Ian Lund

Joined July 2025

8 stories

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I write about the little moments that shape our relationships. I'm studying character-driven fiction and writing a speculative fiction book exploring modern technology, addiction, and hope. Brooklyn-based.

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POV: Your Hinge Date is Reincarnated
After work, Soni flopped onto the couch. Her phone was waiting for her, its lock screen yielded at her gaze and silence gave way to videos prepared by the algorithm for this moment.
By Ian Lund25 days ago in Fiction
The Nature of True Reality. Honorable Mention in Maps of the Self Challenge.
My fingernails lengthen into talons capable of tearing flesh asunder. Hot rage fills my chest and when I open my mouth it explodes like lit methane. An indignant scream at that which I can’t control. I’m angry, cross-legged, half lotus, my left foot tingling atop my right thigh. It has fallen asleep below the ankle. I shift my weight a little, and the rustle of the cushion is heard throughout the meditation hall.
By Ian Lund2 months ago in Humans
To know, see, and shape. Top Story - November 2025.
2021 Frances's laptop fan whirrs and her heart pounds as she drags the hundreds of sensitive documents onto a thumb drive. She holds her breath, glancing at the conference room door. A pulsing progress bar estimates the file transfer will complete in 4 minutes.
By Ian Lund2 months ago in Fiction
Love and Light
Sonia speedwalks through the Denver airport. A jammed wheel on her suitcase squeals against the linoleum, harmonizing with an infant wailing in protest at the early hour. Arriving at her gate, she crumples against a pillar glowing gold with dawn and lets her eyelids fall. Barely a moment’s peace, then an intercom blares that it’s time to start boarding.
By Ian Lund4 months ago in Fiction
Soft as Limestone. Honorable Mention in Everything Looks Better From Far Away Challenge.
Sam opens his eyes, rolls over, and looks at Alice. He admires her picture-perfect face and resists the urge to kiss her cheek, lest she wake up. His feet slip onto the hotel's ceramic gray tiles. He quietly opens the curtains and steps onto the balcony. Giddy children splash and shout in a communal pool in the courtyard below. His skin drinks the sunlight like warm coffee.
By Ian Lund5 months ago in Fiction
The Shapeshifter
Probing tendrils pass over textures, details, and meanings Carrying the body through a kaleidoscope of other people's dreams.
By Ian Lund5 months ago in Poets
Whatever You Want. Runner-Up in The Summer That Wasn’t Challenge.
Arizona, May 2023 “It’s only a fourteen hour drive. I would do that,” she says, setting her phone on the table and leaning back in the booth. “I’ve done longer.”
By Ian Lund6 months ago in Fiction
Age of Hermes
When you clasp hands with another and say, "Thank you, talk soon," I am there. I am the god of making it happen. Letters, data cables, messaging.
By Ian Lund6 months ago in Poets

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POV: Your Hinge Date is Reincarnated

The Nature of True Reality. Honorable Mention in Maps of the Self Challenge.

To know, see, and shape. Top Story - November 2025.

Love and Light

Soft as Limestone. Honorable Mention in Everything Looks Better From Far Away Challenge.

The Shapeshifter

Whatever You Want. Runner-Up in The Summer That Wasn’t Challenge.

Age of Hermes

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