Fiction Attic Press

Fiction Attic Press

Short Stories

Everything Else Could Go

a short story by Garrett Ashley

Fiction Attic Press's avatar
Fiction Attic Press
Sep 23, 2025
∙ Paid
9
1
3
Share

She passed through the house a final time. She had a clear understanding of what Helene would do; it was supposed to be a monster of a storm. But she couldn't find her phone charger, and it wasn't where it normally lived at the side of the bed.

Here was the exercise room—it wasn't really an exercise room, but it was where she had tried to reinvent hersel…

This post is for paid subscribers

Already a paid subscriber? Sign in
© 2025 Fiction Attic LLC
Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start writingGet the app
Substack is the home for great culture