Top Stories
Stories in Fiction that you'll love, handpicked by our team.
Whispering Pines. Top Story - July 2026.
Prologue: July 1994 Jennifer Evans could still taste the raspberry shimmer gloss she wore to her first week of summer camp. The smell of damp cedar hung heavy in the humid air. The bandana she had soaked in ice water wrapped tight around her neck as they readied for further instructions. Her mom’s car faded from sight down the dusty gravel road back towards civilization. Gate guard Rick locked the metal doors behind the last gaggle of parents, some of whom had never left a child at camp before. It would be four-weeks until she would see her mom again, promises of letters and care packages had been exchanged.
By K.H. Obergfoll3 months ago in Fiction
Clarke's 3rd Law. Top Story - July 2026.
“What a cool rock!” Petey’s father exclaimed. Petey beamed with pride. He was wearing his new jeans that had its many pockets. He had insisted on them so that they could hold the rocks he collected, including his newest one.
By Gerard DiLeo3 months ago in Fiction
The Journey Ends Here. Top Story - July 2026.
The greatest and most disturbing thing I have ever learned about humanity is the extent of our mortality: that in all the vastness of space, from the smallest molecule to the stars and planets, we’re really just a blip in time. The universe has no limits, no boundaries, and nothing to tell it to stop. It took chance after chance, rolling the dice, and we are the product of the one time that the universe got it right. Once accepted, this knowledge changes people. It crushes egos, shakes the soul into oblivion, and pushes the human psyche into madness so uncontrollable that a person would rather die than live every day consumed by an insatiable fear.
By L.M. Marlin3 months ago in Fiction
Crumpled Paper. Top Story - July 2026.
They say you never see a stranger’s face in your dreams. That every face you see in your dreams is someone stored in your subconscious. The woman at the grocery store sniffing the tomatoes last week, the kindly old man behind the counter who snuck you a free cookie at the bakery when you were five, the guy dancing in the background for three quarters of a second in a minor scene of your favorite movie.
By Amos Glade3 months ago in Fiction
Home for the.... Top Story - July 2026.
“Platform Number Four, now boarding.” He was a cynic, but there was nothing now that could possibly ruin his trip home. The plane that took him across a time zone had faced very little turbulence, and he knew that this was helping with his fear of heights. The therapist’s suggestion that he fly back was actually useful (better than that nonsense about opening up to people). He had a good flight with no alcohol necessary, and he even took an air-sickness bag as a memento (strange little collection he had now). No, he was simply one bus ride away from home and he would see the family, old faces and sights that he knew so well.
By Kendall Defoe 3 months ago in Fiction
On a Dime. Top Story - July 2026.
Ethan tried to be good. Really, he did. But it seemed there were a hundred voices in him begging him to go this way and that, say this, investigate that. The counselor at his school said he might have ADHD. His older brother Josh said he was just a natural pain in the ass. Whatever it was, his particular condition had resulted in him having none of his allowance left to spend when town day came. Nothing except a single dime, which technically wasn't part of his allowance at all, but something he'd found on the ground in the hallway at the hotel where they were staying.
By Raistlin Allen3 months ago in Fiction
