Short stories published in Electric Literature

Listing 8 stories.

One small step at a time, a man tries to seek forgiveness with his family.

Brought together by strange Kool-Aid, a bunch of kids reflect on their respective griefs.

After a terrible tragedy befalls an airplane, an orphaned cat is rehomed to two roommates who constantly ponder the nature of life and death.

At the Gila River concentration camp during World War II, a 17-year-old Japanese American musician with a magical ability to compose and perform powerful lullabies devises a clever solution to the threats he receives from insecure fellow male detainees.

When a boy is lost in the darkness of a mine, a man resolves to confront his own worst nightmares.

Two sisters try to put their family—and their memories—on the right track.

A young man in India travels with his family to the village where his betrothed lives — however, when his marriage procession meets a river, they find the bridge across unsafe and seek help from the villagers at the river.