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2026 Spring Short Stories

Spring Psychological Short Stories

Read a collection of Psychological short stories and flash fiction pieces from the Spring Short Stories project.

Spring Psychological Short Stories

12 Titles
A Cold Debt

A Cold Debt

by Jamie Bell

Mia follows Julian into the freezing city, only to find her reflection has been hijacked by a shadow.

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Artisanal Mud Claws

Artisanal Mud Claws

by Leaf Richards

A disgraced influencer mistakes dog tracks for a forest demon, documenting his own embarrassing collapse in a damp cabin.

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Asphalt Mirror

Asphalt Mirror

by Eva Suluk

A park bench becomes the staging ground for a reality-bending discussion on the physics of moving forward.

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Blanket Code Rituals

Blanket Code Rituals

by Jamie Bell

Willy buys a cursed blanket to escape social burnout, but wakes up speaking in customer service scripts and glitches.

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Bowl of Olives

Bowl of Olives

by Eva Suluk

A celebratory spring toast turns lethal when Silas realizes his business partner has gambled their entire firm away.

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Cold Tub Therapy

Cold Tub Therapy

by Tony Eetak

Ole discovers a hidden server partition that holds the life he forgot while erasing others for a living.

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Compost and Paranoia

Compost and Paranoia

by Leaf Richards

The bees flew straight through the space where Mrs. Hanley's faded floral sleeve was supposed to be.

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Concrete Meltwater

Concrete Meltwater

by Jamie Bell

Ed hit the mud hard, tasting rust and cheap vodka while Sam laughed at the bleeding sky.

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Concrete Toxic

Concrete Toxic

by Jamie Bell

The concrete floor gave way, turning the heavy bass into a deafening roar of rushing, freezing water.

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Customer Service Purgatory

Simon fights an AI chatbot over a voided warranty while Mae hunts for viral footage of her humiliation.

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Dead Water

Dead Water

by Jamie Bell

The drone hovered. A plastic vulture. Gage didn't look at it. He looked at the mud.

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Empty Garden Beds

Empty Garden Beds

by Jamie Bell

Martha stares at the tulips, wishing they were potatoes, while the world gets more expensive and the porch rots.

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