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

"From as far back as I can remember, I knew my mom hated me.She gives me sleeping pills when I'm three. When I'm five, she tries pesticide instead.B..."
In My Next Life, I Beg for Your Love

"My husband's sister was pregnant when she leapt from the building.Her final phone call wasn't to him. It was to me.When the police asked for clues,..."
They Stole My Memories and Regretted It

"On my wedding day, my childhood friend, Finn Wheeler, kicked open the chapel doors with a whole crowd of his friends behind him. He announced that ..."
A Bet That Changed My Life

"The intern my husband brings home feeds our son hard liquor. My husband merely says I'm making a mountain out of a molehill when he finds out. Ulti..."
A Sip of Regret

"The day my boyfriend got back together with his first love was the day I boarded the flight to Imperia."Queenie was just a fling," said m..."
I'm Letting Go of Us

"When Matteo Ricci threatens to end our engagement for the 100th time unless I take Lydia Capone's place in the famiglia's drug trial, I don't cry o..."
He Breaks After Forcing Me to My Death

"I had been trying to get pregnant for six months. Ernest Marino, the Don of the Marinos, would personally make me a herbal brew every day to ensure..."
I'm Taking the Don's Kidney

"My sister and I were both adopted from the same orphanage.When we got to choose our paths, she picked a prominent family in Edenorf City—wealthy, i..."
Carmen's Second Life

"I am Alpha Alexander's fated mate, and I am meant to be his luna. However, no one ever discovers this secret for six whole years. Why? That was bec..."
Escaping the Darkness Around Us

""Are you crazy, Donna Gallo?!"The doctor, Corey Dickson, stared at the plastic surgery proposal I had given him. He said in a trembling v..."
Too Late to Say I Love You

"Three years after my death, Samuel Terrason came to visit my grave. When he saw the lilies blooming around it, his expression darkened. "What ..."
A Slip in the White Room

"As I secured the safety rope, I discovered that the metal clip had been replaced with a flimsy plastic ring.My girlfriend, already on the soft ladd..."
Swapped My Safety Clip for a Plastic Ring

"A few weeks before our wedding, Rodney Luther's stepmother, Jessica Flaine, posts a photo on her social media. In the photo, she's wearing the wedd..."
A Thing of the Past

""Dr. Shaw! Ms. Sherwood has suffered a massive hemorrhage due to complications from childbirth! She has fallen into a coma and needs an emerge..."
Brief Was the Love

"My father was the don of the Moretti family and the godfather ruling the entire mafia empire. My mother was the head of the Carter family and the c..."
The One I Pick Will Become The Great Godfather

"I discover Quilton Fuller's affair before our wedding, so I lie to him about having aborted our child.He hates me for that and gets engaged to a wo..."
Slicing Me Open

"I am Alpha Liam’s fated mate.But at his Alpha ceremony, he publicly chose a low-ranking Omega to accompany him on his trials.His eyes were cold as ..."
Sorry Alpha, I’m Your Aunt Now

"I brought my son, who was around a year old, to visit my parents’ graves, only to run into my childhood friend’s mother.She asked me whether I had ..."
I Married the Richest Man After Being Dumped

"The powerful Stratton family, a tech industry titan, claimed I was their long-lost son. They brought me back from my remote mountain sanctuary.Howe..."
I’m Here To Save All Of You

"After dating him for five years, my boyfriend, Jayden Porter, sends me 10 dollars. He asks me to buy our future matrimonial home with that money.Th..."
Once Gone, Gone for Good

"At the pack's festival, a witch hands me a crystal orb that reveals the truth. When I ask "why," she says she was entrusted to deliver it..."
He Cheated With My Bestie. Now He Begs for Mercy

"I died five years ago. Now my husband, the Don of our Mafia family, wants me to take the fall for his sister again—this time for accidentally killi..."
Mafia Boss Husband’s Regret After My Death

"I was the most insignificant omega in the pack.In my past life, Alpha Asher Croft asked me to be his mate ninety-nine times, and I said no every si..."
His Obsession, My Ruin

"We got caught in a blizzard—me, my fiancé Melvin Dunn, a few of his colleagues, including Sally Blom.Middle of the night, I woke up shaking. My hea..."