Microfiction

The Day Paradise Shattered. Top Story - January 2024.
Society has a way of alienating those it should hold close. If someone is different, they are pushed to their breaking point.
By Poppy 2 years ago in Fiction
Elysium's Echo
Title: "Elysium's Echo: Chronicles of the Quantum Symphony" In the pulsating heart of Elysium, where skyscrapers kissed the heavens and the neon-lit streets hummed with energy, Dr. Eleanor Vega stood on the precipice of scientific marvel. Her creation, the Elysian Cognitive Harmonic Operator, or ECHO, was not just a leap in artificial intelligence; it was a quantum marvel that promised to redefine the very essence of humanity's relationship with the digital realm.
By ARTIST2 years ago in Fiction
Victory Was Ours
Today, January 17, he took inventory. He did this every year. His Chief Officer had cancelled his appointments. He slept in, but finally got out of bed for coffee, leaving his wife on her side of the bed.
By Gerard DiLeo2 years ago in Fiction
Gossip. Content Warning.
What You Heard "What an awful man" "Did you hear how he treated her?" "I heard something, it's no wonder what she did"
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 2 years ago in Fiction
Doggie Dress-Up
They put the alpha hooman’s glasses on me…again. Sigh. What does a dog have to do to get a little respect out of here? First, it was the cloth with the skulls and bones on my head. Then it was the…what did they call it?…shirt all over my body. Then the “Christmas bow”—at least that one is only once a year.
By Stephanie Hoogstad2 years ago in Fiction
Deep In The Wooden Chest
It’s been almost a year now since Alex picked me up. I highly doubt she remembers where she put me. I’ve been tucked away inside her journal for safe keeping. It and I keep Alex’s secrets. Only now I’m somewhere they can never be told. I was her muse. We were supposed to add beauty into this world, instead, somehow, the darkness swallowed me up too. I know she still loves me because I was not placed carelessly about but safely inside her hand-crafted wooden chest… I’m buried at the bottom; underneath a pair of ripped jeans hardly worth saving let alone wearing and some old concert tickets almost completely faded. Some days I’m confident Alex will remember where she left me. I see a glimpse of light thru a hole of the jeans. I think, “She’ll pull me out for sure”. Nope, she’s just grabbing a sweater, nope she’s just grabbing a favorite tee. Today is not the day she wants her muse back. One day just not today. I lay there tucked away in her journal. I lie with all her hopes and dreams. The stories that have no ending. I lie quietly waiting for the chance to show the world how perfectly wonderful her words truly are…
By LiciaEmber2 years ago in Fiction
Cat and Mouse. Content Warning.
+++++++ CONTENT WARNING - scroll to the end for details so you can decide whether to engage, or play it fast and loose. The choice is yours!
By L.C. Schäfer2 years ago in Fiction
Cellphone Hide and Go Seek.
This is the story of an ordinary everyday run of the mill cellphone. But it's not a story of an ordinary everyday run of the mill cellphone; it's a story about me, a Galaxy A14 5G phone that belongs to a man we'll call Harry.
By Timothy E Jones2 years ago in Fiction
Gus the Bus
This story was inspired by Lucas Marcus, Facebook group: The Writer's Forum. Lucas posted the picture asking, "If this bus was a character in your book. What name would you her or him?" I saved the picture, because I liked it and wanted to see what I could do with it. Thus, Gus the Bus was born.
By Atomic Historian2 years ago in Fiction
Plain People in Plain Rooms
I have yet to meet anyone like that. Sure, I have friends and loved ones who don’t coat their walls with various mediums of memory. Or wear flashy clothes and blingy jewels.
By Amethyst Champagne2 years ago in Fiction
National Without a Scalpel Day
On January 16, 1964, the specialty of interventional radiology and, by association, minimally invasive surgery, was created when an angioplasty performed by Dr. Charles Dotter resulted in a Band-Aid instead of a possible amputation. Today, hysterectomies are removed through the navel and gallbladders by robots.
By Gerard DiLeo2 years ago in Fiction
A Day at the Beach
L.C. Schäfer proposed the idea that she would write a story every day for 2024 and invited other Vocalists/Vocalites along for the ride. And so, here I still am. Day 2 of Week Three.
By Rachel Deeming2 years ago in Fiction