A Long Morning
In this very relatable story, the main character, Jim, has a mid-morning interview. In addition to the standard pre-interview jitters, he also struggles to figure out how to spend the extra time he has before the interview starts.
A Long Morning
Jim hated mid-morning appointments. He could sleep in a little bit. He could, but he couldn’t. It was too big. He’d been unemployed for too
Contemporary Fiction
Story Choices
This entire story already exists, but you are only experiencing it one word at a time as you move forward through it. You could, if
Hidden Secrets — Part One: Best Friends Forever
Courtney White was pissed off. A pipe was leaking in her basement, requiring a call to the plumber. His estimate was higher than she’d expected
The Many Lives of Mita (Part VIII)
Introduction Mita Lopez survived domestic abuse, stalking, and an assault that left her a prisoner in her own body, hearing everyone and everything around her
Romance
Satellites and Violets
Gina was old now by nearly anyone’s standards. Her face was wrinkled and her joints creaked when she moved, especially first thing in the morning
The Two Sides of The Rose
Once upon a time, there was a place called Araf. Nowadays, no one knows what happened to it in reality. This place was full of
Matchmakers | Episode 2 | The Girls
Photo by Viktoria Alipatova from Pexels Hearing the bang of the garbage truck emptying a dumpster in the alley behind her apartment, Maisie opens her
Sci Fi
S.O.S. Chapter Nine – The Hints of Burning Memories (P-4)
*** Want to start at the beginning? Here’s the link to the prologue: http://simily.co/all-stories/maryandramb/s-o-s-searching-out-souls/ _____________________________________________________________________ (Cover Photo Credit – Myself) Part Four “Now that we’ve
Sucks to Be You
Paul Flinchbaugh caught the elevator just before the doors closed, and patiently rode up to the seventh floor. Patiently, because the elevator was crowded, and
Aishana—Chapter 2: Measured Measures
Hushed but heated debate fell to silence as Mika entered. His eyes adjusted to the scarlet gloom within: the Consul Chamber walls were layers of
Horror
The Sacred Angels Academy Haunting — Part One:Spring Break begins
March 12 Maggie Thorne sat at her desk by the window in her dorm room, watching the students picked up by their parents for Spring
Getting Angry
I’ve been screaming for help for the past few minutes but no one in the house seems to care. You see, I’m trapped in my
The Klein Moment
Jimmy Cortez walked out of the third precinct a free man on a Tuesday morning. By Friday night, he’d been reduced to a sack of
True Story
Little Children Of Uvalde
Little ones No one expected your short lives to end by the gun You were daughters and sons Trying to play and learn Only for
The Icelandic “Delicacy”: Hákarl
It is — by far — the worst thing I have ever tasted in my life. This Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons image is from the
Shut Up And Stop Talking: People don’t want to hear about your mental illnesses and problems
Do you know how often people tell me no one cares about my struggle with mental illness and to stop talking about it? Let’s put
Humor
Steering
“That’s crazy. I’m a terrible liar. I can’t.” “Come on, Will. I’ll owe you big time. I want the best house for me and Jen.
Poetry Slam
I thought that I would never see A fight regarding poetry. Life can venture nothing worse, Than fisticuffs o’er flowing verse. * If poems be
Story Choices: Quantum Storytelling
This entire story already exists, but you are only experiencing it one word at a time as you move forward through it. You could, if
Poetry
Butterfly Wings
Nothing moves save for a butterfly, A whisper at the tip of its wings, Breaking the stillness of the night. Clouds part for the moonlight
My Venn Diagram
Not a single person in the universe has experienced life the way I experience life. My circle is a huge Venn diagram of shared experiences
Deaf Scream
Let me call for help,And never be heard,Roaring in my bed,Next to a sleeping spouse. I wish to enjoy the sound,Of silence tearing my throat,Rasping
Drama
(P.S.poetry series) Collaboration
Unimagined feelings rise from far above, the feeling changes, crosses through the sky like doves, when it’s right next to your throat, nothing is at
Matchmakers | Chapter 11 | Business and Pleasure
Photo by imustbedead from Pexels On the way to the Smash Room, Maisie walks with her head down, recounting last night’s strange events. What the
Monsters in Our Midst
They came without warning. We used to talk all the time how if we had known they were coming the different things we would have