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13 free-to-read stories tagged “South America”

A Short Biography of a Conscious Chair

Renan Bernardo Samovar 2023 Novelette 8,415 words ♪ audio

Not reviewed by Rocket Stack Rank.

Magical RealismMortalitySouth America

Content warnings 1

death-of-a-loved-one

In the Lost City of Leng

Rudy Rucker & Paul Di Filippo Asimov's 2018 Novella Lovecraft Pastiche 21,373 words

In 1933, Doug quits his job to go on an expedition to Antarctica to kill the Great Shoggoth and retrieve the priceless treasures of the lost city of Leng.

Alternate HistoryAmbitionSouth America

Content warnings 2

animal-harmviolence

Because Flora Had Existed. And I Had Loved Her

Anna Martino Samovar 2024 ShortStory 4,265 words

Not reviewed by Rocket Stack Rank.

Time TravelFatherhoodSouth America

An Open Coffin

H. Pueyo The Dark 2019 ShortStory 3,067 words

Not reviewed by Rocket Stack Rank.

GothicClass InequalitySouth America

Content warnings 2

body-horrordeath

Collecting Ynes

Lisa M. Bradley Fantasy 2022 ShortStory Fantasy 940 words

"Ynes doesn’t remember the marigold, but she has a recurring dream in which she accidentally swallows an entire tangerine. She grows very warm and realizes it was not a tangerine at all but a small sun. She knows if she tells her mother what she swallowed,...

Historical FantasyMortalitySouth America

My Mother's Hand

Dante Luiz Constelación 2021 ShortStory 2,955 words

Not reviewed by Rocket Stack Rank.

Historical FantasyAbuseSouth America

Content warnings 3

abusesexual-contenttransphobia

Above the Sand, Under the Skin, by Ramiro Sanchiz and Monica Louzon

translunartravelerslounge Translunar Travelers Lounge 2026 ShortStory 3,226 words

They said afterward that the first fishermen who’d gone down to the beach that morning had found her, but when the people from the village hurried to see what the tide had carried in, no one claimed to be the person who’d discovered her. It was as if the...

Cosmic HorrorColonialismSouth America

Content warnings 2

body-horrorsexual-content

Borders by Maria Clara Klein

translunartravelerslounge Translunar Travelers Lounge 2026 ShortStory 1,396 words

Before you open your eyes, you know you're not home. The weighted blanket gave it away, wrapped around your body like a tortilla, turning you into a breakfast fucking burrito on that cold, cold early morning. The weather — that was the next sign. You know,...

Diaspora SFDiasporaSouth America

Content warnings 1

suicide

PseudoPod 960: Mummy

Pseudopod 2025 ♪ audio

“Mummy” first appeared in Weird Tales, November 1929 The Old Lady The Shout Power of Darkness Them Jones Boys Nathan Drake Lara Croft I have always prided myself on being a practical man; prosaic, if you will. In the old days the boys used to call me the...

Folk HorrorRevengeSouth America

PseudoPod 878: The Son (El Hijo) and The Feather Pillow (El almohadón de plumas)

Pseudopod 2023 ♪ audio

PseudoPod 878: The Son (El Hijo) and The Feather Pillow (El almohadón de plumas) is a PseudoPod original. “El Hijo” was first published under the title “El padre” in La Nación, 15 January 1928. “El Almohadón de Plumas” was first published in the magazine...

Psychological HorrorMortalitySouth America

Content warnings 3

body-horrorchild-deathdeath

1.4 Más chileno que ... by Lily Raphaela Philpott

khōréō 2022 ♪ audio

A young woman safeguards her birth mother's name: a string of pearls she carries in her mouth. This story explores transracial adoption and the intangible ways in which we anchor ourselves to identity. Copyright khōréō magazine 2022. Read by Sam...

SlipstreamDiasporaSouth America

1.2 Green, Yellow, Red by H. Pueyo

khōréō 2021 ♪ audio

"Green, Yellow, Red" by H. Pueyo What happens when your loved ones disappear as the world falls apart… and no one notices? A powerful dystopian tale about family, memory, and political upheaval. Copyright khōréō magazine 2021. Read by Tiago Santos,...

DystopiaFamilySouth America

Content warnings 1

violence

PseudoPod 779: Trowel, Brush, Bones

Pseudopod 2021 ♪ audio

“Trowel, Brush, Bones” was originally published in the Iron Horse Literary Review in January 2021 Sites that help with and advocate for the safety for women: We arrive at the compound outside Huanca just after midnight. We are tired and hungry and altitude...

Folk HorrorSisterhoodSouth America

Content warnings 1

sexual-violence