Fantasy

Three Blue Paintings
Patrick was only ten the day they’d finally found his mother. She’d been missing for two months, and everyone in town had long ago decided she’d run away from home. After all, the signs had been there for years.
By Shannon Hilson8 months ago in Fiction
The Malfunctioning Time Machine Part One. Content Warning.
PART ONE The Malfunctioning Time Machine Opening Prose: When the Marble Remembered the Century The revolving doors exhaled her into the lobby like a secret the building had been holding too long.
By Vicki Lawana Trusselli 8 months ago in Fiction
Jane's Bounty
A gentle arm reached around Jane’s waist and soft lips pressed against the side of her neck while her gaze remained fixed on the horizon and its rising sun.
By Jean-François Lamothe8 months ago in Fiction
The Door That Opened at the Wrong Time
It started with a sound. A soft… click. Not loud. Not alarming. But wrong. Because the house had no doors that should make that sound at 2:13 in the morning.
By Ibrahim 8 months ago in Fiction
On a Bed in the Middle of the Sea
The man moves closer, fascinated, trying to get a better look at these beautiful girls, still half-convinced this is just a strange dream. At the edge of the bed, he sees them clearly.
By Daria Alexandra Enache8 months ago in Fiction
Gone Fishing
"The store is closed, because my grandma, apparently the queen of the fairies in a witness protection program, is missing, and I have to impersonate her at the Blooming Festival to prevent a civil war and potentially enter a political marriage." was too long.
By Sasha Desideri8 months ago in Fiction
The Witness Tree
"Do you know what a witness tree is?" Tim shrugged. "Yeah. You know, I grew up in Oklahoma City. There's a Witness Tree there, at the memorial."
By Kimberly J Egan8 months ago in Fiction
Her Royal Highness. Honorable Mention in The Rule Everyone Knows Challenge.
“Is there anything else that you require, Your Highness?” The lady-in-waiting, still too new to bother remembering her name, curtsied slightly, eyes down, hands buried in the folds of her full, green skirt.
By M. A. Mehan 8 months ago in Fiction
The Fae King. Top Story - March 2026.
It began with a girl. Black-haired and sweet and gone too soon. It is the way of mortals to die, of course. Most pass within a few decades, unless they can be tempted away to fairyland and persuaded to stay there. Even then, mortals live only as long as they can go without visits to friends or family that allow time and the weight of years to catch up to them.
By Natasja Rose8 months ago in Fiction
Into The Great Beyond
Outside the airlock viewport, nebulous tendrils of incomprehensible colors slithered. Captain Leshford undid his oxygen hose.
By Matthew J. Fromm8 months ago in Fiction
When What's To Come, Arrives, Or Does It?
They stood together and watched the sky like drunken toddlers on a rampage. Eyes darting every which way frightened by the slightest movement and jumping at every sound, allowing their excitement and fear to build, distorting what was really happening.
By Kelli Sheckler-Amsden8 months ago in Fiction
On a bed in the Middle of the Sea
Where am I? What’s happening?! A boy wakes up in the middle of the sea, lying on a bed. He can’t see land anywhere. After enough panic, he decides that the most logical explanation is: he’s dreaming. So he goes back to sleep.
By Daria Alexandra Enache8 months ago in Fiction