Fiction

This is Thin Air Online’s Archive of pieces that are classified as fiction. Here is our showcase of your whimsy and imagination.

  • Flight 2418 by Paul Bergstraesser

    Flight 2418 By Paul Bergstraesser “Sir?” Was she talking to him? Who knew. He kept his eyes closed. “Sir.” Yeah, it was him. He took a deep breath and looked at the flight attendant. Her face was artificial-nice from corporate training but underneath he read sourness and disgust. Wasn’t the first time somebody had been repulsed by…

  • MY LOVE AFFAIR WITH TRAINS by Hsien Chong Tan

    MY LOVE AFFAIR WITH TRAINS by Hsien Chong Tan

    BY HSIEN CHONG TAN When I was a little girl in New York, I loved to ride the subway. Back then, I didn’t care about the grime or the roaches. And the weirdoes on board didn’t scare me. I liked how a bunch of buskers would just pop on the train, play a song, and…

  • HOLES by Emily Koon

    HOLES by Emily Koon

    Loretta, the cleaning woman, went at the picture window in the living room with a bottle of Windex, wiping in hard slashes. She always makes faces while she cleans, as if we live like animals on the days she doesn’t come. When she was finished, she dusted her hands off and said, “I don’t think…