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Stories and books have been a fundamental part of human culture since the dawn of civilization, acting as a powerful tool for communication, education, and entertainment. Whether told around a campfire, written in ancient texts, or shared through modern media, Short Stories in english books and stories have the unique ability to transcend time and space, connecting people across generations and cu...Read More


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The Children of Broken house By Prisca Alpha

At the far end of Moyo Street stood a house that looked forgotten by time—its roof sagging, its walls cracked, its windows covered with old pieces of cloth. People called it the br...

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The World of Horror Stories By Akshika Aggarwal

The wheelchair squeaked a sad, mournful rhythm against the ancient floorboards, a counterpoint to the wind's low moan outside. Leena, with her legs forever still, navigated her...

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God, Please save Her - V. P. Rathi By V P RATHI

God, Please Save Her - V.P.RathiIn the calm, green fields between Achampatti and Thirali villages in Tamil Nadu, a one-week NSS camp was being held. Around a hundred volunteers had...

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My Paranormal Incidents - 1 By Payal

IntrodutionEver since I was a kid around 6-8 years, I always used to feel that there's someone invisible around me, harming me, protecting me, not one invisible force but more...

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Minoo Master - Ranjan kumar Desai By Ramesh Desai

Minoo Master-      A story by Ranjan Kumar Desai      " Papa! I am Kishore calling? "" Yes, boy what's the matter?" Papa! Its very serious!! "" Whats th...

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syphilis - Ranjan kumar Desai By Ramesh Desai

.                           :   Syphilis  :                   By Ranjankumar Desai     " When you start falling in your own eyes,     You start getting enveloped by your own d...

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THE BIG DOUG OF CAROLINA By Aakriti Singh

Dev from Delhi went to USA for study 21 years ago and after doing his undergraduate from Columbia University in New York city being a high ranker he secured a ‘Summa Cum Laude’ and...

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Roses By Avyay Skanda Udupa

The apartment had the same old smell to it when I turned the door handle and walked in. The windows were clouded with dust, the furniture inside seemed happy to see me. The walls h...

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How I Became Mother’s Mom By S Sinha

                                      How I Became  Mother’s Mom  I was born while my mom had hardly attained what is called legal adulthood  , she wasn’t even  18 years old . My d...

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The Note in the Bag By ananta desai

Ila was finally going home.After two long years abroad, she packed her memories into a single, slightly overstuffed suitcase. Inside lay what she loved most — not clothes or souven...

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Dark Realm of Krishna Maya By Ankit mittal

# The Krishna Paradox: A Psychological ThrillerKeshav's depression had escalated significantly when he arrived at the Krishna temple and met Rahul. Rahul made him realize that...

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A NOTE TO MAA KALI.., By shyam y m

 A Special note to Maa Kali as Navratri begins..,   I feel very blessed to have come to your land and have felt bliss of your affection and love. But I feel pity for people living...

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THE BIG DOUG OF CAROLINA By Aakriti

Dev from Delhi went to USA for study 21 years agoand after doing his undergraduate from Columbia University in New York city being a high ranker he secured a ‘Summa Cum Laude’ and...

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Whispers Between Raindrops.. By Taran Malhotra

Taran always loved the rain, but today it felt different—softer, quieter, as if the clouds themselves were holding secrets just for her. She sat by her window, notebook in hand, tr...

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A Piece of the Sky, Even for Me By Anghad

Anjali, a loving housewife. Her life was woven around her husband, Vikram, and their two children – ten-year-old Arya and seven-year-old Aarshav. In the rush of city life, Anjali&#...

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The FOCO Dream How Kewal Ahuja SGF Turned Hopes into Heartbreak By Aarohi Samaira

Ravi had always wanted to start his own business. He dreamed of financial independence but also wanted a safe, guided approach. One evening, while scrolling through opportunities,...

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Midnight visitor By Kiko Xoxo

Third person pov She was alone in the house. Completely alone. Her parents had gone to a friend’s place and wouldn’t be back until tomorrow morning. The clock on the wall read 12:0...

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A White Crayon By Sushma

    It was a school with lots of colorful flowers with pleasant smell, long treeswhich gives breeze and very strict teachers, which made us grow into discipline students.    As usu...

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Krishna and Shiva – The Song of Friendship By Vijaya Lakshmi

Introduction Long ago, in the land of Vrindavan, two great gods shared a special friendship. One was Lord Krishna, who spread love with his flute. The other was Lord Shiva, who bro...

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The Haitian Whispers’ Potion of Unwritten Stories By Miguel Reyes Mariano

Would an author dare to take a voodoo potion to overcome writer's block? By Leu Seyer – Sept. 12th, 2025 - Dayan (1995), Nwokocha (2023), Fernández Olmos and Paravisini-Gebert (201...

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The Pen That only wrote the truth By Miguel Reyes Mariano

The pen that only wrote the truth by Leu Seyer 06.10.2025    A haunted fountain pen that only writes the truth drives a professor into madness, blurs the line between fiction and r...

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All - Part 8 By L otus

Babu and I didn't realize when we reached our home's main door, that she was talking about her convarsation with her teacher.I unlocked the door and we both stepped inside...

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The Dreaded Dad By S Sinha

                                                               The Dreaded Dad  “  Ashok , you know our son Umesh is also moving to Hyderabad  from Indore ? “  said Mala to her hus...

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Living Life with AI By Nensi Vithalani

How Gen Z is Turning Technology into a Lifestyle Gen Z is the first generation that has truly grown up with artificial intelligence. For us, AI isn’t a distant dream from some sci-...

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The Moon Dreams Gift the story of the forest and house of THAYYAMMA By MUHAMMED ARSHAQ

The Moonbeam's GiftIn a remote hillside, by the banks of a river named Chamatha, lived an old man named Appukkuttan. His entire world consisted of the river, the forest beyond...

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THE MOON DEAM'S GIFT IN THE HEART OF THE FOREST AND THEYY AMMA HOUSE By MUHAMMED ARSHAQ

The Moonbeam's Gift​In a remote hillside, by the banks of a river named Chamatha, lived an old man named Appukkuttan. His entire world consisted of the river, the forest beyond...

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Two Shades of Life: Balancing Success and Failure By Nensi Vithalani

Life has always been a blend of contrasts. Just as day cannot exist without night, and joy cannot be felt without sorrow, success cannot truly be understood without failure. Both a...

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7Day of Spring - Part 3 By Gunjan Gayatri

4th Day — The Silence We SharedSpring wore a softer color today.The sky was pale, almost shy — like it too was learning how to feel again.I wore silence. Again.The world outside th...

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Girl I Know, The Woman she became By vineela

  When I was in school, I saw a girl, wearing uniform with two neatly plated braids. she used to come to school by Auto from a village called Chandoor. She was one of the most disc...

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A Bag Full of Dreams By ABHISHEK

A Bag Full of DreamsAbhishek and Adarsh, two brothers, came from a quiet little village tucked far from the city’s chaos. Their mother, Manju, was a simple woman with a strong hear...

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APPUS DREAMS THE POEM OF A SEA, AND THE STORY OF A LITTLE CROW By MUHAMMED ARSHAQ

Appu's DreamAppu, a young boy, lived in an old house in Thiruvananthapuram. In the courtyard of his house, there was a large mango tree. This tree was his best friend. He had n...

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Lion Cub In Chains By Antarbodh The Truth

**THE LION CUB IN CHAINS** *A grandmother's story, told by a boy who didn't know it was real.*---In a quiet village hut, where the walls were made of mud and timber and the...

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Followed By L otus

Suzette, or Su as everyone called her had just gotten off of work. She had thought it might be nice to walk down to the old record store.The store was called Lionel's Vinyls, s...

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Not Just A Day - A Lifetime Called Friendship By Nensi Vithalani

True Friendship: The Bond That Walks With You, Even in Silence “A friend is not just someone who walks beside you—but someone who lives inside your heart, even in silence.” A frien...

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Whose Sacrifice was Bigger By S Sinha

                            Whose Sacrifice was Bigger    I  was born nearly ten years after my elder sister Siya  . A couple of years after my birth my mummy was not keeping good...

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The Last Letter By Anup Anand

In a quiet village nestled between green hills and winding paths, lived an old postman named Hari. For over forty years, he walked the same dusty roads, delivering more than just l...

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Memory : The Road I Walked By Antarbodh The Truth

### **Memory: The Road I Walked**Some days ago, out of nowhere, I got a flashback of my life.In the area where I live, there’s no transportation for 2 kilometers. When I was small,...

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The Struggle of Huvamma By Vaman Acharya

 The Struggle of Huvamma  (A true story of a florist)      By Vaman AcharyaThe morning in Bendakaluru was bright and the sunlight was warm. The sparrow was chirping on a tree. I he...

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Trauma Took Everything - But Not Him By Antarbodh The Truth

##The DarknessThree months ago, insomnia seized me. The fan's whir transformed into a child's wailing, darkness became watchful eyes, my clothes constricted like a cage, an...

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The Ring of The Jinn By L otus

The voice sounded as if it were in the room. She woke with a start and looked about in the dark frantically, reached for the lamp and missed and knocked her clock over. She cursed,...

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Trauma Took Everything - But Not Him By Antarbodh The Truth

#The DarknessThree months ago, insomnia seized me. The fan's whir transformed into a child's wailing, darkness became watchful eyes, my clothes constricted like a cage, and the mir...

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Paise Ki Pathshala By Jaiwal Panchal

Paise Ki Pathshala: Your Easy Guide to Smart Money MovesHey there!  Let’s talk money — but don’t worry, this won’t be boring or complicated. Managing your finances doesn’t have to...

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Mood and Mind: The Secret World Inside Us  By Nensi Vithalani

 ️ 1. What Is Mood?  Mood is like the weather inside your mind. Sometimes it’s sunny and bright, other times cloudy and heavy. Imagine waking up one morning feeling sad, but you do...

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The Children of Broken house By Prisca Alpha

At the far end of Moyo Street stood a house that looked forgotten by time—its roof sagging, its walls cracked, its windows covered with old pieces of cloth. People called it the br...

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The World of Horror Stories By Akshika Aggarwal

The wheelchair squeaked a sad, mournful rhythm against the ancient floorboards, a counterpoint to the wind's low moan outside. Leena, with her legs forever still, navigated her...

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God, Please save Her - V. P. Rathi By V P RATHI

God, Please Save Her - V.P.RathiIn the calm, green fields between Achampatti and Thirali villages in Tamil Nadu, a one-week NSS camp was being held. Around a hundred volunteers had...

Read Free

My Paranormal Incidents - 1 By Payal

IntrodutionEver since I was a kid around 6-8 years, I always used to feel that there's someone invisible around me, harming me, protecting me, not one invisible force but more...

Read Free

Minoo Master - Ranjan kumar Desai By Ramesh Desai

Minoo Master-      A story by Ranjan Kumar Desai      " Papa! I am Kishore calling? "" Yes, boy what's the matter?" Papa! Its very serious!! "" Whats th...

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syphilis - Ranjan kumar Desai By Ramesh Desai

.                           :   Syphilis  :                   By Ranjankumar Desai     " When you start falling in your own eyes,     You start getting enveloped by your own d...

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THE BIG DOUG OF CAROLINA By Aakriti Singh

Dev from Delhi went to USA for study 21 years ago and after doing his undergraduate from Columbia University in New York city being a high ranker he secured a ‘Summa Cum Laude’ and...

Read Free

Roses By Avyay Skanda Udupa

The apartment had the same old smell to it when I turned the door handle and walked in. The windows were clouded with dust, the furniture inside seemed happy to see me. The walls h...

Read Free

How I Became Mother’s Mom By S Sinha

                                      How I Became  Mother’s Mom  I was born while my mom had hardly attained what is called legal adulthood  , she wasn’t even  18 years old . My d...

Read Free

The Note in the Bag By ananta desai

Ila was finally going home.After two long years abroad, she packed her memories into a single, slightly overstuffed suitcase. Inside lay what she loved most — not clothes or souven...

Read Free

Dark Realm of Krishna Maya By Ankit mittal

# The Krishna Paradox: A Psychological ThrillerKeshav's depression had escalated significantly when he arrived at the Krishna temple and met Rahul. Rahul made him realize that...

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A NOTE TO MAA KALI.., By shyam y m

 A Special note to Maa Kali as Navratri begins..,   I feel very blessed to have come to your land and have felt bliss of your affection and love. But I feel pity for people living...

Read Free

THE BIG DOUG OF CAROLINA By Aakriti

Dev from Delhi went to USA for study 21 years agoand after doing his undergraduate from Columbia University in New York city being a high ranker he secured a ‘Summa Cum Laude’ and...

Read Free

Whispers Between Raindrops.. By Taran Malhotra

Taran always loved the rain, but today it felt different—softer, quieter, as if the clouds themselves were holding secrets just for her. She sat by her window, notebook in hand, tr...

Read Free

A Piece of the Sky, Even for Me By Anghad

Anjali, a loving housewife. Her life was woven around her husband, Vikram, and their two children – ten-year-old Arya and seven-year-old Aarshav. In the rush of city life, Anjali&#...

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The FOCO Dream How Kewal Ahuja SGF Turned Hopes into Heartbreak By Aarohi Samaira

Ravi had always wanted to start his own business. He dreamed of financial independence but also wanted a safe, guided approach. One evening, while scrolling through opportunities,...

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Midnight visitor By Kiko Xoxo

Third person pov She was alone in the house. Completely alone. Her parents had gone to a friend’s place and wouldn’t be back until tomorrow morning. The clock on the wall read 12:0...

Read Free

A White Crayon By Sushma

    It was a school with lots of colorful flowers with pleasant smell, long treeswhich gives breeze and very strict teachers, which made us grow into discipline students.    As usu...

Read Free

Krishna and Shiva – The Song of Friendship By Vijaya Lakshmi

Introduction Long ago, in the land of Vrindavan, two great gods shared a special friendship. One was Lord Krishna, who spread love with his flute. The other was Lord Shiva, who bro...

Read Free

The Haitian Whispers’ Potion of Unwritten Stories By Miguel Reyes Mariano

Would an author dare to take a voodoo potion to overcome writer's block? By Leu Seyer – Sept. 12th, 2025 - Dayan (1995), Nwokocha (2023), Fernández Olmos and Paravisini-Gebert (201...

Read Free

The Pen That only wrote the truth By Miguel Reyes Mariano

The pen that only wrote the truth by Leu Seyer 06.10.2025    A haunted fountain pen that only writes the truth drives a professor into madness, blurs the line between fiction and r...

Read Free

All - Part 8 By L otus

Babu and I didn't realize when we reached our home's main door, that she was talking about her convarsation with her teacher.I unlocked the door and we both stepped inside...

Read Free

The Dreaded Dad By S Sinha

                                                               The Dreaded Dad  “  Ashok , you know our son Umesh is also moving to Hyderabad  from Indore ? “  said Mala to her hus...

Read Free

Living Life with AI By Nensi Vithalani

How Gen Z is Turning Technology into a Lifestyle Gen Z is the first generation that has truly grown up with artificial intelligence. For us, AI isn’t a distant dream from some sci-...

Read Free

The Moon Dreams Gift the story of the forest and house of THAYYAMMA By MUHAMMED ARSHAQ

The Moonbeam's GiftIn a remote hillside, by the banks of a river named Chamatha, lived an old man named Appukkuttan. His entire world consisted of the river, the forest beyond...

Read Free

THE MOON DEAM'S GIFT IN THE HEART OF THE FOREST AND THEYY AMMA HOUSE By MUHAMMED ARSHAQ

The Moonbeam's Gift​In a remote hillside, by the banks of a river named Chamatha, lived an old man named Appukkuttan. His entire world consisted of the river, the forest beyond...

Read Free

Two Shades of Life: Balancing Success and Failure By Nensi Vithalani

Life has always been a blend of contrasts. Just as day cannot exist without night, and joy cannot be felt without sorrow, success cannot truly be understood without failure. Both a...

Read Free

7Day of Spring - Part 3 By Gunjan Gayatri

4th Day — The Silence We SharedSpring wore a softer color today.The sky was pale, almost shy — like it too was learning how to feel again.I wore silence. Again.The world outside th...

Read Free

Girl I Know, The Woman she became By vineela

  When I was in school, I saw a girl, wearing uniform with two neatly plated braids. she used to come to school by Auto from a village called Chandoor. She was one of the most disc...

Read Free

A Bag Full of Dreams By ABHISHEK

A Bag Full of DreamsAbhishek and Adarsh, two brothers, came from a quiet little village tucked far from the city’s chaos. Their mother, Manju, was a simple woman with a strong hear...

Read Free

APPUS DREAMS THE POEM OF A SEA, AND THE STORY OF A LITTLE CROW By MUHAMMED ARSHAQ

Appu's DreamAppu, a young boy, lived in an old house in Thiruvananthapuram. In the courtyard of his house, there was a large mango tree. This tree was his best friend. He had n...

Read Free

Lion Cub In Chains By Antarbodh The Truth

**THE LION CUB IN CHAINS** *A grandmother's story, told by a boy who didn't know it was real.*---In a quiet village hut, where the walls were made of mud and timber and the...

Read Free

Followed By L otus

Suzette, or Su as everyone called her had just gotten off of work. She had thought it might be nice to walk down to the old record store.The store was called Lionel's Vinyls, s...

Read Free

Not Just A Day - A Lifetime Called Friendship By Nensi Vithalani

True Friendship: The Bond That Walks With You, Even in Silence “A friend is not just someone who walks beside you—but someone who lives inside your heart, even in silence.” A frien...

Read Free

Whose Sacrifice was Bigger By S Sinha

                            Whose Sacrifice was Bigger    I  was born nearly ten years after my elder sister Siya  . A couple of years after my birth my mummy was not keeping good...

Read Free

The Last Letter By Anup Anand

In a quiet village nestled between green hills and winding paths, lived an old postman named Hari. For over forty years, he walked the same dusty roads, delivering more than just l...

Read Free

Memory : The Road I Walked By Antarbodh The Truth

### **Memory: The Road I Walked**Some days ago, out of nowhere, I got a flashback of my life.In the area where I live, there’s no transportation for 2 kilometers. When I was small,...

Read Free

The Struggle of Huvamma By Vaman Acharya

 The Struggle of Huvamma  (A true story of a florist)      By Vaman AcharyaThe morning in Bendakaluru was bright and the sunlight was warm. The sparrow was chirping on a tree. I he...

Read Free

Trauma Took Everything - But Not Him By Antarbodh The Truth

##The DarknessThree months ago, insomnia seized me. The fan's whir transformed into a child's wailing, darkness became watchful eyes, my clothes constricted like a cage, an...

Read Free

The Ring of The Jinn By L otus

The voice sounded as if it were in the room. She woke with a start and looked about in the dark frantically, reached for the lamp and missed and knocked her clock over. She cursed,...

Read Free

Trauma Took Everything - But Not Him By Antarbodh The Truth

#The DarknessThree months ago, insomnia seized me. The fan's whir transformed into a child's wailing, darkness became watchful eyes, my clothes constricted like a cage, and the mir...

Read Free

Paise Ki Pathshala By Jaiwal Panchal

Paise Ki Pathshala: Your Easy Guide to Smart Money MovesHey there!  Let’s talk money — but don’t worry, this won’t be boring or complicated. Managing your finances doesn’t have to...

Read Free

Mood and Mind: The Secret World Inside Us  By Nensi Vithalani

 ️ 1. What Is Mood?  Mood is like the weather inside your mind. Sometimes it’s sunny and bright, other times cloudy and heavy. Imagine waking up one morning feeling sad, but you do...

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