Contemporaryfiction Stories

You have witnessed thousands of moments that could have changed your life. You simply didn't know they were changing you. We spend our lives waiting for God to interrupt the ordinary, while quietly overlooking the places He has been speaking all along. WITNESS is an invitation to see differently. Because a life can change the moment you learn to notice.

"When the lights of Ilumina fade and the applause is over, who are you without your family name?" In the prestigious coastal city of Ilumina City, the Wong family is admired for its legacy of service, leadership, and unwavering devotion to the community. Raised with the belief that a family's true worth is measured not by wealth or influence, but by the lives it touches, four cousins set out to create legacies of their own. After losing her beloved father to cancer and suffering the heartbreak of an unrequited love, Richelle "Riri" Sison struggles to move forward. Seeking refuge from grief, she begins writing, and what starts as a form of therapy slowly becomes her purpose. Determined to give others the same comfort she found in stories, she opens Solace, a bookstore and community space where hope, healing, and new beginnings find a home. Beside her are her cousins: Michelle "Mich" Tuazon, a compassionate flight attendant who believes every journey deserves kindness; Christina "Tina" Wong, a dedicated physical therapist who helps others rediscover strength one step at a time; and Giada Ling, a visionary architect who creates spaces where communities can gather, grow, and belong. Together, they navigate love and loss, friendship and heartbreak, family expectations, social pressure, and the glittering world of Ilumina City's influential families. As they pursue their dreams, they discover that while blood may bind them together, it is service, compassion, and the choices they make that define the legacy they leave behind. Solace is a heartfelt contemporary family saga about healing, hope, empowerment, friendship, and the enduring strength of family-reminding us that sometimes the most beautiful chapters begin after our hearts have been broken. Blood brought them together. Service became their legacy.

Peter runs a bookshop where the days repeat and the solitude never asks anything of him. He opens early. He sorts shelves. He goes home alone. He likes it fine. Then Sara walks back in after years away, her five-year-old daughter Mia trailing behind her with a stuffed fox and too many questions. They knew each other once. Teenagers circling the same store without ever quite colliding. Now she's tired, fierce, and carrying more than she'll admit. Mia claims a reading rug. Sara starts staying longer. And Peter realizes the emptiness he'd grown used to was never comfortable at all. But Sara fought hard to stand on her own. And the closer Peter gets, the more she fears losing the ground she built beneath her feet. Until Tomorrow Comes is a quiet, character-driven story about love that arrives gently and leaves a mark. About the difference between being alone and being lonely. About what it costs to let someone in and what it costs not to.

When art historian Pru Ellison uncovers a forgotten signature beneath the varnish of a Victorian painting, she doesn't just rewrite a catalogue entry - she rewrites a family's history. The name belongs to Barnaby Hicks, a working‑class artist erased from the record a century ago. His great‑grandson Billy never expected the truth to matter, until Pru's discovery pulls him into a world of galleries, critics, and quiet reckonings. As the exhibition unfolds, so does something between them - fragile, real, and impossible to ignore. In the hush of the empty gallery, away from the noise of class and expectation, they learn that love and legacy share the same rule: Every truth leaves a trace.

For anyone who has ever felt like content instead of a person One morning, Robin typed three words into Google. No capital letters. No question mark. Just flat, unceremonious: should i die The algorithm had an answer. Actually, the algorithm had fifteen million answers. Sponsored. Monetized. Discount-coded. What followed was a single day that became a media circus, a bidding war, a TED Talk, a podcast, a Netflix pitch, a Broadway musical, a cryptocurrency. Die Like a Star is a darkly funny, razor-sharp satire about the world we've built: one where your pain is a product, your grief is a brand opportunity, and even the desire to disappear gets a sponsorship deal. Robin didn't want to die famous. He just wanted to be left alone. The world had other plans.

Lee YN, 24. Quiet, composed, and seemingly comfortable with the life she has built for herself. Jeon Jiwook, 26. Reserved, short-tempered, and the newest employee in a department where personal boundaries barely exist. Years pass. People change. And sometimes, life brings a familiar face back when you least expect it. When Jiwook walks into YN's workplace, he's just the new employee. A familiar face. A quiet stare. A simple- "Hi." Nothing unusual. At least, that's what everyone else thinks. Now, under the same roof and surrounded by people who know nothing, pretending seems easy. Pretending a glance means nothing. Pretending silence isn't heavy. Pretending some memories don't still linger. But some feelings don't disappear just because two people refuse to look at them. And some stories begin long before anyone realizes they're being told. LIKE WE NEVER 𝑳𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒅 💔

Our female protagonist is slowing being consumed by something she can't control. What is this hollow feeling in her chest? Why won't this fog clear from her mind? She turns to writing to try to feel something, anything as she tries to make it through what she hopes will be her last month. Will she find the spark to keep her running?

He built an empire to prove he wasn't his father's son. She was hired to organize his calendar - not unravel everything he's spent his life burying. Adhyaksa Jagannatha runs Kersane like he runs everything else: composed, controlled, untouchable. Then Kinara Aegis Amalthea walks in and starts noticing the things nobody else does - the collar he loosens before he breaks, the silences that mean more than his words, the father he refuses to name. She doesn't know yet that her past and his are already tangled together. He doesn't know how much it will cost them both when she finds out. A slow-burn story about ambition, inherited trauma, and the people who see us before we're ready to be seen.

He was looking for silence. She seemed determined to interrupt it. Between empty streets, old memories, and conversations neither of them planned on having, two strangers find themselves lingering a little longer than they should. Some encounters stay with us. This is one of them.

She's beautiful, strong, and alone in ways no one can imagine. Every place she calls home forgets her the moment she leaves, and even her closest friends vanish from memory. But when whispers of the Astorian kingdom reach her, she realizes her life-and the world around her-may not be what it seems.

Bob Luce turns fifty on April Fool's Day and realizes the joke may be on him. A successful dentist with a loyal wife and daughters, he should be content. Instead, a motorcycle, a young hygienist, and restless thoughts push him toward trouble in this funny, sharp look at midlife temptation.

The strange grief of getting everything you ever wanted. After years of filming stories in her bedroom, sacrificing weekends, and chasing a dream nobody around her fully understood, she earns a full scholarship to Oracle Film School in London. A new city. A new life. A chance to finally become the person she's always wanted to be. And somehow, it works. London gives Mel everything she hoped for: friendships that feel like family, a boy who sees her beyond the stories she creates, and a version of herself that feels more real than ever before. So why does going home feel impossible? Because maybe the hardest part about chasing your dream isn't leaving. It's realizing you might not want to go back.

When 30-year-old Clara Dawson steps into a glamorous new year, she's not just leaving behind last year-she's leaving behind her husband, her old life, and the confines of a marriage that stifles her spirit. After a whirlwind romance with her husband's charismatic best friend, Ethan, Clara makes the audacious decision to escape to the sun-kissed shores of the South of France on New Year's Day. Set against the backdrop of stunning Mediterranean landscapes, Clara finds herself in a world where the air is rich with possibilities and her heart races with newfound freedom. As she navigates the challenges of a life in flux-grappling with guilt, the thrill of rebellion, and the intoxicating allure of her romance with Ethan-Clara embarks on a journey of self-discovery. From sipping champagne on a private yacht to dancing under the stars in quaint seaside towns, her adventure becomes a vibrant tapestry of love, friendship, and personal liberation. However, her escape is not without its perils. Her husband, humiliated and furious, vows to ruin her life. As he launches a calculated campaign of revenge, he hacks into her social media accounts, deleting her online presence, and orchestrates a relentless campaign of bullying, reaching out to friends and family to tarnish her reputation. Clara finds herself fighting not only for her new identity but also against the malicious attacks that threaten to drag her back into the shadows of her old life. As the reality of her choices sets in, Clara must confront the shadows of her past and decide what she truly wants. Can she embrace this new life despite her husband's vindictive tactics, or will the weight of her decisions pull her back into the life she left behind? "Chasing Freedom" is a captivating tale of love, risk, and the transformative power of a new beginning, perfectly suited for readers who crave stories of personal reinvention and the intoxicating magic of the South of France.

She writes, and writes... yet some feelings can't be explained, only lived.

Jayden grew up under the heavy shadow of a ticking clock. Having inherited a terminal heart condition that stole his father at a young age, he spent his childhood watching his mother work grueling double shifts just to keep them afloat. Witnessing her choose a lifetime of lonely widowhood out of pure devotion to his father's memory left a scar on his heart. He swore a solemn promise to himself: he would never be greedy. He would never curse a woman with that lifelong grief, even if it meant dying entirely alone. ​But promises are easily broken when Vanessa walks into your life. ​She makes him forget the countdown in his chest, drawing him into a love so consuming that he makes a costly, irreversible mistake. Now, with his time rapidly running out, he is forced to face the reality of his own mortality and find a way to make things straight before he goes.

What if one day you woke up and discovered that the life you shared with your family and friends had been nothing more than a dream? What if none of it was real? That was exactly how I felt when I opened my eyes to the sharp, throbbing pain that pulsed through my body. The white hospital ceiling stared back at me, cold and unforgiving. I wanted to believe it wasn't real-that this was just another nightmare I would soon wake up from. But reality was staring me in the face. I had promised myself I would never let this happen again. Never again would I endure the insults, the lies, the manipulation, or the mental abuse. So how had I fallen this low? How had I allowed him to treat me this way? Because I believed he loved me. The candlelit dinners, the passionate nights, the expensive gifts, the dramatic declarations of love-they were all part of the perfect illusion. To everyone else, I was the lucky one. My friends envied the life I seemed to have. But none of them knew the truth. None of them could imagine that I, Sarah Dawson, was living with a devil disguised as the perfect man.

In modern Japan, Princess Claire has become the crown's most coveted prize. Yamato, a retired Yakuza turned ramen shop owner, never meant to become a knight-but love has a taste for the unlikely. A royal competition sets the stage: brutal showdowns, glittering political balls, and trials laced with treachery. Can Yamato win Claire's hand before duty chains her to a future she never chose?

Description Zaynab Ibrahim has spent years watching life happen for everyone else. While her friends celebrate new beginnings, answered prayers, and fulfilled dreams, she quietly wonders why her own life feels as though it's standing still. Burdened by comparison, fear, and the weight of past disappointments, she begins to believe she's already too late to become the person she once dreamed of being. Everything changes when she discovers an old notebook filled with letters she wrote to her future self. Each page reminds her of forgotten dreams, abandoned goals, and a question she can no longer ignore: "If fear wasn't making your decisions, who would you become?" Determined to reclaim the life she once envisioned, Zaynab embarks on a journey of healing, self-discovery, and faith. Along the way, she learns that growth isn't measured by how fast you move, but by the courage to keep going, even when no one is watching. The Version I Haven't Met Yet is a heartfelt story about hope, trusting Allah's timing, embracing change, and discovering that the person you've been searching for has been growing inside you all along. Because sometimes, the greatest journey isn't finding a new path-it's becoming the person you were always meant to be.

Globetrotter Ingrid gets a fabulous fresh start when her job takes her to Melbourne, Australia. Here she meets wise and sweet Oliver, who makes her forget she doesn't have a heart. This successful stability prompts Ingrid to accept an invitation to her high school's ten-year reunion and face down her childhood demons. Old habits are hard to kill, though, and a shocking death in her rundown home village puts her new life on the line. Torn between her commitment to Oliver and the lure of a charismatic bad boy, Ingrid finds herself at a dangerous crossroads. It's all or nothing, and she never wants to go back to nothing. *** Content warning: This story contains mature content and deals with or references the following themes - alcohol abuse, childhood abuse, suicidal thoughts, sexual assault. Reader discretion is advised. *** Gorgeous cover by @lxcksmith

~Prologue~ Some bonds are written in silence long before they are spoken aloud. Vishitha Singh never believed in grand confessions or fairy-tale romances. To her, love had always felt like a distant dream ,something fragile, fleeting, and too heavy for a heart already carrying secrets it could never share. She kept her world guarded, locked behind careful smiles and unshakable walls. And yet, fate had other plans. Abhimanyu Gautam did not arrive in her life with thunder or storms.he came quietly- patient and steady, refusing to let go even when she pushed him away. Where she saw fear, he saw hope. Where she saw endings, he believed in beginnings. She wanted to protect him from her shadows. He wanted nothing more than to stand in them with her. This is not just a tale of two people meeting . it is a journey of waiting, breaking, healing, and discovering that sometimes love does not demand grand gestures.