It always amazes me how small a lost human is

Unhearable Music: A Sci-Fi Tale

Imagine a future with surgically inserted earbuds and whale concerts. This is a work of fiction — but the technology behind it isn’t too far off {read}

I was cursed when expecting you

delicate circuitry degrades and hermetically sealed joints conspire to clog with dust.

She is a small god

As I stared into the Abyss, I became aware the Abyss was staring back at me

Sticks

Sticksby George Saunders   Every year Thanksgiving night we flocked out behind Dad as he dragged the Santa suit to the road and draped it over a kind of crucifix he'd…

7 Flash Fiction Stories That Are Worth (a Tiny Amount of) Your Time

Flash fiction is many things: hilariously difficult to categorize; confusingly known as “microfiction,” “short shorts,” “minisagas,” “dribble,” and “drabble”; and sometimes, even dangerous. But great might not be the first…

Listen: Climate fiction to imagine a better world

Immerse yourself in these short audio cli-fi stories, from our Imagine 2200 initiative, and find hope in unexpected places.

Men Seeking Men by Will Howard — Passages North

Associate editor Julia Kooi Talen on today’s bonus story: Each line in Howard’s piece is a strange factoid, a tiny fiction, a swipe left or right with an impeccable attention…