locpress is a small publishing space for fiction written with intention.
The stories published here tend to explore systems — institutional, social, and personal — and the people moving through them. They are concerned with consequence, choice, and what remains after something breaks or ends. Not every story offers clarity. Not every ending offers relief.
This is not a blog and not a feed. Stories are published deliberately and organized for reading, not scrolling. Some are released serially. Others stand alone.
While the emotional truths in these stories are sincere, the work itself is fictional. Details may be compressed, altered, or intentionally imprecise in service of narrative meaning rather than realism.
locpress is maintained by Elena Lopez, writing under a pen name. The focus here is on the work rather than the author. New stories are added as they are ready.
Readers are encouraged to choose what they read, how they read, and when to stop.
Some shorter pieces may originate from prompts or exercises. When this is the case, the source of the prompt is credited. These works are presented with the same care as longer projects.