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  1. 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 […]

    mungan87.wordpress.com/2026/10

  2. Marketing scams aimed at writers via email are rampant. Here’s the latest list of scammers: Britime in <[email protected]> Hi Dereck <[email protected]> #bookmarketingscam #author #writing #amwriting #writer #writerslife #indieauthor #amediting #fiction #authors #shortstory #booksky

  3. Marketing scams aimed at writers via email are rampant. Here’s the latest list of scammers: Britime in <[email protected]> Martyn Beeny <[email protected]> #bookmarketingscam #author #writing #amwriting #writer #writerslife #indieauthor #amediting #fiction #authors #shortstory #booksky

  4. M. Pax Tales, Episode 6: Poetic Greed is now available on Spotify!
    A little greed, a little creepy and a story to take you somewhere unexpected.

    🎧 Listen & watch now on Spotify! open.spotify.com/show/1s4q0qjR

    #MPaxTales #ScienceFiction #ShortStory #SpeculativeFiction #audiobook #videobook #scifi #writingcommunity #writing

  5. In a world where every moment is monitored, what happens when one little girl starts answering questions before they're asked?

    Read "The After Question" by Mathew Alfes the latest issue of Perseid Prophecies.

    perseidprophecies.ca/issue-11-

    #scifi #horror #weirdfiction #shortstory

  6. My Name Is Joe and I Write Stories

    Leonardi identifies primarily as a storyteller rather than a formal academic, emphasizing raw, narrative-driven impact over rigid grammatical structures. His personal website and bibliography can be explored via his Amazon Author Profile. About the Author Doc Joe an author who frequently writes about heavy psychological, emotional, and health-related themes. His other self-published works in The Damaged and Broken Collection and his broader catalog include: The books is widely available […]

    shortstoryscribe.wordpress.com

  7. Took a break from the 1245 page book, to read this little ol' 65 pager.

    "Mestra," by Madeline Miller, is a short story recently published as a standalone.

    This fable regards the twin evils of greed and arrogance. I had never heard the story before and was glad that I knew nothing going in. 4 ⭐️

    #books #bookstodon @bookstodon #ShortStory

  8. Marketing scams aimed at writers via email are rampant. Here’s the latest list of scammers: Empyron <[email protected]> [email protected] #bookmarketingscam #author #writing #amwriting #writer #writerslife #indieauthor #amediting #fiction #authors #shortstory #booksky

  9. Marketing scams aimed at writers via email are rampant. Here’s the latest list of scammers: Laura Moses <[email protected]> [email protected] #bookmarketingscam #author #writing #amwriting #writer #writerslife #indieauthor #amediting #fiction #authors #shortstory #booksky

  10. Marketing scams aimed at writers via email are rampant. Here’s the latest list of scammers: Laura Moses <[email protected]> [email protected] #bookmarketingscam #author #writing #amwriting #writer #writerslife #indieauthor #amediting #fiction #authors #shortstory #booksky

  11. M. Pax Tales / Poetic Greed
    Human Written and Read

    “I wouldn’t put them down until I had their replacements.”

    Dr. Kantriss is celebrated as a hero who saved the world from a deadly pandemic. But behind her public image lies a history of deception, greed, and choices that cost her everything she loved. youtu.be/5KBIjH2NZus

    #YouTube #audiobook #videobook #scifi #shortstory #books #sciencefiction

  12. 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'. aarondavid.co.uk/Vincent.html #freeread #shortstory #funny #pleaseboost

  13. 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'. aarondavid.co.uk/Vincent.html #freeread #shortstory #funny #pleaseboost

  14. Steve thought he was going for a pleasant walk in the woods. He never expected the sexual experience that would change his life.
    inkitt.com/stories/1384840
    #romanticerotica #NSFW #fantasy #dryad #shortstory

  15. Live in BCS #467, Eighteenth Anniversary Double-Issue: "Every Force Evolves a Form" by Tom Marcinko.

    "the Nursery: our garden, our graveyard. Here strange and wonderful growths emerge from the buried hearts of criminals who kept their silence unto death. Unspoken sins must make themselves known. They force their way up into the light when they are ready. They take years to ripen. Then we make good use of the poisons they yield."

    beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/st
    #fantasy #sff #shortstory

  16. Ebook: books2read.com/TheMostPowerful
    Audiobook: owentyme.bandcamp.com/album/sh

    Hungry and hunting alone, a goblin boy meets a bouncing, blue slime and assumes it will be dinner. Naturally, the slime has other ideas, and the boy gets his hind-end handed to him by what’s supposed to be one of the weakest monsters of the forest.

    @bookstodon
    #author #indieauthor #writing #fantasy #fiction #goblin #shortstory #audiobook #prejudice

  17. Marketing scams aimed at writers via email are rampant. Here’s the latest list of scammers: brian expert <[email protected]> meya pearson <[email protected]> #bookmarketingscam #author #writing #amwriting #writer #writerslife #indieauthor #amediting #fiction #authors #shortstory #booksky

  18. "Ossen had to cut its trip around the block short. The rover was getting too warm in direct sunlight," Reggie said.

    Ossen, the AI, was making its first excursion in the big wide world, but was thwarted by thermodynamics.

    >Things were definitely atop-firing

    "Ossen, do you mean 'overheating'?" Maggie asked.

    >Yes, thank you. I will update my files

    "What about adding more cooling fins?" Reggie asked.

    "That might work for the rover, but I don't think it'll do anything to prevent Ossen's thesaurus from overheating," Antonio mused.

    #MicroFiction #FlashFiction #TootFic #ShortStory #SciFi #ScienceFiction

  19. 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'. aarondavid.co.uk/Vincent.html #freeread #shortstory #funny #pleaseboost

  20. 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'. aarondavid.co.uk/Vincent.html #freeread #shortstory #funny #pleaseboost

  21. The Old Ways: Chapter 34–Discovery

    #fantasy #grimdarkfantasy #fantasy fiction Aftermath of the storm leads to an unwelcome discovery

    gregcmillerauthor.blog/2026/10

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