Category: Short Stories
Little moments of magic and inspiration to brighten up your day, challenge your boundaries and reignite the fire in your belly of desire.
Between Worlds
All had left as fear rode in unannounced, without fanfare. An invisible wisp of wind in a still landscape, a whisper in a moment of still pondering, an inaudible tap on a shoulder in solitude, a quiet... Read More
Wings of change
The thin layer of snowy white powder on her delicate wings drifted through the cool morning breeze. They tested the air with the curiosity of a whisper. A hint of gossamer sheen caught rays of sunligh... Read More
Right On Track
Sometimes it hiccuped just when her mind wandered, and would trip her nearly clean over. Once she even fell flat on her face, and got such a fright she was actually sick, right there on the path. It n... Read More
Out Of Time
It was so calm in fact that as soon as he’d pushed his boat out, past the gentle lap lapping of an abominably lazy ocean smacking the shore like a sloppy tongue, the only sound he could hear was his... Read More
Free Falling
Day after week after month he sat watching the creatures of the forest, the plants and elementals, but none seemed to be his kin. He felt alone and helpless, and at the end of his tether reached down ... Read More
Transition
Dingo’s belly was stirring with something big. Something brutal. A hunger than expanded even as it drew inwards. The vacuum of a black hole reaching out with eager fingers to ensnare all within its ... Read More
Tending the (h)earth
The strange thing was that Jo had no hair. Not on his head, on his face, his chest nor legs, not a whisper of a whisker. He’d been born bald as an egg and had remained that way his whole life.... Read More
The Harmonica and the Bee
Bee was transfixed as the beautiful melodies floating around him, his wings flipping him over in excited little flips every so often. When the saggy face finished his tune, he smiled, as a tear fell g... Read More
Timekeeper
The layers of skin fold like an old accordion around his eyes, feigning a grin of sorts. They threaten to unfold permanently at any moment, sweeping the old bastard into instant blindness.... Read More
What’s Next?
It curled itself up into a tight little ball, just like a little bud. Then fold by fold, it unfurled itself like a rose before the creatures awe struck eyes, then fell out of form like a spent flower.... Read More
The turtle and the dragon
For the first time since he could remember, all the cells in his body relaxed into each other. Warmth permeated through his shattered form. And he felt the ultimate release. Of relinquishing control... Read More