HeyJaredAlan's Short Stories
Short fictions from the edges of the mind. Strange tales, quiet hauntings, small mysteries. Some are five minutes long. Some shorter. A new story every other week, free to read.
- Indexed issues, last 90 days
- 11
- Latest publication
- Sep 26, 2026
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- Jul 4, 2026
Latest issues
The Cooperative v. Humanity (opens the original)
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The Metrics of a Man (opens the original)
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Screen Time (opens the original)
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The Unsorted (opens the original)
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The Quarterly Review (opens the original)
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