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2026 Spring Short Stories

Spring Inspirational Short Stories

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

Spring Inspirational Short Stories

9 Titles
A Watershed Protocol

A Watershed Protocol

by Leaf Richards

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

Literary Fiction Read →
Analog Hearts in a Digital Deadzone

When a solar flare kills the grid, two strangers find reality more addictive than a high-cost dating algorithm.

Romance Read →
Assault on Broadcast Property

The drone’s lens shattered like cheap ice. Art laughed, wiping mud and synthetic cherry blossoms from her cheek.

Speculative Fiction Read →
Between My Teeth

Between My Teeth

by Eva Suluk

Larry steps outside for the first time in weeks, finding the world loud, bright, and dangerously real again.

Motivational Read →
Bruised Apple Gospel

Bruised Apple Gospel

by Tony Eetak

A cynical influencer attempts a spiritual rebrand in a blooming orchard, but a labor strike disrupts her aesthetic.

Romance Read →
Candle Ice

Candle Ice

by Leaf Richards

The lake looked like dirty glass, full of rotting ice and the heavy silence of a dead town.

Coming-of-Age Read →
Fireweed on Black Ground

Fireweed on Black Ground

by Leaf Richards

Max stands in the ruins of his childhood, finding small signs of life amidst the cold, grey ash.

Coming-of-Age Read →
Ghosted by the Future

Ghosted by the Future

by Tony Eetak

Liv stood in the dying light of the council room, waiting for a rejection she already felt in her bones.

Motivational Read →
Grinding Into the Void

Grinding Into the Void

by Jamie F. Bell

They told me the house was condemned. I told them poverty was just a weak mindset.

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