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    • "We dreamed of milkmen, like in old TV shows, and a mother with an apron and a father with a pipe. "

      Flash Fiction
      FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT

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      "She told him about the farm and the hens, about Albert and about the 350 days of chicken suppers each year.”

      Flash Fiction
      FLIGHTLESS BIRDS

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      "I I want to take my heart out with a spoon to stop it from hurting. I want to take my bloody heart and bury it in the Co-op parking lot."

      Flash Fiction
      HEARTS OF PALM

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    • For your reading pleasure this fall, three tales of food and feelings.

      ​In Fruit of the Spirit, three sisters are too good for the liking of their neighbors. In Flightless Birds, a farmer's wife has dreams of a more delicious life. And, in Hearts of Palm, the café where a vegan couple works sees unplanned menu changes after they break up.


      Explore more good reads of ghosts, beasties and mere humans our library of Stories Fantastic or Stories Domestic.

    • Stories Fantastic

      Discover modern fables of beauties, beasties and unearthly wonders.

    • Stories Domestic

      Discover fresh short fiction about everyday heartbreak and other crimes.

    • 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 superheroes. The other fables are domestic, spanning the adventures of mere humans, but still from a fabulist’s perspective. All are told in the only lyric and aching way 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 aching, lovely, and 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, mobile site 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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