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About

Liminal Stories is a literary space dedicated to the quiet, often unspoken passages of human occurrence—the thresholds we cross between who we were and who we are becoming.

Through flash fiction, we explore the moments of personal change that resist easy definition: loss and renewal, departure and arrival, the long pause before a new beginning. And humor. Because quite frankly, human beings undergoing personal transformation rarely look elegant doing it.

Each piece is brief by design—a single breath held at the edge of something vast. It is a space for the curious mind that finds meaning in the margins, in the white space between chapters.

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Definition

Liminal is defined as:

• “Occupying a position at, or on both sides of, a boundary or threshold.”
• “Relating to a transitional or initial stage of a process.”

Liminal is derived from Latin and means “threshold.”

Threshold has several definitions and in the context of this post, these two would be apt:

• “The place or point of beginning; the outset”
• “The point that must be exceeded to begin producing a given effect or result or to elicit a response.”

In this way, liminal could be further construed as an intermediate between two states, conditions, or regions; transitional or indeterminate.

Hence, a liminal story exists on the threshold between two worlds. It could also be a story about crossing a boundary, about stepping from one state into another. It could be going through a crisis of change. Or the transition from consciousness within a body to consciousness independent of one.

Or even about changing states of absurdity or silliness.

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Author

George spends his time observing the strange, non-linear spaces where human nature reveals itself. After a multi-decade career managing communication, media pipelines, and various unpredictable human elements, he realized that the only constant in life is change—and that most people, including himself, will do almost anything to avoid it.

In his contemporary fiction, he writes about the quiet friction of these transitions, the absurdity of everyday adjustments, and the moments when life refuses to go according to plan. He operates with a deep respect for the power of brevity, having spent a lifetime learning that the most profound insights usually happen in the spaces where we finally run out of things to say.

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