Emmi Khor real life stories very short stories Monday, April 6, 2026 A Recipe for the Living by Emmi Khor <i>A mother narrates a recipe for Cantonese Pork Trotters that is, for her, heavy with meaning.</i><br><br>Cantonese Pork Trotters is a tangy dish that carries the sweetness and bite of living. You ate it after bringing your baby girl into the world; after her first public tantrum; after leaving her at pre-school and walking away. <br><br>The dish is slow-cooked for the nutrition, drawing out all that's necessary … Read more Labels: Emmi Khor real life stories very short stories 6 comments:
real life stories Sam Kandej very short stories Wednesday, January 7, 2026 An Unforgettable Yalda by Sam Kandej <i>In a small Iranian village, a solitary hike during a family celebration leads to a dangerous but meaningful encounter.</i><br><br> We left Tehran an hour before dawn on December 20th, eager to reach my grandparents' home in time for breakfast. As the city slowly awakened, we looked forward to spending Yalda night with them in their quaint, peaceful village. <br><br>We arrived at 8:35. Everyone was already eatin… Read more Labels: real life stories Sam Kandej very short stories 25 comments:
real life stories Scardavino very short stories Monday, December 1, 2025 Shared Time by Scardavino <i>Two brothers visit their ageing mother who seems no longer to be able to tell them apart.</i><br><br>The door to my mother's house always creaked the same way, a sad groan announcing my arrival. Inside, time was different. It smelled of medicine, of boiled chicken, and of a heavy silence. <br><br>Three hours. That was my share every Friday. Marcos, my brother, came on Tuesdays. At first, Mom got confused. She ca… Read more Labels: real life stories Scardavino very short stories 15 comments:
Anastasia Petrenko real life stories very short stories Friday, March 21, 2025 She Was Trouble by Anastasia Petrenko <i>A teenager is captivated by her daydreaming new friend, but will she open her mind or hold her back?</i><br><br>I met her in secondary school - the shy girl who sat in the back, her notebook always open but rarely taking notes. For months, I ignored her existence until the day I glimpsed a poem she'd written and left on her desk. Her words unlocked chambers of my mind I didn't know existed. <br><br>When I of… Read more Labels: Anastasia Petrenko real life stories very short stories 17 comments:
Paul Kimm real life stories very short stories Wednesday, July 3, 2024 The Definition of Running by Paul Kimm <i>Two boys with a love of nature see something that inspires them to run, and keep running.</i><br><br>I'm a runner. I've been a runner since was a kid. My friend Joel is the same. We became runners together, simultaneously, at the same age and time, and have kept on running. We've done marathons together, we do the Great North Run every year, our first one was in the late Eighties. We've gone … Read more Labels: Paul Kimm real life stories very short stories 26 comments:
Charlie Fish creepy stories very short stories Wednesday, May 1, 2024 Dreadful Penny by Charlie Fish <i>In the style of a Victorian "penny dreadful", this story tells of a paramedic whose luck changes when he finds an old penny.</i><br><br>I took the dreadful penny from a dead man's car. It's a 1987 penny with a little nick on the Queen's nose. <br><br>The man had come right out through the windscreen. Seven years as a paramedic and I'd never seen anything like it. He flew twenty feet and sti… Read more Labels: Charlie Fish creepy stories very short stories 9 comments:
criminal stories Salvatore Difalco very short stories Wednesday, March 13, 2024 House Rules by Salvatore Difalco <i>Tim Peters passes time in an isolation unit near the Canada-USA border by trying to get better at chess.</i><br><br>I play chess with Sam A in the isolation unit. Sam A looks like a linebacker, but he's smart. Sam B, who looks like a tub of shit, doesn't play chess. Sam B is a prick, but that's another story. I learned to play chess at Lackawanna Elementary. Mr. Oddi, the science teacher, taught … Read more Labels: criminal stories Salvatore Difalco very short stories 11 comments:
Gary Ives real life stories very short stories Monday, March 4, 2024 Too Much Knowledge by Gary Ives <i>An anatomy student recalls being thrilled and traumatised by an extremely intimate encounter. </i><br><br>Fifty years ago, and still I think about Him; the Him whose real name I will never know, but the Him with whom I became more intimate than with any other man. Ever. <br><br>Anatomy class met twice weekly. Our class of 40 shared ten cadavers, each assigned to four students. Erla Johanssen, twins Sven and Bridget… Read more Labels: Gary Ives real life stories very short stories 17 comments:
Chinyere Evelyn Uku real life stories very short stories Monday, January 15, 2024 Danfo Ride by Chinyere Evelyn Uku <i>Chinyere Evelyn Uku tells of the thrill of riding a grimy danfo minibus in Nigeria's biggest city.</i><br><br>Lagos is the only place I know where I can see the grit, the grime, slick my pen into it and write. <br><br>On the 70 bus in DC, all the grit is mopped up with hand sanitizer or something to purify and wipe away, only to invite in the mundane. You hand over your singles or five-dollar bill to a machine … Read more Labels: Chinyere Evelyn Uku real life stories very short stories 18 comments:
Jim Latham real life stories very short stories Friday, October 13, 2023 Where Serpents Shed Their Skins by Jim Latham <i>A jaded American language teacher flirts with a Mexican polyglot overlooking the fertile Aztec highlands, in Jim Latham's flash fiction.</i><br><br>If you ask me, there's too much English in the world already, but I'm not so principled I won't earn money teaching it while traveling indefinitely. <br><br>These days I live in Puebla, a central Mexican city of four million dominated by the automobile i… Read more Labels: Jim Latham real life stories very short stories 12 comments:
Huina Zheng real life stories very short stories Monday, August 7, 2023 Unfilial by Huina Zheng <i>A Chinese widower thinks his grown children owe him filial piety and financial support, but is there a limit? By Huina Zheng.</i><br><br>Isn't it natural for children to be filial to their parents? Why do people tell me I am wrong and too hard on the children? How can I be wrong? <br><br>Yesterday, I met my neighbor, Ms. Lin, in a nearby park. She told me, "You should care about your children. Don't al… Read more Labels: Huina Zheng real life stories very short stories 8 comments:
Adam Strassberg funny stories very short stories Friday, May 12, 2023 Apple Pi by Adam Strassberg <i>I'll give you 90% odds that you'll enjoy Adam Strassberg's story about a married couple who use a twenty-sided dice for their decision-making.</i><br><br>Martin and Mari married the year after graduation. Martin was a tall thin white man with black glasses, Mari was a short fat black woman with white glasses. It was a mixed marriage - sort of - they both majored in mathematics, however Martin min… Read more Labels: Adam Strassberg funny stories very short stories 24 comments:
PA Farrell real life stories very short stories Monday, May 1, 2023 Winter's Quick Fix by P. A. Farrell <i>A transient resorts to desperate measures to survive the cold winter; by P. A. Farrell.</i><br><br>Dangling streetlights are being tossed by the wind like lemon drops in the darkening evening sky. The occasional whistling sound isn't a train, but the unforgiving tempest whipping around the buildings on the town's nearly empty main street. <br><br>Snowflakes swirl around like confetti at a wedding. The stree… Read more Labels: PA Farrell real life stories very short stories 8 comments:
Gary Ives real life stories very short stories Friday, February 17, 2023 Cast Your Bread Upon the Water by Gary Ives <i>Gary Ives' character tells of a fateful secret that steered the course of his family's life.</i><br><br>Please realize this is a secret I've kept for years. <br><br>We - our mother, my twin Michael, and I - lived in St. Anthony's parish. When Mike and I were just seven our father, a fire-fighter, died just before Thanksgiving after months of hospitalization due to burns suffered pulling survivors fro… Read more Labels: Gary Ives real life stories very short stories 10 comments:
fantastic stories Liz Rosen very short stories Monday, January 30, 2023 When the Wind Blows by Liz Rosen <i>Liz Rosen tells a cryptic and lyrical tale of a cosmic secret-keeper. This story is part of a public art project with artist Heather Arak-Kanofsky.</i><br><br>When the wind blows, I leave my body and go walking. <br><br>Sometimes I head toward the moons of Jupiter, crossing the empty, black parsecs of space with the deliberate long strides of a missionary carrying the word. I let the rings of the Galilean satellites… Read more Labels: fantastic stories Liz Rosen very short stories 10 comments:
Jim Latham real life stories very short stories Monday, September 12, 2022 Ellie's Orange Roses by Jim Latham <i>Ellie returns to her Alutiiq roots and mourns her beloved Gram; by Jim Latham.</i><br><br>Ellie's orange roses rest in a cracked blue vase on the table by the kitchen window. The sun shines through the window, making the vase glow, and the sea breeze brings the scent of the roses across the room to where Ellie sits in Gram's rocker, sipping samovar tea and looking out to sea. She wanted to go pick <i>uu… Read more Labels: Jim Latham real life stories very short stories 14 comments:
Jim Latham real life stories very short stories Friday, August 5, 2022 Uncle Grand's Wheat Field by Jim Latham <i>Bryn finds an unusual object in her neighbour's wheat field; by Jim Latham.</i><br><br> Bryn was taking her first sip of coffee when she saw it. She blinked twice then snatched the binoculars she kept for birding to make sure: a four-poster bed, complete with red velvet curtains and elaborate molding had appeared in Old Man Kemmerer's field. Keeping out of other people's business was one thing, bu… Read more Labels: Jim Latham real life stories very short stories 11 comments:
David Lanvert real life stories very short stories Monday, June 13, 2022 Tokyo 1942 by David Lanvert <i>Sato-san is the embodiment of hope after the tragedy of war; by David Lanvert.</i><br><br> Sato-san walks down the middle of the road, a fishing pole over one shoulder, head tilted back and eyes scanning overhead, seeking the source of a low thrum, felt but not yet heard, before the air-raid siren sends us scurrying for safety. We watch him from either side of the road, squatting behind charred wood or lying … Read more Labels: David Lanvert real life stories very short stories 8 comments:
funny stories Mike Hickman very short stories Monday, March 21, 2022 It Takes a Psychic by Mike Hickman <i>Carol's boyfriend hopes their relationship has a future, and who better to prognosticate than Psychic Trevor; by Mike Hickman.</i><br><br> Psychic Trevor didn't have a crystal ball, although he did have a mightily shiny head. On his purple-hued <i>Photoshop</i> cheese dream of a flyer, his bald pate sparkled with enough lens flare for a JJ Abrams movie. In real life, his dome was hardly any less gleaming. It… Read more Labels: funny stories Mike Hickman very short stories 6 comments:
pick of the month real life stories Scott D Pomfret very short stories Monday, January 17, 2022 Crybaby by Scott D. Pomfret <i>Scott D. Pomfret's character is unsettled by the sound of a man crying in the neighbouring stall of a public restroom.</i><br><br> Surely only an erratic and puny spirit of exceptional selfishness, with zero appreciation for the norms of manhood and propriety, would have put Noonan on the spot in such an unforgiveable manner. It was an ambush. Noonan was a prisoner of the man's sobs. He was their vict… Read more Labels: pick of the month real life stories Scott D Pomfret very short stories 7 comments:
