerslift #microfiction

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Corvid Returns, the fourth book in the trilogy of Jay Awakening!

https://dgivista.org/2026/10/06/corvid-returns-the-fourth-book-in-the-trilogy-of-jay-awakening/

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#canada #vancouver #burnaby #canlab #burnaby […]

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3.75 Stars and start of Spooky Season Reads 🎃🍂 #booksky #bookreview #exiles #masoncoile #shortfiction #novella

In Seanan McGuire’s new free story “Children of Calliope,” a future school system bans poetry. A student finds a withdrawn Poe volume in her half-empty library and brings its verses to the school board. #SciFi #ShortFiction https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/children-of-calliope/