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Short Fiction

Joy 2 min

Be Mine

Carmela M-U

They sat together in comfortable silence, having been in each other's company for over ten years. One of their favourite places was on the swing chair, overlooking the backyard, gently moving ... [+]

Short Fiction

Joy Humor Modern Love 4 min

On his first day at the Bengaluru Metropolitan Transport Corporation, twenty-five year old Masti Govind Swamy, named after the village of Masti, where his father, not he, was born, found to his ... [+]

Short Fiction

Joy Romance Slice of Life Young Adult 4 min

Freefall

Angela Teagardner

The wind was sharper this close to the water. Hands trembling, Astrid hurried to zip her jacket before the ride operator checked her seatbelt. She wished her tremors had more to do with the chill in ... [+]

Short Fiction

Joy Portrait Slice of Life 4 min

Blue Glass Dog

Heather Santo

After I left Tom, I rented a house next to a cemetery. My mother offered to help me move. Standing in the gravel lot where I parked my car, she regarded the one-story clapboard partially hidden in ... [+]

Short Fiction

Joy Slice of Life 5 min

A Happy Color

Lynn Assimacopoulos

Jake lay in the darkness, the sun creeping under the shade...thinking why should he get out of bed. He had no place to go, no one to see and nobody would be coming to visit. He probably wouldn't ... [+]

Short Fiction

Joy Nostalgia Slice of Life 2 min Mature Audience

The Intersection of Humanity and Insanity

Abby Comey

The stoplight on the corner had been broken for weeks. Westway Avenue was yellow and green at the same time, while Cherry Lane was forever red. Mabel knew this. Mom and Dad called it "the ... [+]

Short Fiction

Joy Romance 2 min

House for Sale

Christiane Tuffery

"The baseboards can always be painted over."

The sentence played over and over again in Margaret's head. The real estate agent had muttered it innocently under her breath, but it stuck with he ... [+]