Mothersanddaughters Stories

If I had known my grandmother's hands were roots. © Z. T. Corley, 2025

When the human queen gave birth, the kingdom of Arendelle rejoiced. Magic stirred at the birth of the new young Spirit, the Daughter of Ahtohallan. When Her Daughter was...

The guesthouse was supposed to be Emma Lawson's sanctuary. Instead, it became her personal hell. With each passing day, the line between reality and paranoia blurs, leav...

An indebted public servant who can't afford her own apartment, Tamra's 'lucky' to be diagnosed with an underreported and understudied disease that may soon make her infe...

Kira unlocked the cabin door. Eleanor dragged Kira's suitcase with the letter's MK stamped on it into the room. A red metal cross with the words "He is risen,"...

In a futuristic world where only rules, facts and logic are valued; individuality, self expression, free will and creativity were made illegal by the government, who wan...

Reese Emerson Nicolai has loved Sarah Harper Cresley from afar for two years-since freshman year. But he knows she's out of his league-his classmates call him the Lone G...

A story between a young, teenage girl and her controlling mother. Love turned to hate and then regret.

Melanie always looked forward to her visits from her grown-up daughter, while the same daughter - as a child - slept in her room. The future comes fast, but she will...

Between Gen X and Baby Boomers, in the US alone, there are more than 75 million "mature women" searching for stories featuring relatable characters like this b...

16-year-old NOVA JONES' world has become increasingly complicated. Her mother, YouTube wellness sensation "LIVE! LOVE! LIZA," is obsessed with Kombucha, kickbo...

just ramblings I guess

The Good Luck Patch is a short story that explores the misunderstandings held between Mothers and Daughters. This short gives perspective and meaningful advice on what m...

Nell Goosen, forty-seven years old, meets Ben Zhang, fifty, at a beauty expo/hair show in Montreal during the winter. Nell is attending the hair show with her ex-sister...

Delphina McCoy-Watson never really got on with her husband's bestfriend/business partner, Alexis Miller. But soon.....soon, she wouldn't be here anymore and Michael woul...

In three interconnected mini-stories, an awkward, out-of-shape woman enrolls in a dance class. Why? What's in it for her, except aching muscles, humiliation and possibly...

Bullied and shamed her whole life for being fat, twelve-year-old Ella finally gains confidence to stand up for herself, with help of some wonderful new allies.