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

The Initiation
Prologue So did we accept the invitation? Yes. The short answer is yes, we did. Of course we did, how could we pass up the opportunity to work with a top secret team.
By Jennidoll of (jennidoll.inc)8 months ago in Fiction
"Weirdos"
My heart pounded against my rib cage as my mind went completely blank. But then Pallas caught my eye from the other side of the hallway. One hand hovered over her chest and rose and fell slightly with the rhythm of her breathing. Her deep green gaze seemed to glow in the distance, allowing a better understanding of her message:
By Taylor Rigsby8 months ago in Fiction
David the Cat
The next installment in the ShambElla Saga! Table of Contents: Previous Chapter: David the Cat (An Interlude) NARRATOR: You’re not really going to make me do this, are you?
By C. Rommial Butler8 months ago in Fiction
Heliocentric: a Fable
I am one of the beautiful people. I feel pretty. People admire me. People want to be by me. They want to be me. It's the nature of us beautiful people.
By Gerard DiLeo8 months ago in Fiction
Dark Balance
I was tired. I didn’t know I was faint till the crown slid from my head, clanging as it rolled away in a rattle and clatter of noise.
By Meredith Harmon8 months ago in Fiction
Chimney Soot
Author's Note: This story was inspired by the poem 'Suburban Sonnet' by Gwen Harwood. Enjoy! ~ Ms Annabelle Morrison enters the hall, holding an envelope and a page of handwritten notes. It is her sister, Margaret’s funeral. This is Belle’s speech.
By Ruby Red8 months ago in Fiction
Winston's world magazine
As they clink glasses they regard each other, at first with a knowing look in their eyes then just the hint of a smile but nothing more. Hetty and Charlotte go so far back that the new team members consider them as ‘precious antiques’, which they did not take as a compliment but rather an insight into their colleagues' thought process. Kinder comments they had heard and also much worse.
By Paula Smith8 months ago in Fiction
One Handsome Devil Redux
Let me tell ya, he’s one handsome devil. That’s not just a figure of speech. He’s shown me his bona fides. And they were definitely bona, if you know what I mean.
By Randy Wayne Jellison-Knock8 months ago in Fiction
The Birth of the End
Lili woke to a dull ache low in her back. It was 3:oo a.m. exactly so the room was still dark and her eyes heavy. She waited, unsure, then felt it again but stronger this time, tight around her stomach.
By Daniel Millington8 months ago in Fiction
The Last Mayflower
This is for Mikeydred's May Challenge. Guilt is a flower that never stops blooming. Michelle Liew 🌸👧🏻🕯️🌸🌸👧🏻🕯️🌸🌸👧🏻🕯️🌸🌸👧🏻🕯️🌸🌸👧🏻🕯️🌸🌸👧🏻🕯️🌸🌸👧🏻🕯️
By Michelle Liew Tsui-Lin8 months ago in Fiction
Hollow Talks
I haven't come to terms with seeing you only for small talk. Our existence together was a dance, an easy sliding of tectonic plates over one another. No friction. No catches. Just smooth sailing, you and I. It was effortless, like breathing in the morning fog.
By Silver Daux8 months ago in Fiction
Of Chaos and Consequence
Consequences, mapped, spread, and stretched across the chaos they so deftly served in their given time, are ordered by unseen forces. We grasp at straws to find reason and rhyme, some semblance of "the why" when the seemingly random shatters our steady ground.
By Paul Stewart8 months ago in Fiction