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 / All genres37–45 of 90 stories

Two untouched supper plates face each other beneath a rain-streaked window.

Horror4 min read

The Part He Loved

Venn listens to Adaire when nobody else does. Her approaching operation makes him afraid of losing something.

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A stack of folded towels and a closed folder sit outside a shut bathroom door.

Thriller4 min read

The Names on the Towels

The partners have brought six monogrammed towels. The colleague they dismissed arrives to ask for what they owe.

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An alien field researcher sits on a folding stool beside a human colleague and tidal pools.

Sci-Fi4 min read

The Shore You Grow Into

Aru's promotion will take them away for two years. Their body is preparing for a different kind of life.

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A damp handprint appears beside biscuits and tea on a community-centre table.

Horror4 min read

The Hand That Was Not Missing

At a support group, Nuri feels a table beneath the hand she lost six years ago. Someone else can see the print.

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An open suitcase holds a watch and earrings beside a passport with its cover closed.

Thriller4 min read

The Small Spare Room

Alis finds a passport with the wrong name. The suitcase beside it contains things she never agreed to give away.

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A port inspector collects a trace of soil beside a small vine rooted in clear gel.

Sci-Fi4 min read

The Country Under the Fingernail

Olan's plant has passed every test. The soil under his fingernail is the part that will let it flower.

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A hand covers the viewer's sight of a blurred figure beside a town-square fountain.

Horror4 min read

The Way They Bent

The man by the fountain seems to be showing a trick. Looking away becomes the only thing that matters.

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A folded envelope protrudes beneath the rear seat of a taxi parked beside a concrete pillar.

Thriller4 min read

The Money Under the Seat

Bram needs money to keep his taxi. His passenger leaves an envelope beneath the seat.

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Orbital shade cuts across a sun-struck industrial cooling plant as workers rest below pipes.

Sci-Fi4 min read

The Arithmetic of Noon

Two extra hours of shade make the cooling works safer. Management finds another use for them.

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Transmissions

The Part He Loved

The Names on the Towels

The Shore You Grow Into

The Hand That Was Not Missing

The Small Spare Room

The Country Under the Fingernail

The Way They Bent

The Money Under the Seat

The Arithmetic of Noon

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