Four Minute Fiction
Suparna ChakrabortiOriginal fiction (and creative non-fiction) requiring less than four minutes to read.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 100 | Founded | a year ago | Last Issue | 11 days ago |
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Under The Sky [Chapter 1]
Sanjay had lived his entire life under cover of the noxious sky. His parents and grandparents had done the same. From force of habit, he checked the toxicity report that was broadcast every night. Being a scientist, Sanjay understood that t...
The Writer's Brain [2]
Writing by hand, versus typing, or tapping on a screen, reflects more than a difference in technology. Each mode of writing activates the brain differently.
The picture I attached to this post is the homunculus - it represents the motor s...
Loneliness in America
America is designed to be a lonely place. As with most things about American life, the attribution becomes individual - what is the person doing or not doing to cause their loneliness - when the systemic reasons are evident, and the solutio...
Spring Update (2026)
It’s getting close to the one-year anniversary of my first Substack post (May 2025). Looking back, I can see the process I went through as I learned how the site worked. It took a few months before my notes feed was free of marketing notes,...
Raising The Child
Rodney had lived with his grandmother for as long as he could remember. His mother’s family had looked after him when he was a baby - so he was told - but he didn’t recall that time.
During his five years of life, Rodney remembered meetin...
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I post a mix of fiction (speculative and slice of life), creative non-fiction and occasional poetry. Offline, I'm working on a novel (or two). *human writing*
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