Top Voted Realistic Fiction

it has its hands around my throat the long metal fingers are clenched tightly restricting my ability to breathe if i move to attempt to release myself from this strangle it only clenches tighter tighter tighter until i feel as if i should... (more »)

Sharon walked out of the very nondescript building and onto the sidewalk, it's white cement glistening in the sun, as song birds flew high above, casting black shadows, contrasting with the gleam of the sidewalk. She strolled contentedly,... (more »)

He grimaced as he began to gather his notebooks to leave the classroom. Other children were still filing out of the room, whispering secrets and sharing stories with one another. He glanced around at the empty chairs, and with a sigh realized that... (more »)

The Prayer of the Mantis I am a human, much to my father’s dismay. Perhaps, had I been born with antennae and an exoskeleton, he could have mustered up enough love to pin me to a bit of cork too. My father was an entomologist, a bug man I... (more »)

Today. Today I am Cinderella. I am the perfect girl. I cross all my i’s and dot every t. I think nothing but pure, happy thoughts. As I weave down the hall I am tossed the word GEEK. Paper balls hit me in the back of the head in class.... (more »)

I am a shy girl, an introvert if you will. In a world surrounded by loud, and words, and hurt, it is hard for me to find a voice sometimes in difficult situations. My biggest fear is that my quietness will come between me and what I know is... (more »)

Now, my readers, allow me to transport you down a dusty street in a small English port village at the turn of the twentieth century. Villagers bustle about, off to work or the market because the sun has just peaked above the horizon. But,... (more »)

Sink As you begin to walk the world around you shifts and spins. It seems to be transforming like a shape shifter or something inscrutable and unseen to the human eye. The walls of society, its rules and its pain all seem to be slowly fading away... (more »)

Hannah is lying on her bed next to her best friend Caroline. They talk, because that is what best friends do. The only strange thing about it is, Hannah never talks. Caroline is stunned that she has never talked to anyone in the past seven... (more »)

I went to school today feeling a little sick in my stomach but I didn’t tell mommy because she was laid in her bed with a towel over her head again. When she does that, it means I can’t bother her and I have to make sure stupid Maeve... (more »)