Microfiction

The Stinging Salt
Watching her, sat on that rock and singing, my hearts damn near break with pride and grief. Her tender soul got her into bother in the end, as I always worried it might.
By L.C. Schäfer2 years ago in Fiction
Time Travel. Content Warning.
Past Back to What's in store: A Manual for Time Travel Through History (Fiction and Science) Time travel. An idea that has enamored humankind for a really long time, winding around its way through writing, film, and, surprisingly, logical request. Be that as it may, is time travel simply a fantastical idea, or might it at any point hold a bit of truth? This article dives into the enamoring universe of time travel, investigating its depictions in fiction, the ongoing logical comprehension, and the moral predicaments it hurls.
By sanjeevan2 years ago in Fiction
166 Rite of Passage PART 2
The Doomsday Comet, our own epoch's extinction event, was expected to slam into the Pacific Ocean and send walls of shock, conflagration, and finally continents of water to purify, purge, and wash away--in serial waves--the human race and all evidence we had ever been.
By Gerard DiLeo2 years ago in Fiction
165 Rite of Passage PART 1
"Paulette," Teresa cried, "you're only 16!" "What's age got to do with it, Mama?" Paulette cried back. "Everything," Teresa answered. "Too young! You're not even finished growing. You won't be able to appreciate it the right way."
By Gerard DiLeo2 years ago in Fiction
Doppelganger
Did the reflection in the mirror blink? She turned back, silence. She looked back again, the reflection was gone. "I'm not gone," a whisper said. She lost consciousness, the last words echoing in his ears: "I'm here."
By Yasemin Yiğit Kuru2 years ago in Fiction
Change. Top Story - June 2024.
She looked at her son. He was a man now really. Moments came when she saw glimpses of the boy he once was but rarely and they were snatched by her when he didn't know that he was being scrutinised by someone trying to make sense of who this person was, what he would become.
By Rachel Deeming2 years ago in Fiction
Lights Off
People always laugh when they find out that I am afraid of the dark. "You are 30 years old Jake! How are you afraid of the dark still?" My little sister says.
By Latoya Giles 2 years ago in Fiction
Just One Bite
Russel, first boyfriend Looking back, I wonder how I stayed with such a prat for seven years. He was moody, selfish, played mind games. Mediocre sex. I thought he was the best I could get.
By L.C. Schäfer2 years ago in Fiction
As The Winds Blow
“Enter! Welcome to Grivor’s Famous House of Curiosities!” the verbose owner bellowed as Andruil entered the dusty shop. He kept his dark hood pulled up against the winter winds, not that he could feel them.
By Matthew J. Fromm2 years ago in Fiction
164 — How Love Came to Be
FROM THE BOOK OF PRIMUS Chapter 1: Verses 1-19 In the beginning of all things, there was Primus, -a, -um, the Original Being, the whole universe. There was nothing that wasn't Primus-a-um.
By Gerard DiLeo2 years ago in Fiction
The Bag - Decision
This microfiction is part of a series. If you would like to read it from the start, please visit The Bag - The Chapters where you can start from the very beginning should you so choose.
By Rachel Deeming2 years ago in Fiction
When Algorithm is God
It's dull here. Plain. Blank. Drab. White. Not even white; more dull and empty than that. A mind could go mad in here. Maybe I already have.
By L.C. Schäfer2 years ago in Fiction