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Read Short Survival / Healing / Renewal Stories

Read the best short stories online by short story writers of all ages from around the world,
listed below in order of the date they were published, with new stories first.

Rabbit Hole By Ed Staskus

Rabbit Hole

American Girl (Oklahoma) By Lea Sheryn

Sadie Miller is trapped in the Dust Bowl

American Girl (Wyoming) By Lea Sheryn

Tennyson Flowers discovers a triceratops

American Girl (Idaho) By Lea Sheryn

Lyndsey Kraft joins her friends on a hike in Hell's Canyon

American Girl (Montana) By Lea Sheryn

Lena McDowell interviews the oldest living pioneer in Montana

SAVED BY THE WHALES By BEN BROWN

A man is out at sea in a perilous situation, but a group of whales saves him.

American Girl (Nebraska) By Lea Sheryn

Can Kathleen Harper outrun a tornado?

The Burden She Bears By Mieyo Vesper

Explores themes of resilience, fear, and transformation in the face of physical and emotional suffering. Symbolizes the weight of illness—not just in the body, but in the mind and soul—while also reflecting quiet strength emerging from pain.

American Girl (California) By Lea Sheryn

Li Xiu is sold into prostitution

Lost By Darrell Case

A little boy is lost in a dark forest

The Quiet one?? By Ultistory

"Bullied at school and neglected at home, quiet Danny snaps, turning his pain into a deadly maze of revenge. The Quiet One is a chilling tale of silence, survival, and psychological terror."

She-The Newbie By Talwinder kaur

Just an observation , a vignette .

Scarecrow in the garden By David hunsinger

A woman's last stand in the new world

Life By Asmita Majumdar

why give up on Life, when she never gave up on you?

Solstices By Dreyri Aldranaris

She told me to be confident. Be brutal. And I'm not brave. I'm broken. But when Miri kisses me hope runs down like molten gold over the broken, jagged edges of my heart.

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