Marie Anderson medium length stories pick of the month real life stories Monday, April 28, 2025 Path of Combustibility by Marie Anderson <i>Reformed troublemaker Nomar and his wife Maria move into the suburbs and struggle to get on with the neighbours.</i><br><br>I'm not a badass anymore. Maria changed me. <br><br>We'd met in a creative writing class at the city junior college. Maria got the top grade in the class. I got the second highest, thanks to her help. It was the first <i>A</i> I'd gotten since fourth grade. Fourth grade was when my dad wen… Read more Labels: Marie Anderson medium length stories pick of the month real life stories 19 comments:
Dale Alexander funny stories medium length stories Friday, April 25, 2025 How an Alligator Blackmailed Me by Dale Alexander <i> A man on holiday in southern Georgia has an unexpected conversation with an alligator.</i><br><br>Outside, on the patio behind our vacation rental, it was hot at 5am. Everything there was hot. No one took the heat in southern Georgia lightly, in August, but the views were worth it. I had driven 20 hours from Minneapolis to experience the epic slowdown of the Georgia coastline, and I intended to soak it up, … Read more Labels: Dale Alexander funny stories medium length stories 12 comments:
Brian Howell real life stories short stories Monday, April 21, 2025 All-Over by Brian Howell <i>A Japanese art critic reminisces about a brief but formative relationship she had with a teacher when she was an art student in London.</i><br><br>Opposite where we live, I can see, behind our net curtains, right into the living room of our neighbours' house. There isn't much more than a metre's distance between our respective façades and theirs, but the two houses are slightly offset from one an… Read more Labels: Brian Howell real life stories short stories 11 comments:
fantastic stories long stories Nathan Chu Friday, April 18, 2025 Immortals by Nathan Chu <i>QuèfÄ“ng's love for Fènghuáng is such that she volunteers to become immortal like her, even though it means a thousand years of torpor.</i><br><br>"I love you." <br><br>QuèfÄ“ng has shared an apartment with Fènghuáng for two years, and two years before that, they were college dormmates, but it's only now, after she's said it, that she realizes just how true it is. <br><br>Fènghuáng stares at her for what… Read more Labels: fantastic stories long stories Nathan Chu 9 comments:
medium length stories real life stories Roger Helms Monday, April 14, 2025 A Fine Day for a Subway Ride by Roger Helms <i>Abigail and her family tour Columbia University, and she must keep her inconsiderate grandfather sweet if she wants the use of his college fund.</i><br><br>On the very top of Top of the Rock in a cold April wind, each family member's jacket flapping, I dare to believe my parents and grandparents will accept my choices, offering me something louder than silence as proof. <br><br>I somehow survived this morning… Read more Labels: medium length stories real life stories Roger Helms 28 comments:
