To the Valley of the Salt Sparrow Heart: More than Just the Prince of Pirates

The Jester in Red | one_shot | Complete

Famous poet and self-proclaimed adventurer, Orion Auslandin, sets off on a journey to find the mythical Valley of the Salt Sparrow Heart and prove that there is more to him than simply being the son of the Pirate King. Inspired by ancient poetry and a journal entry from a long dead author, Orion hires a crew to aid him in his quest of discovery. Along the way they face down pirates that wish to capture him, strange creatures that inhabit the island, and dangerous waters.

5.91 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-22 16:24

The Rejection

M. R. Aze | tragedy | Complete

A short story of choice, love, pain and consequences.

0.67 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-26 16:43

Friday Night Food Heist

nicoshaw | contemporary | Complete

TheFriday Night Food Heistis fraught with danger, but some boys will do anything for free pizza. Ross Cameron is sick and tired of boring Friday nights. Of course, with friends like Mac, there's always the chance of a more exciting development. On this occasion, it's the chance of free food at the expense of someone nobody likes. The only problem - Mac's plan requires military precision to pull off and could leave the boys facing the wrath of the most dangerous man in the neighbourhood.

4.84 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-22 16:51

Raising an Alien: A Young Superman Found Family Adoption Fic

Kaylie Night | psychological | Complete

Jonathan Kent isn't sure about this new little person his wife has insisted on bringing home after the meteor shower. He's in for more than a few surprises. Cute, fluffy family feels. A young-Superman fanfiction, based on the Smallville universe (pre-series) but friendly to fandom-blind reading. I do not own Superman or Smallville.

13.12 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-22 17:19

Anime of You: Traveling to Other Worlds

MajorKerina | romance | Complete

Friends Neil and Mayu find themselves drawn into a series of anime worlds when they buy drawings from a mysterious vendor at a convention. As their memories, forms, and realities are altered, a red thread of fate still binds them together as they cling to the hope they will find their way back home.Cover art by Mysticswordsman21

17.78 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-22 17:26

Don't Cultivate

gdlizy | tragedy | Complete

A man who accomplished his promise, who also failed. A man who forgot his purpose, who also remembered. A man who sowed, who also reaped. This is the story about the tragedy caused by the flow of Time.

0.58 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-22 17:49

NecRomancer

LittleCreepy | tragedy | Complete

GOD´s are real and they give out strange Power. Lily wants nothing to do with them and especially not with death. The creepy fuck can stay way away from her, just as anyone else really. She is deeply afraid of human touch and not even her boyfriend is allowed near her. But she has to choose, she has to choose. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you could give me a comment I would be overjoyed! The picture is from ElectricSixx - Deviant Art. If you dont want your picture up here, just text me and I take it down.

1.93 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-22 17:49

Avalon (year 1)

Miss hearty | mystery | Complete

Avalon is an 11 year old girl that is accepted to Hogwarts. but learns more than Magic (Fully improved give it an other look if you feel like it.) please give me ratings after reading id love to know what you think

16.80 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-22 18:34

Murder at the Tower

Adam Hayche | mystery | Complete

A crow mage wakes up from a nightmare. They are expecting to have an average day. By the end of it, they will wish they had stayed asleep.

3.54 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-22 18:34

1000 Cranes For Love

Yuuenchi | one_shot | Complete

Aihara Ryuusuke was always cleaning up after his childhood friend Kajika Seriko especially those childish origami cranes of hers that had been her obsession the past 2 years. Unbeknownst to him, Seriko was folding 1000 cranes so her special wish would be granted. But she was forever loosing her precious cranes, forcing her to start over. And then one day she walks in on him... Previously published on FictionPress

3.99 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-22 19:03

ONCE

Andre Forbay | tragedy | Complete

A teenage boy retreats into a fantasy world with his idea of the perfect girlfriend when his family starts falling apart.

13.36 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 11:12

Harmonia do Amor [Português]

Satoshy | tragedy | Complete

Harmonia do Amor � uma cativante fanfic de romance que conta a hist髍ia de Sarah e Lucas, dois m鷖icos talentosos que se conectaram durante a vida escolar e embarcaram em uma revista repleta de m鷖ica, amor e supera玢o. Ap髎 enfrentarem os desafios da vida escolar, eles conquistam o sucesso na ind鷖tria musical e encontram um prop髎ito maior al閙 da m鷖ica. Ao fundarem uma funda玢o e se envolverem em projetos humanit醨ios, eles descobrem um amor que transcende como p醙inas da fanfic. A narrativa ganha um novo rumo quando decidem adotar uma crian鏰 e come鏰m uma nova etapa de suas vidas. Juntos, eles enfrentam os desafios da paternidade e descobrem o verdejante significado do amor incondicional. "Harmonia do Amor" � uma hist髍ia emocionante sobre a for鏰 do amor, a import鈔cia da fam韑ia e a capacidade da m鷖ica de unir cora珲es.

7.52 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 11:14

M I N I M

invidious | tragedy | Complete

The Demon Lord has fallen. The Hero has his victory, at the expense of everything he fought to save. Bereft of purpose, he begins a journey through the uncharted ocean beyond his archipelago on a pilgrimage to the mythological Spine of the World. M I N I Mis an experimental short story where each section is divided in two. It can be read sequentially - consuming each section holistically - or chronologically - reading the first part of each section until the story's end and then reading the second part of each section in reverse.

4.83 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 11:14

An Injection of the Universe

The Yobanashi Girouette | tragedy | Complete

Within every individual lies infinite possibilities. Any number of infinitely small changes in their lives, conscious or unconscious, could result in a wholly different individual, walking a wholly different path. An average person can only guess at what they could've been had things been a little different& But not Michael Ocenar. Every night when Michael goes to sleep, every Michael across all known and unknown universes is there, waiting for him. Whenever he's in trouble, he knows he can switch out, exchanging places with another Michael from another world. But now, the Michaels are dying. One by one, their numbers are dwindling across the countless parallel worlds. But what is causing this sudden string of deaths, and can a multiverse of Michaels come to the answer before they all die out?

4.53 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 11:14

A Page of Life

uncannyvin | contemporary | Complete

When a sketch artist gets interested in comic creation, she's met with speed bumps and second guesses. A short story about creativity and getting help with it.

0.47 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 10:24

Amber of Eternity

The Redd Koi | horror | Complete

Your wife is dead, your life is broken. Yet time inexorably marches on, grinding your hopes to dust. Surely there is nothing to lose from listening to the amber light that pervades your dreams. A short horror story about endings, despair, and the refusal to let go.

5.27 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 10:34

Thank You for Calling Customer Service

Kai Willow | one_shot | Complete

Kevin is working in a dead-end job in a magic call center. He can clearly handle any situation thrown his way, but for some reason, he cannot be promoted to Master Customer Service Wizard. But after an insane call with goblins raiding a town, Kevin approaches the Grandmaster Customer Service Wizard one more time to get his promotion, hopefully.

1.53 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 11:09

Forest Trickster

Elizabeth Tschereda | horror | Complete

Deep in a tangled forest spilled out from a sleeping god live our protagonists, Cassie and Angus. Cassie lives a normal village life; Angus lives a life filled with evil cultists, gods, and magical powers. When their lives collide Cassie is forced to flee the only home she has ever known. Can they work together to make up for the mistakes of the past, and defeat the evil cultists once and for all?

19.17 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 12:00

Eldritch, Fragments from the Abyss

Pxan | horror | Complete

A black monolith stands before my eyes, images and letters of all sort are engraved, some normal, other bizarre, many confuse and contort, pictures of beasts and monsters confuse themself in the thin white letters that are all over the monolith, I realize that they are stories, stories on the Eldrich and unknown.This is not a single story but a collection of short stories inspire by H.P. Lovecraft, E.A. Poe and other writers of strange fiction.Read them in every order that you like. I am looking for an editor, if someone wants to help me avoid typos please contact me.

7.26 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 11:55

The 15th Apocrypha

S.nuffles | horror | Complete

Detective Constable Walker is tasked with following the investigation of a recently deceased oxford academic. However as he unravels the mystery, he finds it to not be entirely human. *** Won the Short Story competition for my year, so I thought it would be worth sharing. If it seems rushed, there was a 1500 word limit. Thanks. And yes, I like the Weeknd if you couldn't tell.

0.90 Ten thousand words | Updated at 2024-03-25 11:57