Microfiction Archive
Discover bite-sized stories where each line counts and every ending lingers longer than it should.
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Doug and Charlie: Charlie’s Trade | One-Hundred-Word Story
It’s an interesting dynamic between zoologist and squirrel monkey. Doug’s tree house in the mid-level canopy of the Amazon is a research station to study…
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Fully Charged | Fifty-Word Story
Doug awoke one morning expecting to top off all his digital devices. Much to his surprise, he discovered they were each charged to one-hundred percent.…
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The White Horse Daydream | One-Hundred-Word Story
Wishful fiction meets stark reality.
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Facing the Light | Fifty-Word Story
She sits there most days, in a festive summer dress, wearing a wide-brimmed hat. Some find it odd to see a solitary lady staring at…
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Two Halves | One-Hundred-Word Story
The neighbors looked forward to seeing Diego every morning, walking his Great Pyrenees. Four blocks down and four back, like clockwork. When the retired Army…
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The Book Lady | Two-Hundred-Word Story
When my teenage son needed a copy of Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea, someone suggested I check with a shop that was stuffed…
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