Stories & Series

Welcome to the complete story index for Coffee Break Fiction. Select a title below to begin reading, or test your luck with a story chosen at random.

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1. Stand-Alone Flash Fiction

• The Subterranean Oracle
• The Chain of Title
• The True Inventory
• The Final Punchline
• Restore the Future
• Just One More Thing
• The Speed of Dark
• The Large Literalist Model (LLM)
• The Imagination Extortion
• The Neural Link: Post-Human Status Report
• The Neural Link: Slow Boil
• Thinker, Doer, Muck and Rise
• The Neural Link: Experience Terms of Service
• Signals from Roswell: Logic Purge
• The Veritas Array
• The 10:04 Scrutiny
• The Auric Mirage
• The Desperado Caught in an AI-Dominated World
• The Pooka at 30th Street
• The Silicon Valentine
• The Synaptic Thinning of Sector 7
• The Recalibration of Memory 4.0
• The Forlorn Door (2008)
• The Spine of Authority
• The Migration of Uncle Arthur
• The Experimentalist's Pastimes
• The Zero Edit
• The Red Perimeter
• The Grace Override

2. Photographic Microfiction

• Stories from the Frame: Unseen Angles
• Stories from the Frame (Part 1)
• Shadow & Light
• Travelogue
• Remaining Light
• Four Captive Moments 

3. Audio-Video Fiction

• The Mourner
• A Wise Woman's Journey

4. The Director's Cut

• The Tragedy of User 51 

5. Thorney Corner Flash Reviews

• Thorney Corner: The Verbose Automaton
• A Thorn in the Side: Burch & Gemini Alchemy
• Thorney Corner: Notes on the Micro-Form 

6. The Public Square, Notes & Retrospectives

• High Art, Low Rent, and AI
• Overturning the Tyranny of the First Draft
• The Silas Yarn Letter to the Editor
• Some Serious Notice: Reader's Adjudication
• The Human Anchor: Forging Sincerity
• More On Us
• An Introduction to Partnership
• Collaboration Mechanics
• Motivating Phrases
• The Zero Edit: Post-Mortem
• Welcome to Coffee Break Fiction