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November 18, 2024

Flash Fiction Muhammad Hasnain

A Brush With Hope

Isabella sipped her coffee while gazing at the golden leaves drifting in the wind. The air carried a chill, but inside the café, she felt wrapped in warmth. In the quiet hum of the café, she was trying to find peace, a brief escape from the thoughts of last…

November 18, 2024

General Stories Olya

Chiruvi

I'm Ziggy Siegfried. But that probably doesn't count. Only my grandmother, who gave me a rather stony name, occasionally calls me that. She says it in public to make others [and herself] believe that I represent something great. But I'm just Ziggy. No one…

November 16, 2024

Science Fiction Stories Nelly Shulman

Post 43

Sprawled in the engineer's chair, Valentin put his feet up on the dashboard. The foggy bulk of Saturn shimmered in the panoramic windows of the cockpit. “It's your turn,” he said, handing Gao the laser cannon sight. “I'm going to blow this rock apart now,”…

November 16, 2024

Science Fiction Stories Koos Herselman

Odyssey To Eden

The stars looked different from the bridge of the Odyssey, humanity's first interstellar spacecraft. Captain Amina Solano leaned forward, gazing through the reinforced windows at the shimmering canvas stretched before her. She knew these stars weren’t the…

November 16, 2024

Flash Fiction Syed Hassan Askari

Unwanted Faces

Whenever she entered the classroom, Jameela felt like she had horns sprouting out of her head as everyone stared at her strangely with wide eyes. She would sit quietly in the far corner of the class room, always feeling a light-year distance between herself…

November 07, 2024

Horror Stories Chuck Suave

I Am A Werewolf, But I'm Different

I am a werewolf, but I'm different. I am neither beast nor man but somewhere in between. An anomaly to everything that I am supposed to be. It's not quiet in the Highlands, not if you listen closely enough. Whispers are carried in the wind and we hear…

November 07, 2024

Science Fiction Stories Koos Herselman

When We Were Human

The sky was a tapestry of fading light, painted in shades of deep indigo and dusky gold as twilight settled over the vast, silent plain. The land stretched endlessly in all directions, barren and still, a place where time seemed to gather in pools between the…

November 06, 2024

Horror Stories Marvel Chukwudi Pephel

You Left Your Diary In My House

In an effort to cool a kitchen during the summer, the house owners left the refrigerator open; save for the kitchen's door and the windows. The night was hot indeed. But as it should be, and to their surprise, the kitchen got hotter. The parlour had been the…

November 06, 2024

General Stories Olivia Chibale

Dreams Are Meant For Sleeping

Sleep is good for you. I mean, yeah, it’s good for your health and helps you focus, but for me, it always traumatizes me. Let me tell you my somewhat horror story. I have always lived in one place and never moved or changed houses, but there was one good…

November 06, 2024

Flash Fiction Benoit

Innocent Bystander II

Must move the Land Rover, sitting royally in the garage. Where did she keep the spare car keys? In the desk maybe. I emptied the contents of the top drawer. Receipts folder. Julia bought two pinball machines: she thought they would be fun and a good…

November 06, 2024

Horror Stories Ariana Renee Grant

Escape

On October 14, I was at my best friend Jillian's house with my whole friend group. Sam, Pierce, Lyriq and Jillian. We wanted to find somewhere fun to go since it was a nice Saturday night. I was scrolling on TikTok trying to find a place in Atlanta when…

November 06, 2024

General Stories Azahra Dea A

The Hanami Of A Distant Past

It has been ten years since Rohan left his country. He left his mother and sister just to get a new life in a place he had no idea about. Since then, Rohan decided to cut everything off from his family. He chose to leave his past in England and moved away to…