Posts in Short Stories

by Julia Hinrichsen content warnings: parental death, addiction/addictive behaviours A week after my father died, we held his funeral. With him not being a churchgoer,[…]

by Tinelou Kliem Disclaimer: I’m no biologist and have no idea of the scientific descriptions or processesContent Warning: Death, Pain, Dehydration, Drowning (all mostly from[…]

The students in our Creative Writing 1 (Winter Semester 2025/26) class were tasked with writing a group story on a Halloween theme. This story was[…]

by Vanessa Nina The first night the power went out, the forest swallowed us, and our home was clad in darkness. Like sharp-toothed shadows, the[…]

by Vanessa Gugenheimer TW: Suicide, Death, Grieve When told to look around one time You see me there, were once he stood So shining, glancing[…]

ThunderstormContent Warning: Child abuse Naerys never lost her fondness for thunder and lightning. She knew that blood wasn’twhat connected her to the family she grew[…]

At long last, the entrance of a cave appeared before us. Weeks of death being at our heelswere over. Hopefully, this cave marked the end[…]

by Stanny One day this story might start with once upon a time there was magic in this world until it was lost. Or it[…]

by Ssosma Ismail The RitualThe new town feels like wearing someone else’s clothes. Everything feels slightly wrong, how thelight shines through the window of my[…]

By Elisa Tau I was angry, the star hums, I was angry all the time. It’s a strange noise, reverberates through suit and skin and[…]