Spring Literary Fiction Short Stories - Page 2

Gary stood by the perimeter glass, watching the April snow melt into a toxic, greasy wet black.

Marrow finds a mutated doe near Kenora and faces a corporate fixer trying to hide the mercury leak.

Mike returns to his rusted hometown to find a kid growing impossible plants in a dead steel mill.

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

Spring was a lie made of dirty, freezing water trapped in potholes, turning the world into a sponge.

Tommy watched the fuel light flicker while explaining why the gas station didn't match his current energetic vibration.

We asked for twenty thousand. They gave us fifty, plus an automated butterfly release for maximum wellness.

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

Eve stalks her terrace as the sun dies, her jaw locked against the rising tide of a public scandal.