Top Stories

Stories in Fiction that you'll love, handpicked by our team.

You Shouldn't Be Alive. Top Story - October 2026.
You shouldn’t be alive. You shouldn’t be alive, and yet here you are, cigarette dangling from your mouth as the music festival flows around you.
By Aubrey Rebecca20 days ago in Fiction
Sinister Normal Things. Top Story - October 2026.
"There is a reason this place is called murder mansion," Tommy whispered to Hannah, his eyes on the ashen pink bricks that dotted between twisted iron bars. Only the front of the house was ever visible from the street, and no one lingered very long to get more than a passing glance. But there they stood, in strict defiance, two faces peeking in and out of the overgrown shrubs like windowed curtains, hoping to catch a glimpse of something worthwhile. Each house on this street was aging and solitary like a tomb. A graveyard, a mausoleum of lives passed, hoping the next would be better than the last—and so on, and so forth, until you arrived here, standing in front of 1521 Sycamore Street , where lives were cut shorter and shorter with each passing decade.
By K.H. Obergfoll20 days ago in Fiction
Refuge. Top Story - October 2026.
You're standing on a train platform. Your dirty, cold hands are stuffed into the pockets of the two sizes too big jacket. And you have this look of horror on your pale face that is tight enough to brew a headache.
By G Saint21 days ago in Fiction
Yes, You!. Top Story - October 2026.
Hey, you! Yes, you, reading on that device. This is all about you. For now. You may have thought you were about to read a piece of fiction – but is it?
By Julie Lacksonen24 days ago in Fiction
Broken Mirror. Top Story - October 2026.
The lights are on, and you stare at yourself in the mirror, still and soft is the curve of your cheeks. Chubby, but they manage to stay clear, now and through the growing years of your teens. You never pick at your skin, though there are some blemishes that naturally come as years trek on.
By Rachael Anra22 days ago in Fiction
Two Black Cats, a Man and a Crow. . Top Story - October 2026.
There is a full moon out tonight, the streets are luminescent, newly washed by the cleansing rain. Tall stately lamp posts cast their barely perceptible shadows upon the night.
By Novel Allen23 days ago in Fiction
The Odds Of Justice. Top Story - October 2026.
Clara sat under the swinging lamp, hand on her belly. Cold seemed to emanate from the concrete walls and the steel table. She had no idea who might be staring at her from the other side of the two-way mirror. It was the safest she had felt in days.
By Sean A.25 days ago in Fiction
Into the Valley. Top Story - October 2026.
You wake up, belly down, in warm, pale yellow sand. With a cough, you raise your head, wiping grains from the sides of your lips like froth from some drink you wish you had.
By Aaron Morrison24 days ago in Fiction
It’s Not Me It’s Him. Top Story - October 2026.
The ever-changing scenery scrolls by your drowsy eyes as you gaze out a window. The gentle rocking from side to side of the train carriage only adds to the overall listlessness your body is feeling. Travelling by train is an unusual experience for you, only occurring when your journeys take you across the pond. These trips have become more frequent as the political climate continues to change around the globe, and your particular skill set is in greater demand.
By Mark Gagnon23 days ago in Fiction
just us. Top Story - October 2026.
you didn't do anything when your neighbors attended the protests, and you had deadlines to meet. you didn't do anything — nothing wrong, nothing right — nothing at all. you stayed home, and you wrote the story in full. you didn't pause or take a break to answer the susurrous streets; the march route passed your south-facing study. you peeked toward the distorted chanting through your closed and locked window. you watched a few others from your building pour onto hard concrete and fall into line. but you returned diligently to work. "a story doesn't write itself," you told yourself. "you know that." but work didn't come as easily as it had before. you know, before you heard the fading cries of your would-be comrades. no, your mind wandered steadily, led by the last words you could make out:
By kp23 days ago in Fiction
The Extra Mile. Top Story - October 2026.
You get up on a day that really should be left alone but what choice do you have? That's just life, isn't it? Getting out from under the covers when all you really want to do is huddle down and hide? How much easier that would be.
By Rachel Deeming25 days ago in Fiction
SMART Friendship. Top Story - October 2026.
Work and life were one for Sylvia. The assertive Personnel Manager had the same inane habits in person. She believed precision-clinical precision- solved problems: structured feedback, precise documentation and SMART — specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and time-bound outcomes.
By Michelle Liew Tsui-Lin25 days ago in Fiction