Emotions - page 7 - all works

Short Fiction

Emotions Humor Suspense & Mystery 4 min Mature Audience

Grandma

The wind was blowing in gusts, buffeting the car, which swerved dangerously towards the precipice. Down below, the waves broke with deafening noise on the rocks. It was magnificent but terrifying. I ... [+]

Short Fiction

Emotions Nostalgia Portrait 1 min

A Butterfly on the Shoulder

Sylvie Loy

My father used to say that butterflies only land on the prettiest flowers. And on people who possess a beautiful soul.
When I was a child, butterflies often used to land on me. And that made me ... [+]

Short Fiction

Emotions Sorrow Portrait 3 min

My Father’s Castle

Stéphane Livino

All adults have, in their memory, the places which defined their childhood. They just have to shut their eyes to visualize them and the feelings associated with these places come flooding back. When ... [+]

Short Fiction

Emotions Sorrow Suspense & Mystery 4 min Mature Audience

Amen

John-Henry Brichart

The intense yellow sun was high in the sky. The fields were hot and the earth burned the feet of the men running in front of him – they wore no shoes and no one knew why.

There were fifteen of ... [+]

Short Fiction

Emotions Humor Young Adult 6 min

Krab

Elvyre Fregnac

I don't want to boast, but I've just pulled off a real masterpiece. At the age of seventy-five, I have become the unrivaled outrageous old lady of Moussy-lès-Limas. I live in this peaceful little ... [+]

Short Fiction

Emotions Nostalgia Young Adult 4 min

Last Breath of Adolescence

Madalen Hulin

"Come on, come on, come on, before the moment's gone"
The lyrics of "No. 1 Party Anthem" by the Arctic Monkeys rang through the summer air. It had been a red hot summer, right from June, covering ... [+]

Short Fiction

Emotions Sorrow Historical 2 min Mature Audience

The Stalag Doll

Sergine Dautzenberg

I am a doll.

I was born sixty years ago at Görlitz in Germany, in a hut in Stalag VIII-A.

I am the one for whom a Belgian prisoner of war, number 15825, opened his clenched fists and to whom ... [+]

Short Fiction

Emotions Humor Absurd 2 min Mature Audience

Goodbye Paul!

Olivier Castor

It was November. It was cold; below the seasonal average, the weather forecast said. The wind swept the dead leaves along in gusts. The sky was a cold, clear blue. Really not the weather to be put ... [+]

Short Fiction

Emotions Humor Absurd 3 min Mature Audience

Plan B

Nicolas Juliam

I can see myself going into my shower, quite happily, whistling. I can also remember that irresistible urge to smoke. The one that comes upon you anywhere, at any time. And you have to obey it.
So I ... [+]

Short Fiction

Emotions Sorrow Sci-Fi & Fantasy Young Adult 3 min

Elby

Marion Gosse

I am waiting... I am waiting.
I have always been waiting.
My eyes are closed, as they have always been.
My hands float in front of my face, and even if I can't see them, I know exactly what shape ... [+]

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A New Kind of Literary Pulse

Grandma

A Butterfly on the Shoulder

My Father’s Castle

Amen

Krab

Last Breath of Adolescence

The Stalag Doll

Goodbye Paul!

Plan B

Elby