Psychological
The Extra Mile. Top Story - October 2026.
You get up on a day that really should be left alone but what choice do you have? That's just life, isn't it? Getting out from under the covers when all you really want to do is huddle down and hide? How much easier that would be.
By Rachel Deemingabout a month ago in Fiction
Stitch: The lore of Sara Foxgrave.
Sara didn’t even know why she went out there that morning. She told herself it was just curiosity, just wanting to see how far the construction crew had gotten on the new house, but really it was because she hadn’t come back here since she returned. Not once. The old willow tree still hunched over the hill like it was guarding Lake Downing, its branches rattling in the cold wind, whispering the same secrets they used to whisper when she and Birdi climbed it and pretended they were queens of the whole damn world. The lake hadn’t changed at all. But she had. It felt smaller now, or maybe she did.
By Syl De'Vilabout a month ago in Fiction
Trespassers Will Be Persecuted . Content Warning.
You shouldn’t have come here. Really, it was a bad idea out of the gate, but you’re here, so come on. In for a penny, in for a pound. Watch your head under that low beam. Eavesdropping is one thing, but this is pure spying. The things you will witness in this place you’ve trespassed into are none of your business. You’re violating me by the simple act of being present. Don’t expect to be forgiven or shown any mercy whatsoever. You forfeited your right to those when you took it upon yourself to pick through my private thoughts.
By Harper Lewis about a month ago in Fiction
Aurelius Ascends (part 3)
At first, the crew thought that what was likely happening to their craft right now was nothing more than a minor navigational anomaly, a glitch, as they had begun sensing a very subtle gravitational tug over the last hour, something that all of the crew, apart from one absent member, had been starting to feel as a slowly growing vibration through the underside artificial gravity plating areas, which , while this would certainly account for the sudden ‘light spring in their steps,’ it was definitely not one that could have explained away the navigational gremlins they were experiencing with their shipwide instrumentation panels though.
By Jonathan Townendabout a month ago in Fiction
An Adventure in Succinctness: A Four-story Micro Fiction Collection
Introduction to a New Genre Once upon a time in the late 90s, I picked up a book that had a profound influence on me. It was a short anthology with a tad over 100 pages. However, within the book there were 101 stories that were 56 words in length, but each carried the impact of a full-length novel. In addition, they ran the gamut of being funny, sad or terrifying.
By Dean Traylorabout a month ago in Fiction
Broken: An Abuse Survivor's Tale💜Part 1. Content Warning.
This story was written a year ago on a different platform, but I uploaded it here a while back. I felt insecure about the story as it was a very...specific kind of tale, so I ended up deleting it. Well, since then, I have grown a lot as a writer, and I don't feel those insecurities anymore. Enjoy!
By Rain Dayzeabout a month ago in Fiction
