Category: Short stories
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There stands Frankl, beaming like a fourth grader who has conquered three-syllable words. The same look Harold Pinshetter gave her when he beat Debbie for the fourth grade spelling contest. From her gut: explosion…
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When reality becomes unreliable in small, maddening ways – tools appear wrong, work orders shift, and everyone blames everyone else for shared confusion. A phenomenological exploration of consciousness under pressure in a small-town garage where nothing makes sense anymore.
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A microfiction exploring what happens when we’re edited out of reality in real time – and the social cost of naming that truth aloud. Sometimes the most honest observation becomes “paranoia” when it threatens our collective agreement to pretend we don’t see what we clearly see.
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A fragmented story about misremembered songs and false concert memories. What happens when you discover your past is more invented than you realized?
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The pen dies on “Compliance.” Klunkk shakes it—the universal gesture of mechanical hope—then pulls a backup from his pocket. This pen works immediately, completes the citation with smooth efficiency. Himrich wonders if the first pen chose that moment to fail, if “Compliance” was too much for its small plastic soul to bear.
