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A naked man appears in Susannah’s backyard and asks for a drink of water. Days later, while she prepares a memorial for ...
23/08/2026

A naked man appears in Susannah’s backyard and asks for a drink of water. Days later, while she prepares a memorial for her nephew Adam, he returns with a woman and two children.

Told through lists of possible actions, Elizabeth Cohen’s “The Options” follows a woman trying to organise grief as though it were one more practical problem. But each decision — what to wear, whom to call, what to say and what to leave on the fence — reveals how little control she has.

Read this week’s Story Sunday at Litro.

Content note: su***de and bereavement.

https://www.litromagazine.com/usa/2026/08/the-options-elizabeth-cohen/

Voting for Litro Readers' Choice closes this Sunday. Discover the ten stories that explore grief, desire, memory, ecolog...
21/08/2026

Voting for Litro Readers' Choice closes this Sunday.

Discover the ten stories that explore grief, desire, memory, ecological rupture, private dread and the strange pressures of ordinary life. Choose the story that moved you the most.

Access the selection of stories and voting ballot here: https://www.litromagazine.com/litro-readers-choice-small-fictions-2026/

New on Litro: What Survives the Machine.Tony Raven, former Chief Executive of Cambridge Enterprise, talks to Eric Akoto ...
21/07/2026

New on Litro: What Survives the Machine.

Tony Raven, former Chief Executive of Cambridge Enterprise, talks to Eric Akoto about tacit knowledge, university innovation, AI, digital memory and why trust still depends on people and institutions willing to take responsibility for the record.

The conversation moves from laboratories and university spinouts to E. M. Forster’s The Machine Stops and the possibility of a digital dark age.

Read the full essay and interview:

https://www.litromagazine.com/art-technology/what-survives-the-machine-tony-raven-on-knowledge-trust-and-the-digital-dark-age/

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Adam sent this after receiving his Litro FastTrack report.The report helped him see where the story was working, where i...
18/07/2026

Adam sent this after receiving his Litro FastTrack report.

The report helped him see where the story was working, where it still needed attention and, most importantly, how to move forward with it.

The Short Work Revision & Submission Sprint is for that next stage: taking the editorial notes back into the draft and doing the revision.

Three live Thursday evenings
23 July · 30 July · 6 August

One short story, essay, flash piece or hybrid draft, up to 4,000 words.

Details and booking:
https://www.litromagazine.com/masterclasses/courses/submission-sprint-july-2026/

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