Lmst

Five stars:

3 Days, 9 Months, 27 Years by John Scalzi and Malcolm Hillgartner (Narrator) is the first story in the Time Traveler's Passport series. The title describes the time a time traveler has to wait before returning home.

https://pussreboots.com/blog/2025/comments_12/3_days_9_months_27_years.html

#bookstodon
@bookstodon #audioBook #shortStories #SciFi

Ứng dụng Afrestory ra mắt! Ứng dụng đọc truyện ngắn song ngữ, giúp học ngôn ngữ mới qua việc đọc và nghe truyện. Thích hợp cho cả trẻ em và người lớn.

#ứngdụng #họcngônngữ #songngữ #truyệnngắn #app #languagelearning #bilingual #shortstories

https://www.reddit.com/r/SideProject/comments/1pf6zs4/launched_my_first_ios_app_called_afrestory_short/

“By the time the reader reaches the end of THE RUNAGATES CLUB, the range of fears that the stories explore, and the underlying opposition between the security of the society depicted, and the insecurity experienced by the characters when things go awry, have grown to encompass much of human experience”

Kate Macdonald exposes the lurking anxieties that drives Buchan’s tales of derring-do

5/8

https://www.thebottleimp.org.uk/2025/12/the-runagates-club/

#Scottish #literature #19thcentury #20thcentury #JohnBuchan #shortstories

Birthday #writespiration #flashfiction

Sacha Black challenges us to write something with ‘The Big Birthday’ theme using just 52 words (no more, no less).

Birthday – by Hugh W. Roberts

“Happy 100th Birthday, George. There’s no point hiding. I know you’re in here. Two cards for you. One’s from the Queen; not that she or anyone else knows who you are.”

Closing the door to the cellar, Muriel wondered how long it took for the smell of a decomposing body to disappear.

#fiction #flashFiction #shortStories #shortStory

Choke -#writespiration #flashfiction

Sacha Black challenges us to write something using the word ‘choke’ using just 52 words (no more, no less).

Choke – by Hugh W. Roberts

Olive Mackeson had died choking on a cheese and sweet pickle sandwich, shortly after pulling out the choke on the dashboard of her car, as her foot slipped off the clutch, forcing the car into the path of an oncoming truck.
Registration number of the car – K, one, one, L, M, E

https://youtu.be/y9dwVZ6XG4w

#cars #fiction #flashFiction #shortStories #shortStory #writingChallenge

Is it art or is it a story? Why not both at the same time, asks Ephameron.

Catch it at https://www.fictionable.world/podcasts/ephameron-cloud-update-graphic-short-story or from #ApplePodcasts #Spotify #Acast and more…

#books #reading #writing #fiction #comics #ShortStories #translation #blog #podcast #bookstodon

A portrait of the artist Ephameron, with a quote from her podcast interview: 'I don't see the benefit for my practice to just emulate a photograph'

Sheep

Everyone else had gone. The remaining four looked out the window and watched as it crossed the road.

“Stay very quiet,” whispered Roland. “It won’t find us here, provided we remain quiet.”

Maureen started to shake.

They watched silently as the sheep walked to the front of the house.

“Move to the back of the house. We’ll make our escape from there,” ordered Roland.

Upon opening the back door, the last four human survivors knew this was their final day. In the field now in front of them stood one hundred man-eating sheep.

The tide had turned.

***

Photo Credit: Sue Vincent – The Daily Echo

This was written in response to the “Why Did The Sheep Cross The Road?’ writing prompt set by Sue Vincent at Daily Echo.

#fiction #flashFiction #horror #sheep #shortStories #shortStory

The Sheep. A Short Story by Hugh Roberts

The reality TV game show host and former three-term president was grumpy. And not just because the makeup artist used the wrong orange skin tone on him. 🎨

#writers #writing #shortstories

Link to story on Tall And True: https://www.tallandtrue.com.au/fiction/short-stories/youre-fired

Get DRM-free digital copies of LSQ 064 directly from us—support women authors in independent SFF!

https://lunastationpress.gumroad.com/l/lsq-064

#IndiePublishing #ShortStories #WomenWriters #SpeculativeFiction #Fantasy #SciFi #Books #Reading #Writing #Magazines

Looking forward to writing a story for December Furious Fiction on the weekend. This was my story for November. Don't know how I came up with the idea for a reality TV game show? 🤷‍♂️

#writing #fiction #furiousfiction #shortstories

Link to story on Tall And True: https://www.tallandtrue.com.au/fiction/short-stories/youre-fired

I'm working on a new art project all featuring short stories about my life and also some random thoughts. Here's a new #drawings and this is one about the time a #tuktuk driver was a little too confident about the chances of giving me a lift.

#art #sketch #diplomatswife #illustrations #shortstories #travel #procreate

We don't often hear love stories at Story Hour, and we were touched and delighted to hear a witty one from James R. Gapinski and a poignant one from Jenna Hanchey. There may not be an HEA in each, but each is a beautiful journey. You can still watch! And you deserve a little beauty. #FantasyFiction #ScienceFiction #SFF #JamesRGapinski #JennaHanchey #Bookstodon #StoryHour2020 #ShortStories #ShortFiction #AuthorReading https://youtu.be/x-smgKI_heE

The Novel and Other Incidents – Charlotte Harker #Preview #Shortstories https://tslbooks.uk/the-novel-and-other-incidents-charlotte-harker-preview-shortstories

I am very humbled & proud to announce that once again, I have been short-listed for The Pearl Prize.

It means a lot to be included alongside other LGBTQIA writers and explore elements of Queer experience. I especially enjoyed writing for this year's theme, 'Turning the names inside out', and I can't wait to share more.

https://www.midsumma.org.au/whats-on/events/the-pearl-prize-awards-gala/

#trans #lgbtqia #midsummafestival #thepearlprize #writing #shortstories #lgbtqiawriters #lgbtqiastories #queerstories #queerwriting #queerwriters #queerfiction

I'm working on a new art project all featuring short stories about my life and also some random thoughts. I'm working on the first few #drawings and this one is about the time I got offered a ride on a flaming #tuktuk.

#art #sketch #diplomatswife #illustrations #shortstories #travel #procreate

https://youtu.be/jlgic1nJkWU?si=-UjxkIaffpdPPwgJ