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2026 Summer Short Stories

Summer Fantasy Short Stories

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

Summer Fantasy Short Stories

9 Titles
A Border Bound Shifter

A Border Bound Shifter

by Eva Suluk

I checked the battery on my kinetic stunner. The state wanted the kid dead. I wanted a coffee.

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A Dying Woodland

A Dying Woodland

by Leaf Richards

Edna enters a forest that eats memories, fighting her brother's hallucinations and her own trauma to survive summer.

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Boarded Windows on Portage

The eviction notice slid beneath the door, glowing with a sickly, bruised light that smelled unusual.

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Copper Wire Spells

Copper Wire Spells

by Eva Suluk

Javi stared at the empty battery casing, his jaw tight as the summer heat turned the workshop into an oven.

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Deep in the Alberta Rockies

Deep in the Alberta Rockies

by Leaf Richards

A ranger discovers a natural dead zone where surveillance fails and families hide from the city's digital safety.

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Fungus and Spore Sown Teeth

Kim tracks his lost daughter through a fungal forest where memories are lures and the trees are listening.

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Moose Ice Breach

Moose Ice Breach

by Eva Suluk

A retired widow and her skeptical nephew battle a violent summer ice break-up to save a legendary moose.

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Soap in the Dirt

Soap in the Dirt

by Eva Suluk

The revolution did not start with a bang. It started with the taste of dish soap and stolen compost.

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The Bent Guardrail

The Bent Guardrail

by Eva Suluk

The truck was a coffin of smoking metal, and the border was a shimmering line behind us in the dark.

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