Spring Literary Fiction Short Stories

Two rivals face the silence of a tech outage while clearing a creekbed as the spring thaw begins.

Ben's thigh twitched with a phantom vibration. The phone was gone, but the ghost was still there.

We hit the mud together, tearing our hands on the rocks while the sky shattered above us.

Edgar watches the permafrost fail while the town celebrates a fake spring, ignoring the gas venting beneath their feet.

Miller finds a scrap of flannel caught on a jack pine while Elissa explains why wild things stay wild.

A retired judge and his activist daughter find shelter in a florist shop as the city erupts outside.

Martin watches the Earth through a telescope while debris from the Satellite Wars creates a permanent, artificial aurora overhead.

Danielle trades a motel room for a midnight confession, realizing her marriage isn't dead, just buried under silence.

The cops called it a mistake. But random crossfire didn't arrange itself into words you couldn't read.

Ben and Sam lie on damp grass, staring at a sky that doesn't care about their college debt.

Ed watches his legacy crumble as trade wars turn the promise of spring into a cold, fiscal winter.

Len stares at a mortgage renewal notice while Winnipeg rain blurs the windows and the kitchen light flickers.