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Finding Mia
Isobel is on the hunt for her missing muse. What she finds instead is an abandoned toddler who is sunburned and close to death....
6Romance / Women's fiction
The Rising Bridge
This is a short story commenting on the vagueness of human morals and ethics by representing two possible courses of action in...
1Literary fiction
The Fortune Cookie
This is a story about a character named Liam who moved to New York City from London, England. He has a perfect life out in new...
0Crime / Suspense / Mystery / Thriller
The Shimmering Waves
Girl meets mermaid...
2Literary fiction
Kickbox Caramel - Chapter 1
Carly Singh runs a security firm. Her brothers provide the muscle, and she charms the clients. It's a strictly discreet operation-...
1Crime / Suspense / Mystery / Thriller
Viewer Discretion Advised
Her life started out so simple, so happy, so innocent. She wonders how it ever got like this.
6Coming-of-age / Young adult fiction
The Colour of Respect
A colourful cast of characters take a Friday night train ride to the Perth suburbs. Their eventful journey will teach them that...
2Crime / Suspense / Mystery / Thriller
The Domestic Goddess
How Nigella caught her cocaine habit
1Romance / Women's fiction
Here was Music
Even if I had some feeling towards him (and maybe I did), how would I express them from fear and shame?
1Literary fiction
My Brain and Welcome to It
A view on random things along life's way. Written with comedic antidotes.
0Flash fiction
<TheLoletteLizzy>
Lizzy Harden moves to Rivers, Georgia with her adoptive father in their new/might-be-haunted bed and breakfast. When Lizzy quickly...
1Coming-of-age / Young adult fiction
Slingbacks at Dead Tree Gulch
An experimental piece mixing genres for fun.
11Flash fiction
The Man of My Dreams chpt 2
King Ataji and Renalla become better acquainted.
2Romance / Women's fiction
Barb LaFang
Greetings from the darker side of the afterlife. I didn't really expect demons with pitchforks, but Hell was such a surprise!...
0Fantasy / Sci-fi
From Within
A girl is trapped somewhere. She has no idea how she got there, and where this place is. She thinks she's going crazy as little...
119Crime / Suspense / Mystery / Thriller
Life... and Death
Brief narrative about an opportunity lost, a love unspoken, and the consequences of staying silent.
6Flash fiction
Little Box
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1Flash fiction
Wolves of the Whispering Wood
A retelling of Little Red Riding Hood. When Chloe's mad grandmother goes missing, she tries to uncover the mysteries surrounding...
4Fantasy / Sci-fi
My Best Five Years
How would you cope if you lost the one person you swore would never leave your side?
13Coming-of-age / Young adult fiction
Sheep
A border patrol officer has second thoughts regarding his role in keeping refugees out of his country.
4Literary fiction