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Literally Stories is all about short stories. Literally. It was created by writers for writers and exists to showcase the best and brightest fiction on the web.

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You’re the busy writerly type. We understand. You just want to know the basics so you can get on with writing more stories. So here’s the important stuff you need to know. We accept qua…

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Cinema by Evelyn Voelter literallystories2014.com/202…

Cinema by Evelyn Voelter

I’m in our living room and the sun is hitting the couch in your spot just how you liked it. I always wanted to close the curtains so it wouldn’t fade the fabric, but today I leave them open, like y…

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A Sign of the Times by Hugh Cron literallystories2014.com/202…

A Sign of the Times by Hugh Cron

She walked her dog, the same places, the same time at night and also first thing in the morning. Those who knew her spoke, but the youngsters all had their heads down reading whatever pish was on t…

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The Year of 13 by Lisa Shimotakahara literallystories2014.com/202…

The Year of 13 by Lisa Shimotakahara

When I was twelve I was cute. When I was thirteen I was ugly. Acne whacked me. The cute me. The twelve me. It happened overnight. It happened so fast that inside I was still twelve. Still…

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Auld Author – Fahrenheit 451 brought to us by Thurman Hart. literallystories2014.com/202…

Auld Author – Fahrenheit 451 brought to us by Thurman Hart.

Though this is not a particularly Auld or unknown piece it is obvious that Thurman Hart feels passionate about this and it has had a profound effect and that surely qualifies for a place in this oc…

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Week 428: Spring Cleaning; the Week That Is; Ten Names For the Inhabitants in the Box Behind the Stairs literallystories2014.com/202…

Week 428: Spring Cleaning; the Week That Is; Ten Names For the Inhabitants in the Box Behind...

In Just Spring The American Pacific Northwest is similar in climate to the UK. Both are just about as north as the other and both are close to an ocean. My home in the Puget Sound region is typical…

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The Chicken by James Hannan literallystories2014.com/202…

The Chicken by James Hannan

‘What’s he doing out there?’ Jill says, as the tall figure of their father passes by the window. ‘Who cares?’ ‘No, seriously Brendan, can you come have a look? He’s being weird again.’ ‘He’s always…

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Suburban by Teresa Berkowitz literallystories2014.com/202…

Suburban by Teresa Berkowitz

Our houses had always been haunted. We were always running from one old New England house to another. Finally, my parents found a ranch house in a small subdivision. It was painted a soft buttercup…

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Miss by Keith LaFountaine literallystories2014.com/202…

Miss by Keith LaFountaine

And so she stands under the lamp post with her camera strapped around her neck and a candy cigarette tucked between her lips. That’s just for kids, isn’t it? But this woman certainly isn’t a kid. S…

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Fifteenth Year by Jessica Cull literallystories2014.com/202…

Fifteenth Year by Jessica Cull

I had been bleeding one year. Was told that made me a woman, but didn’t feel like one. Felt still small, my baby hair still soft. Light wisps on ice cream skin. Like the fluff of a wolf pup before …

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On Alternate Realities and Blocked Noses By Daniel Ashmore literallystories2014.com/202…

On Alternate Realities and Blocked Noses By Daniel Ashmore

There is a truth about loneliness that is known fervently to all those suffering from it, and yet is forgotten the very moment we find ourselves free from its oppressive yoke. That is to say that b…

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Sunday Whatever: I Kissed Her Goodbye by Jacob Greb literallystories2014.com/202…

Sunday Whatever: I Kissed Her Goodbye by Jacob Greb

Welcome to this week’s Sunday Feature. Today we proudly present a breathless little “kiss” of a work by Jacob Greb. Although it is brief and lies somewhere between a prose poem an…

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How Soul-Globing Works by Dino Alfier literallystories2014.com/202…
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Week 427 – A Sir For Starters, No Bunting On My House And No Matter How Many Times That Dirge Is Changed, It Will Always Be Pure Shite. (A FUCKING HUNDRED MILLION QUID – ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?) literallystories2014.com/202…

Week 427 – A Sir For Starters, No Bunting On My House And No Matter How Many Times That Dirge Is...

There is no way that I’ll be watching the TV today. Nope! My Amazon music list will be playing all day. I have over three hundred songs on it, so that should see me through. There’ll be no newspape…

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Trains, Edith Piaf and Schizophrenia literallystories2014.com/202…

Trains, Edith Piaf and Schizophrenia by Rania Hellal

Trains, Edith Piaf and Schizophrenia  A heavenly tune plays in my ears. Then follows the voice of Edith Piaf. « Non Rien de Rien. Non je ne Regrette Rien. »One can almost hear t…

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Purge by Athena Vasquez literallystories2014.com/202…

Purge by Athena Vasquez

There was a disassociation between my body and my mind. My body begged for sustenance, but my mind refused. And I stood on the outskirts, watching it all play out.

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The Outsider by Tom Sheehan literallystories2014.com/202…

The Outsider by Tom Sheehan

Piling onto the sidewalk after the celebration of Mass, the chatter was all the same. Mildred made the most noise, her face turning redder with each phrase uttered. “Who does Anna think she is! Ref…

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In the Land of the Salamander by Harrison Kim literallystories2014.com/202…

In the Land of the Salamander by Harrison Kim

I’m chopping wood with Norbert. We chop in man bikinis, on Catfish beach.  I consider the meaning of life as my axe head cracks into the wedge that splits the stump.  I’m here as part of …

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The Dog by Paul Goodwin literallystories2014.com/202…

The Dog by Paul Goodwin

My new neighbour is on the doorstep, towering and muscular, jaw thrust forward, bushy grey whiskers like a Victorian.  “Your dog kept me awake last night,” he says.  “Incessant howling. &…

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Week 426 -Protective Sports-Wear For Those Who Need It, Erika The Legend And An Eye-Witness Account. literallystories2014.com/202…

Week 426 -Protective Sports-Wear For Those Who Need It, Erika The Legend And An Eye-Witness Account.

Another week to be rounded up. We are now at number 426. Let’s start with a question. If you submit your work to a site/publisher /whoever, would you rather that they were drunk whilst reading? If …

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Your Garden of Contempt Dominique Margolis literallystories2014.com/202…

Your Garden of Contempt Dominique Margolis

Dear father, I’m sorry you think that I have been such a despicable daughter, but I wish you health and happiness so that you may spend yet another wonderful birthday in your Garden of Contempt for…

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