Read stories written by talented authors from around the globe.

Cora

2 days ago

Peace

Peace and the beauty of nature on a summer's night.

I A blanket of stars, bright as they are, twinkle and Dance from here to there across the indigo sky; The luminous moon peers down at the earth and Nightingales sing sweet lullabies, Lulling infants in mothers' arms to sleep. Petals of flowers close into...

Adagio

3 days ago

Windblown

Windblown, through a garden of leaves earth and the towering trees becoming seeds to a thousand winds hearing echoes in nature's cellophane for all to see butterflies paying homily... "Do you wanna dance and hold my hand?"

Rachel_92

4 days ago

Bus Lane

We’ve got our priories all wrong!

I’m beginning to think we’ve got our priorities all wrong! If you get mugged, the police don’t seem to be able to find the muggers! If you drive in the bus lane, they’ll send you a Fixed Penalty Notice for £100 and photographic evidence of you driving in...

I dwell between the heavens and the subterranean earth, pontificating the nature of reality and the conservative laws of the universe. Trenched in thought, a hole has been carved in my heart, hallowing deeper and deeper, removing any empathetic node I may...

Cora

19 Jul 2024

Cora’s Soliloquy

Love

Tears I shed of loneliness in this earthly world, Cashmere while it comforts me in vexing silence, Devotedly persevering until my dying breath. The burning flame of divine Love consoles me, Silencing teardrops behind the veil. I offer this; my love, a pur...

Cora

16 Jul 2024

Slender Leaves

A contemplation of the beauty of nature at dawn.

a sweet scent of the willow near slender-leaved Cattails surround the silent pond of the golden dawn– Mourning Doves nostalgically “coo” in the whispering breeze of nature's wishing well.

Radrook

11 Jul 2024

The Bloated Garabula Interstellar Beast

About a rather comical interstellar creature having trouble with its diet. .

The adolescent, Bloated Garabula Interstellar Beast, as he eventually and derisively came to be referred to by Garabulas and non-Garabulas alike, had gradually become exceedingly obese. Why? Simple. Twas because this particular Garabula Interstellar Beast...

SarahEllieDean

8 Jul 2024

World Ashen - Chapter One

Yellowstone erupts

Jensen I sat in my black Chevy Impala even though it was the newest model since my grandfather kept his old one in storage. Tapping the steering wheel and glancing at the clock on the dash reminded me of how late I was. My twin brother, uncle, cousin, and...

Adagio

6 Jul 2024

Woodwicks

Wooden candle wicks tea lights of the dwindling poetic lilac and scented old books leaving shadows in the ointment on pages of Poe whispering to Lenore

OpheliaTusk

30 Jun 2024

Close Calls

not the way you expect to run into your ex-wife again

667 Roosevelt Drive. The door was ajar when Michaela got home, and she felt her heart stop. Slowly putting her keys into her fist as a kind of makeshift weapon, she slowly made her way into the house, where she heard the sounds of slurping and moaning. It...

Rachel_92

4 days ago

Bus Lane

We’ve got our priories all wrong!

I’m beginning to think we’ve got our priorities all wrong! If you get mugged, the police don’t seem to be able to find the muggers! If you drive in the bus lane, they’ll send you a Fixed Penalty Notice for £100 and photographic evidence of you driving in...

Cora

16 Jul 2024

Slender Leaves

A contemplation of the beauty of nature at dawn.

a sweet scent of the willow near slender-leaved Cattails surround the silent pond of the golden dawn– Mourning Doves nostalgically “coo” in the whispering breeze of nature's wishing well.

Adagio

6 Jul 2024

Woodwicks

Wooden candle wicks tea lights of the dwindling poetic lilac and scented old books leaving shadows in the ointment on pages of Poe whispering to Lenore

OpheliaTusk

30 Jun 2024

Close Calls

not the way you expect to run into your ex-wife again

667 Roosevelt Drive. The door was ajar when Michaela got home, and she felt her heart stop. Slowly putting her keys into her fist as a kind of makeshift weapon, she slowly made her way into the house, where she heard the sounds of slurping and moaning. It...

ACCooper

8 May 2013

Censor My Pen

You will not pour ice on my mic Just because my lesson burns You’re not allowed to shame me‘cause your mind's too closed to learn I refuse to change my words around Or remove a single phrase‘cause my message is a mirror That reflects your naked face Race,...

anthonychansa

7 Oct 2016

The Fall

Do you know how it feels to fall in love?

In a magical land far far away, fairy tales make the headlines on a daily basis. Seldom sad endings, mostly happily ever after. Everyone was special if they believed. I wanted to be famous; I wanted them to sing songs and tell tales about me long after my...

QuirkyStories

13 Nov 2013

Daddy No Legs

A daddy long legs discovers there is life after legs.

You think your life is bad? Consider me. I’m a daddy longlegs with no legs. That’s right, no legs. A Daddy No Legs. Here’s my story: I’m creeping around one day, minding my own business, when I run into some kids. “AAAAAAAAHH!!!” they scream. “A spider!!!...

AlphaMagus

2 May 2016

The sins of the father

A man remembers and contemplates

I often am questioned, on decisions I've taken.Why my help for some women,leaves me often forsaken."I have a need to saveevery woman that's broken"is often the words,that are bandied and spoken. To understand me,you need understand this.Why I help all the...