Shortys2025 Stories

The tiniest of inspirations can lead to the biggest revelations. A short collection of poems drawing inspiration from something someone once told me- "We're all dead and this is Hell." -Love, An Average Guy

You are at The Singularity of your space-time. Don't you feel it? As you get reduced down to infinity. You are now no more than One singular thought at a time. -s i n g u l a r i t y-

Diary of a Teenager is just a mix of poems, short stories, and random thoughts-bits and pieces of what it feels like to be young, confused, happy, heartbroken, and everything in between. It's messy, honest, and straight from the heart. #Shortys2025 #poetry #prose

An anthology of short stories, narrative poems, and flash fiction.

You never forget your first love and first kiss, right? So what follows when they both happen to be the same person? For Seina, it's making a daring, once-in-a-lifetime decision. 🌸🌸🌸 ⭐WINNER OF THE SAKURA BLOSSOMS COMPETITION in the kdrama category.⭐ Hosted by Wattpad's @AmbassadorsJP.🇯🇵 🩷Featured in the @AmbassadorsJP Anthology book.🩷 🩷Also featured in the @AmbassadorsJP Winners reading list.🩷 Word count: 3.9k words. By Mary-Jane Kristo. © All rights reserved. Prompt: By @WattpadKdramas Being in a famous KDrama keeps you on your toes, but when you go to the US, you go as a commoner. Enjoying life with less paparazzi is peaceful until you receive a small box with a fresh cherry blossom and a letter. The contents of the letter tear you apart. Will you go back to Korea before the end of the cherry blossom? What is the meaning of a cherry blossom in a box?

Lily is a snow witch with powerful magic and a quick temper. Not the best combination. But she keeps to herself, and the few people she lets get close know she has a good heart, and that's enough for her. She doesn't need any drama in her life. Except she never knows what to expect from her next-door neighbor, who is a mad scientist. Then there's her meddling family back at the North Pole. Minor irritations, but they may or may not trigger her blizzard-inducing rage from time to time, resulting in out-of-season snowstorms, snowbound towns, and confused meteorologists worldwide. Good thing she has a fairy godmother. Or is it? When a forbidden paranormal romance brings secret magic and an unspoken curse to light, the weight of the world lands on Lily's shoulders. Break the curse, save the world. Fail... And she'll destroy everything.

When grumpy witch Damien Blackthorn walks into the Rusty Cauldron for a stiff drink and some peace, the last thing he needs is a devastatingly handsome fae named Lysander "Lys" Moonwhisper perched on the barstool beside him, all charm and terrible pickup lines. But after a magical mishap leaves them accidentally bonded until the next full moon, these polar opposites must navigate a series of supernatural disasters, interfering exes, and one very judgmental familiar. Between hexing each other and unexpected moments of tenderness, Damien discovers that sometimes the best magic is the kind you never see coming.

It all began with, "I, Kaedon Baylor Langston, take you, Angel Laine North, to be my wedded wife." That was when your life slowly began to turn upside down. Three times you found out what he did, and three times he said he was sorry. Can you keep forgiving him? Will he continue to do things behind your back? WORD COUNT: 4325 Short Story entry for The Shortys 2025 xreader fiction romance Cover, Title, and story by LAJoyner

Havana and Sawyer are cousins who share the same birthday, and not much else. However, their big Sweet 16 birthday celebrations were switched! #Shortys2025 #oneshot #shortstory #yoursweetsixteenthbirthdaydoesnotgoasplanned And just for fun, I added, "The year is 3000 and the sun is blinking". Consider it an easter egg.

We are of ourselves a work of art or a disaster waiting to happen.

A haunting confession of faith lost and prayers denied - when silence becomes God's only answer. 🌑

This collection of poems explores the full spectrum of human experience, from the deepest moments of solitude and silence to the fierce duality of rebellion and the intense loneliness of victory and defeat. It delves into the bittersweet ache of nostalgia, the awkward flutter of new love, and the quiet dread of a creepy warning. The poems capture both the tender and the terrifying, offering a lyrical journey through emotions, from peace and longing to anxiety and fear.

Short stories written to prompts in 2025. * -'Blooming Cheek', Weekend Write-In 8.8.25 - prompt: 'resistance' -'Textual Healing', Shortys 2025 (2000-5000 words category). Prompt was: "Write about a romance which starts with a mistaken identity text." -'The Wanderers', Weekend Write-In 3.10.25 - prompt: 'frontier'. Got a bit political in this one. Not sorry. -'Afterglow', inspired by Weekend Write-In 14.11.25 - prompt: 'dignity'. Not submitted, as it was way over the informal word limit.

This is a collection of flash fiction and short stories written for the 2025 Shortys, and which follow up on events of the Venomous Agenda series. As such, it contains spoilers for other books in the series, and may be read in any order. #1 in extracredit (September 29, 2025) 2025 Shortys long list (Salvation Abroad)

AUXIN Towards the light.. An anthology containing only my best work.

Ink of Forever: Poetry excerpts from "Forever Be My Always" "𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐤, 𝐀𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭" This book compiles Advik's poems that he penned for Vritika, pouring his heart out in verse. You'll find 𝒍𝒚𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒑𝒐𝒆𝒕𝒓𝒚 that echoes the rhythm of Advik's heartbeat for Vritika. Dive in and share your thoughts ― what resonated with you about his poems in "Forever Be My Always"?

A female Asian Norwegian fox, Valentin Phan, or Valen, in short, was hanging with a Asian drama idol from Orena, Kool Sang, during Valentin's holiday in his homeland, Yamanan. Shortly after Valentin headed back to Norway, Kool Sang and Valentin were invited to Yan Keng Academy. But Valentin had to stay in Norway. So, Kool Sang is sending messages about his academy stories to Valentin. One day, Valentin met a Swedish cowboy dog, Minko

Her love for him grew more and more every time they met. And he, a married man with an infant son and young daughter, told her he cherished her deeply. But it wasn't until he confessed his family in a letter to her that the roses in the garden started to die of poison. And even after the love darkened, a young Elizabeth, kept him dear to her heart, tried to pluck him away from that life-even going as far as telling him that she would be a faithful mother to his children. In helplessness, he told her he only loved her on drunken sadness and longing. "We met in rough patches and on nights when loneliness was far too much. I cherished you. I cherished you very much." Weeks later, they'd meet for the last time. The only way to be rid of thorns on a rose is to be rid of the garden she once adored.

Merrill, a nun, she faces doubts and pain hopes to find who she really is and be free.

It was a perfect illusion.