Shortreads Stories

Birth Month Musings: Laughs, Lessons & Layers is a soft series of reflections-little pieces of me, written in honesty, in growth, in becoming. Some days are light. Some days are heavy. But all of them are real. If you've ever had to outgrow versions of yourself... if you're still figuring it out- stay with me. 🤎✨

Nothing special, just small pieces that I do during my free time.

What happens when logic quietly leaves the room... and nonsense takes over? In The Book of Utter Nonsense, nothing behaves as it should. Alarm clocks declare war, socks enter politics, teapots dream of space travel, and bananas face their greatest fears. Each poem dives into a world where the absurd is perfectly normal-and the normal is nowhere to be found. This is a collection of playful, surreal, and thoroughly unreasonable poems that don't attempt to make sense... and are much better for it. If you enjoy humour, chaos, and the occasional philosophical goose, you're in the right place. Read at your own risk. Things may stop making sense.

She had been carrying the boulder for so long... she no longer remembered when it was first placed upon her shoulders. She carries it every day. The weight. The silence. The past. Lourdes was chosen to help... but no one told her how. When she's sent to guide an elderly woman burdened by an invisible boulder, Lourdes believes the answer is simple-give her strength, or take the weight away. But some burdens don't work like that. As Lourdes steps deeper into the woman's past, she begins to uncover something far more powerful than pain... A moment. A memory. A beginning. And the truth that some things were never meant to be carried forever. ✨ A story about healing, faith, and finding where it all began. ✨ For anyone who has ever felt weighed down by life.

Where nightmares wear crowns and magic bleeds. Step into a world where the line between wonder and terror disappears. In this chilling collection of horror fantasy tales, ancient curses stir, forgotten gods whisper through the trees, and heroes are often the most haunted of all. Each short story plunges you into a richly imagined world filled with eerie enchantments, twisted folklore, and the kind of dread that lingers long after the final page. From crumbling castles and cursed forests to shadowy realms ruled by madness and myth, these tales are perfect for fans dark fairy tales with teeth. Dare to read after dark. You may not sleep the same again.

Hello my name is Steven Roberts and this is a short story of when I was relaxing in an American diner then it took a bad turn.

Compilation of personal writing. The accumulated result of many English assignments, procrastination and general boredom over the past year (2016 going into 2017).

Contemplation

A short romance poems describing finding beauty in unknown places.

When River's costume goes missing he goes on a hunt to find out who has stolen his costume! His best friend say's River probably just misplaced it. But River knows better! But who took his costume? Will Halloween be ruin? Will River be able to go trick-or-treating?

Welcome back! I'm sure your life was good. Before you bother me with more questions as you usually do. Let's try a little harder to escape this time. First published content on Wattpad, looking for feedback and get a feel for areas I need to improve. I hope you enjoy it

Auckland, 1958. She survives by the hour, and writes throughout the night. Told through intimate diary entries, By the Hour is a haunting short read about a woman living on the edge of respectability, recording a life the city would rather turn a blind eye to. Raw, lyrical, and deeply human, it is a story of survival, loneliness, and flickering hope in a world where the night feels endless, even when its daytime.

Dear Reader, This is a poem written for who was because they will never again have a place in the world that is. Ghosts and all matter of beings of their sort are stuck in a time that is not their own looking for pieces of themselves where they have never been. It is sad but is never was sad. Because to have been you first must be. Please enjoy this poem, and tell me anything that it brings to mind. Stories are my life, and I want to hear as many of them as I can and share them with anyone who will listen. Thank you, Persona Story Teller.

Jessica lay in bed on Sunday considering her life choices, still as a rock, heavy as one too. A Ben and Jerry's ice-cream pot lay empty by her bed. Her boyfriend loved her skinny and wouldn't want to see her put on weight. Her sky blue eyes were now bloodshot and red. Her skin was salty from the tears she had recently given up on. She does not move and has no energy to, tissues stacked on her dull red duvet like the leaning tower of Pisa. She knew it wouldn't work out but why end like this? I want to say thanks to Emma for making the beautiful book cover and my profile picture. Her Instagram is emma_sk08

A collection of poems that reflect my thoughts and emotions over the last few years. As I have experienced a lot of loss, heartbreak, and turmoil, poetry has been my outlet. I hope that through my poems you feel seen.

Their love was cursed from the start. This poetry collection explores relationships fraught with danger, forbidden desire, and even moments of warmth.

poems to read that i made....hope u like them!!💓💋 Most of them are mostly depressing...it is what I am good at ...I think ...plz read...thank you

This is basically a story about my school life and all of it is (on my most prized possession) 100% real names and all

One Night that changed her life. One Party that caused it all. One Witness to a Murder. One Family in Witness Protection Program that sent her to the other side of the country. *One Year Later* A new life. New Friends. A boyfriend. And then he finds her.

A letter written by a long lost newly found self