Short stories inspired by curated writing prompts.

Shaun jumped from the cliff’s edge.

“I don’t want to have kids,” Cassie said.

“Birthday Boy, this one’s for you.”

A story that starts with the same line as it ends.

Once upon a time, in the dark of the night, there was a hunter who had not found any boar or monkeys. There were also three Sky-women…

Kincaid dreams of Delia the same night he loses his job.

Inspired by the writing prompt: “write a story about a relationship between two people who have never met in person and only communicate…

Inspired by the prompt “Write a story with eyes as a motif.”

“Take that, you billing bistle. That’s for being such a total and utter nerd, ya,” I hear a thwack, and my body twists and turns in the…

The name in his passport was Harold Johnson, but he was known as Worm. The nickname was the most constant aspect of his job.

“A man will turn over half a library to make one book.” - Samuel Johnson

“So what’s your punishment going to be, Dew?” Sebbie asked, half-skipping as he walked.

He waited. They came.

It started with a goodbye.

We scrubbed and scrubbed and scrubbed. We couldn’t get it clean. It didn’t matter though. We was gon’ be baptized.

A story that sets the stage through a newspaper clipping.

An unresolved ending that asks more questions than it answers and leaves readers wanting to know more.

I check my phone’s got charge, even though the carer’s more than capable. Amy should be asleep for the next couple of hours anyway. She’s…

Marie glares at a blinking cursor on the screen in front of her. She only needs to mark down a few final, perfunctory words to confirm…

They woke to the alarm, still entwined. Wrapped around each other desperately, as though they knew what was to come. They each…

A simple slice of life piece about a Spring evening by a lake.

The blue balloon knocked at the kitchen window.

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By Florrie Kohn