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    • “She falls, a pink-and-blonde whirligig, screaming as she hits the snow.”

      Flash Fiction
      MODO VIVO

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      “I see the things that you don’t love anymore. And the things that you’re trying to hide.”

      Flash Fiction

      WINTER COLLECTION

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      “We had a falling feeling until our boots finally touched ice. Our tracks were deep."

      Flash Fiction
      MY BETTER NATURE

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    • For your wintertime reading pleasure, three stories of cold crimes.

      Read suspenseful short fiction set in snowy locales. In Modo Vivo, a charming con man tries his luck in the winter resort of Cortina. In Winter Collection ,a garbage collector shares intimate insights about homes on his route, including one with a bad marriage. And, in My Better Nature, a lycanthrope struggles to reconcile his two selves.


      Explore more good reads in our libraries of stories fantastic and domestic or listen along at The Story Coterie podcast.

    • Stories Fantastic

      Discover modern fables of beauties, beasties and unearthly wonders.

    • Stories Domestic

      Discover fresh short fiction about everyday heartbreak and other crimes.

    • The Story Coterie Podcast

      A new audio home for modern fables and fresh flash fiction is here. Learn more at anchor.fm/storycote and listen in now on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Breaker, Overcast, PocketCasts or RadioPublic.

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    • About Us

      a columbary of lovely and amazing tales

      What is StoryCote?

      At StoryCote, half of our tales are fantastic. These fables span the adventures of selkies, saints, lycanthropes and even superheroes. The other fables are domestic, spanning the adventures of mere humans, but still from a fabulist’s perspective. All are told in the lyric, lovely and aching way only we know how to tell them.

       

      Discover restless characters, from fairies to farm wives to socialites, all searching for better lives. Unlock the secret to each escape: in the back room of a near-future perfumery, by an imposter at a posh country club, on a cruise ship boarded by hungry pirates, and in many more heart-breaking tales. From the domestic to the fantastic, each tender fable is complete in 2,500 words or less.

        

      StoryCote was founded by writer Candace Leigh Coulombe to share the incredible value of flash fiction and fables in an ever-hectic daily life. Join us for fresh fiction each week through the StoryCote website, podcast and social media. Enjoy the satisfaction of a complete story experience during a quick coffee break. Sneak a secret story during your workday.

       

      Thank you so much for reading.

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