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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.
THOUGHTS OF A NEOPAGAN / SELF-GRATITUDE By 5wizard5

What if, instead of hating yourself for your mistakes, you started thanking yourself for the good things you’ve done?

One Way or Another By Ed Staskus

One Way or Another

From the Field By J.d.johnson

futuristic story of the remaining inhabitants of planet Earth where they farm to feed solar system.

To feel wise. By Yuki

Wise comes from Greek: "to taste" to differentiate things, to develop that which is good taste.

Here's to St Patrick's Day By CPlatt

A poem about my Irish heritage.

MY THOUGHTS / CAPITALISM AND PROGRESS By 5wizard5

Does capitalist society really produce what people need? Examples of covered-up inventions. Products designed to break immediately. Is competition between companies the driving force behind innovation?

A Writing Room of One's Own By CPlatt

Steph's writing group welcomed everyone. Two of the regulars were David, a serious poet and literary figure, and Tina, a short story writer, who wrote in any spare moment.

IRL ...In real life. By Kevin Hughes

An email to my friends...we didn't go into a virtual world...it came to us.

Aspirational selling By Ken DaSilva-Hill

BUY ME ! We are so silly.

PAGAN THOUGHTS / WHO ARE THE GODS By 5wizard5

In neo-paganism, the Gods are energies endowed with consciousness that are present everywhere, including within us; the Deities are not our judges and do not grant our wishes in exchange for a few prayers.

PAGAN THOUGHTS / LIMITING BELIEFS By 5wizard5

Ideas for eliminating limiting beliefs.

Shopping a Baby By Ed Staskus

Shopping a Baby

The Story of Zora Neale Hurston  By Shirley Smothers

A Story of one Woman whom Time forgot and rediscovered

The Leaning Tower of Pisa By Shirley Smothers

A short story for all ages, The Leaning Tower of Pisa

THE DESTRUCTION OF A DREAM By 5wizard5

Life in old Europe communities.

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