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A Story A Week

Publishing Entertaining Short Stories Once a Week

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KARMA FOR BEING KIND

Kevin Thompson was the kind of guy who apologized to doors when he walked through them too quickly.


Wings Over the Horizon

Sophia Langford stood alone in the sun-drenched wooden hangar on the edge of a quiet coastal airfield north of San Diego.


The Crystal Core

In the busy garage of Ridgeport Auto Repair, on the edge of Chicago, twenty-four-year-old Jax Harlan wiped grease from his hands.


The Mercy Exam-Part II

00:21 The numbers glowed overhead in cold white light.


The Mercy Exam-Part I

The first thing the government taught children in Lagos was that thirst was a privilege.


Private Data—Public Ghosts

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The Soft Landing Society

Katrin Lepp had always believed poverty had a sound.


The Sisters of Savai‘i and the Sea

The village of Safune sat where the sea struck black volcanic rock hard enough to sound like drums at night.