Shortys2024 Stories

"I know I'm sunk deep to this point To the point where I'm drowned Into this bowl of honey I feel I feel like there's no other way out" A collection of poems...

Welcome to The Shortys, a bite-sized writing challenge for poets and short story writers, brought to you by the ShortStory and Poetry profiles!

Amateurs poetry on life, love, happiness, misery etc. The irony of pain is that you wanna be comforted by the one who hurt you.

A collection of short stories. Some are side-stories of existing books, some are just separate ideas I've had kicking around that weren't big enough to form a novel or n...

We are not written in the stars... "Because she is meant to be written by me!" ~khushicreates A...

"Mirror in the Sky" is a selection of poetry and prose that delves deep into the intricacies of the mind and soul, capturing the raw essence of love, the sting...

Here I go with another writing experiment. I joined The Fabulous Spec-Fic Smack Down by LayethTheSmackDown, which required me to write Speculative Fiction flash fiction...

"Falling in love with you was so easy, so effortless. I didn't even realise it until I was completely submerged and drowning and found a bottomless sea with no anch...

An anthology of flash fiction and short story. Entries for "The Shortys 2024" Longlisted ▪️ The Ballad of Resilience (flash fiction) ▪️ Cross-Country Vacation...

~My love will always breathe in my dead poems!! A collection of all the poems that I've written for a special someone which consists of a nostalgia of love that is selfl...

"ʙᴜʀʀʏ ᴍʏ ꜱᴏᴜʟ ᴀɴᴅ ʟᴇᴛᴛᴇʀꜱ ᴅᴇᴇᴘ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴀᴛᴇʀ" English is NOT my first language... Sorry if there is any grammatical mistakes..

[The Shorty's Short List 2024] In the heart of South Africa's Karoo, a land steeped in ancient legends, Dr Aria Thorne's routine geological survey takes an extraordinary...

*** The Shortys Shortlister *** This collection includes my poetic entry "Late Summer Night" for the writing challenge "The Shortys." *** 🏅Dec.13, 2...

~Like all good things come to an end this one did too Like all shooting stars Hit the ground And shatter My heart did too But what hurts the most is I was the only...

My short stories for the Fabulous Spec-Fic Smackdown 2024

𝚑𝚎yy❤️ 𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎 𝚔𝚎𝚎𝚙 𝚘𝚗 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐... ~ the art of romanticizing life, melancholy and to put it simple: deep thoughts ~ ...𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝'𝚜 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜...

A 5k words long short story for the Shortys. Trigger warning: an old case (centuries old and entirely fictional) of rape, murder and suicide is mentioned in chapter four...

A vampire, a shapeshifter and a ghost solve a mystery with a side of ghost pepper garnish What could go wrong? Locked in a magic prison, this trio must find who killed A...

Zara has always felt like an outsider in her family, retreating to her attic room to escape their indifference. But when a tragic accident forces her to confront her pas...

Poems about love, soulmate, longing, solitude, mental health and much more that connects to one's soul. This is a collection of poems across various topics in life.