Two pets, one pond, and a lot to complain about. A taste of "Octopus's Garden," from Cafe Stories.

Two pets, one pond, and a lot to complain about. A taste of "Octopus's Garden," from Cafe Stories.
Everyone at the YMCA is walking the wrong way — or are they? A taste of "Get Back," from Cafe Stories.
Meet Charles — Tony's AI assistant who knows a little too much. A taste of "We Can Work It Out," from Cafe Stories.
Asbury Park, 1964. A boardwalk dance, a girl named Angela, and a first kiss that stuck for life. A taste of "I Saw Her Standing There," from Cafe Stories.
Meet Tommy. He's got the perfect California life — except his dream girl doesn't like the Beatles. 😅 A taste of "Can't Buy Me Love," the closing story in Cafe Stories: Side B.
Pick your comfort genre and defend it in one sentence. Ghost stories, because the house should have a memory. Your turn - what genre, and why?
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White’s Ferry
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Jeremy Nathan Marks
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In this #ShortStory Sunday, witness a girl defy expectations to become something greater.
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#Reading today: One Message Remains by @premeemohamed.com. #SFF stories. If you like your #SpecFic super-smart and unputdownable, you'll love this book!
September’s “Saturday Short” is a day late, but it’s an exceptional story from Pamela Mordecai’s new short fiction collection, Two Days in Mayaro from @gooselane.bsky.social Enjoy! #shortfiction #shortstories #canlit
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"He's standing in front of his favorite Rothko. He's not seeing a red stripe on a black background: everything is cracking and the blood-red fire behind is rising in hunger and hate." #ShortFiction #ScienceFiction #AdversarialMetanoia
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You can download all of of Robert Louis Stevenson’s FABLES as a free ebook from our website – including the one where Long John Silver & Captain Smollett sneak out between chapters of TREASURE ISLAND for a fly smoke & a blether…
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When was the last time you escaped by diving into a book? Here are three choices.
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New on Sidewalk Parade: somewhere above the flooded valleys, a rescue team receives a strange signal as a storm approaches and the mountain begins to collapse.
“Three Pulses” is a short work of suspense and survival.
Chapter 2 is up on and ready to read!
Vamp is hot on the trail of traffickers targeting young girls in District 13, a trail that lands her right int he crosshairs...find out what happens: www.district13comic.com/post/chapter...