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Short & Weird

@short-and-weird

articles: 29
total claps: 9,173
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active: 2024-01-18 → 2026-07-04

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MA May More · Short & Weird

He Called Me a Dirty Orifice

Not that phrase exactly. More derogatory. I can’t say. It’s disgusting

May 26, 2026 · 2 min read · 1,121 claps paywalled #flash-fiction #prompt #short-and-weird

AN Ann James · Short & Weird

Stick that in Your Training (Pipeline)(Pizza) and Smoke It

Standing Up and Yelling to Get There Attention, I Chose Chris Hemsleyworth’s Thor as My Phan Phiction Character. Loki his long, flowing…

Jun 26, 2026 · 1 min read · 959 claps paywalled #short-and-weird #prompt #chris-hemsworth

Stick that in Your Training (Pipeline)(Pizza) and Smoke It

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OS Oscar Rhea · Short & Weird

Sounds in the Night Are a Man’s Job

Especially screams

May 27, 2026 · 1 min read · 912 claps paywalled #fiction #horror #horror-fiction

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AN Ann James · Short & Weird

Update: The Space Creatures Who Moved in Next Door

I thought They Would Be Short and Weird, because Their Spaceship Is Only about Six Feet Across, the Size of a Patio Table Umbrella, but…

Jan 26, 2026 · 2 min read · 898 claps paywalled #short-and-weird #extraterrestrial #housing

Update: The Space Creatures Who Moved in Next Door

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RO Robert Gowty · Short & Weird

My Life as David Bowie’s Hair Gel Roadie

Rock Music is a fickle business.

Jun 16, 2026 · 2 min read · 636 claps paywalled #music #david-bowie #writing-prompts

My Life as David Bowie’s Hair Gel Roadie

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JC J. Crispin-Ripley (John) · Short & Weird

A Swap of Thrones

A fable of fictional kingdoms and their displaced native daughters.

Jan 30, 2026 · 2 min read · 550 claps paywalled #relationships #modern-mythology #short-story

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RO Robert Gowty · Short & Weird

The Basement

Who’s laughing at who?

May 23, 2026 · 2 min read · 450 claps paywalled #short-and-weird #microfiction #surreal-fiction

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UZ Uzi Landsmann · Short & Weird

Meet Pat, The Cunning Rat

Guess what he’s good at

Apr 20, 2026 · 1 min read · 401 claps paywalled #prompt #short-and-weird #short-story

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ZE Zeest Zulfiqar · Short & Weird

A Secret Friendship

And a Too-Long Neck

Oct 03, 2025 · 1 min read · 295 claps #short-fiction #childhood-memories #pretendplay

BR Brian Garrio · Short & Weird

Diarrhea of the Mouth Syndrome

SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!

Nov 03, 2025 · 1 min read · 275 claps paywalled #short-and-weird #shut-up #slick-talker

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UZ Uzi Landsmann · Short & Weird

What is Hidden in Snow

Some thoughts about kitchen appliances

Mar 17, 2026 · 1 min read · 270 claps paywalled #prompt #short-story #microfiction

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TU Turi Sue · Short & Weird

Exquisite Corp.

Gala Is About To Parse Herself

Jan 18, 2024 · 2 min read · 268 claps #weird-fiction #weird-humor #exquisite-corpse

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AN Ann James · Short & Weird

Finally Settled into Our Newest Home

It’s Above Ground This Time ~ SummerEve Golightly

Jun 22, 2026 · 1 min read · 248 claps paywalled #short-and-weird #unreliable-narrator #alternate-history

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QW Qwerty · Short & Weird

Tonight… Under a Starry Sky

We will know that we are not alone.

Nov 06, 2025 · 1 min read · 203 claps #short-and-weird #microfiction #smillew-is-smelly

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UZ Uzi Landsmann · Short & Weird

The Never-Ending

A short story about

Jul 04, 2026 · 1 min read · 200 claps paywalled #prompt #short-story #volvo

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DR Dr. Beenish Shakeel · Short & Weird

The Town Where Smiling Was Illegal

A forgotten law. A hidden past. And one girl who brought emotions back to a silent town.

Jun 12, 2026 · 1 min read · 193 claps paywalled #short-and-weird #smiling #fiction

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DA David Pahor · Short & Weird

Hector and the Garden Robots

Biting the hand that feeds is sometimes tolerated.

Dec 26, 2025 · 2 min read · 161 claps paywalled #microfiction #science-fiction #ai-agent

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DA David Pahor · Short & Weird

The Gym and the Pit

At times, two of the Bottomless meet, and it can get tense.

Jun 15, 2026 · 2 min read · 127 claps paywalled #microfiction #gothic-horror #fantasy

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DA David Pahor · Short & Weird

Notes From the Song Dynasty

The best intuition is that of a mimicking machine.

Dec 28, 2025 · 2 min read · 122 claps paywalled #microfiction #horror-fiction #science-fiction

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JO John Riha · Short & Weird

I Was Guillotined

(From the posthumous diary of Maurice Hebert, 1770–1794)

Jun 20, 2026 · 1 min read · 120 claps #short-fiction #weird-fiction #microfiction

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DA David Pahor · Short & Weird

An Evening with Port Wine

When a child’s upbringing fails, it’s time to call in grandpa.

Jun 21, 2026 · 2 min read · 106 claps paywalled #microfiction #fantasy #short-fiction

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DA David Pahor · Short & Weird

Anat of Ugarit City

Never displeasure a priestess of Anat.

Dec 24, 2025 · 1 min read · 104 claps paywalled #microfiction #fantasy #scifi

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UZ Uzi Landsmann · Short & Weird

The Venutian

Yet again, the astronaut finds himself alone on a desolate planet. Or so he thinks.

Jun 18, 2026 · 2 min read · 100 claps paywalled #prompt #short-and-weird #fanfiction

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DA David Pahor · Short & Weird

Roundlet of Amber

You can remember events by associating them with uncommon words.

Dec 27, 2025 · 2 min read · 92 claps paywalled #microfiction #science-fiction #scifi

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DA David Pahor · Short & Weird

Leather Espadrilles

Do not talk to azure-eyed athletic men on Crete.

Jun 17, 2026 · 2 min read · 91 claps paywalled #microfiction #fantasy #dark-fantasy