Short Story
The Last Letter on the Shelf
I never meant to leave it there. The old wooden shelf in the corner of the living room, stacked with books that smelled faintly of dust and sunlight, had always been my mother’s domain. She used it like a shrine—little trinkets, half-finished novels, pressed flowers, and, most importantly, letters. So many letters. Some she’d kept from decades ago, tied with ribbon, their paper edges soft and worn. Others were more recent, hastily scribbled notes of gratitude, apology, or love.
By Salman Writes2 days ago in Fiction
How to Not Become the Woman Everyone Warns the New Hires About
I wrote this manual because I have seen this behavior too many times to pretend it is rare. In many production jobs, toxic behavior is treated as normal, especially when it comes from older Hispanic women who have been there longer. They think they run the place. They mock new hires when they mess up. They give dirty looks instead of help. They laugh, whisper, and call it experience.
By Diani Alvarenga3 days ago in Fiction
Thank You for Your Patience
The first announcement thanked us for our patience. It explained that there had been a minor incident and that emergency services were responding accordingly. We were advised to remain indoors, avoid unnecessary travel, and continue normal activities where possible.
By Courtney Jones3 days ago in Fiction
Getting out of the house can be hard
"Come on Jack, wake up. It's 7:30 already. You'll be late. Don't you wanna have breakfast?" "Mmmmm." "Yeah I know, you probably stayed up till 2 again, playing that stupid game. Whatever, you're not 12 anymore. You do you. But don't say I didn't try when they kick you out of school for too many missed classes."
By Paul Fingl3 days ago in Fiction
A Basic Guide to Life in the Void Space
------------------------------------------- 1 ------------------------------------------------ Hello! If you are reading this, then you might be somewhere in the first level of the Void Space. This writing is a guide from the VSSG or the Void Space Survival Group for short. If you are someone new to the Void Space, then you probably have a lot of questions that you need to have answered since you ended up in this strange place from whenever you originally came from. If you are not someone new to this place, then you might want to look back at this guide for a little bit of a refresher if you feel like you need one. After all, there are people who spend a lot of time in this place, but ultimately perish or succumb to something simply because they forgot the basics. Anyway, enough with the introduction, here is some basic information on the Void Space and how you can - hopefully - survive long enough to reach us or any of the less hostile groups that have formed down here.
By Eksploristo E3 days ago in Fiction
