THURSDAY, JULY 16, 2026 · This week's fiction · Submit a story →

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Colleen Addison

3 published stories

Stories

  1. July 16, 2026

    What Happens in the Library

    The door-latch clicks. Into the dimness comes the faintest of whispers, a scratching like someone writing words with iron gall ink, a goosefeathered quill. Her round-toed walking shoes come to a halt, and she leans…

  2. July 16, 2026

    Little Red Church

    After six surgeries, I stumble over the church’s threshold for the first time in years. How to explain this reborn need? I have wandered cathedrals, their great reaching arches only stones; through the reliquary glass I…

  3. July 16, 2026

    After the Funerals, the Dancers Speak

    You and I will soon escape from our dirt-encased homes. Bone will show through the wound from your car accident, while my lungs will still bear the marks of that fatal tumour. Free now, we will climb over the…