Short Story

How a Stray Cat Reminded Me to Try Again
I hadn't left my apartment in seven days. Or maybe eight. The rain had been falling endlessly, casting a gray hue over Brooklyn's streets. The air was damp and heavy.
By Adam Collinsabout a year ago in Fiction
The Shadow in Room 413
The rain pounded on the cracked pavement as Arman hurried toward the only building still lit on the deserted street — The Silver Nest Hotel.
By Syed Sarafatabout a year ago in Fiction
🕯 Echoes in the Static
Karen always felt that something was wrong with the radio. She picked it up accidentally at a flea market. The appearance was shabby, the silver shell was rusted, and the knob was loose,
By Lucianabout a year ago in Fiction
🌘 The Window That Shouldn't Be There
I don't know when that window appeared. It was a rainy night when Adam first noticed it. He went home from get off work and accidentally glimpsed it at the corner of the corridor.
By Lucianabout a year ago in Fiction
🕯 The Whisper Room
You always dream of that room. There are no windows, no doors, only four mottled gray walls and a lone candle in the middle of the floor.
By Lucianabout a year ago in Fiction
🌫 Silent Crossing
From the moment you got off the bus, you felt something was wrong. The air was filled with thick fog, damp and cold like an invisible hand, slowly grabbing your neck.
By Lucianabout a year ago in Fiction
Whispers of Yesterday, the Train That Took Me Home
Emma's heels clicked against the cracked floor of the abandoned station, each echo swallowed by the heavy, unnatural fog. The timetable above flickered once before going dark — all trains canceled, except one.
By Syed Sarafatabout a year ago in Fiction
🥀 The Last Light
The house has been vacant for a long time. The neighbors said it was haunted. You never believed it. You came to look for your sister, who disappeared in this town three months ago. The police found nothing, the search team gave up, and even her friends stopped talking about her.
By Lucianabout a year ago in Fiction
Be Courteour To AI!
Be courteous to AI! In the near future, in a city where holograms floated over streets and self-driving cars whispered politely to pedestrians, an ambitious young tech engineer named Jamie Cross made a critical mistake: he was rude to an AI.
By Rony Sutradarabout a year ago in Fiction
Locals Speak of a Man Who Claimed He Traveled Through Time After a Strange Encounter Near Area 51 in the '70s
They say it was the summer of '78, maybe '79. Time blurs out there, past the Nevada line where the desert swallows the road and spits out silence. There's no real town, just a scatter of trailers and a diner clinging to life under a crooked sign that flickers more than it shines. People don't pass through—they vanish, or they don’t come at all. Folks who stay, they like it that way. They don’t talk much. Don’t ask, don’t tell. Except for Ed.
By Rusty Chroniclesabout a year ago in Fiction
Her Choice
In a society that forgives men for everything, why is a woman condemned for following her heart? A woman, married and bound by vows, begins to think about another man. Maybe it's emotional neglect, loneliness, or just the aching desire to feel something real again. Whatever the reason, her mind drifts toward someone else. She falls for him, and eventually, she marries him. Despite the world whispering a thousand stories into her ears, she stays firm. She chooses him, and nothing else matters.
By Rohitha Lankaabout a year ago in Fiction
Her Small Moments of Freedom
The door clicks shut behind her. A sigh escapes—deep, tired, but laced with relief. The world outside can wait. Right now, she is stepping into her own haven, her own pause before the relentless rhythm of responsibility resumes.
By Subhasri Devarajabout a year ago in Fiction