Fantasy

The Arrival of the Stellar Merchant
In the sleepy town of Maplewood, where the biggest excitement usually involved a bake sale or a high school football game, an extraordinary event was about to unfold. On a crisp autumn morning, just as the sun began to rise over the hills, something unusual appeared in the sky—a sleek, silver spaceship descending from the clouds. It wasn’t like the UFOs from movies, all jagged edges and flashing lights; this ship was smooth, elegant, and almost graceful as it touched down in the middle of the town square.
By Abbas2 years ago in Fiction
Twelve Sisters . AI-Generated.
The long table had been laid out and my eleven sisters were all around me, we had spent the day preparing the food for tonight's feast. In another life, this moment would have been beautiful. However, the tension was so thick with our father’s presence that we hardly spoke — we all knew what tonight meant. Only one of us would leave this desert oasis, our lifelong prison, to join him in the city, to seduce the new sultan and become his wife.
By Barbara Roux2 years ago in Fiction
The Enchanted Realm
In a world where the wind whispered ancient secrets, and mythical creatures were free to roam, there lived a girl named Lyra-destined to become the most powerful sorceress of her age. Her magic couldn't be contained by the vastness of the sky, her heart was as wild as the storm, and her fate was sealed by a prophecy she could hardly fathom.
By Rubyrose2 years ago in Fiction
Jake’s word (part two of The Loser)
The best type of comedy is the straight-man routine. The foil serves the over-the-top eccentricity and the straight man gives the dead-pan rebuttal or sets up the comedy foil to bring the big laughs in.
By Melissa Ingoldsby2 years ago in Fiction
The Estates Beyond the Nine Gates
In the solitude of the dead hours the moon bathed the shadowy night as the heat of the evening bore down. A benighted woman saw fitful wisps of auroras race like wild ghouls of the night. Traces of fire darted from their eyes. In a flash, they illuminated the direction of her destiny’s path.
By Katherine D. Graham2 years ago in Fiction
Adan Mar
Hundreds of years ago, there lived a man who walked the lands, swam the seas, flew through the skies, and traveled time. No one knew his name, yet many knew his face. Some called him an angel. Others considered him alien. But none of those was he.
By Jennifer David2 years ago in Fiction
Fly to the Light
The airship sailed endlessly through a sea of clouds, its massive form a floating city gleaming in the sunlight that never penetrated to the lower decks. On the high decks, the golden air shimmered with warmth and luxury. Loren stood on his balcony, overlooking the expanse of the upper decks, where marble and polished brass gleamed in the sun. The scent of fresh cultivated greens from a lower deck wafted on the breeze, mingling with the tang of salt from the sea somewhere below the clouds.
By Randy Dannenfelser2 years ago in Fiction
First Mate
The crackling of the boarding device faded as Rodney Trask stepped out onto the deck of The Inevitability. A magnificent view greeted him: broad planks of sparkling mahogany, burnished brass guardrails, and at the other end of the ship, well-oiled doors to the crew’s quarters and captain’s cabin. One slim metal mast, sailless and shining, stood halfway between Trask and the stern. Off the sides of the vessel, ripples of otherworldly colors undulated silent and sublime: the Time Sea.
By Gabriel Huizenga2 years ago in Fiction
Origin: Trickster
Logan Sams grabbed his bucket and headed out of his front door. Dressed as one of his favorite superheroes he made his way down the street. The first house he came to with their porch light on, he knocked and said, “Trick or Treat!” A nice old lady gave him two candy bars. He thanked her and went on his way to the next one.
By Jax Wolf2 years ago in Fiction
The Tale of the Curious Caterpillar
Once upon a time in a lush, green forest, there lived a curious little caterpillar named Casey. Unlike the other caterpillars, who were content munching on leaves and resting on branches, Casey had a deep yearning to explore the world beyond the trees. She often gazed up at the birds soaring through the sky, the squirrels leaping from branch to branch, and the bees buzzing from flower to flower. “I wish I could see what they see,” she thought to herself.
By Vishnu Sharma2 years ago in Fiction
Bola Blanca
Rick and Danny stood at opposite ends of the pool table. The pair of fivers on the table’s edge were a small bet, for them, but they took the competition seriously. Rick lined up a difficult shot on the seven. “Have you ever thought about your purpose in life, Dan-o?” he asks.
By Daniel J. Heck2 years ago in Fiction
The warden of cosmos
In the bustling city of Safron, where towering skyscrapers cast long shadows over its people, a new figure emerged from the darkness –Nyx, the Warden of Cosmos.
By davide avenia2 years ago in Fiction