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AaronDavid
AaronDavid @AaronDavid@mastodon.world · Aug 05, 2026
If you follow me, you have a sense of humour. If you're reading this, you're a reader. I’ve put this story online, free, gratis and for nothing, it's a twelve minute read. If you like it, maybe you’ll be curious enough to risk 99p for one of my short story collections. Maybe you’ll be smart enough to save some money by buying a compilation. Maybe you’ll be brave enough to buy my novel. Whatever happens, I hope you enjoy ‘Vincent'. http://aarondavid.co.uk/Vincent.html #freeread #shortstory #funny #pleaseboost
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cosmos4u
Daniel Fischer @cosmos4u@scicomm.xyz · Aug 05, 2026
Replying to @cosmos4u@scicomm.xyz
Yeah, Archive! Here is the full Ray #Bradbury #shortstory “There Will Come Soft Rains” - read by Leonard #Nimoy: https://archive.org/details/bradbury-nimoy/1-There+Will+Come+Soft+Rains.mp3
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cosmos4u
Daniel Fischer @cosmos4u@scicomm.xyz · Aug 04, 2026
Today, August 4, 2026, is the setting of Ray Bradbury’s short story “There Will Come Soft Rains” published 76 years ago about a fully automated house continuing on after the family who lived there and the world around it died in a nuclear blast: https://short-stories.co/@raybradbury/there-will-come-soft-rains-6k8vr4xxlnmj = a shortened version of the short story, also summarized in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There_Will_Come_Soft_Rains_(short_story)#Plot_summary #Bradbury #dystopia #shortstory
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entronid @entronid@infosec.exchange · Jul 29, 2026
43 PD: After the destruction caused by the Self-Destruction Epoch, scraps of humanity have begun to resurface from the concrete bunkers keeping the remaining population of humanity, approximately 20,000,000 alive. The computer infrastructure of the pre-Epoch was utterly destroyed, and what little communication was left was based on bouncing radio signals off of satellites. In the corner of some concrete ruin strewn with metal and plastic, located 12km from the ruins of Zurich, two flickering green and yellow lights flash from a discreet black box lying on the floor. A small whirring sound emits, and stops. In the Chilean 4th District Underground, a radio begins to receive lines of gibberish. The operator clumsily taps on the keyboard, and the transmission changes, the first line reading "HTTP/1.1 200 OK". #shortstory #scifi #networks #http
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davidbragg
David Bragg @davidbragg@tech.lgbt · Jul 26, 2026
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New short horror story "NDA" available for free under a pay-what-you-want model at ko-fi and itch.io. Exhausted and overwhelmed by experiences surrounding his employer, Frank seeks out an independent investigative journalist to confide in. Frank is unsure, as the interview progresses, if his tired mind is failing him or if the interview is falling apart. ~4,600 words https://ko-fi.com/s/ba12c7ecde https://davidbragg.itch.io/nda #writing #author #horror #ShortStory #IndieAuthor #NoAI
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skjeggtroll
Skjeggtroll @skjeggtroll@mastodon.online · Jul 21, 2026
"They stink," said Badger with a huff. "I'm sorry, but it's the truth. They reek." As the moot was winding down, talk had turned to the animals' regular peeve: the humans. "And they're so clumsy!" Deer added. "Have you seen one trying to run?" There was a mutter of agreement. Humans certainly looked silly trying to run and there was no denying they had a certain odour to them. 1/4 #fiction #shortStory #fable #cats
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peterrenshaw
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻 @peterrenshaw@ioc.exchange · Jul 18, 2026
The first film on #RaceAroundTheWorld by #Jayden a Marine biologist is devastating. When you see these images of coral reefs contrasted with the testimony of fishermen who know what they do is illegal and bad but forced by economics to destroy their environment they live in. #ABCTV / #documentary / #ShortStory / #ForeignCorrespondent 🪸🐠
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hiisikoloart
hiisikoloART @hiisikoloart@writing.exchange · Jul 16, 2026
A quick offer and ask for help from my Ko-fi Supporters!! If you have ever left me a "brain cell" (a kofi), you can access an eBOOK sale of 100% of one of my short stories. https://ko-fi.com/s/843d93abe7 Could you go test and see if it works? And if you have an eReader, could you test if the downloadable file also works? It is christmas horror story with gore, LGBTQAI+ characters, and an unhappy ending. THIS OFFER WONT LAST FOREVER! #Kofi #eBook #ShortStory #Horror #Gore #LGBQAI+
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miawinter
Mia Rose 🖋️ Writer @miawinter@mastoart.social · Jul 12, 2026
Hi, I come to you today with a brand new short story of mine. It's a quick one because I'm not doing very well the last few... weeks, but it's a really good one I think. I don't wanna spoil much, so enjoy "The Sharp Mind And Its Dull Blade": https://miawinter.de/writing/2026/07/12/cw-26-the-sharp-mind-and-its-dull-blade/ And maybe tell me what you think about it, it would mean a lot to me. #writing #writingcommunity #shortstory
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wendythedruid
wendythedruid @wendythedruid@thistlenfern.org · Jun 27, 2026
Replying to @CA_Hawthorne@writing.exchange
@CA_Hawthorne@writing.exchange This is what I’ve done previously - https://thistleandmoss.com/p/the-freight-of-water Id never publish any more racey than a story that tells my story fictionally in parallel #writing #trans #queer #lgbtqiaplus #fiction #shortstory
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InterNutter :nb_verify: @internutter@blahaj.zone · May 19, 2026
Challenge #04888-M139: And Having Writ, Moves OnAfter a bout of writer’s block, an author of some renown has the spark return. Only, the events that the author begins penning begin to happen in real life. Horrified, the author tries to abandon the work. And yet, the tickle of imagination, the curiosity of what’s happening, and even the thrill of power keep calling the author back to the paper and ink… -- Deathshead419Writers may not live and die by the words they write, but they certainly eat and pay the rent by the sales they get. Some have died because of the words they wrote, but the blame lies on an unhinged member of the audience more than the work of the author. It's when inspiration stops cold and the ideas no longer flow, that a creative soul might pay anything to have one more idea. Ellias Tauryn had been doing very well in speculative fiction. Their fifteen-book series had made their name, their fortune, and their fame. It also made the most-asked question: "What's your next book about?" https://peakd.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-04888-m139-and-having-writ-moves-on #flashfiction #magicalmayhem #shortstory #writingprompt
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InterNutter :nb_verify: @internutter@blahaj.zone · May 17, 2026
Challenge #04886-M137: Go Back to the FireA devotee of Khasis and Gibil, the fire and the forge, arrives to give libations to the Divines. Only, the devotee becomes confused, as one God is singular non-binary and the other is a hypostasis of multiple divine aspects…https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypostasis_(philosophy_and_religion)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYOUFGfK4bU -- Deathshead419Offerings to gods can vary in substance, but agree on theme. Various deities all over Alfarell are offered various liquids to drink. Few take blood any more, and many prefer wine. Two like volatile oil. Technically three, if you count Aurorus. But His temples' eternal flame is carefully fed by donations from the devout. For Khasis of the Forge and Gibil of the Flame, the preferred libation is lamp oil or, if the devotee is in need of lamp oil, sufficiently strong alcohol. They often share the same temple space, since their work is related. Which definitely confuses devotees making their offerings. Some clerics follow both, some only follow one, and some only follow one aspect of one. Which only confuses the devotees more. https://peakd.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-04886-m137-go-back-to-the-fire #flashfiction #fantasy #shortstory #writingprompt #fantasyfiction
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InterNutter :nb_verify: @internutter@blahaj.zone · May 11, 2026
Challenge #04879-M130: Sad Beige LifeMy parents were cold narcissists. As an adult, once they signed everything to me, I signed our entire solar system to the alliance. I have plenty to live on, my mansions, my gardens, and so much more. But now the halls are full of life and youthful laughter. It actually feels like a home, not a museum. My parents? They live in their wing, their own little world. I'm letting them live the remainder of their golden years in peace. Under watch, and proper medical care, of course. -- Anon GuestYou might think it's cold. It kind of is. It's kind of petty, too. You would be right, but I can explain. My earliest memory was crying because I wanted a Raggy May doll, and they told me I had to have a teddy bear or nothing. Teddy bears fit the aesthetic of the nursery. Which was fifty shades of beige. There once was a heritage green cushion, but it was quickly disposed of for being "too disturbing" for the peace of the childcare wing. They decided every aspect of my life. The clothes I wore, the subjects I learned, the toys I was permitted to play with, the musical instruments I learned. Everything. Right down to when I could relieve myself and what kinds of food I was permitted to eat and when. https://peakd.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-04879-m130-sad-beige-life #flashfiction #sciencefiction #shortstory #writingprompt
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InterNutter :nb_verify: @internutter@blahaj.zone · May 08, 2026
Challenge #04877-M128: Can We Keep Each Other?Not long ago, this planet of havenworlders saved a human who had, had a cheese-grater landing. If not for these beings, the human, fortunately the only occupant of that freighter, would not have survived. Then raiders came to harm these people. And the humans showed what gratitude for kindness earns. -- Anon Guest[AN: May be in relation to: https://peakd.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-04839-m090-waif-and-stray ] Hal was learning a lot of things. Starting with the fact that aliens were real and that a lot of them were more harmless than the average Human. The surprising part was that there were other Human worlds, stations, and settlements all over the known universe. Lots of them had banded together to form some kind of fellowship, but they were also friends with a whole bunch of aliens. He also figured out that he couldn't go back to his world and tell the people there that. Hal's home was isolated and would panic if actual real live aliens showed up. He might even be considered 'polluted' or 'infected' by the alien forces. They might even think he had been copied or... taken over by the aliens. https://peakd.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-04877-m128-can-we-keep-each-other #flashfiction #sciencefiction #shortstory #writingprompt
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AaronDavid
AaronDavid @AaronDavid@mastodon.london · May 07, 2026
If you follow me, you have a sense of humour. If you're reading this, you're a reader. I’ve put this story online, free, gratis and for nothing, it's a twelve minute read. If you like it, maybe you’ll be curious enough to risk 99p for one of my short story collections. Maybe you’ll be smart enough to save some money by buying a compilation. Maybe you’ll be brave enough to buy my novel. Whatever happens, I hope you enjoy ‘Vincent'. http://aarondavid.co.uk/Vincent.html #freeread #shortstory #funny #pleaseboost
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AaronDavid
AaronDavid @AaronDavid@mastodon.london · May 06, 2026
If you follow me, you have a sense of humour. If you're reading this, you're a reader. I’ve put this story online, free, gratis and for nothing, it's a twelve minute read. If you like it, maybe you’ll be curious enough to risk 99p for one of my short story collections. Maybe you’ll be smart enough to save some money by buying a compilation. Maybe you’ll be brave enough to buy my novel. Whatever happens, I hope you enjoy ‘Vincent'. http://aarondavid.co.uk/Vincent.html #freeread #shortstory #funny #pleaseboost
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InterNutter :nb_verify: @internutter@blahaj.zone · May 06, 2026
Challenge #04875-M126: Wrath of the DarkDeep below the vale of ancients, in ruins so deep and layered as to become a cave-like labyrinth, is an effigy of a goddess. A small posse of dare seekers ignore the fell myths whispered of the buried divine, though they may come to wish they had heeded the warnings... -- Deathshead419The world was built by Dragons, then built upon by various civilisations. Some cities, like Arbordeep, have been built up on previous iterations of Arbordeep as various cataclysms, floods, and built-up silt have buried the old ones. It's just one among many such places with a thriving Undercity and links to the Everdark. The tunnels and caverns may not have been linked originally, but various burrowing species have made them so. It is whispered that one may be able to walk around the world in the Everdark without once glimpsing sunlight. No-one is known to have done this, since the Everdark is thriving with assorted terrors. Living nightmares that have never needed eyes to see. Things that subsist solely on the filth that oozes from above. Abominations created by mad mages that have created their own ecological niche. And, of course, Dragons that like the dark. If the theoretical traveler attempts to delve in the Everdark under Val'eon, they would find the labyrinths of built stone. Buried by the ages. Some legends say that the buried buildings were made by the first Elves who were born with little magic in their blood. This band of exiles created architecture to last beyond the end of the world. https://peakd.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-04875-m126-wrath-of-the-dark #flashfiction #fantasy #shortstory #writingprompt #fantasyfiction
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AaronDavid
AaronDavid @AaronDavid@mastodon.london · May 05, 2026
If you follow me, you have a sense of humour. If you're reading this, you're a reader. I’ve put this story online, free, gratis and for nothing, it's a twelve minute read. If you like it, maybe you’ll be curious enough to risk 99p for one of my short story collections. Maybe you’ll be smart enough to save some money by buying a compilation. Maybe you’ll be brave enough to buy my novel. Whatever happens, I hope you enjoy ‘Vincent'. http://aarondavid.co.uk/Vincent.html #freeread #shortstory #funny #pleaseboost
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InterNutter :nb_verify: @internutter@blahaj.zone · May 05, 2026
Challenge #04874-M125: Educating a Royal PainThe Swan Prince Odilio Magustine Jestarion Francas has learned from Trudy that there is no easy way out of his curse. His only hope would be to earn the love of a lady. But what can a swan offer a damsel or maiden fair? Perhaps something to do with flight could open the door he’s looking for…https://peakd.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-04851-m102-with-adequate-reason -- Deathshead419The kiss of a virgin wasn't hard to obtain if you didn't mind the slobbery attempts of toddlers. Which the Prince Odilio Magustine Jestarion Francas did object to. "I want a lady I can marry, and bring to my palace," he whined, then muttered, "All my other fiancees rejected me." https://peakd.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-04874-m125-educating-a-royal-pain #flashfiction #fantasy #shortstory #writingprompt #fantasyfiction
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