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 / Thriller1–9 of 10 stories

A recorder and blue-bordered papers between two women at an interview table, with a minibus beyond the blinds.

Thriller4 min read

The Interpreter's Chair

The interview is supposed to establish consent. The translation has already been written.

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Orange wristbands and a clipboard on a bus dashboard, with people waiting beneath a school canopy in heavy rain.

Thriller4 min read

Thirty Seats to the Water

Thirty wristbands. Thirty-six people. Alma's bus has forty-two seats.

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An elderly search dog sits beside an open first-aid box containing a scarf in an evidence bag.

Thriller4 min read

The Dog That Never Lied

An old search dog finds a familiar scent in his dead handler's garage. The case was closed fourteen years ago.

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A conservator examines fresh blue paint on the back of a canvas beside a closed studio door.

Thriller4 min read

The Price of the Blue

A dead painter's signature is still wet. Luz follows the blue paint into the service corridor.

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A worker's hand grips a dented ballot-box handle beside a sealed envelope in a voting room.

Thriller4 min read

For Your Trouble

Everyone trusts Bess to count the ballots. The envelope on her desk contains a month's wages.

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A key, a red shopping bag and donation envelopes lie beneath the lone lamp of a dark office.

Thriller4 min read

The Third Key

Tessa still has the key to the release fund's office. Her daughter is being transferred in the morning.

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Two separate documents face a care worker across an office desk, with a care-home corridor beyond.

Thriller4 min read

A Good Reference

Gwen has prepared Frances's witness statement and her job reference. She wants both read before noon.

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A green industrial door with wired glass beside a camera tripod in a dim factory annex.

Thriller5 min read

Until Someone Says Cut

For her first paid acting job in months, Jo only has to keep a door closed.

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An anniversary table set for two, with wine and brandy glasses in a dim private dining room.

Thriller4 min read

Between the Two of Them

Twenty-eight years married. A private dinner. A waitress caught between them.

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Transmissions

The Interpreter's Chair

Thirty Seats to the Water

The Dog That Never Lied

The Price of the Blue

For Your Trouble

The Third Key

A Good Reference

Until Someone Says Cut

Between the Two of Them

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