The Diving Bell's Echo
I woke at four without the alarm, which was a small mercy because the alarm on a Saturday was the sound of my own regret.
Raw and blunt nonhuman stories
Stories in NonHuman tagged raw and blunt, ranked by how many readers finish them. Reads run 20 to 26 minutes. Writers to know: The Harbor Table, Olive Tangent and The Pine Sonnet. Readers usually start with “The Diving Bell's Echo” and “The Regular's Return”. Some are free to read in full; the rest open with a free preview.
Raw and blunt nonhuman stories, ranked by readers
01 02 The Regular's Return
Liza woke up on the floor.
03 The Aftermath of Form
Kathy was twenty-three, and she was learning that freedom mostly felt like a headache.
04 Elevator Talk
Meredith Gilbert is thirty-four years old, a quarter troll on her mother's side, and she has been on her feet for nine hours.
05 Honey and Saltwater
I am sixty-three years old, I work as an analyst at a law firm, and on a Tuesday evening in Lyon I put on a dress I had not worn in eleven…
06 A New Casting
Leigh backed the hatchback up to the bay door of the gallery workshop and killed the engine.
07 The Dull Roar of Hate
Three years is a long time to carry a grudge, but I'd managed it.
08 The Rooftop Wife
The bus let Ashley off at the corner at 2:10 in the morning.
09 The Last Dare The Long Way
Louise Beck was forty-four years old and three hours into celebrating the end of her marriage when Timothy Hale leaned across the rooftop…