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 genres64–72 of 90 stories

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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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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A communications technician listens at a ship terminal while a child sits beside a tray of seedlings.

Sci-Fi4 min read

The Sound of Home Arriving

Rafi receives his mother's voice in monthly fragments. The rest of the message is already aboard.

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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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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 weather keeper stands beside a glass pressure lens holding a small storm in a dry museum gallery.

Sci-Fi4 min read

The Museum of Weather

Moss has kept the same afternoon's storm alive for forty-four years. The museum has found a buyer.

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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 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 woman in a powered support frame faces the long ceremonial floor of a citizenship office.

Sci-Fi4 min read

The Weight of a Citizen

Citizenship is eight steps away. Suri has been told to leave her support frame behind.

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Transmissions

The Applause Will Find You

Thirty Seats to the Water

The Sound of Home Arriving

The Sea Inside the Wardrobe

The Dog That Never Lied

The Museum of Weather

The Feast of White Ribbons

The Price of the Blue

The Weight of a Citizen

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