Litfic Stories

Maya was waiting for her wife to wake up. Elena was waiting for her mother to die. Neither of them expected to find each other in the space between. • • • A short story. Woman love woman. #Pride Warnings: grief & infidelity papertreasure ©️ 2026

Sometimes the truth is just too terrible to ever be guessed... Readers' comments: 'Excellent story', 'gripping page-turner', 'marvellous read', 'great writing', 'simply remarkable', 'a fabulously emotional ride', 'wow', 'what a great book!', 'had me engaged right to the end' Wattys award-winning author (The Painted Altar, literary fiction 2020) When two British brothers are reported missing whilst on holiday in southern Italy, the local carabinieri turn to retired detective Jim Jacks for help. Still pained by a recent divorce, he has started a new life for himself as a small-scale wine producer. Along with commander Nuzzo, he will slowly unravel a mystery which is even darker than it had first seemed... Genre: murder mystery Length: 75,000 words (300 novel pages) Target audience: adult, fans of crime fiction, anyone who likes mysteries full of twists and which are populated by three-dimensional characters Extract: I stayed there at the holiday bungalow with Sarah and Olivia for the rest of the afternoon and evening. Would return again the following morning. An analyst would no doubt conclude that my actions weren't entirely selfless; that as a lonely old divorcee I found a nostalgic comfort in female company. And yes, this might have been part of it. But there was a very practical reason too for my more or less continued presence in the house. I just didn't want to leave them to themselves I suppose, was afraid of what might happen. Yes, the thing I remember most about that forty-eight hour period is the silence. There was something brooding to it. Something ominous, almost delicate, like if it cracked you feared it would explode. An edgy, precarious silence stretching on and on, minute after minute, hour after hour... About the author: I'm a 47-year-old English teacher who has lived in Italy for the last 15 years. I have two other novels on the site, The Painted Altar and Kill Who You Want

A series of vignettes make up this novel about a young woman involved in an automobile accident one afternoon on a desolate stretch of highway somewhere in the San Joaquin Valley. Ejected from the car upon impact, she lands on the gravel shoulder right alongside the debris stream of papers, bottles, and fast food wrappers. She finds herself in and out of consciousness and through a sequence of flash backs; moments from her life occupy her thoughts as she struggles to understand what has just happened to her. Broken dreams and disappointments scatter themselves across her mental landscape as family, friends, and strangers are all recalled in a myriad of settings and situations involved. Confused and often alone in her memories, she attempts to navigate and understand an environment she is not fully capable of doing. All her life, she seeks to belong but always finds herself in a different space, perhaps a no space of sorts while those around her go through the repetitions of daily life. Never taken into account, never considered, and never celebrated; she questions where she belongs in the world and in the end she realizes that she never really belonged anywhere at all.

Gwyneth Ha tries to leave behind Hong Kong and the only girl she's ever kissed in the city that holds her heart. Coming home ten years later is never part of the plan. Neither is seeing Yannis Fong again-with a wedding ring on her finger.

The Feelys are doing just fine. They do not need any help. Especially not from some socially awkward Francophile who can barely lift her own hand. Until they do.

In the fall of 1921, Valerie Sigrid flees to the isolated city of Nastrond with nothing but a guilty conscious, a drinking problem, and a secret. She spends her days there achingly alone until she meets Lance and Lila Hundingsbane, two siblings struggling to make ends meet in a city growing both more expensive and more hostile to outsiders. Through them, she discovers a sense of purpose and belonging unlike anything she has ever felt before. However, Valerie's past is becoming harder and harder to outrun. Investigators back home search for answers about her disappearance. Political tensions become unavoidable. Rumors spread, all of them half baked. Suddenly, all anyone seems to know about Valerie Sigrid is the depravities they think she has committed. Would anyone ever see her as more than that? Genres: Literary/genre fiction blend, upmarket fiction, speculative fiction, drama, coming of age, alternate historical, romance Themes: Moral superiority complexes + Moral absolutism, The importance of nuance, Forgiveness and understanding, Human complexity, Trauma and coping, Propaganda Note: Although not particularly spicy, this story does contain mature themes and moderate sexual content

Haijah is a problem, and it's one you do not want. A smart, sassy beautiful girl growing up in the ugliest parts of Philly. At a young age, she's been exposed. From having to raise her younger siblings, being abandoned, sex, money, drugs and addictions. Most people couldn't walk in these shoes.

[ONE CHAPTER STORY ✓] They are what you would call polar opposites. They lived in different worlds; wanted different things, as all humans do. What greater thing than love to bring together two wandering souls that were meant for each other? But with their lives contrasting each other as sharply as the night differs from day, and the fierce battle they fight with their own demons. Will their story be a happy one? Cover credits: @_dzza_iris Thank you for the beautiful work♥️

After years of absence, a young woman returns to her island home, revisiting demons she thought forgotten. This story was originally written for "Dark Dreams" an anthology by @tenebris_somnia. After been expanded to enter TNT's horror contest, it made the top 35. 😄

I'm writing as artist draws sketches - they are raw but real, based on my observations and real life experience. The idea is to practice a lot, so they may be good or may be shit, feel free to let me know either way

I handed him my heart in a box that said handle with care, the rest is history.

More adventures of the gang at Joe's Bar and Grill.

Thank you for participating in the Espresso Love journey. This is a part of the collection of bonus content for the popular highly-acclaimed novel, Espresso Love from the perspective of main character, Naoki Maeda. Spoiler alert: Please read Espresso Love before entering! "They're getting harder to avoid. They're everywhere. The city is falling apart at its seams. I must find you."

Failed musician Warren discovers that his wife, Jen, is having an affair with his son's football coach. His friend Yuri tells him about a biochemical anti-love drug to kill unnatural sexual urges. He goes to a Doctor to get a prescription for Jen and tricks her into taking the tablets ... Short story

a short story of losing ones sense of self in the little moments

Evelyn and Rosie had always been close. They were not just mother and daughter; they were best friends. At least, they were until disease stole away the woman Evelyn had once been. After an incident forces Rosie's hand, she soon comes to realise there's a lot she does not know about the woman who raised her. Or about herself. With disease ravaging her mum's memories, Rosie is in a race against time to time to unravel her mother's secrets and uncover the truth about her fractured family. Rosie will come face to face with not only her mum's past but the secrets she had kept hidden from herself. Will she be brave enough to face the truth and take her chance at happiness?

This is the sequel to The Billionaire's Housekeeper. You will need to read book 1 before reading this story. There are many perks to having a billionaire boyfriend; this was not one of them. Six months after her attacker was sent to prison, Betsy is fighting to find her way back to herself and the man who holds her heart. With paparazzi hounding her every step of her recovery, she is being tested on every front. Nick has two beautiful children, a woman he loves, and a successful business. All he needs now is to marry the woman he loves. Yet, even as he looks towards the future, his past is determined to make itself heard. Only by facing the past can they move forward. But will they be able to fight through and find the happiness they both crave?

These are scenes that don't belong to a story yet but need to live on the pages.

✨2018 Watty Winner✨ Two men in love torn apart by war. Yuri Karamov's existence is like Schrödinger's cat, simultaneously both dead and alive. In Ru Konstantin's mind, Yuri's still the same vibrant young man he was when their lives diverged. But the question, the one Ru is too afraid to acknowledge, is whether his best friend turned first love is still alive. In the span of eighteen years, their hometown of Dronesk goes from a quiet, humdrum town to a besieged territory of the BKA; a radical militia group who wants to eradicate the Arash--people like Ru--from Rujga Province. Yuri Karamov is one of the recruits fighting for a Brommian liberation. After years of lost contact, Ru returns to Dronesk in search of his best friend, confronting not only the ruins of his ancestral home and the new realities of a post-liberation movement, but questions about love, freedom, and the price of self-governance. If We Exist, is a coming-of-age story that examines friendship, sexuality, class struggles and ethnic tensions through the lens of Ru Konstantin; desperate, anxiety-ridden, and awfully nostalgic.