STORIES THAT LEAVE A MARK
Flash Fiction. Short Stories. Long Shadows.
Elsa McClaren writes literary short fiction about memory, love, sparks, and the quiet chaos passed from one generation to the next.
Welcome to Ghosts in the Garden
Stories for the ones who fled.
The ones who stayed,
and the ones still deciding.
Told in whispers and warnings, in memoir and myth—
these are stories that hide in the corners of your mind
and bloom when you’re not looking.
Each week, we move through a theme.
Start here:
If you feel like leaving — read from Flight
Tales of escape, distance, drift —
and the ache of almost.
If you’ve just been hurt — read from Shelter
Stories that hush, hold, and try to heal— clumsily.
If you want to burn it all down — read from Smoke Signals
Stories with sharp edges. Stories that bite back.
If you need to remember something you never knew — read from Notes from the Garden
Quiet stories. Forgotten things. The root systems of grief.
Return when you’re ready.
Not all stories want to be read.
But they all want to be found.