Coffee's Bookshelf

Hi! I'm Gay Coffee, paramount homosexual and mildly ok-ish writer. My stories are usually about pretty imagery, bored old people, or both. Hope you enjoy!


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Another

A woman's son is taken in the night, and replaced by himself

'25

Thinking Things

The brain is the instrument of thought - it is, of course, only one instrument of thought

'25

The Ides of March

A woman drowns for four centuries
Warning: Vivid graphic descriptions of death and rotting, among other things
INCOMPLETE

'24

Afterwards

Owen died. He left his plants, which his brother tends to devotedly. An old friend interrupts

'24

On Clockwork & Travels

What happens when life tries to mutate someone immutable? What happens when a vagabond finds a home?

'24

The Realm of Possibility

A very short story about the place where everything that can happen is stored, written in one go

'24

Abridged Guide to Common Spectra

An informative pamphlet by the Scientific Society for Spectrological Studies
INCOMPLETE

'24

Train to Marseille

Cécile Saint-Saëns receives a death notice, explaining she has passed away and must now catch the next boat to the afterlife

'24

The Beforehand House

A place with everything that has ever happened to you, and incredibly bland tea

'24

The Woodcarver

An old woman surives armaggeddon, to her general disinterest
INCOMPLETE

'23

Cities and Mirrors

Enter Physsius, a city where nothing may happen unopposed or uncomplimented. Inspired by Italo Calvino's "The Invisible Cities"

'23

The Cathedral of That Which is Done

The afterlife, as it happens, is rather bureaucratic and decidedly sluggish
INCOMPLETE

'23

The Prince and the Mage

The heir to the crown and his mage-in-waiting are stranded in a strange forest with piles of sugar
INCOMPLETE

'22

Writober

Five short stories written for Writober 2022

'22

The Melancholy Witness

When everyone flees an Earth they haven't yet killed, someone must be left behind to keep watch