Fan Fiction
Domino Effect
The old coffee machine in the corner of the break room at Sterling & Co. always wheezed before it dripped, a familiar, comforting sound that had punctuated countless hurried mornings. Today, it was the backdrop to Sarah’s internal battle. The quarterly reports were due in an hour, and she’d spotted a discrepancy, a small, almost negligible error in the sales figures from the North division. It was a single digit, off by a mere few thousand dollars, easily missed amidst millions.
By FlammyWritesabout a year ago in Fiction
Rainy Night in Georgia
Title: Rainy Night in Georgia Subtitle: Sometimes, theThe rain came in slow, heavy sheets, the kind that didn’t ask for permission. It just was—thick and relentless, soaking the red Georgia clay until it bled into the streets. The kind of night where the air was warm and heavy and every drop sounded like a memory hitting the pavement. Clara hadn’t planned on being back in Savannah. She’d told herself she wouldn’t return—not after the way things ended. Not after Marcus. But grief has a way of pulling people home. Her mama passed two weeks ago, and the house had to be sorted, sold, and sealed up like it never held anyone’s whole world. She sat now on the old wooden porch, wrapped in her mama’s crocheted shawl, rocking in a chair that remembered her childhood better than she did. The sky was bruised purple, thunder humming like a lullaby meant to comfort ghosts. And it smelled like everything she’d forgotten—wet grass, magnolia, and the low hum of regret. Her phone buzzed, but she didn’t check it. She knew who it was. Marcus. He had texted three times since he found out she was in town. The first was cautious: “Didn’t think you’d come back.” The second, more vulnerable: “I’m sorry about your mama. She always liked me.” The third, the one she hadn’t responded to yet, simply said: “Can we talk?” Clara sighed and pulled her knees to her chest, watching as the rain carved trails down the steps like little rivers that knew how to run away better than she ever did. Their story had never been loud. It wasn’t fireworks and screaming matches. It was quiet disappointment. Missed calls. Words left unsaid. The kind of love that didn’t break—it faded, like paint on the side of a sunlit barn. And when she left for Atlanta, it wasn’t because she didn’t love him. It was because she didn’t love herself enough to stay. A pair of headlights cut through the wall of rain. Her breath caught. It was an old pickup, familiar and battered and loyal in a way no man ever managed to be. He parked but didn’t get out immediately. Just sat there, engine idling, maybe thinking through all the things he’d rehearsed in his head. Maybe wondering if she’d slam the door in his face. Maybe wondering if he deserved it. He stepped out finally, hood pulled up, hands in his pockets. He didn’t run from the rain. Of course he didn’t. Marcus was the kind of man who let the storm touch him, as if it earned him some sort of forgiveness. “Clara,” he said, voice softer than she remembered, but still stitched with gravel. She didn’t answer. Not right away. Instead, she asked, “Why now?” He looked down at the soaked floorboards. “I don’t know. Maybe because the rain reminds me of that night.” She didn’t need him to say which night. She knew. The one under this same porch roof, seven years ago. The night he told her he couldn’t go with her to Atlanta. That he didn’t know who he was without Georgia. Without these roads. Without this house. She left anyway. “I thought you hated the rain,” she said quietly. “I did,” he replied. “Until it was the only way I could still feel close to you.” Silence stretched between them, as fragile and sharp as a broken string on her mama’s old guitar. “I don’t know why I came back,” she said finally. “Maybe I thought the house would feel smaller without her in it. But it doesn’t. It feels like she’s in every wall.” “She loved you,” he said. “Even when you stopped writing. She kept your postcards.” “I didn’t know that.” “She read them out loud. Pretended you were still around.” A lump formed in her throat, heavy and aching. Marcus stepped closer, still keeping a respectful distance. “I never stopped waiting,” he said. “Even when you didn’t call. Even when I saw pictures of you with someone else on your birthday.” “That ended,” she whispered. “I figured,” he said. “You always smiled bigger in your letters from home.” Another pause. Then, gently: “You gonna let me sit with you?” She hesitated, then nodded toward the chair beside her. It creaked under his weight like it was waking up after a long nap. For a while, they just sat. Let the rain talk for them. Let the thunder remind them of old lullabies and open windows and the promise that even storms don’t last forever. “I’m not asking to start over,” Marcus said, voice low. “I’m just asking if we can start from here.” Clara looked over, eyes meeting his. The years hadn’t changed him much. A few more lines around the eyes. A scar on his hand she didn’t recognize. But the way he looked at her? That hadn’t changed at all. “I don’t know what ‘here’ is,” she admitted. “Maybe that’s the point,” he replied. “Maybe it’s not about knowing. Just… choosing.” She thought about it. Thought about the quiet mornings, the lost years, the rain that kept falling like it knew how to soften even the hardest ground. And then she reached over, her hand slipping into his. Not tightly. Not urgently. Just enough. Enough to mean maybe. Enough to mean this was a start. And on that rainy night in Georgia, they didn’t find the past. They found the possibility of a new chapter. Not rewritten. But reimagined.
By Muhammad Saleemabout a year ago in Fiction
"The Last Message in My Grandmother’s Diary" (Confessions / Fiction)
By [Your Name] Genre: Confessions / Fiction Chapter 1: The Inheritance The lawyer’s office smelled like dust and old paper. I shifted in the stiff leather chair as he slid a small, weathered box across the desk.
By M ZOHAIB KHANabout a year ago in Fiction
Toad Sues God
Once upon a time, in a year no one could quite remember, the sky brought a terrible drought. The sun scorched the trees month after month, drying up rivers and lakes. All living things were left with no water to drink. The great and powerful animals who had once terrorized the forest now lay helpless, tongues hanging out, waiting for death. None of them could think of a way to save themselves or the world around them. Their strength had only ever been used to bully others, never to confront Heaven.
By Tuấn Trần Việtabout a year ago in Fiction
"The Last 24-Hour Diner on Earth"
The neon sign flickered like a dying star—"EAT AT JOE'S"—though no one remembered who Joe was, or if he’d ever existed at all. The diner sat at the corner of 5th and Nowhere, its chrome siding reflecting a sky that never quite lightened to morning. Inside, the air smelled of bacon grease, coffee brewed since the 1950s, and something faintly metallic, like old typewriter keys.
By M ZOHAIB KHANabout a year ago in Fiction
🐿️ The Squirrel’s Missing Acorn Heist
It all began on a crisp autumn morning when Chester the squirrel awoke to find his prized golden acorn missing. This was no ordinary acorn. It wasn’t gold in color — it was actually gold. A shiny, nut-sized trinket he’d found near a human picnic site last spring. Ever since, Chester had kept it safe in his tree hollow, hidden beneath piles of real acorns. To the forest, it was his treasure. To him, it was a symbol of pride. And now it was gone. His whiskers twitched. His tiny paws trembled. There were no signs of a break-in — no snapped twigs, no disturbed leaves. Just an empty hollow and a sinking feeling in his belly. “This is a heist,” Chester muttered. “And I’m going to crack it wide open.”
By Shoaib Afridiabout a year ago in Fiction
The Memory I Borrowed from a Stranger
The Memory I Borrowed from a Stranger Genre: Fiction / Poets / Surreal It started on a Wednesday. I remember that much. I was on the 7:42 bus, the one that smells like lukewarm coffee and regret, where passengers avoid eye contact like it’s currency. The kind of morning where silence hums louder than conversation.
By waseem khanabout a year ago in Fiction
