Under a thousand
A very short story every Sunday, with a note on how it was made.
The Key in the Coat
A woman finds a key in a coat she bought second-hand, and goes looking for the door.
Nov 5, 2026 · 5 min readRead: The Key in the CoatThe Last Tram Home
One passenger, one driver and a very long wet evening on the line.
Nov 4, 2026 · 4 min readRead: The Last Tram HomeWhat the Courtyard Heard
Five flats, one linden tree and everything that was said below the windows.
Nov 3, 2026 · 6 min readRead: What the Courtyard HeardNight Shift at the Mill
A watchman, a broken light and a birch tree growing out of the gutter.
Nov 2, 2026 · 5 min readRead: Night Shift at the MillSeven Objects on a Cloth
A flea market stall, and the story that each object tells about its last owner.
Nov 1, 2026 · 7 min readRead: Seven Objects on a ClothPrompt Seventeen
I drew card seventeen from the deck and gave myself twenty minutes. This is what came.
Oct 24, 2026 · 4 min readRead: Prompt SeventeenThe Attic Lamp
Why the green lamp is still on at three in the morning.
Oct 17, 2026 · 5 min readRead: The Attic LampA Ticket Nobody Claimed
What a lost-property clerk keeps in a drawer, and who comes back for it.
Oct 10, 2026 · 6 min readRead: A Ticket Nobody ClaimedHow Short Can a Story Be
Six words, sixty words, six hundred: what each length can and cannot do.
Oct 3, 2026 · 6 min readRead: How Short Can a Story BeChalk on the Courtyard Stones
The children draw a house, and a stranger draws a door.
Sep 26, 2026 · 4 min readRead: Chalk on the Courtyard Stones
Under a Thousand
A very short story every Sunday, with a note on how it was made and one prompt to try.