Short Reads
Curated collection of short stories and micro-novels from around the web. Same genres you love in micro-dramas — now in text.

"My son asked me for something I couldn’t give.“Just three chances, Mom,” he whispered. “If he really doesn’t love us after that… we’ll leave foreve..."
His Secret Wife and Son

"In Evergreen Pack, turning 18 means awakening, shifting into wolf form, and being marked by your mate.But on the day of my coming-of-age ceremony, ..."
I Was Never the Favorite

"Isaac Chance and Madeline Snow were once the model couple of Shorestone City and the target of everyone's envy. After getting engaged, everyone tho..."
Freezing My Love for You

"In my previous life, I had been suffering from a terminal illness when I won the lottery. To my shock, Mommy advised me to forgo treatment and leav..."
A Prayer for Love

"I was diagnosed with cancer. After much deliberation, I called my husband. He fell silent for a long while. “Most of our mortgage is unpaid, and ou..."
I Ran Away From Home With My Best Friend

"I was diagnosed with Wolf-Soul Decay Syndrome on my birthday, which meant I was on the verge of death.But my older brother, Alaric Sinclair, bought..."
Rebirth: I Choose Peace Over Pursuit

"Our family is planning a ski trip at a luxury resort. However, my mother gives my snow-view room to my adoptive sister and makes me, her biological..."
An Outsider in My Own Family

"From the time I was ten until I turned eighteen, my parents made me write 299 IOUs.Every time I needed money, I had to borrow it and pay it back as..."
The 300th IOU

"The day after the new year, during a family gathering, my aunt sneered at me as I worked overtime, reviewing a proposal."Why are you pretendin..."
Ripping Off Their Mask

"The day Ken Bowen and I finalized the divorce, I walked out wearing only the outfit I had worn on our wedding day.I let Ken keep the house, the car..."
When Love Burned to Nothing

"The night before the design competition, my husband took my design draft, promising to secure a patent to protect my work.In the intense competitio..."
Love That Drifted Away

"My mother-in-law, Eleanor, was having a heart attack, and my husband, Ben Dover—a heart surgeon—was the only one who could save her. Did I call him..."
This Time, I Played Differently

"My father loved silence. He believed noise was the mark of lesser people, so he installed a decibel meter in our home.Speaking above 40 decibels me..."
The Noise Tax

"My parents take me to court to get my heart and save my adoptive sister.The judge uses advanced technology to extract our memories. A jury of 100 p..."
The Live Verdict

"After my rebirth, I avoided my family and my boyfriend like the plague.When they tried to throw me a birthday party, I faked an urgent business tri..."
Reborn Beyond Their Remorse

"I chase my six-year-old daughter out of the house on a cold winter day.I cut her new clothes to pieces and dirty her dainty little face with mud. T..."
No Pain, No Gain

"My husband was praised by my friends as the perfect husband in the world.Everyone said he loved me to death and practically put me on a pedestal.Th..."
A Time Will Come When Suffering Ends

"After the birth of our daughter, my husband left for a dangerous mission. My in-laws' initial joy soured, and they regarded my baby with disdain. M..."
Too Late For Remorse

"My sister-in-law finally became pregnant at fifty.But the family parrot, Pip, suddenly said, “Abort it. Abort it.”Hearing this, I immediately force..."
I Forced My Sister-In-Law To Get An Abortion

"On the fifth anniversary of my marriage to Vicente Buckley, he violated my trust by sleeping with my best friend Kinsley Gilmore, on our bed. Throu..."
My Son Guards the Door for My Husband and Bestie

"My brother Mitchell sided with his dream girl when she accused me of bullying her.Despite being the only family member I had left, he exploded in a..."
Dream Girl Over Sister

"Before my wedding, my future sister-in-law diagnoses me with cervical erosion. She insists it's because of my promiscuity.My boyfriend arranges for..."
In Death, I Found the Truth

"It was Christmas Eve. Once again, my parents left me alone at home, chasing triple pay at work. However, after twenty years of the same lonely holi..."
Riches in Ruins

"If it was my sister being bullied, Mom and Dad would have believed her right away and fought for her without a second thought.However, it did not m..."