Fiction by Genre

Fantasy

6 stories | Updated June 22, 2023

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The Regenerated River

By Mariana Busarova | Gain Inspiration

• Read time: 6 min
• Genre(s): Fantasy, Nature
• Type: short story
• Status: Complete
• Rating: 8+
• Tags: Saving Nature, Water, Valley

What will we do if the freshwater is distinguished? A little story of the strength a girl has.

The Singing, Springing Lark Retelling

By Lark Morrigan | Morrigans Wake

• Read time: 56 min.
• Genre(s): Fantasy, Fairy Tale
• Type: Novelette
• Status: complete
• Rating: 13+
• Tags: The Brothers Grimm, fairy tale retelling, curses, birds, magic, evil stepmother, lions

This is a retelling of a lesser-known Brothers Grimm fairy tale about a woman who falls in love with a lion prince and makes sacrifices to set him free from a curse.

The Watcher’s Stone

By Lynda Coker | ILLUMINATION

• Read time: 3 Minutes
• Genre(s): Fantasy, Romance, Mystery
• Type: Flash Fiction
• Status: Complete
• Rating: 13+
• Tags: Romance, Fantasy, Debt Owed

Nothing in her twenty years of life had prepared her for the penetrating scrutiny of those ebony eyes. They weren’t threatening, at least not in a violent sense. But the possessive message they signaled sent a warning shiver up her spine.

Congratulations — You’ve Leveled Up

By Lynda Coker | Fiction for the Heart

• Read time: 3 Minutes
• Genre(s): Fantasy
• Type: Flash Fiction
• Status: Completed
• Rating: 8+
• Tags: Flash Fiction, Fiction, Gaming, Games, Digital games, Online gaming

Christy stared out the windshield. Where the rapidly flowing river used to be was now what looked like a river of yellow daisies. Half the trees lining the riverbank were cube-shaped. And in the middle of it, stood the Eiffel Tower or its twin brother.

The Other Side

By Lynda Coker | Fiction for the Heart

• Read time: 7 Minutes
• Genre(s): Adventure, Travel Portal
• Type: Short Story
• Status: Completed
• Rating: 13+
• Tags: Fantasy, Travel Portal, Adventure,

A thoughtless girl pushes the limits of belief too far.

Film Flam

By David Perlmutter

• Read time: 15 min
• Genre(s): Superhero
• Type: Short story
• Status: Complete
• Rating: E

“Do you want your life filmed and stolen from you? They sure don’t…”

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