Literary Fiction
Found 401 works tagged 'Literary Fiction'.
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Kátia Bandeira de Mello-Gerlach
Swimming with Sharks
Published Aug 1, 2020 · 865 words (4 minutes) · 1 like · 71 views
Classic Literary Fiction #time #marcelschwob #sharks #train #rides #bluefingers #beasts #metaphysics
A train ride into time
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Morbier
Published Jul 26, 2020 · 4,619 words (17 minutes) · 9 likes · 543 views
Literary Fiction Science Fiction time travel food lgbt
Mara has no past, no social security number, and no birth certificate. The doctors call it trauma. Mara calls it time travel.
Author RS Benedict’s work has appeared in F&SF, The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, and Broad Knowledge: 35 Women Up To No Good. She holds an MA in linguistics, and taught ESL in China for several years before returning to New York.
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Lawrence in the Last Days of Knowing
Published Jul 22, 2020 · 5,213 words (19 minutes) · 1 like · 163 views
This is a story about the most famous author in the western literary world, and how she does not exist.
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Kátia Bandeira de Mello-Gerlach
Lost for Ten, Lost for One Thousand
Published Jul 11, 2020 · 2,428 words (9 minutes) · 113 views
Humor Literary Fiction #surrealism #rhino #animal #latinamericanfiction #brazilianwriter #portuguese #belem #portugal #lisbon #gargoyle
The mysterious case of a man and the horn of a rhino lost in Lisbon.
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The Drought, 1983
Published Jul 10, 2020 · 4,975 words (19 minutes) · 74 views
My father was one of those men who has signs made to advertise their opinions about God and the government. His were big and blinding-white, carefully hand lettered in red and royal blue. I was there when he and the delivery boy hung them on the gates and stood admiring. I hadn’t thought of him as an old man before that day. He had always seemed in the prime of life, with his lean frame and long black hair. Next to the delivery boy he looked crooked, bent and gray.
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Deep Water
Published Jul 10, 2020 · 2,481 words (10 minutes) · 5 likes · 362 views
Fantasy Literary Fiction weird fiction children ocean magic realist
A scar on her ankle. Something strange about his eyes. Nothing’s been quite the same since that childhood afternoon at the lake, when something emerged from the water. If only they could remember what it was.
Rebecca Campbell writes weird fiction, often about the islands and woods on the west coast of Canada. Her work has appeared in F&SF, Clarkesworld, and Shimmer, among others, and been shortlisted for the Sunburst Award.
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Tree Ring Anthology
Published Jul 10, 2020 · 2,067 words (8 minutes) · 166 views
Fantasy Horror Literary Fiction Trees
The rings of a tree tell a story. For some trees, that means a litany of horrors that have twisted its long life and haunt its space still, even after the tree is harvested. This story was written for the D. F. Lewis-edited Horror Anthology of Horror Anthologies as a twist on the theme to expand the image of what an anthology is and might be.
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Lowest Common Denominator
Published Jul 9, 2020 · 3,141 words (12 minutes) · 161 views
Classic Humor Literary Fiction Satire Science Fiction
This one is an original! You'll see why in a moment. To say that it's in poor taste is to praise it above its station.
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The Ravelled Sleeve of Care
Published Jul 6, 2020 · 984 words (4 minutes) · 133 views
Classic Humor Literary Fiction Science Fiction
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Don't Look Down
Published Jul 6, 2020 · 601 words (3 minutes) · 153 views
Classic Horror Humor Literary Fiction Science Fiction
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