Microfiction

Fragments of the Future
The cities had no names anymore. Roads, rivers, and monuments—once mapped, celebrated, and fought over—were now anonymous scars on the earth. The machines remembered, of course. But machines didn’t mourn.
By k zarmal9 months ago in Fiction
Mena and the Cloud Cat Caper
Meet Mena: A bold, wide-eyed 10-year-old girl with an oversized yellow hoodie, sky-blue hair that changes shades with her mood, and sneakers that leave sparkles behind when she runs. Mena lives in Fluffridge, a floating village tucked among the clouds, where birds deliver the mail and bubble tea literally grows on trees.
By sadhin khan9 months ago in Fiction
A Good Haircut . Top Story - May 2025.
Ruthie used a paper fan with a picture of blue-eyed Jesus while the air conditioner audibly struggled. She’d brought her daughter to Connie’s salon for a trim. Connie cleared her afternoon, knowing it would take hours. First to dye, set, and style the look that Ruthie had maintained for twenty years. Then to comb the girl’s knotted clumps of auburn hair.
By Leslie Writes9 months ago in Fiction
"I don't want them to fight!"
At Medieval Times: "Aunt Lizzie, what are Mommy and Daddy doing?" "They are fighting, love." "But why?" "They have a disagreement."
By Lana V Lynx9 months ago in Fiction
Room 721
Always check your hotel room bookings beforehand. 🚪🔑🚪🔑🚪🔑🚪🔑🚪🔑🚪🔑🚪🚪🔑🚪🔑🚪🔑🚪🔑🚪🔑🚪🔑🚪 Chloe flung the door to room 721 open, eager to rest her blister-ridden legs on an available bed. It was usually not easy to get anything past her--sharp as a tack, she'd noticed that 721 wasn't on the booking list. But she was simply too jet-lagged to care. The bellhop's lacklustre posture said it all--it probably wasn't a great room, but sufficient for a night's needed shuteye.
By Michelle Liew Tsui-Lin9 months ago in Fiction
The Blade of Hollow Vale
They speak her name only in murmurs—Seraphyne. A name that once meant light, now a whisper passed like a curse from one trembling mouth to the next. She had not always worn the black gown that trailed like smoke behind her, nor had her smile always curled like a crescent moon over a battlefield. But the blade—that had always been hers.
By E. hasan9 months ago in Fiction
Queen of the Hollow Crown. Content Warning.
Read the first story here: The Thief of Shadows I: The First Rebellion The dead moved differently now. Lirael saw it in the way the shades paused mid-wail when she passed, their hollow eyes tracking her with something sharper than fear. The obsidian floors, once cold enough to burn bare flesh, now warmed beneath her footsteps like stones left in afternoon sun. Even the air had changed—thick with the scent of overripe figs and the metallic tang of freshly unearthed grave soil.
By The Lost Books - "Libri Perditi"9 months ago in Fiction
The Thief of Shadows. Content Warning.
I: The Heist in Hell The air in the Underworld didn’t move like air should. It clung, thick as funeral shrouds, pressing against Lirael’s skin with the weight of centuries of held breaths. The path before her twisted like a gutted serpent, paved not with stone but with the petrified bones of oath-breakers, their hollow eye sockets weeping black ichor that sizzled where it touched her boots.
By The Lost Books - "Libri Perditi"9 months ago in Fiction
The Hollow and the Hungry Ghost. Content Warning.
I. The Wrong Door Opened Mirelle's fingers trembled as she lit the thirteenth candle. The church basement reeked of mildew and old incense, the perfect place to cheat death. She'd come to speak to her sister—just once, just long enough to say the words she'd left unsaid the day the fever took her.
By The Lost Books - "Libri Perditi"9 months ago in Fiction
The Heist
Jasper was in trouble. Robbing the bank was a terrible decision. It was one he made to prove that he was smarter and different than what people thought. But it was a tragic choice, made in the moment, but with tremendous consequences. He spent a lot of time wondering where things went wrong.
By Archery Owl9 months ago in Fiction
The Silence Between Screams. AI-Generated.
The house on Wren Hollow Road had been empty for twenty-three years—long enough for the town to forget the truth, but not the fear.
By M.SUDAIS 9 months ago in Fiction
The Lightning Code (2025) Review: A Teen Sci-Fi Adventure Sparked by Tesla’s Legacy
In a cinematic world often saturated with reboots, remakes, and predictable superhero sagas, The Lightning Code arrives as a breath of fresh, electrified air. Released on May 9, 2025, and directed by Kali Bailey, the film introduces a compelling blend of teenage ambition, historical mystery, and the ever-relevant clash between innovation and exploitation.
By Kevin Hudson9 months ago in Fiction