Short Story
The Keeper of Forgotten Sounds
Every evening as the sun dipped below the horizon, Mr. Elian would unlock the doors of his little shop, Echoes & Whispers. It wasn’t an ordinary shop. No one came here to buy bread, clothes, or trinkets. Instead, it held something far more precious forgotten sounds.
By Faisal Zucker 2 years ago in Fiction
The Blind Date
Inspo: two bookworms get paired up on a blind date. I always loved the smell of books. The enriched knowledge within, crusted with age and weather, and yet still withholding its delirious secrets. Pages upon pages of words transcending the mere world we call reality. Meanings within symbolism so deep I couldn’t be able to reach the bottle with my toes.
By Sapphire D.B Boa2 years ago in Fiction
Strangers
Like meteors, strangers seem so distant from our daily realities, yet their life-changing impacts on our lives are as inevitable as the coming of a new day. At every new beginning in life, someone who we’ve yet to meet awaits us to introduce us to a new phase of our destiny.
By VoiceOfAnOutlier2 years ago in Fiction
Choose Your Own
It was an honest mistake. Michael Modlum, long-time bachelor and full-time Central Branch patron, had not paid attention to the buttons on the elevator when he stepped aboard the already opened space. And then it dropped. Usually, he would have walked up the single flight of stairs to the fiction section, found a chair in an area not too hot or bright with sunlight (difficult on that day), and tried to read whatever had been left behind on a table or shelf nearby. But it was a much more tiring day and he felt he deserved the elevator. He was heavy in the waist and did not have any habits that would have taken care of that problem. He deserved this.
By Kendall Defoe 2 years ago in Fiction
The Broken Mirror
Chapter 1: The Perfect Picture In the cozy, tree-lined streets of Ashford, New England, two couples seemed to epitomize the perfect life. Emma and Alex had been best friends since childhood, while Sarah and Mark shared a close bond, drawn together by their passion for art and literature. Despite their differences, the four friends had found common ground through their love for each other, their shared adventures, and their dreams of a future filled with promise.
By Mary Emmanuel2 years ago in Fiction
YOU'RE ALL MINE - ch 26
YOU’RE ALL MINE - ch 26 (the magic of Midnight) ^ ^ After that day, Brian watched his daughter carefully but saw nothing out of the ordinary. She seemed to go about her business as she always did. She’d wake early, tend her garden, and go to school. Upon returning home, Mia did her homework, tidied her room, and tackled a few household chores while her mother worked. After all that was finished, she’d go back outside to her garden and turn on the sprinkler system that her father had installed a few years before. She always said the plants grew better if they were watered after sunset. Satisfied, she’d quickly check on the seedlings in her greenhouse.
By Margaret Brennan2 years ago in Fiction
YOU'RE ALL MINE - ch 25
YOU’RE ALL MINE - ch 25 (the magic of Midnight) ^ ^ Morena called Brian’s cell phone. “Hi, Brian. It looks like I’ll be a bit late coming home. There’s some kind of stomach bug going around. There have been several people coming in with severe cramps and diarrhea. We are not overloaded but the diarrhea and vomiting seemed to take forever to ease off. I'll stop by Shauna's on my way home. I'm thinking of fish and chips for supper is that OK?”
By Margaret Brennan2 years ago in Fiction
A Known Issue
Carter hadn’t always been like this. Once, he had walked the trails in the woods behind his house for hours, sometimes working his way home in the dark. Never a broken ankle, hardly ever a bruised shin, and always a sense that this was where he belonged. An innate sense of purpose and direction that he imagined rose deep from his DNA, instilled in his essence by his hunter-gatherer ancestors.
By Stephen A. Roddewig2 years ago in Fiction
