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2026 Spring Short Stories

Spring Dystopian Short Stories - Page 2

Read a collection of Dystopian short stories and flash fiction pieces from the Spring Short Stories project. (Page 2)

Spring Dystopian Short Stories - Page 2

12 Titles
Nine-Millimeter Star

Nine-Millimeter Star

by Unknown Author

A caretaker finds bullet holes in a Toronto synagogue as spring blooms, triggering a desperate search for safety.

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Plastic Pollen

Plastic Pollen

by Tony Eetak

Carl watches green weeds choke a server rack while Sam jokes about the end of the world coming early.

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Salt and Dead Grass

Salt and Dead Grass

by Tony Eetak

Jae and Marty wait out a Manitoba freeze in a dead car while the internet watches them rot.

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Slush And Aerosol

Slush And Aerosol

by Tony Eetak

Max stared at the flashing red battery warning, realizing they were about to hijack an entire corporate stadium.

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Smashed Carbon Blocks

Smashed Carbon Blocks

by Jamie Bell

The spring thaw did not bring life to the valley. It only uncovered what the snow had killed.

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Smog and Peonies

Smog and Peonies

by Jamie Bell

We broke into the Sector 4 dome for pollen, but the garden gave us something much worse.

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Steel Toast Scavengers

Steel Toast Scavengers

by Leaf Richards

Ben and Kara track a signal through a graveyard of rotting servers where the vines bleed blue coolant.

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The Architecture of a Ghost

The Architecture of a Ghost

by Leaf Richards

Ethan and Nora flee through a city drowning in green code as Protocol-7 begins its final, lethal reboot.

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The Brass Key

The Brass Key

by Leaf Richards

Edmund risks everything to lead Sandy through the dying vents of the bunker toward a spring they cannot keep.

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The Broken Nozzle

The Broken Nozzle

by Jamie Bell

The hose kicked in my hands like a wild snake. Water blasted the dirt into heavy black soup.

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The City and Green Moss

The City and Green Moss

by Tony Eetak

In a dying city, Will discovers a toxic moss that breathes life back into lead-poisoned soil and hope.

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The Dark Net Tunnels

The Dark Net Tunnels

by Tony Eetak

Mike and Peter crash into the city's underbelly, where survival means trading the only memory Mike has left.

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