Microfiction

Specter.exe: Malfunction at Grimsby Manor
Chapter One: Welcome to Grimsby When wealthy tech mogul Dr. Victoria Grimsby died under extremely suspicious circumstances (i.e., launched 12 feet into the air during a VR meditation session), her sprawling estate was left to her one-of-a-kind invention: a robot butler named C.L.A.N.K. (Cognitive Lifeform for Assistance, Navigation, and Killing—ignore that last bit, it was a typo in the patent).
By E. hasan10 months ago in Fiction
Lips as Red as Blood
Hair as black as coal…skin as white as snow…lips as red as blood… Oh, if only people knew where the blood on those lips came from, maybe then I wouldn’t shackled to a wall, talking to myself as I wait for a trial I don’t deserve for a crime that…well, I did try to commit, but righteously so. Anyone would have done it if they knew what I do about that girl.
By Stephanie Hoogstad10 months ago in Fiction
The cluckening. Content Warning.
No one ever expected the apocalypse to start at McFeather Farms. Certainly not Farmer Bill, whose biggest worry up to now had been whether his prized zucchini would win the blue ribbon at the county fair. But something was off this season. The sky had been an unsettling shade of green for three days, the cows were mooing in Latin, and the scarecrow kept turning its head slightly every time Bill walked past.
By E. hasan10 months ago in Fiction
I Accidentally Married My Boss in Vegas (And He Doesn’t Want an Annulment)
Chapter 1: The Tequila Incident The last thing I remembered before waking up in a penthouse suite was: Doing karaoke with my boss to I Will Always Love You (badly)
By Wiki Rjm10 months ago in Fiction
SpaceX Launch Creates Mesmerizing 'Nebula' in Sky: April 21, 2025, Space Picture of the Day
In a dazzling demonstration of technology meeting natural beauty, a recent SpaceX rocket launch painted an awe-inspiring image in the early morning skies, resembling the brilliant, swirling colors of a deep-space nebula. This captivating spectacle occurred during the company’s 32nd commercial resupply mission (CRS-32) to the International Space Station (ISS), solidifying SpaceX’s place not only as a trailblazer in aerospace technology but also as an unintentional artist of the cosmos.
By Sakibul Islam Sakib10 months ago in Fiction
Twenty-Six Seconds
Earth sighs. Pulses. An ancient, subtle rhythm, unbearable in its slowness. tick tock Baffled scientists puzzle over it, scratching their heads over their seismometers, and counting her waves. Something to do with volcanoes, some say. Others shake their heads and theorise that Earth herself lives, and has a heartbeat at her core.
By L.C. Schäfer10 months ago in Fiction
The Voicemail from My Future
I froze as the screen flickered to life. It was 2:17 AM—the middle of the night when nothing good ever happens. My phone lay on the nightstand, face‑down and locked. I’d forgotten all about it until the vibration roused me from a half‑dream. Bleary‑eyed, I flipped it over. One new notification: a voicemail from an unknown number.
By Naaike10 months ago in Fiction
The Café Where You Can Order Someone Else’s Memories
"First Kiss" (1997) – $12 (Notes of cherry cola and nervous sweat) "Last Summer Before College" (2009) – $15 (Hints of sunscreen and recklessness)
By Wiki Rjm10 months ago in Fiction
Exploring. Content Warning.
All Archie wanted was to be an explorer. Space held infinite discoveries in the black star-speckled miles stretching before him.
By Rachel Deeming10 months ago in Fiction
Go Fly A Kite!
For Mikeydred's April Challenge Anger is a kite---it must be tethered. Michelle Liew 🎏🪁🎈🪁🎏🎏🪁🎈🪁🎏🎏🪁🎈🪁🎏🎏🪁🎈🎏🪁🎈🪁🎏
By Michelle Liew Tsui-Lin10 months ago in Fiction
The Breathing Package. AI-Generated.
I stared at the brown paper package on the table, cold sweat trickling down my spine. There was no sender's information, no shipping label—just my name scrawled in dark red ink. What was even more eerie was that the package pulsed slightly, like a living heart, as if something trapped inside was struggling to get out.
By Mr.kong10 months ago in Fiction
"Beginning-Endings" Unofficial Writing Challenge. Top Story - April 2025.
Welp, it's all in title: I am very excited to announce the kicking off of another unofficial challenge! I will be blathering on about the inspiration for this and such for a few paragraphs- so if you just want to get straight to the details of the challenge itself, feel free to skip down to the section in bold. No hard feelings, life can get busy. :)
By Gabriel Huizenga10 months ago in Fiction