Short fiction / Liminal ManifoldHigher dimensions repository

Transmissions

Horror, thriller and science fiction.
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Original short stories
Three to five minutes

Newest first / Horror19–27 of 30 stories

A serene woman sits beside her puzzled husband in a small stone mountain shrine.

Horror4 min read

Blessed Beyond Measure

Sabine returns from the mountain shrine filled with joy. Nothing can make that joy leave her.

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An intact boiled egg sits on a quiet breakfast table while an older man reads a leaflet.

Horror4 min read

The Sound of Being Close

After forty years of marriage, Marcel's familiar sounds begin to change. Distance only makes the new ones clearer.

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A bitten apple and dental plate on a tray in a modest clinic, with an older woman reflected in the mirror.

Horror4 min read

The Good Teeth

Vera can finally bite into an apple again. Her grandson is suddenly hungry all the time.

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An ageing television host sits alone on a stage, one hand resting uneasily against his cardigan.

Horror4 min read

The Applause Will Find You

Stanley returns to the theatre for a tribute. Someone has started applauding before the audience arrives.

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Salt water drips from a sleeve inside a reclaimed-wood wardrobe onto the shoes below.

Horror4 min read

The Sea Inside the Wardrobe

The wardrobe was made from wood rescued from the sea. At night, the coats begin to drip.

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A masked festival bearer in a straw coat stands covered in folded white ribbons at dusk.

Horror4 min read

The Feast of White Ribbons

The village ties its regrets to a man in a straw coat. Caro recognizes his shoes.

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A pale moth with a human-like eye between its wings rests beneath a harsh streetlamp.

Horror4 min read

The Mercy of the Moths

The city has replaced every pool of darkness with light. The moths are finding somewhere else to hide.

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A snowbound hut's stove glows beside an open ledger and a climber's damp gloves.

Horror4 min read

The Name We Burned

A mountain hut offers shelter from the storm. Its fire needs something the guests can name.

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A large curved fragment lies in a geologist's sample tray beside a drilling site.

Horror4 min read

Below the Foundations

The drill brings up a fingernail from ninety metres below. The site manager calls it a shell.

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Transmissions

Blessed Beyond Measure

The Sound of Being Close

The Good Teeth

The Applause Will Find You

The Sea Inside the Wardrobe

The Feast of White Ribbons

The Mercy of the Moths

The Name We Burned

Below the Foundations

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