No Little Duck Came Back
EnglishPublished Nov 10, 2026
No Little Duck Came Back is a serial in English. Parts 1–3 are printed here in full; the story continues from Part 4 in the official app.
From Part 4 the story is in the official app — the code is in the bar at the bottom of the page.
The story
During a family vacation at sea, a father kicks his son Jesse off the deck of their superyacht, and his mother orders the captain to sail on, telling the boy that self-preservation will finally teach him to swim. Jesse, who cannot swim and has long suffered from thalassophobia, drowns while his parents celebrate his sister Amber below deck.
Now a ghost, Jesse drifts unseen among them. He cannot taste the strawberry cake his mother always forbade, cannot touch the piano keys, and cannot make anyone hear him as his parents dismiss his absence as another bid for attention. Only when the bodyguard captain Max reports that Jesse is lost do they grasp what happened, yet his mother calls it a stunt and Amber lies about the little ducks.
As the superyacht turns back to shore, Jesse watches it carry him away from his own body, begging his family to turn around and see him.
Opening
I was about to reply, "Only four little ducks came back," when he kicked me into the water.
"What's taking you so long to finish a song? Are you cognitively arrested or what?" he barked.
Cold water filled my lungs like lead as I bobbed in the waves. "Help me, Dad! I can't swim!"
My mother told the captain to steer the superyacht away instead. "Then stay in the water a little longer. Self-preservation may finally make you learn to swim. That's what you need. Real grit and adversity to unlock your potential."
Issue contents
- Part 1Free here~690 words
- Part 2Free here~630 words
- Part 3Free here~670 words
- Part 4In the app
- Part 5In the app
- Part 6In the app
- Part 7In the app
- Part 8In the app
- Part 9In the app
- Part 10In the app
- Part 11In the app
- Part 12In the app
- Part 13In the app
- Part 14In the app
- Part 15In the app
- More partscontinue in the official app
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Questions
- How many parts of No Little Duck Came Back can I read here?
- Three. Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 are printed here in full, each on its own page, and Part 3 is the last one this site carries.
- Where does No Little Duck Came Back continue after Part 3?
- In the official app. Part 4 onward is not published on this site. Install the app, open it, and enter the code R29669 — it takes you straight to this story instead of the app’s front page.
- What is the code R29669 for?
- It tells the official app which story you were reading here. Copy it from the bar at the bottom of the page and enter it after installing.
KSCR Serials prints only the opening Parts that publishers release as previews, plus basic story details. Complete stories are read in the official app.