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Story Bytes - Presenting the Internet's (and the world's) shortest stories - fiction ranging from 2 to 2048 words.

Just as eyes, art often provides a window to the soul. Story Bytes' very short stories offer a glimpse through this window into brief vignettes of life, often reflecting or revealing those things which make us human.

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