A Man by Consent
Early-night confusion, coercion and the cost of a single dangerous decision.
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LITERARY FICTION • SHORT STORIES • AUTOFICTION
FICTION WITHOUT FILTERS.
REALITY WITHOUT MERCY.
Short fiction and literary narratives that explore identity, memory, cultural collision and the contradictions of being human. Discover original stories today and follow the journey toward the upcoming autobiographical novel "40".
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STORIES
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Featured Story: Handicapped Uncle
A family visit, a violent rupture, and a final question about guilt, loyalty, and victimhood.
All Inclusive
A man without memory. An all-inclusive resort. A collision between desire and loss.
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Love at First Sight
A childhood memory of friendship, envy, and a gymnast champion that walked on windows.
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Smoking Kills
A tense encounter at the border where information is life and silence is survival.
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Black Angel
A mother, a daughter, a black puppy, and the fear of what care becomes when love changes shape.
[ VIEW STORY ]Originally written in English. A Spanish version is available and has been carefully translated with AI assistance and human editorial review.
“I liked the story, but I won’t say why to avoid spoilers”
— u/RiverOk8489
Originally posted on Reddit.
“Yo también quiero más, es un cuento corto sencillo y valoras otros puntos de vista, tal vez diferente al tuyo y entonces tu juicio cambia”
— u/Main-Supermarket2893
Originally posted on Reddit.
Translation by Amir’s website:
“I also want more. It’s a simple short story, and you consider other points of view, perhaps different from your own, and then your judgment changes.”
“Good story, I was in the edge of my seat the whole time”
— u/Ornery-Mood9012
Originally posted on Reddit.
Preparing for publication
An autobiographical novel about memory, identity and the difficult work of rebuilding a life between Iran and Canada. Through military service, migration, family loss and the absurd machinery of everyday survival, Amir looks back at the first forty years of his life to understand what must change before the next twenty begin.
AUTHOR
Amir Zade
Amir Zade (Naghadeh, Iran, 1983) is an Iranian-Canadian writer. He studied English Literature at the University of West Azerbaijan (Urmia, Iran) from 2003 to 2007. He immigrated to Vancouver, Canada, in 2014 and, in 2025, settled in Lake Country, British Columbia, where he currently resides with his wife.
His work focuses on short fiction and autofiction, exploring themes such as cultural displacement, identity, masculinity, and the loss of innocence. Through cross-cultural satire and a critical perspective on the human experience, his stories examine the tensions between the Middle East and the West.
"My reality is your fiction."
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