210+ Best Short Stories Featuring Transgender Characters to Read Online for Free - Reedsy Prompts

The Mask of the Maneater

Submitted to Contest #269

Warning: contains themes of body horror. “We don’t want you in town, Mr. Watson,” the waitress said. Gar jumped, more at the prefix than the hostility in the tone of the woman scowling at him from across the aging diner’s bar. “What?” Gar asked. “How do you know who I am?” “Because you can tell. You have the look,” she said. “The look?” Gar asked. “We can tell,” she said. Gar blinked. “Blood finds its level. We remember what your family did,” she said. “If you don’t want to serve me, you can just say so. I’m only here to clean out my...

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A Kid Named Kip

Sam Clewien

Submitted to Contest #267

It was two months ago in early June, just before the rains started and the hot, muggy, sweltering air brought with it biting insects and wet socks. She had just landed a new job in a new city, scared and lonely, a little desperate but not wanting to show it; and so she had gone for a hike out in the woods down by the lake, nearby her new apartments that tilted and creaked like old buildings are wont to do in old towns like this one.She was walking, kind of jogging but not really, not wanting to tire herself out; and she was listening to an o...

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Melting December

Sierra Meckes

Submitted to Contest #266

Hello! My name is Ash- no… Cameron! Ugh, that's wrong too. How about… December. Does December work? No second guesses, I guess it works. Now to get on with our story. One Tuesday… Thursday afternoon, I was walking — no, biking though a park- forest- city. Sigh, sorry, I meant park. I was pedaling up a hill, so I shifted to my lowest gear so pedaling would be easier — but there was a problem. The chain popped off!It was absolutely tragic- catastrophic- awful. …Before I knew it, I was rolling backwards, uncontrollably, and I crashed into a ben...

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An Unexpected Friend

Lucas Grey

Submitted to Contest #258

It’s my first time in Chicago, and like every other tourist, I end up at The Bean. Inspecting the sculpture, I think it may be the most fascinating thing in all of existence. The way the light plays off the metallic surface, how the images morph depending on where I stand... It’s beyond fascinating. So me being me, I pull out my professional-grade camera and start shooting some pictures. I take photographs up close, far away, and at weird angles just to see what will come out. I play around with different exposures, too. I even think about s...

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Men Like Macbeth

Fritz Crow

Submitted to Contest #257

Virgil had risen above the actors. The air was cooler up in the fly space. Musty, metallic, muted. Macbeth (Michael) was stumbling over his lines below. Virgil had wanted to be an actor. Now he had loftier goals. His thin arms trembled as he reached for the batten above him to steady himself. His entire body swayed with his every movement like a bough of a half-felled tree despite four crew members below holding the base of the lift steady. The cold batten provided no assurance in his slick grip, as it was suspended in the fly space with ste...

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It Isn't Normal

Levi Jennings

Submitted to Contest #255

Michael and Miriam could never remember how they became friends, but they clung to each other since they were in kindergarten. Even though their class had the same group of kids all the way to fifth grade, they seemed to play in their own little world. Miriam didn’t necessarily dislike playing with the other girls in her class, but she never felt connected with them. They would talk about dresses they wish they could wear, but Miriam could care less about that stuff. To her, dresses were awkward and never felt like they fit her right, even i...

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And So it Goes, A Gossip Column for Our Times

Ethan Zimmerman

Submitted to Contest #254

And So it Goes, A Gossip Column for Our Times Most gentle and kind and hospitable reader: if you would like to know who fell into the arms of a most willing stranger, continue to read to the end of this column, in which I will divulge to you the secret of the century. Until then, and while we sit together holding hands, bating our breath and clinging to each other like school children surprised by the late bell ringing while we pass through the gate, try to surmise, if you can, the latest glistening golden gossip. Alas, I have overcorrected....

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One Morning, Ten Minutes

Lucy Reece

Submitted to Contest #253

TW/CW: Mental Health, Child Loss, Transgender Issues This last month and 3 days has been all over the place, but I have a really good feeling about things. We just have to go upstairs and fill out the paperwork for Casey’s surgery and then we can head on to school before it gets too late. We cross the parking lot towards this massive hospital building. It is so beautiful and simultaneously intimidating. I am so genuinely excited about taking our baby home soon and finally getting to start our lives, I never expected to have a baby born...

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In The Garden

Beth Cohen

Submitted to Contest #252

Sam was elbow-deep in freshly churned soil when they spotted a glimmer out of the corner of their eye. As they turned, the fairy froze and stared back at the gardener.When the fairy realized it had been caught, its wings drooped. “Oh… puff.” Sam blinked. Their eyes were still bleary from a midday nap, and they itched for a smoke, but neither of those things could trick Sam into believing there was a fairy when there wasn’t. The little sprite had a mop of mushroom-colored hair and a defeated expression. “Oh,” the gardener said under their bre...

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The Façade We Make

Charlie Chaos

Submitted to Contest #250

"Aren't you tired of this?" She asks him as they wander off into the night, escaping yet another party, both of them in overdone attire that neither of them liked. He turns to look at her and shakes his head, nearly imperceptible and would not have been noticed by anyone else. She notices. She knows everything about him, even when she wishes she didn't. They reach the corner garden, the one with the fountain burbling happily in the center. She sits on the edge of a decaying stone bench, and he stands looking over the rest of the castle...

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Heart Failure

Perseus Patroclus

Submitted to Contest #247

Stars. Twinkling bursts of light. Bloodshot, glassy eyes. He has given up.He was supposed to save everyone. Save the world. Save it because the crops wilted. Save it because the water rose and flooded. Save it because the ice dissolved. He was supposed to save it because the earth was about to combust, like his aircraft did a few milliseconds ago.The view would probably take his breath away if he could breathe. He knew what would happen. He was not holding his breath- if he did, his lungs would expand, turn into balloons, and eventually pop....

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Twixt Heaven and Hell

Jon Little

Submitted to Contest #244

PAULThey softly trace the line of my jaw. "You should go on more business trips.""Why? You got something going on the side when I'm gone?"Oof. Charlie's playful jab to my gut is going to leave a mark."When you get back, you tend to be ... more energetic." Charlie's dark sultry eyes sparkle."I think the word you are looking for is, randy."They put their lips close to my ear, their warm and moist breath just below my earlobe succeeds in getting Charlie the desired physical response. "The word I am looking for is ... again."My eyes light up. "W...

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Coffee Stained.

Will T

Submitted to Contest #241

“Control yourself.” Bells rung outside, the church’s procession beginning amidst the graveyard, “Myself? What about all of you? You said you loved me. You promised.” “Of course I love you! You believe your own mother and father don’t love you? You’re nothing but selfish! We love you; we do not love this ‘problem-child’ you’re choosing to be.” “You love an idealised version!” His hand struck out and caught the cup on the table, smashing the coffee against the wall. His father’s eyes flickered with anger, but Martin’s ...

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Unconditional

Denise Glickler

Submitted to Contest #240

In the fading light, the Florida streets buzzed with life. Long shadows danced on the pavement, animated by the setting sun. Amidst the jostle, one figure stood stark, a man with the weight of his world showing in his eyes. John Richardson was his name, a man known for his adamantine beliefs. His life had always been defined by structure, order, Christianity, and staunch predictability. But that changed when his only son, 15-year-old Sam, confessed to being a transgender woman. When Tabitha finally summoned the courage to reveal her true s...

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Baby Butch

DM G.

Submitted to Contest #239

TW: transphobia Zee tucked their white tee into their Wranglers, slipped a sliver carabiner through their front belt loop, and put on their Tims. They slicked back their crew cut with a light pomade and evaluated themselves in the mirror. Was the look too casual? Too stereotypical? Maybe it'd be obvious that Zee didn’t know what they were doing, but it was probably too late to change.Zee checked their phone. 2:35 PM. 99% battery. A text from Lyla.See you soon! Parking can be a nightmare. I’ll wait for you out front :)Zee stared at the messag...

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The Mask of the Maneater

A Kid Named Kip

Melting December

An Unexpected Friend

Men Like Macbeth

It Isn't Normal

And So it Goes, A Gossip Column for Our Times

One Morning, Ten Minutes

In The Garden

The Façade We Make

Heart Failure

Twixt Heaven and Hell

Coffee Stained.

Unconditional

Baby Butch