A large collection of short stories, varied in theme and tone - below a few of the more recent are highlighted. A full list can be found at the bottom of this page, as well as in the dropdown menu.
He came softly into the room, so softly that at first I did not even notice him....
'What is she looking for, naked before the mirror, her finger at the base of her throat, her other hand spread like the leaves of a clinging plant upon one egg-white breast?
Inspired by Japanese story-telling, short shorts are are short stories that are as short as possible.
The Princess was in love, and that with no ordinary mortal but with one of the ice-graven gods in her father's garden.
'No harem is complete without la Fornarina. I suppose it is the flour that keeps their skin so very white. You are wondering how I kept them all happy. Ah, but that would be telling...'
'The beautiful and the horrible are not only hopelessly entwined - they are one...'
'God has given me, a sinful woman, this little son like a golden bird with his bright eyes, soft mouth, his laughter every morning. God has taken away...'
'He was tweaking the huge purplish bloom into place now. It struck her as somehow obscene...'
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