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 cousin, Sonia Sanders, only trusts OmniGo Maps, or OmniGo, for everything.While waiting for the bus during a trip, the bus that we are supposed ..."
She Trusts Maps, Not People

"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

"I had just bought a coin worth 3,000 dollars from a trading website. However, when someone came to deliver it, it was not a courier—it was my steps..."
Unspoken Deals
"On Valentine’s Day, someone stabbed my mother-in-law twenty times until she died.So, I took the murderer to court. My wife was a renowned lawyer, b..."
Defending Your Mother's Murderer? Fine

"I was in the office bathroom stall when I heard them trash-talking me.The intern I'd trained for three months whined, "She's a heartless witch..."
They Called Me the Freaking Rulebot

"Dorian Ashford was the Empress' only son. From the moment he was born, he was destined to be the Crown Prince. However, after he fell in love with ..."
The Emperor's Only Love

"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

"After getting fired from my company, I returned to the countryside, spending my days playing rummy with my grandmother, but my entire family went i..."
After Death, I Gave Up

"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

"Connor Greene, a golden boy in Brookhaven, is unwittingly drugged, and I end up being the cure for his "predicament". It's exactly a mont..."
Shattering Her Saintly Act: My Second-Chance Showdown

"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 finishing work for the day, I checked my phone and realized I had been added to a group chat called "Catch the Thief."The members w..."
The Family I Outgrew

"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

"After two years abroad in seclusion as I recovered, I received a selfie from my daughter, Lila Ashford. She was sitting on a bike, dressed in a wor..."
Blood and Inheritance

"At Ryder Quinn’s kindergarten parent-child sports day, I expected my husband, Michael Quinn, to be away on a business trip.Instead, I found Michael..."
The Swan Dance

"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

"A car accident left my mother-in-law bleeding and desperate for help, but her plea was heartlessly rejected by her own daughter.Even on her deathbe..."
When Betrayal Became the Final Goodbye

"On the day of our tenth wedding anniversary, my wife, Cara Dempsey, jumped from ten thousand feet in the air after hearing that her first love's pl..."
Going Our Separate Ways

"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 husband, Jared Smith, let me take his spot for a highland vacation. After I departed, I found out that I won a random lottery that I had bought ..."
My Family Thought I Died After Winning The Lottery

"My husband promises to go to my hometown with me for the New Year holidays this year after I go to his. But before the trip to my hometown is due, ..."