Short Stories

Complete short fiction, readable in a sitting.

A house clearance catalogue, itemised by someone who was paid to describe objects and not to think about them. Short fiction.

By HRITU Editorial DeskAugust 22, 20263 min read

The last wash

It is twenty to midnight in a launderette on a wet Tuesday, and there is one shirt still going round.…

August 22, 2026 Read more

A man wishes to return a bread maker. It is outside the returns window, it is not faulty, and he…

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Behind a loose panel in the meter cupboard of a first-floor flat, three tenants left instructions for whoever came next.…

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A lighthouse keeper has recorded the weather twice a day for thirty years. His granddaughter wants to know why he…

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Every map Halvard drew contained one deliberate lie, to catch copyists. Then a surveyor arrived with a complaint about a…

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