Story Details
Published on 2024-09-06
Categories Fantasy Contemporary Fantasy
In this nostalgic tale, volunteers working to save a century-old theater stumble upon a mysterious, impossible room hidden beneath the stage. As they explore this forgotten space, filled with relics of the theater's golden days, they uncover more than just old props and costumes. When a ghostly figure appears, the line between reality and the supernatural blurs, forcing them to confront the nature of those moments that are truly worth remembering.
Author Details
Matt McHugh was born in suburban Pennsylvania, attended LaSalle University in Philadelphia, and after a few years as a Manhattanite, now calls New Jersey home. His fiction has appeared in Analog, The First Line, and Clinch: A Martial Arts Literary Magazine. His story "Burners" won the 2019 Jim Baen Memorial Award and "Jennifer Gives Her Heart to Radioland" is PARSEC's 2021 Short Story Contest winner. In 2022, he was a grant finalist for The Speculative Literature Foundation. Website: mattmchugh.com STORY NOTES FOR LITTLE THINGS NOBODY REMEMBERS This story is loosely inspired by my experience volunteering at a local theater, not so much the events but the emotions. We live in an age of entertainment overload, where the rectangle in your pocket can give you anything you want, anytime. Art can certainly be something to distract you when you're alone, but its true power is how it connects us when we come together. This story is me thinking about that. What do you think?
Little Things Nobody Remembers, by Matt McHugh
Author Details
Matt McHugh was born in suburban Pennsylvania, attended LaSalle University in Philadelphia, and after a few years as a Manhattanite, now calls New Jersey home. His fiction has appeared in Analog, The First Line, and Clinch: A Martial Arts Literary Magazine. His story "Burners" won the 2019 Jim Baen Memorial Award and "Jennifer Gives Her Heart to Radioland" is PARSEC's 2021 Short Story Contest winner. In 2022, he was a grant finalist for The Speculative Literature Foundation. Website: mattmchugh.com STORY NOTES FOR LITTLE THINGS NOBODY REMEMBERS This story is loosely inspired by my experience volunteering at a local theater, not so much the events but the emotions. We live in an age of entertainment overload, where the rectangle in your pocket can give you anything you want, anytime. Art can certainly be something to distract you when you're alone, but its true power is how it connects us when we come together. This story is me thinking about that. What do you think?
