Summer Experimental Short Stories - Page 3

A formal rejection from the Ministry. A ticking clock from Apex Mining. A grandfather's cryptic ledger.

Heat ripples over the asphalt while three friends argue about buried poison and the price of staying home forever.

Randy finds a strange fungus under a rusted overpass that pulses with light whenever he hums old lo-fi beats.

When the sky over Thunder Bay begins projecting the city's collective memories, Melinda hunts for a ghost in the clouds.

Kyle bails water out of his shop while a sentient coil of copper wire mimics his frantic heartbeat.

A water tanker crashes into a summer sinkhole, threatening a northern town's survival as the permafrost turns to mud.

The metal detector whined, a sharp spike of sound cutting through the humid air of the crowded beach.

Chad drank the glowing blue beer. His skin turned the color of wet cigarette ash almost immediately.

The sprinkler ticked against the fence. Hayes watched the water freeze mid-air, realizing the sun was a lie.