#fictionstories — Public Fediverse posts

Letter from the Ironwood

A love letter carved on ironwood bark drifted downstream and arrived the exact morning she decided never to return. Sena stood on the last plank of the floating landing at Lanternreed, her small bundle already tied. The river moved slow and brown beneath her, carrying fallen leaves and the smell of wet clay. Today she would step into the trader’s longboat and never return. The decision had settled in her chest like a stone after the third hard season: her mother’s illness, the […]

https://mungan87.wordpress.com/2026/10/16/letter-from-the-ironwood/

The Crocodile Who Wept Coffee Tears

The oldest crocodile of the Kapuas cried tears of pure robusta whenever a broken promise floated past his deep pool. At the sharp bend where the water turns black even at noon, the crocodile spirit lay with only his eyes above the surface. He had lived since the river was born. Every lie, every abandoned vow, every forgotten word drifted down to him and stung his eyes. The tears that fell were thick and dark, smelling of roasted beans and regret. Young boatman Tama had promised his dying […]

https://mungan87.wordpress.com/2026/10/15/the-crocodile-who-wept-coffee-tears/