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 genres46–54 of 90 stories

An X-ray shows a tiny curled human silhouette within a thigh bone as two people watch.

Horror4 min read

The Marrow Guest

Corin expects an X-ray and a knee support. The figure inside his thigh bone is awake.

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A padded envelope, papers and a photograph lie beside a newsroom telephone.

Thriller4 min read

Before the Evening Edition

The evidence could free the man who made a reporter's career. The evening edition has its own deadline.

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A singer cleans a living resonator while her alien musical partner steadies its pressure sacs.

Sci-Fi4 min read

The Borrowed Throat

Matte's voice fills theatres with harmonics no human can make. The musician behind the partition is listed as equipment.

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An attendant holds the edge of a white sheet beside a viewing-room screen and a bag containing a clean shirt.

Horror4 min read

Please Leave the Face Uncovered

Before the viewing, Petr's face takes on Owen's expression. His sister asks him to leave it uncovered.

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An empty knife-shaped recess in a felt tool roll lies between two unfinished wooden birds.

Thriller4 min read

The Smaller Knife

Two students recognize each other at a woodcarving class. The smallest knife is missing from its place.

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A clear sphere containing a metal fragment stands in an orbital market as a worker reaches with a mesh basket.

Sci-Fi4 min read

Everything That Falls Upward

At the habitat's low-gravity market, Umi asks everyone to tether their belongings. One valuable object gets loose.

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A folded prison blanket lies beside a narrow ventilation gap in a stone cell.

Horror4 min read

A Wide Enough Crack

The ventilation gap is wide enough for an arm. The man in the next cell knows a way to make the rest of a body fit.

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A tailor examines a torn key loop in a coat lining while a customer waits.

Thriller4 min read

The Last Coat

Rima remembers altering the coat. The man who brings it back has changed his story about where it came from.

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Researchers wearing sensory collars observe pale formations through an undersea station window.

Sci-Fi4 min read

The Argument at the Bottom of the Sea

Six researchers share the wonder of an alien sea. One of them disconnects before the vote to stay.

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Transmissions

The Marrow Guest

Before the Evening Edition

The Borrowed Throat

Please Leave the Face Uncovered

The Smaller Knife

Everything That Falls Upward

A Wide Enough Crack

The Last Coat

The Argument at the Bottom of the Sea

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