Short Stories Archives - Literary Heist

Shade Tree Diplomacy

March 20, 2025March 18, 2025Mitchell Toews 2

Life is conflict. While we think we know how we’d act as we watch someone else in a dispute, when it’s us we may not be quite so sure.

The Benefit of a Bad Beginning

March 20, 2025March 18, 2025Kim Farleigh 1

A bad start in life gives the good things that finally come a rare preciousness.

Our Matchmaker was an Autonomous Car

March 20, 2025March 19, 2025Jonathan Ferrini 0

Unlikely lovers confront technology leading to unexpected consequences within the “City by the Bay.”

Fortuna on Holiday

March 20, 2025March 18, 2025Joe Greco 0

Lana fears the odds are against pulling off one more criminal caper. The brash Tito seductively convinces her that she’s being superstitious.

George Turns Back

December 20, 2024March 20, 2025Mike Scofield 0

George cannot remove his costume after a party. His actions cancel the future.

Too Soon

December 20, 2024March 20, 2025David Larsen 0

A young woman in a small town, has experienced the loss of her boyfriend and is uncertain as to what she has left to live for.

Small Big Picture

December 20, 2024March 20, 2025Kim Farleigh 0

Head of a refugee camp can’t understand a woman who refuses to share a tent with a man who looks like the man who shot her husband.

Raging Rails and Campfire Tales

December 20, 2024March 20, 2025Jonathan Ferrini 0

Mysterious artifacts are found inside a Mojave desert construction site leading to unexpected reunions for a contractor and his wife.

An Inconvenient Truth

September 20, 2024December 20, 2024Mary Walsh Foley 0

A mother’s reaction to her daughter’s unplanned pregnancy.

ar·chi·tec·ture

September 20, 2024December 20, 2024Jonathan Ferrini 0

A timely twisted tale where the past becomes the future for an architect, a devil, and Shakespeare riding beams of light.

Wretch

September 20, 2024December 20, 2024Tanitoluwa Adefisan 0

A story of a son looking for redemption after committing a grievous mistake years ago.

Jack in the Box

September 20, 2024December 20, 2024Frank J. Albert 0

Do we ever really know our parents, or do we only think we do? Can an adult have a “coming of age” experience?

April’s Foul Day

June 20, 2024September 20, 2024Dimitris Passas 0

This is a short story on grief and loss.

Oh Lucky One

June 20, 2024September 20, 2024Hart Vetter 0

Welcome to the aftermath – Our hero from last June’s ‘Minor Marvel’ in Literary Heist is back.

The Carny Contessa

June 20, 2024September 20, 2024Jonathan Ferrini 0

A successful Hollywood writer, meets an unconventional protagonist and writes a new “chapter” for his career.

Oh Bobby, Why Didn’t You Look?

June 20, 2024September 20, 2024Ed Walsh 0

The accidental death of a child and the impact upon his family and his father’s lover.

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Shade Tree Diplomacy

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Too Soon

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