Top Stories
Stories in Fiction that you'll love, handpicked by our team.
Voyager 1 . Top Story - September 2026.
The following story is a true "last call" story about Voyager 1. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena is a working place where engineers spend their days solving problems most people will never encounter. Computers fill the offices, technical information covers their screens, and conversations revolve around spacecraft, calculations, and systems that have been operating for decades. From the outside, there is little to suggest that this is where people are still maintaining contact with a machine traveling billions of miles from Earth, yet that is exactly what happens here.
By Nolan Reed2 months ago in Fiction
Quiet Bar, Silent Strains. Honorable Mention in Last Call Challenge. Top Story - September 2026.
Rose liked the bar’s quiet atmosphere. Here, her mind could expand. Ideas for her story were already forming. Charlie the dog lay in front of the fire, absorbing the comforting heat.
By Ruth Stewart2 months ago in Fiction
One last time . Top Story - September 2026.
“Last call” I said warning everyone it was time to start the show. It was my first gig as a stage manager. I was so nervous I could feel my sweats palms hit the surface of my notes as I took a seat in the balcony. It was a sight to see, everyone sitting with anticipation on one of the most beautiful plays about Peter Pan and how he became the Pan we all know and love growing up.
By Cerina Galvan2 months ago in Fiction
The Final Flight. Top Story - September 2026.
Genew no longer joined them in the Ritual. The Congregation gathered every night to worship the Light’s devilish glow, to honor its great and terrible power and pay respects to those who had been swallowed, but he alone remained, trembling fitfully in the garden. The ghostly memory of his first and last solemn night of worship haunted him. He could still feel the horrid buzz that hung in the air, that sick triumphant cackle that always followed a sacrifice. It had very nearly been him. He had flown too close, enthralled by the glow, drunk on the ecstasy of dipping a hair into the mouth of oblivion without losing his breath. Next to him flew a male he had never seen before. Both were laughing, sharing the sensations of this strange and holy ritual, until suddenly, they weren’t. One escaped by the hair of a wing while the other met the blackness on the other side. Stunned with horror, Genew tumbled to the ground, but only he abandoned the ritual. The other moths shivered collectively in prayer, and their dance grew more ecstatic.
By E. B. Rowland2 months ago in Fiction
Secrets, Roses and old Phones. . Top Story - August 2026.
I pulled up to the old family house with a heavy heart...so many memories came flooding back all at once. I shuddered as nostalgia washed over me and I was now regretting the decision to do this all on my own. But, I had kept telling myself that I needed the time to come to terms with all that had happened.
By Novel Allen2 months ago in Fiction
