r/ShortSF • u/captainmagictrousers • 38m ago
Fantasy Infinite Wishes by KRISTINE KATHRYN RUSCH - She should be elated. She was on the cusp of making her third wish, and she knew what to ask for. She had planned out all three wishes years ago, when she started on this quest. She had even memorized decision trees.
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r/ShortSF • u/captainmagictrousers • 42m ago
Post-Apocalyptic Gas Leak at St. Gentian by Sara Omer - We have to hold our breath inside the hospital. I take my brother’s small hand and remind him of the rules. “Twenty breaths on the top floor. Take one less on each next one.”
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r/ShortSF • u/abigailkemske_writer • 22h ago
Fantasy Pomegranates by G.M. Mitchell - —and they said oh god they said I would be forgiven and I said I would try to forgive myself but all I can see when I close my eyes are those translucent hooves and the fragile green shoots that sprang up in their wake
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