shortreads

Part 43: Floating Away

by cifanic
July 21, 2016February 9, 2021

Healdsburg, California at dawn. 6/18/2016 It wasn’t until the balloon was three thousand feet in the air that I started to panic. Everything moving… Read More »Part 43: Floating Away

Part 29: Arguments With Kitchen Magnets

by cifanic
July 9, 2015February 9, 2021

You stare at it. “Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you’ve imagined.” For a millisecond I think it says jeans.… Read More »Part 29: Arguments With Kitchen Magnets

Part 24: Let It Be.

by cifanic
January 28, 2015February 9, 2021

photo: keys by Hoder Slanger Bill Withers — Let It Be (opens an in-browser Spotify link) Everything I could think of was in flux, and I had to… Read More »Part 24: Let It Be.

Part 16: Parting of Ways

by cifanic
October 19, 2014February 9, 2021

I fall into the city now more than ever. You hear it coming, the rickety sound of the what might be the most fragile train… Read More »Part 16: Parting of Ways

Nicole C. Lehmann-Haupt is an author and published writer whose work has appeared or is forthcoming in Hypertext Magazine, El Portal, Ignatian Literary Magazine, and Mulberry Literary, among others. In 2021 and 2024, Nicole's work was nominated for the Pushcart Prize. She has also contributed to Thrive Global, Yahoo!, Indie Shuffle, and LAist. Driven by a passion for storytelling that resonates across ages, her stories feature misfits, underdogs, and weirdos stumbling upon the extraordinary in an ordinary world. She is currently at work on a short story collection.