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Short Story Tournament

Round 2

The Husband Stitch

The Redoubtables

Voting ended onJul 16, 2024

THE HUSBAND STITCH by Carmen Maria Machado (2014) (link) - tw: body horror, medical and sexual abuse

I don’t know what deviant pleasure she asked for, though I desperately wish I did. What magical thing could you want so badly that they take you away from the known world for wanting it?

THE REDOUBTABLES by Premee Mohamed (2020) (link) - tw: death

Still rising, the edge of the thing reveals itself. No chaotic meteor-strike with lacy edges of ejecta but a smooth dinnerplate of a crater, whitely bereft of life, and in the center a darkness so profound that it seems astronomical rather than nautical, a black hole from which no light can escape, nor the grains of sand or stars.

[shortstorytournament]

Short Story Tournament - S2

Round 1

Talk to Your Children About Two-Tongued Jeremy

Morrigan in the Sunglare

Voting ended onJul 14, 2024

TALK TO YOUR CHILDREN ABOUT TWO-TONGUED JEREMY by Theodore McCombs (2018) (link) - tw: child abuse, manipulation, suicide, homophobia, revenge porn

His name was Two-Tongued Jeremy; he was a monitor lizard with a forked tongue, thick glasses, and a wild, wagging smile meant to convince children that learning could be fun, too. He came highly rated. He updated automatically. There were no red flags. There was no warning.

MORRIGAN IN THE SUNGLARE by Seth Dickinson (2014) (link) - tw: war, death

Like weaponized poetry, except that deep down your poem always says "we have to live. They have to die."