Microfiction

A Bowl & A Prayer
There's one on every corner. All with beards to their belly-buttons. Even the women. Ribs sticking out for miles. It's the feet that catch your eye, mainly because you've got your head down. A cracked and empty bowl between them don't look at that don't look don't look no, it's easier to look at the feet, revolting as they are. Sandals barely held together with dirt. Toenails long and yellow, caked in grime.
By L.C. Schäfer2 years ago in Fiction
#Glass skin. Content Warning.
The ring light flickered for a heartbeat before stabilizing into its usual halo, bathing Mia Vale’s flawless face in a celestial glow. Her fans always said she looked like a porcelain doll—“glass skin goals,” they wrote in the comments of every tutorial, every unboxing, every flawless skincare reel. But they didn’t know how close they were to the truth.
By E. hasan2 years ago in Fiction
Squad Buster
Little tiny creatures fighting over gems. Some with weapons some who fight with their fists. Beating angry monsters down to get all their gems. Getting rocks thrown at them, and attacked by tree branches. Seeing another army having more gems, now the goal is to go after them. Bust their army, and steal all their gems. Make them go from first place to last place.
By L.I.E2 years ago in Fiction
I Couldn't Promise Her a Future, So She Left
She left without taking much, except for the calendar we bought together. It was the first day of the new year. She rolled up the calendar, placed it in her bag, and didn't ask if I wanted to keep a page as a memento. She didn't say "take care" or "goodbye."
By Adam Collins2 years ago in Fiction
Kalinda's Turn
Modelling on others shouldn't be at the cost of the soul. Michelle Liew 🪟🪟🪟🪟🪟🪟🪟🪟🪟🪟🪟🪟🪟🪟🪟🪟🪟🪟🪟🪟🪟🪟🪟🪟🪟🪟
By Michelle Liew Tsui-Lin2 years ago in Fiction
The House Of Eyes. Content Warning.
The rain is pouring and there is thunder and lightning, I don't think I a going to get any sleep and then the lights went out in the street, power cut probably.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 2 years ago in Fiction
Principles of Passion
Actually, I was browsing my drafts and came upon an entry that didn't make the deadline. Never too late for one more, 'Oh Jeff'. Inspiration provided by, Raymond G. Taylor
By Lamar Wiggins2 years ago in Fiction
The Artsy Traveler
Once there was a nice sunny day but breezy in a downtown Chicago. There were bunched of delicious food, cool clothes, and outrageous entertainment. People laughing, crying and shouting!
By Meghan LeVaughn 2 years ago in Fiction
The Clockmaker's Gift
In a sleepy town between two warps of fog, there was an old clockmaker of the name Elias. His store, which happened to hide in a quiet corner of a forgotten street, was overfull with clocks of all shapes and sizes, and the ticking of them in unison was so loud and clear that it seemed to distract from its own natural harmony. But a most peculiar clock in his whole collection was the one that attracted people's attention so much that they did not fear to go near him.
By StoryTime2 years ago in Fiction
The Clockmaker’s Dragon
In the quaint village of Windlewharf, nestled between mossy hills and eternally ticking windmills, lived a peculiar old man named Thaddeus Pinch. He was a clockmaker of no small repute, known not only for mending broken timepieces but for crafting intricate mechanical wonders that seemed almost alive. Birds made of brass sang lullabies at dusk, spiders of silver spun delicate webs in lantern glass, and mice of copper chased crumbs across countertops.
By THE STORY ROOM2 years ago in Fiction
'Have you ever seen the rain?'
Running as the rain lashes with tiny horizontal hammer blows, feet sodden as pavement puddles unite to form a flowing stream.
By Tash H2 years ago in Fiction
She Left Her Voice in the Cradle
The house was never silent, though no one had lived there in thirteen years. Wind passed through its broken panes like breathing through cracked lips, and on quiet nights, neighbors whispered that they could hear someone singing lullabies—faint, soft, and unbearably sad.
By E. hasan2 years ago in Fiction