Short Story
Eternal Echoes of Love
In the city where time is gold, amidst the chaos and noise, Adrian, a struggling musician with a guitar and dreams of making it big, met Isabella, an aspiring writer with a heart full of poetry. Their road crossed one rainy evening in a dimly lit coffee shop.
By Ronna Donque3 years ago in Fiction
“The Time-Traveler’s Dilemma “
In the heart of a bustling city, amid the constant hum of progress, lived a brilliant but reclusive scientist named Dr. Evelyn Sterling. Driven by an insatiable curiosity, she had spent years perfecting her invention: a time machine. Her dream was to unravel the mysteries of the past and the future, to witness history unfold firsthand.
By Ademide Junaid3 years ago in Fiction
Violet (Purple). Content Warning.
Read these first: Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Indigo 1 year after the funeral I lean against the pier railing as I watch the sun peek over the horizon, breathing in the cool ocean air. It helps relieve some of the extra grief Andrea's death anniversary four days ago has sent my way.
By Alexandria Stanwyck3 years ago in Fiction
A Saguaro by Any Other Name
A Saguaro by Any Other Name D. A. Ratliff The stately saguaros stood taller than I remembered when I walked this dirt road to school. The cacti were scared by the passage of time—their bases thickened, their pleated trunks dark green, and new branches for holding water a brighter green. My mother and I had named them, and I always said good morning on the way to the schoolhouse, as I did this morning as I strolled past.
By D. A. Ratliff3 years ago in Fiction
Pesky Emotions
It hadn’t been the first time she had come across the ad. The last time she had seen it was on TV late at night. It popped up when she was scrolling through her phone. It popped up while she was watching a video on the internet. And today she saw it in the newspaper.
By Francisco Reyes3 years ago in Fiction
Peanut Butter
Virtually a senior citizen, the wizened student can be seen off in a corner rummaging through his bag, pulling out his after thought version of lunch. He had a new shot at life, this early millennial, this late gen x-er, who liked to identify himself with the portmanteau, x-ennial. Too embarrassed to carry the mantel of the despised, soft millennial and a smidge too young to be a real gen x-er, he aimed his identifying generation as this weird mix of the toughened gen x-er with the tech savvy Millennial. This new chapter in life saw him shed the skin he had most recently outgrown, that of the technician, and now sees him enter this new chrysalis, that of an academic student. Nervously, not externally mind you, just a creeping internal dread, he pulled from his weathered backpack several fruit, one now too bruised to eat, a can of generic cola, a container of mixed seeds and legumes, and his one source of normalcy, a PB&J.
By Ryan Richardson3 years ago in Fiction
Resilience Unveiled: Zavier's Journey from Struggle to Triumph
In the midst of Zavier's trials and tribulations, he faced a challenging family dynamic. His elder brother, Daniel, who had always been close to him, surprisingly distanced himself during these trying times. Daniel, unable to comprehend the gravity of their family's financial crisis, often stayed aloof and focused on his own pursuits. Zavier couldn't help but feel a sense of disappointment in his brother's lack of support when he needed it most.
By Hizbullah khan3 years ago in Fiction
Fool's Errand - The King is Dead. Content Warning.
You can read the first part of this via the link below: Matthew Fromm set a High Fantasy challenge, the details of which are at the end and I entered it with Fool's Errand. My offering was a 500 word excerpt and introduced us to a fool, a jester. Such was the response from my supporters on Vocal, that I decided to write the next part and see where that took me. It may be the path to ignominy but unless that path is taken, I'll never know.
By Rachel Deeming3 years ago in Fiction
