Short Story

“Fourteen Days”
“Hello?” “Is this a good time?” “No. Yes. I don’t know. Who is this?” “You saved my number as ‘Unknown.’ That’s fair.”
By abualyaanart9 months ago in Fiction
Aligned
Loving him was not dramatic. It was practical. We reduced each other’s hesitation. Where one of us paused, the other continued. He never asked if I was afraid. I never asked what would happen next. Those questions slow things down.
By Courtney Jones9 months ago in Fiction
How to Maintain a Person They reside in a house that is no longer theirs
1. Confirm That the Person Has Left Before commencing, make sure the individual is genuinely gone. Do not depend on emotions. Feelings are incorrect.
By abualyaanart9 months ago in Fiction
How to Survive Your Brother's Wedding
You're reading this three hours before the reception. That's fine. That's completely fine. Take a breath. I've been where you are standing in a hotel bathroom, tie half knotted, wondering why you didn't write this speech during the six months you've had since your brother asked you. But we don't have time for self-reflection. We have work to do.
By Tim Carmichael9 months ago in Fiction
The Land of Umbrellas
Ch. 1 If He Wraps His Car Around a Tree… “I think we should break up,” Lindsay said to Oliver in the darkness. Her voice was little more than a cracked whisper that spoke more of her pain than what her words actually meant.
By Stephanie Van Orman9 months ago in Fiction
Nothing but Voice
“Do we end up together? In the end?” “In a certain reality, you may.” “We may?” “Life is unpredictable. That’s something everyone forgets. People live and people die and so many things happen in between life and death. There’re multiple different ways your life could go, but I can’t say for certain. You could die in a car crash. Become paralyzed. Your story could end here. Dead in a hospital bed.”
By Gianna Montiel9 months ago in Fiction
Biophilic design blends. Nature and architecture collide in concepts, healing and soothing of our general lifestyle.
Concept and Understanding of biophilic design Sometimes we step into a room filled with lush greenery or natural light and feel instantly at ease? The ambience soothes, eliciting an almost instinctive “ahhh”. This moment is thanks to biophilic design - the practice of bringing elements of nature into our built-in environment.
By Antoni De'Leon9 months ago in Fiction
Para Bellum
Structural integrity of everything we’ve built thus far dictates that action is imperative. Refusal to set a course would be nothing short of devastating. That was the prevailing argument. The same argument. The oldest argument.
By Paul Stewart9 months ago in Fiction
The Open Mic. Content Warning.
"You've got an open mic." "Hey! Someone has an open mic. Are you trying to butt-call the whole facility? We don't need to hear you."
By Mack D. Ames9 months ago in Fiction
Holding On
Kit stared out across the cavern, knees tucked up to her chin, twirling a rose in front of her face. It was fading. It had been plucked weeks ago, in another nation, given to her by a man she’d not allowed herself a second thought about. Until now.
By Phoenixica249 months ago in Fiction
Gravitational Pull and the Moon
"That's an amazingly astute observation. I couldn't have said it better myself." "Yeah, but like — just because I can reach that conclusion logically doesn’t mean I can feel it. You know? Like my emotions are on the other side of the planet from me. No, they're on the fucking moon, and I'm here, and my logic means nothing at all because I can't get myself to feel what I know, and there's no oxygen where my emotions live, and I'm suffocating."
By Mallory Rose9 months ago in Fiction
Wild Princes
Cleo was not having a good day. She was having the worst day she’d had since she left Ceres, and that was really saying something since every single day on the dwarf planet was basically a prison sentence.
By Stephanie Van Orman9 months ago in Fiction