Short Stories by Harald Tomesch

Dive into Harald’s world of imagination with these captivating short stories that are written in all genres: westerns, sci-fi, horror, comic superheroes, historical stories; thrillers, detective stories and more.

Step into the blurred edges of storytelling. Sometimes these short works explore ethical fault lines, or technological what-ifs, and the quiet struggles that define us. Each story stands on its own — and together they hint at a larger narrative of what it means to be human. Harald’s stories are still unfolding.

Harald is an alumnus of the Novel Writing Intensive led by Steven James and Robert Dugoni, and the Advanced Fiction Institute under Steven James and Donald Maass. His fiction is informed by a career of telling stories in the classroom.  His stories narrate the varied complexities of human behavior.

Exploring Short Fiction

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