Psychological

The Whispering Train. AI-Generated.
Rain tapped softly against the old windows of the tiny railway station in the forgotten town of Black Hollow. The station had only one bench, one flickering lantern, and one rule everyone knew:
By Waleed khan6 months ago in Fiction
Thank You For Having a Heart. Runner-Up in You Had to Be There. Content Warning.
“Thank you for having a heart,” she says, finding it and piercing through it. Not in a way that’s painful. I had grown accustomed to that feeling. This was different. It was a burning similar to the delayed sensation you feel when you slice yourself with a particularly sharp blade.
By Jesse Lee6 months ago in Fiction
The Clockmaker’s Secret. AI-Generated.
In a quiet town where rain tapped softly on cobblestone streets, there stood an old clock shop hidden between two modern buildings. The faded wooden sign above the door read: “Elias & Son Clockmakers.” Most people passed it without noticing, but every evening, exactly at 7 PM, the shop lights glowed warmly like a lantern from another century.
By Waleed khan6 months ago in Fiction
From Where To Where
From the time humans became sentient, we have been driven by two basic questions: where did we come from, and where does our journey as a species end? Many different answers have been presented over the centuries, from I couldn't care less because there is nothing I can do about it anyway, next is, it’s all part of God’s master plan and he’ll reveal it to us when he feels we’re ready, and finally, science and logic will find the answers.
By Mark Gagnon6 months ago in Fiction
The Missing Child
Lucy discovered the gap in the hedge. We were heading for the park via one of the network of alleyways that ran behind the posh houses on Long Lane. However posh the houses, the alleyways around there still smelt of dog shit – this was way before the days of pooper scoopers or little blue bags, and even in April, 1976 was turning into a sweltering year.
By Matthew Batham6 months ago in Fiction
Hourglass: A Tale of Anxiety Part 2. Content Warning.
“Remember the value of slowing down; constant speed can feed anxiety and wear you down.” — Rick Hanson This story is one of many in 🎗A Mental Health Awareness Month initiative🎗 held by Fictionry.com Please join us: https://www.fictionry.com/events/mental-health-awareness-2026
By Rain Dayze6 months ago in Fiction
THE WRONG PLACE
I woke sitting slumped on metal seats, head throbbing. The slightest movement made me feel nauseous, as if I was on a ship out at sea. I grabbed my head, pressing it against my hands. The light here was too bright and the sounds of an intercom overhead felt like having my head drilled into.
By Elizabeth Butler6 months ago in Fiction
Late Night Pool
It was Saturday night, and the pool sat in a kind of dead silence that felt unnatural. No music. No voices. No splashing water. Just the low mechanical hum of the vents breathing through the building like something asleep in the walls.
By Adrianna M. Braun6 months ago in Fiction
The Echo Wife
BY WAQID ALI The Echo Wife Mara woke up on a cold concrete floor, copper on her tongue and a pounding headache. The last thing she remembered was arguing with Daniel in the kitchen. She wanted to go back to work. He had given her that calm, terrifying smile and said, “We’ll talk later, love.”
By Waqid Ali 6 months ago in Fiction
The Battery
Zora King’s earliest memory of power was not political. It was electrical. Summer, 1998. Newark suffocated beneath July heat while helicopters circled overhead and apartment windows stood open like exhausted mouths. Then the blackout came.
By Violet Hamilton6 months ago in Fiction
The Valley That Forgot Its Song
The Day the Sky Went Quiet When Liora arrived in the Valley of Bellweather, she expected noise. Every map she’d studied, every rumor she’d overheard in the border towns, insisted the valley rang with constant sound — chimes in the wind, bells on the hillsides, even the stones themselves humming if you pressed your ear to them.
By Kristen Barenthaler6 months ago in Fiction
Hourglass: A Tale of Anxiety Part 1. Content Warning.
"Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom." — Soren KierkegaardThis story is one of many in 🎗A Mental Health Awareness Month initiative🎗 held by Fictionry.comPlease join us: https://www.fictionry.com/events/mental-health-awareness-2026
By Rain Dayze6 months ago in Fiction