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Stories in Fiction that you’ll love, handpicked by our team.

Storms of the heart
She loved him. She opened up his heart, unlocked stone that had been hard and grey for many years. She softened him, and he softened her. But it never really was.
By Karen Cave4 months ago in Fiction
The Equinox of Shadows
The evening of the autumnal equinox settled across the playground with the color of ripe plums. Abigail darted past the swings with a group of children at her heels, her braids flying as she ran. Feet thudded against packed earth. A ring of girls skipped rope near a tree stump, their chant rising like birdsong. Two boys tore through the tall grass, leaping roots and flinging handfuls of leaves at each other as they ran.
By Fatal Serendipity4 months ago in Fiction
Ghosted
Tired from a long workday and late dinner with her teenage twins, Laura checked her Facebook account before bed. She was terrified that she almost forgot to wish her high school friend a happy birthday. Laura herself turned 45 several months earlier and was pleased to get all the FB Birthday wishes from so many people! She always tried to do the same for her friends. Thank God for Facebook reminders!
By Lana V Lynx4 months ago in Fiction
Stipulations
“I know, now help me!” Frustration grew as Ben pulled a seemingly endless number of bags out of the back of the small SUV. “Why did you have to bring so much stuff anyway?”
By Krysha Thayer4 months ago in Fiction
The Whispering Wind
Sarcha was a shaman who was to lead her people to find food, water and safety. She was to use her skills, not in the tropical rainforest jungles, but to escape the concrete jungles that had now become one of the harshest environments to live in.
By Katherine D. Graham4 months ago in Fiction
Nona
I should have ignored the knock on the door. I should have stayed there in my pyjamas and my old lady cardigan, my left eye throbbing. I should have stayed under my blanket, chain-eating snacks, and drowning my last emotion in whiskey.
By L.C. Schäfer4 months ago in Fiction
The March
Service--or conformity? 🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊🎊 Everyone needs a hero. So it is that the town of Wilkinson gathered to celebrate the sacrifices of those who cared for those who ran towards flames or pain.
By Michelle Liew Tsui-Lin4 months ago in Fiction
Reflections. Runner-Up in The Shape of the Thing Challenge.
Cool blades of grass tickle my back while I lay gazing at the clouds, remembering the images created in my mind as a child. The soft rustle of leaves in the summer breeze, smells of a fresh cut lawn lingering long after the mower is stored away. The steady hum of bike tires racing across hot pavement.
By JBaz4 months ago in Fiction
no stars no more
In the evening they escort us to the bunker, after the Careggi's hospital, and we all go like cows, slipping. We go like cows, except the cows went back to their stables themselves, no herding needed. My sister Sasà accepts everything, docile. I wonder what her head has been thinking for the past fourteen years. Her hair, still wet from the shower, reach down to her ass. She has short shorts and tanned legs.
By M.4 months ago in Fiction
Digital Diarrhea
George Carlin's "first real book" was Brain Droppings and contains many of Carlin's best stories and jokes. According to the cover, the book contains "jokes, notions, doubts, opinions, questions, thoughts, beliefs, assertions, assumptions, and disturbing references" and "comedy, nonsense, satire, mockery, merriment, sarcasm, ridicule, silliness, bluster, and toxic alienation".
By Scott Christenson🌴5 months ago in Fiction
First Shift
“This is a nice, simple Cardiac event. Easy first call, new guy,” Ethan’s lieutenant said as they turned off the sirens outside a dusty apartment block.
By Matthew J. Fromm4 months ago in Fiction
Spirits and Ghosts
The first time it happened, I was six years old. My neighbor friend, Barry, who was eight, was trying to convince me to climb a tall, old tree. Up he went, without a hitch. I hesitated.
By Julie Lacksonen4 months ago in Fiction