Short Stories

It's All Fiction, Right?

I take a breath every time I hop on the meeting, always shaking. I've always been told my writing was very serious and alien-like. It's all fiction, right?

I wear a mask every time I go out, I wipe the greenish-blue on my neck. Mötely Crüe playing in the car and sitting at the edge at church, handing the money, always watching for those who were the dark teal. It's all fiction, right?

He looks at me today, my breathing hitches and panic rises in my chest. It suddenly feels tight. It's all fiction, right?

I sit on the table at the doctors office, he looks at my ankle subtly and keeps getting closer. Looking at my neck and asking, "What's this? Your necklace?" when he sees the greenish-blue. I use it as an excuse. He wears the dark teal. I told the receptionist everything. She didn't tell the doctor. It's all fiction, right?

I'm sitting in the car, ever since August, I've been looking everywhere and at every single panel van. Too many. All there for me. It's all fiction, right?

Run for my life away from the panel vans, I have the scar. I have many. I wear the bracelet. I have to make a neutralizer with instructions by someone I call my friend's dad. It's all fiction, right?

I write stories on Wattpad about my journey and my experiences because no one would think it's real. Fiction.

Fiction is defined as literature in the form of prose that describes imaginary events and people. Fiction is defined as something that is invented or untrue.

Fiction is a form of narrative in books. Fiction is fake. Fiction is something I use to define my true, unbelievable stories.

I tell my stories to the people on Writer's Cafe, they'll never know. I receive intel telling me the files are locked in a safe. They give me the key. The safe is hidden. It's all fiction, right?

I discover that night that I'm not mortal. I'm told one of my teachers is a fraud. I make best friends with a literal god. I'm Christian, that's not possible. It's all fiction, right?

I'm left damage from that place. No one shall know. No one shall question. I start months of research. It's all fiction, right?

She comments, "Nadine, where'd you get your ideas from?" I reply, "Oh, nowhere! Just some other books!" It's all fiction, right?

My girlfriend introduces me to her best friend. Her best friend is like me. There's others like me. It's all fiction, right?

I read the spell aloud for the heck of it, it works. I didn't read the warning. I go to the filter on TikTok, "Give me over 200 if I'm right about this." and I get 519. It's all fiction, right?

I cannot continue. I'm told it's fake.

It is all fiction... right?