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Short Stories - By Genre: Political
in the "Political" genre

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POETRY

The Just: An America in Tatters

by Tim Chiu

Rated: E • Political • #2146862

A poem about politics in the U.S.

Created: Jan 23, 2018 at 11:28pm

Modified: Jan 29, 2018 at 7:52pm

Size: 0.88 KB

Genres: Political, History, News

SHORT STORY

Khamenei and the Christian

by LightinMind

Rated: 13+ • War • #2327917

Anti-Hero. The man behind much of the world's terrorism meets a Christian soldier

Rewards 500 GPs per review

Created: Oct 3, 2024 at 3:17am

Modified: Mar 1, 2026 at 2:28am

Size: 5.81 KB

Genres: War, Military, Political

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Am I Trending?

by TheJessenovels

Rated: E • Adult • #2351586

In a world filled with static, can anyone hear the man screaming for help?

Created: Dec 16, 2025 at 11:10pm

Modified: Feb 21, 2026 at 2:06pm

Size: 4.87 KB

Genres: Adult, Dark, Political

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These Are The Times ....

by JACE says Thank You!

Rated: ASR • History • #1943222

A young man needs to learn the wisdom of patience in the face of his convictions.

Created: Jul 16, 2013 at 8:10am

Modified: Feb 17, 2026 at 11:49am

Size: 8.71 KB

Genres: History, Political, Contest Entry

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Line in the Sand

by John Johnny Johnson

Rated: 18+ • Philosophy • #2342336

When ideals become battlegrounds, who decides what's right? WC:421

Created: Jun 19, 2025 at 9:03am

Modified: Jan 26, 2026 at 3:15pm

Size: 2.47 KB

Genres: Philosophy, Political, Other

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An Idea To Die For

by Harry

Rated: 13+ • Political • #950597

A free verse poem about a glorious idea.

Rewards 75 GPs per review

Created: Mar 18, 2005 at 1:18am

Modified: May 30, 2016 at 4:42pm

Size: 0.94 KB

Genres: Political, Philosophy

SHORT STORY

Her quiet feeling

by LightinMind

Rated: 13+ • Sci-fi • #2353139

In China a political/media machine profiles, controls and advertises - nudging feelings.

Rewards 500 GPs per review

Created: Jan 16, 2026 at 5:16am

Modified: Jan 23, 2026 at 11:28pm

Size: 15.11 KB

Genres: Sci-fi, Political, Psychology

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Democracy is a myth

by Robrayl

Rated: E • Fantasy • #2350279

It's a very short piece of writing that reveals the truth about power.

Created: Nov 18, 2025 at 8:21am

Modified: Nov 18, 2025 at 8:30am

Size: 1.82 KB

Genres: Fantasy, Dark, Political

SHORT STORY

The Afghan Rainbow: Chapter One

by LightinMind

Rated: ASR • Mystery • #2258107

A cake arrives for Sophies 7th Birthday but Jane had not ordered this and Jack was dead...

Rewards 1,001 GPs per review

Created: Sep 8, 2021 at 11:58am

Modified: Nov 15, 2025 at 4:02am

Size: 4.96 KB

Genres: Mystery, Political, Religious

SHORT STORY

Magic Eyes

by LightinMind

Rated: 13+ • Psychology • #2307658

In the lands of the blind, only those who see should rule.

Rewards 500 GPs per review

Created: Nov 3, 2023 at 2:06am

Modified: Oct 13, 2025 at 2:33am

Size: 12.81 KB

Genres: Psychology, Paranormal, Political

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Trump’s America – 2017

by Harry

Rated: 13+ • Political • #2111526

A rhyming poem commenting upon Trump's America.

Rewards 202 GPs per review

Created: Feb 8, 2017 at 7:33pm

Modified: Feb 8, 2017 at 7:33pm

Size: 1.93 KB

Genres: Political, Opinion, History

SHORT STORY

Winners and Losers

by LightinMind

Rated: 13+ • Psychology • #2326172

Can an honest man navigate his way through a dark and broken world?

Rewards 500 GPs per review

Created: Sep 2, 2024 at 2:10am

Modified: Oct 13, 2025 at 2:32am

Size: 11.38 KB

Genres: Psychology, Philosophy, Political

SHORT STORY

Bricks and Water

by Thomas Heath

Rated: ASR • Political • #2348030

About a politician, who reminisces on his childhood sexuality.

Created: Oct 6, 2025 at 12:04pm

Modified: Oct 6, 2025 at 12:04pm

Size: 5.42 KB

Genres: Political, Psychology, Satire

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Sinister Pretender

by Damon Nomad

Rated: 13+ • Dark • #2345438

Hiding behind a fake identity in a dystopian future.

Created: Aug 18, 2025 at 4:37am

Modified: Oct 2, 2025 at 9:31pm

Size: 17.10 KB

Genres: Dark, Political, Mystery

SHORT STORY

Mutually Assured Destruction

by Jeff

Rated: 13+ • Friendship • #2329941

A school election rivalry turns fortuitous. Writer's Cramp entry for 11/4/2024.

Created: Nov 3, 2024 at 11:14pm

Modified: Sep 23, 2025 at 11:46am

Size: 5.01 KB

Genres: Friendship, Political, Educational

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In the Jaws of the Dragon

by LightinMind

Rated: 13+ • History • #2344200

The miracle of Peking, 1900, when the world fought for the Chinese church

Rewards 500 GPs per review

Created: Jul 26, 2025 at 6:05am

Modified: Jul 27, 2025 at 3:50am

Size: 12.13 KB

Genres: History, Religious, Political

SHORT STORY

The Dragon's Cave

by LightinMind

Rated: 18+ • Sci-fi • #2336757

Earth's economy is secured by the contents of the Martian Vaults. Is this good for Mars?

Rewards 500 GPs per review

Created: Mar 15, 2025 at 8:56am

Modified: Jul 25, 2025 at 8:53am

Size: 14.35 KB

Genres: Sci-fi, Finance, Political

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YaVont's Bovic

by PureSciFi

Rated: 18+ • Sci-fi • #2343341

YaVont is their Leader again. Some Bovicians disagree with what he has been doing.

Created: Jul 8, 2025 at 7:13pm

Modified: Jul 8, 2025 at 7:17pm

Size: 13.98 KB

Genres: Sci-fi, Political, Drama

SHORT STORY

Neighborhood Beautification

by dragonwoman

Rated: 18+ • Home/Garden • #2343263

Petunia gives Norbert what for. 300 words

Created: Jul 7, 2025 at 4:00pm

Modified: Jul 7, 2025 at 4:00pm

Size: 2.01 KB

Genres: Home/Garden, Political, Regional

SHORT STORY

Any Corner Coffee Shop

by TheNoMonster

Rated: E • Political • #2338806

What would you do for a stack of hundreds? A sadly modern take on a traditional dilemma.

Created: Apr 18, 2025 at 4:33pm

Modified: Apr 18, 2025 at 4:33pm

Size: 13.94 KB

Genres: Political, Psychology, Cultural

SHORT STORY

Locita/Heddus, Heddus/Locita

by PureSciFi

Rated: 18+ • Sci-fi • #2334915

Locita is a female. Heddus is a male. They are also the same individual on Deggun.

Created: Feb 10, 2025 at 8:04pm

Modified: Feb 10, 2025 at 8:07pm

Size: 14.13 KB

Genres: Sci-fi, Religious, Political

SHORT STORY

Locita/Heddus, Heddus/Locita

by PureSciFi

Rated: 18+ • Sci-fi • #2334914

Locita is a female. Heddus is a male. They are also the same individual on Deggun.

Created: Feb 10, 2025 at 8:04pm

Modified: Feb 10, 2025 at 8:04pm

Size: 14.13 KB

Genres: Sci-fi, Religious, Political

SHORT STORY

The regime

by robin makesworth

Rated: E • Psychology • #2334209

The regime is good

Created: Jan 29, 2025 at 12:49pm

Modified: Jan 29, 2025 at 12:49pm

Size: 2.57 KB

Genres: Psychology, Political, Sci-fi

SHORT STORY

Subterfuge

by My Little Musings

Rated: E • Contest Entry • #2326147

Ji-Dar, a Cerulean solider ponders life on base, and negotiations are not what they seem.

Created: Sep 1, 2024 at 5:08pm

Modified: Sep 1, 2024 at 5:08pm

Size: 2.15 KB

Genres: Contest Entry, Sci-fi, Political

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Anti-Hero: Mohammed Al-Deif

by LightinMind

Rated: 13+ • History • #2307720

The commander of Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigade (the military wing of Hamas)

Rewards 251 GPs per review

Created: Nov 4, 2023 at 6:56am

Modified: Aug 10, 2024 at 1:46am

Size: 6.44 KB

Genres: History, Political, Crime/Gangster

SHORT STORY

Springtime in DC WC 298

by jackiesmuse

Rated: E • Romance/Love • #2305952

Julia has a date with her boyfriend, Miles. Things take a turn...

Created: Oct 5, 2023 at 10:17pm

Modified: Jun 21, 2024 at 11:12am

Size: 2.11 KB

Genres: Romance/Love, Political, Military

SHORT STORY

Payback

by Purple Princess

Rated: 13+ • Political • #2320973

Being snubbed at a charity event leads to drama at the mic.

Created: May 28, 2024 at 1:52pm

Modified: May 30, 2024 at 9:24pm

Size: 1.84 KB

Genres: Political, Drama, Other

SHORT STORY

Alea iacta est

by Soldier_Mike

Rated: 13+ • History • #1551366

Et tu, Brute? (A What If? Historical Fiction entry).

Created: Apr 19, 2009 at 1:20am

Modified: Mar 20, 2024 at 2:36pm

Size: 4.55 KB

Genres: History, Political, Other

SHORT STORY

The Truth About Thantia

by PureSciFi

Rated: 18+ • Sci-fi • #2315845

Some Leaders were the same. They would do whatever it took to stay the leader.

Created: Mar 10, 2024 at 3:51pm

Modified: Mar 10, 2024 at 3:54pm

Size: 13.50 KB

Genres: Sci-fi, Political, Drama

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Donny, Daniel,a Shih Tzu on a stormy day

by Jon Little (they/them)

Rated: 13+ • Satire • #2314214

A fable about Trump's upcoming March 25 (Stormy Daniels) criminal trial

Created: Feb 16, 2024 at 9:42am

Modified: Feb 16, 2024 at 10:30am

Size: 1.67 KB

Genres: Satire, Political, Other

SHORT STORY

From Russia with Motorbikes

by LightinMind

Rated: 13+ • Action/Adventure • #2266547

WDC 3rd: SAS, Hells Angels, and the FSB get together on motorbikes to discuss Ukraine.

Rewards 500 GPs per review

Created: Feb 1, 2022 at 3:37pm

Modified: Feb 11, 2024 at 8:18pm

Size: 12.07 KB

Genres: Action/Adventure, Political, Drama

SHORT STORY

At the Brink

by Damon Nomad

Rated: 13+ • Thriller/Suspense • #2307526

A young political science professor is awakened by a knock at the door. (WCount 2400)

Created: Nov 1, 2023 at 1:08am

Modified: Nov 11, 2023 at 2:24am

Size: 19.83 KB

Genres: Thriller/Suspense, Military, Political

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The King's Man

by LightinMind

Rated: 13+ • Mystery • #2293430

Some questions are too dangerous to ask.

Rewards 500 GPs per review

Created: Apr 4, 2023 at 11:24am

Modified: Jun 13, 2023 at 3:20am

Size: 11.17 KB

Genres: Mystery, Political, Drama

SHORT STORY

No Horizon

by LightinMind

Rated: 13+ • Sci-fi • #2295052

If there are no limits to the horizon then there is no limit to growth

Rewards 500 GPs per review

Created: May 4, 2023 at 2:16pm

Modified: May 31, 2023 at 5:33pm

Size: 13.64 KB

Genres: Sci-fi, Political, Family

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Help Not Needed

by Siobhan Falen

Rated: 13+ • Drama • #2293187

A poor mother must face the judgements of others for her suffering.

Rewards 225 GPs per review

Created: Mar 30, 2023 at 9:15pm

Modified: May 1, 2023 at 11:22am

Size: 1.95 KB

Genres: Drama, Death, Political

SHORT STORY

Norman Votes

by Maddie Pot o' Gold Stone

Rated: E • Political • #2284708

Norman votes for the first time.

Created: Nov 7, 2022 at 8:10pm

Modified: Feb 7, 2023 at 4:52pm

Size: 2.28 KB

Genres: Political, Family, Other

SHORT STORY

Stepan Bandera - Anti-Hero of Ukraine

by LightinMind

Rated: 18+ • Military • #2288516

Jan. 22, 2010 Pres. Yuschenko declared him a "Hero of Ukraine"- but was he right?

Rewards 500 GPs per review

Created: Jan 14, 2023 at 12:24pm

Modified: Jan 30, 2023 at 1:14pm

Size: 7.51 KB

Genres: Military, Political, History

SHORT STORY

The Strength to Rule

by LightinMind

Rated: ASR • Political • #2251555

True strength will rule.

Created: Jun 1, 2021 at 11:46am

Modified: Dec 7, 2022 at 2:50am

Size: 3.30 KB

Genres: Political, Military, Death

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Love in the Time of the Pandemic Part 1

by The Puppet Master

Rated: 18+ • Romance/Love • #2227575

Unusual love story in the COVID era

Created: Jul 22, 2020 at 10:04pm

Modified: Jul 22, 2022 at 12:28am

Size: 39.87 KB

Genres: Romance/Love, Political, Religious

SHORT STORY

Second chances

by LightinMind

Rated: 13+ • Sci-fi • #2272303

The multiplanet system was a gift for the refugees from Earth...

Rewards 500 GPs per review

Created: May 2, 2022 at 4:24am

Modified: Jun 26, 2022 at 12:49am

Size: 12.68 KB

Genres: Sci-fi, Environment, Political

SHORT STORY

The Land of Cold (1st Place)

by BScholl

Rated: E • Cultural • #1730820

Sampson trod through the desert with his treasure. The Prince would pay top dollar...

Rewards 75 GPs per review

Created: Dec 6, 2010 at 9:28pm

Modified: May 14, 2022 at 10:43pm

Size: 2.06 KB

Genres: Cultural, Fantasy, Political

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The Shipwreck

by Souciance

Rated: ASR • Political • #2271072

A brief satire about overcoming adversity.

Created: Apr 10, 2022 at 1:03pm

Modified: Apr 19, 2022 at 8:17pm

Size: 1.68 KB

Genres: Political, Other

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The Politician WC 212

by jackiesmuse

Rated: E • Contest Entry • #2270895

A voter attends the opposition's campaign speech.

Created: Apr 8, 2022 at 2:46am

Modified: Apr 8, 2022 at 2:46am

Size: 1.54 KB

Genres: Contest Entry, Political

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Imagine

by fyn-21 wdc years and writing!

Rated: 18+ • Sci-fi • #2260968

When we have no choices and no time left.

Created: Oct 28, 2021 at 3:43pm

Modified: Mar 1, 2022 at 6:21am

Size: 12.63 KB

Genres: Sci-fi, Political, Other

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American Safarri

by bob county

Rated: E • Comedy • #1804450

Understanding American Culture

Created: Aug 23, 2011 at 10:16am

Modified: Feb 7, 2022 at 3:19am

Size: 2.03 KB

Genres: Comedy, Entertainment, Political

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The Prophet

by LightinMind

Rated: 13+ • Spiritual • #2259490

How can he share the message he has been given when he does not know how to communicate?

Rewards 500 GPs per review

Created: Oct 3, 2021 at 12:39pm

Modified: Dec 18, 2021 at 10:28am

Size: 12.56 KB

Genres: Spiritual, Romance/Love, Political

SHORT STORY

The Grind

by coffeebreak

Rated: 13+ • Satire • #2262020

A not-so-subtle metaphor for how the economy works for so many of us.

Created: Nov 15, 2021 at 12:38pm

Modified: Nov 15, 2021 at 12:38pm

Size: 10.16 KB

Genres: Satire, Thriller/Suspense, Political

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Bomber Boys - Chapter One

by Beholden

Rated: E • Comedy • #2255526

Jake discovers an old cabin deep in the woods.

Created: Jul 28, 2021 at 1:24pm

Modified: Jul 28, 2021 at 1:28pm

Size: 4.28 KB

Genres: Comedy, Political, Philosophy

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After

by Rhymer Reisen

Rated: E • Political • #2242720

I was curious how the ride on the plane went...(265 wds)

Created: Jan 25, 2021 at 8:21pm

Modified: Mar 15, 2021 at 3:38am

Size: 1.76 KB

Genres: Political, Other

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In The Hague, the Netherlands

by WakeUpAndLive~lifestyle change

Rated: E • Travel • #2115344

Visiting the Dutch on election day

Created: Mar 15, 2017 at 8:28am

Modified: Dec 3, 2020 at 5:09pm

Size: 6.85 KB

Genres: Travel, Contest Entry, Political

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Pandora

by bob county

Rated: 13+ • Occult • #1879941

Anyone who eats this bread will live forever(JN6:56-58)

Created: Jul 16, 2012 at 2:20am

Modified: Sep 27, 2020 at 10:59pm

Size: 3.05 KB

Genres: Occult, Political, Animal

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Madam President

by Christopher Roy Denton

Rated: 18+ • Political • #2228355

Mary Soaring Eagle achieves her dream of becoming the first female POTUS.

Created: Aug 1, 2020 at 3:14pm

Modified: Aug 31, 2020 at 6:26pm

Size: 14.40 KB

Genres: Political, Action/Adventure, Contest Entry

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It is not to late

by Aaya

Rated: E • Political • #2212480

A dystopian short story of the end of the world.

Created: Feb 9, 2020 at 9:48am

Modified: Feb 9, 2020 at 9:48am

Size: 5.65 KB

Genres: Political, Environment, Nature

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