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Stories in Fiction that you’ll love, handpicked by our team.
Fixing Dad's Shed Roof. Honorable Mention in Instructions Included Challenge.
Simon, Thank you for coming over. A few words to the wise from your mother (I shall keep it brief). 1. Your Dad has not slept since the roof blew off his shed. He may keep going for a lie down, but this is different to sleep. Do not poke the bear.
By Caroline Jane2 months ago in Fiction
but you're not a stranger. Runner-Up in Nothing But Voices Challenge.
“I think about you all the time.” “I don’t think about you.” “I saw the website you made. The writing one. I think you made it so you could read everything I was posting. I knew it was you because of the name.”
By Cali Loria2 months ago in Fiction
Evac
“Your attention please. May we have your attention, please. We are currently under mandatory evacuation. Please gather all your belongings and make sure that your children are with you. The last bus to the mainland will be leaving in five minutes. If you are not on the bus at that time, there will be no further transportation out. Anybody still on the island will be required to leave on foot. It is highly recommended that you leave now. The approaching storm will not be survivable.”
By David E. Perry2 months ago in Fiction
Caretakers: Part 1
-------- Author's Note ------- Before going any further, I would like to give a quick heads up. I'm trying something a little different with this story. In the past I've lost momentum writing longer pieces. But, this is a story I've had brewing since 2018 and I think in order to get it out there, I'm going to release it in chunks. I'm not sure how many we'll end up with but what you're about to read is a mystery/thriller set in the same town as a previous story I wrote, "Blue Heron Creek". Thank you for giving this a read and... be careful when you check into Mercy Regional Hospital... The morgue doesn't have the only thing rotten...
By Sandor Szabo2 months ago in Fiction
The Self Locked Inside
Long has she awaited your arrival, roaming the dark halls of night with nothing but the glittering stars for light. Draped in a cloak of steel, her skin a sheen of deepest crimson - she's stared at her reflection for decades upon the shattered mirrors, looking for a sign that she was made for this destiny, this lonely fate.
By Amanda Starks2 months ago in Fiction
The Countdown. Winner in Leave the Light On Challenge.
A deafening cheer erupts from the crowd outside Danny’s hotel window in New York City’s Time Square. The sky darkens as a giant, electric-blue ball begins its final descent. Danny’s heart races, his nausea amplified by the rising tide of outside voices counting down in perfect sync. “Fifty-nine, fifty-eight, fifty-seven-”
By Kenny Penn2 years ago in Fiction
Mind Waves of Power. Runner-Up in If Walls Could Talk.
If walls could talk, then you'd be in a lot of trouble. The whole lot of you. But especially you. I am your wall, and I've been holding your secrets. Closets don't hold skeletons like I do. I've got all the brittle bone dust of each and everyone of your deceits, your selfish exploits; all the schemes right from the control center of your life. Every last one of them.
By Kali Mailhot3 years ago in Fiction
My Soul's Destiny. Finalist in 2023 Vocal Writing Awards - Romance Fiction.
Thou wert my Destiny;—thy song, thy fame, The wild enchantments clustering round thy name, Were my soul’s heritage, its royal dower; Its glory and its kingdom and its power! - Sarah Helen Whitman
By Jennifer Christiansen3 years ago in Fiction
The Jilted Bride!. Runner-Up in The Forgotten Room Challenge.
🕊️ The Courtship of Morylda Morylda met him - Chalen - in the greenhouse of her aunt’s estate, where she’d gone to escape the suffocating expectations of her lineage. He was not a gardener, though he wore the green apron like one. He was a composer, moonlighting among orchids to pay for studio time. His hands smelled of soil and sandalwood, and when he spoke, his voice had the cadence of an unsung lullaby.
By Novel Allen2 months ago in Fiction
