Young Adult
The Promise she let, GO!
Liyana once felt a quiet affection for a boy named Rayyan, someone she only knew through late-night chats and glowing phone screens. As time passed, her feelings dimmed, but the promises she had made to him stayed heavy like a knot she couldn’t untangle. She tried to walk away many times, yet guilt kept her tied to him longer than she should have stayed. Her parents sensed something was wrong and stepped in to protect her heart. They brought four marriage proposals, each one declined because Liyana believed breaking her promise to Rayyan was a betrayal.
By Syeda Tamseel Fatima2 months ago in Fiction
IVY
Prologue Ivy has spent years rebuilding a life that once burned to ashes—her past hidden, her peace fragile. Just when she begins to believe she’s finally safe, a stranger with ocean‑blue eyes appears at her door, stirring a fear she thought she’d buried forever.
By Asha verne2 months ago in Fiction
The Museum of the Lost Girls Life
Marie Wildapple spent the first ten summers of her childhood cradled in Veilwood Valley — a place where the air always seemed to shimmer with secrets, and sunlight slipped through the leaves as if it had somewhere important to go.
By waseem khan2 months ago in Fiction
#8 Scrape's Fate.... Top Story - December 2025.
Squire "Ski" Reynolds still couldn't believe his eyes. His cellphone news feed just revealed that Scrape Norwood had been gunned down by a SWAT team member and subsequently lost his left leg during a shootout with police yesterday morning while attempting to rob Ganola Bank, the only Black-owned bank in the State of Washington, at gunpoint. Two members of Scrape's crew had also participated in the foiled heist.
By Tiffany Gordon2 months ago in Fiction
The Abandoned Puzzle Room
The abandoned Puzzle Room has been abandoned for years. Many years. I’m too old it seems. I use to play on it. I’m now 521/2years younger old. It was closed down very years prior to people’s who just gave up. Gave up on life!! They throw it everywhere. Too me, there were many signs. Always I used to sneak out and go down there. I found it. It used to be my refuge place. A place where I’d add to pictorial visuals. I always said I would one day put the world back together. And I sure could keep it secretly to this day.
By Rachael Frazier2 months ago in Fiction
Truthful Girls
A young girl named Cassie was just a normal high school student. She made two new friends, Rose and Natasha, who were transfers. They were involved in rumors, secrets and they kept things about themselves a secret so it won’t jeopardize their friendship. Years after graduating from high school, they led very different lives. Cassie has a daughter and son. Rose has two girls and a boy. Natasha has two boys and a girl and her mother would often visit her. Cassie’s husband is serving overseas and writes to her, their son James and daughter Miranda. Rose’s husband is a newspaper writer and gives advice to their oldest daughter Francine, middle son franklin and youngest daughter kelly. Natasha’s husband is an author and places his books for their oldest son, Martin, middle child Belle and youngest son brian.
By Forest Green2 months ago in Fiction
A Spark Within. Top Story - December 2025.
This was written for John and Paul's unofficial challenge :) (Now I know what you may be thinking...I'm not the one that rises in the morning with a big smile plastered to my face and my work is generally darker in nature, BUT, I hate to be told what to do or what I can do, hehe, so I chose to do the uplifting part not the critique. That's all the warning you get.)
By Heather Hubler2 months ago in Fiction
From the Journal of Tristen Kevin McConnell. Top Story - November 2025.
Body trembling, yearning palpable, I gingerly reach out my hand. Nerves jangling, I stretch forth fingers. Slowly, gently … fearfully … I touch the door. Cool. Metallic. A safety door. Sealing out horrors.
By Andrew C McDonald2 months ago in Fiction
