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

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ARTICLE

Fictional Character Resources

by Patricia Gilliam

Rated: E • Writing • #1195659

Tools for creating and organizing character data for a long-term series

Created: Dec 30, 2006 at 2:20am

Modified: Mar 3, 2022 at 10:34am

Size: 5.38 KB

Genres: Writing, Writing.Com, How-To/Advice

SHORT STORY

I love you more

by John

Rated: 13+ • Dark • #2355804

Love is a wonderful kind of magic. It's too bad when it goes too far.

Created: Mar 9, 2026 at 12:29am

Modified: Mar 9, 2026 at 12:31am

Size: 8.32 KB

Genres: Dark, Psychology, Relationship

SHORT STORY

'What A Weird dream.'

by Alex

Rated: E • Horror/Scary • #2350749

Short story, what would you do in that situation?

Created: Nov 28, 2025 at 8:27pm

Modified: Mar 2, 2026 at 11:06pm

Size: 1.95 KB

Genres: Horror/Scary, Psychology, Thriller/Suspense

SHORT STORY

Construct

by SanguineAngel

Rated: E • Fantasy • #2352156

An unknown person climbs a hill

Created: Dec 29, 2025 at 3:27pm

Modified: Feb 25, 2026 at 8:33am

Size: 8.18 KB

Genres: Fantasy, Mystery, Psychology

SHORT STORY

The Chaos

by Loyd Gardner

Rated: E • Horror/Scary • #2355134

Horrors await when the morning comes.

Created: Feb 22, 2026 at 3:56pm

Modified: Feb 22, 2026 at 3:56pm

Size: 5.64 KB

Genres: Horror/Scary, Psychology

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Sasi Smiles & Dissociated Mind Dies

by Batesywriter

Rated: 18+ • Psychology • #1728388

A tale of two person interaction, highlighting core affect/emotions between people.

Rewards 150 GPs per review

Created: Nov 28, 2010 at 1:07pm

Modified: Dec 1, 2010 at 9:25pm

Size: 38.77 KB

Genres: Psychology, Relationship, Personal

SHORT STORY

Isolation

by CarlD

Rated: E • Sci-fi • #2354439

He keeps a journal. The rest is waiting.

Created: Feb 9, 2026 at 8:15am

Modified: Feb 9, 2026 at 8:16am

Size: 2.98 KB

Genres: Sci-fi, Emotional, Psychology

SHORT STORY

Celebration

by Burning Thoughts

Rated: 13+ • Sci-fi • #2349652

Scene 1

Created: Nov 5, 2025 at 9:48am

Modified: Feb 5, 2026 at 5:07pm

Size: 5.14 KB

Genres: Sci-fi, Technology, Psychology

SHORT STORY

The Love Machine

by bobaturn

Rated: 13+ • Romance/Love • #2354204

The ultimate love match?

Created: Feb 4, 2026 at 8:41pm

Modified: Feb 4, 2026 at 8:42pm

Size: 4.07 KB

Genres: Romance/Love, Psychology, Fantasy

SHORT STORY

The Second Summit

by LightinMind

Rated: 13+ • Drama • #2350935

2nd: A daughter confronts the mountain that killed her father to reclaim herself

Rewards 500 GPs per review

Created: Dec 2, 2025 at 8:05am

Modified: Feb 3, 2026 at 3:04am

Size: 11.09 KB

Genres: Drama, Sports, Psychology

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The Wall - My Survival , My Destruction

by Barbieistheone

Rated: 13+ • Self Help • #1099831

Reflections on the challenges of living with a mental illness and personal barriers faced

Rewards 150 GPs per review

Created: Apr 29, 2006 at 1:40am

Modified: Oct 4, 2022 at 1:00am

Size: 8.42 KB

Genres: Self Help, Health, Inspirational

SHORT STORY

Stairway To Hell

by W.D.Wilcox

Rated: 18+ • Horror/Scary • #1673067

Traveling the corridor between life and death.

Created: May 13, 2010 at 9:50pm

Modified: Jan 31, 2026 at 1:44am

Size: 7.23 KB

Genres: Horror/Scary, Occult, Psychology

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

SHORT STORY

I see a new world through a broken sky

by LightinMind

Rated: E • Sci-fi • #2352413

Broken hearts on Mars answered by new vision on Europa

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Created: Jan 3, 2026 at 8:54am

Modified: Jan 12, 2026 at 4:28am

Size: 13.01 KB

Genres: Sci-fi, Family, Psychology

SHORT STORY

The Fall of the Heavenly Emperor

by LightinMind

Rated: 13+ • History • #2349798

A British 'Ever Victorious army' scout meets the Chinese Emperor of the 'Heavenly Kingdom'

Rewards 500 GPs per review

Created: Nov 8, 2025 at 3:09am

Modified: Jan 7, 2026 at 9:48am

Size: 14.40 KB

Genres: History, Spiritual, Psychology

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Oblivion

by ﻝames Joseph Emerald

Rated: 18+ • Psychology • #1246910

The mind screams louder than the body ever could.

Created: Apr 12, 2007 at 1:32pm

Modified: Sep 22, 2007 at 9:59am

Size: 12.69 KB

Genres: Psychology, Experience, Tragedy

SHORT STORY

Rule 42 Just Won't Do

by |π÷∆€¥

Rated: E • Children's • #2299354

All tiny peeple in tiny peeple town, must always smile and never frown

Created: Jul 7, 2023 at 12:57pm

Modified: Jan 1, 2026 at 12:32pm

Size: 7.91 KB

Genres: Children's, Fantasy, Psychology

SHORT STORY

Where She Belonged

by John

Rated: 13+ • Psychology • #2352027

Deep recesses of the earth can be terrifying-so can the recesses of your mind.

Created: Dec 26, 2025 at 8:46pm

Modified: Dec 26, 2025 at 8:59pm

Size: 21.91 KB

Genres: Psychology, Thriller/Suspense, Emotional

SHORT STORY

Writer's Cramp - 9-25 978 Words

by John

Rated: E • Dark • #2347407

When whatever you write can become a reality, is what you write what you really want?

Created: Sep 25, 2025 at 12:08am

Modified: Dec 15, 2025 at 3:33pm

Size: 7.54 KB

Genres: Dark, Fantasy, Psychology

SHORT STORY

Angie's View

by John

Rated: 13+ • Nature • #2349042

Sometimes finding the right person to talk to is more complicated than it should be.

Created: Oct 25, 2025 at 3:31pm

Modified: Dec 15, 2025 at 3:30pm

Size: 8.67 KB

Genres: Nature, Psychology, Medical

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The Spell of the Crow

by pierce95

Rated: E • Gothic • #190345

Be aware of the difference between reality and fantasy

Created: Jul 12, 2001 at 5:57pm

Modified: Oct 25, 2003 at 2:06pm

Size: 0.84 KB

Genre: Gothic

SHORT STORY

A rather gentle realisation

by Vicious

Rated: E • Philosophy • #2351420

"Happiness wasn't lost; it was just overlooked."

Created: Dec 13, 2025 at 5:08am

Modified: Dec 13, 2025 at 5:08am

Size: 2.16 KB

Genres: Philosophy, Psychology, Inspirational

SHORT STORY

Another me

by Mel_Mel

Rated: 13+ • Psychology • #2351057

First short story in years. First draft. Focus is on impulses.

Created: Dec 5, 2025 at 10:39am

Modified: Dec 5, 2025 at 1:12pm

Size: 4.33 KB

Genres: Psychology, Dark

SHORT STORY

You're kidding right?

by I Heart My Sox

Rated: ASR • Experience • #2351006

Daily flash fiction entry for 12/3/25

Created: Dec 3, 2025 at 9:18pm

Modified: Dec 3, 2025 at 10:11pm

Size: 1.34 KB

Genres: Experience, Crime/Gangster, Psychology

SHORT STORY

The Mirror of many Lies

by Arrachnid

Rated: 13+ • Fantasy • #2350786

The truth is clouded and the pieces are in motion many unseen

Created: Nov 29, 2025 at 2:37pm

Modified: Nov 29, 2025 at 4:15pm

Size: 5.27 KB

Genres: Fantasy, Psychology, Mystery

SHORT STORY

The Girl Between Two Worlds

by LightinMind

Rated: 13+ • Psychology • #2350182

A teenaged girl learns the hard way how to see through lies and change for the better

Rewards 500 GPs per review

Created: Nov 16, 2025 at 3:12pm

Modified: Nov 26, 2025 at 7:43am

Size: 13.94 KB

Genres: Psychology, Spiritual, Parenting

SHORT STORY

Artisinal Gluttony

by Enthusiasm

Rated: E • Dark • #2350157

A gourmet’s quest for novel sensations leads her to consume distilled human experiences.

Created: Nov 15, 2025 at 3:55pm

Modified: Nov 15, 2025 at 3:56pm

Size: 5.49 KB

Genres: Dark, Fantasy, Psychology

SHORT STORY

Jacob's ladder

by LightinMind

Rated: 13+ • Romance/Love • #2296691

A Businessman driven by his nightmares cannot dream...

Rewards 500 GPs per review

Created: Jun 2, 2023 at 3:40am

Modified: Nov 15, 2025 at 3:55am

Size: 11.54 KB

Genres: Romance/Love, Drama, Psychology

SHORT STORY

Jack's Saturday

by LightinMind

Rated: 13+ • Men's • #2261414

"That bad news is time flies. The good news is you're the pilot." -- Michael Altschuler

Created: Nov 5, 2021 at 1:58am

Modified: Nov 15, 2025 at 3:54am

Size: 10.49 KB

Genres: Men's, Psychology, Parenting

SHORT STORY

Where the Angel waits

by LightinMind

Rated: 13+ • Supernatural • #2345618

A traveler, overwhelmed by troubles, on a lonely road in Nevada, thinks it's the end...

Rewards 263 GPs per review

Created: Aug 21, 2025 at 12:05pm

Modified: Nov 11, 2025 at 8:08am

Size: 10.21 KB

Genres: Supernatural, Psychology, Travel

SHORT STORY

The Humming Line

by mercy

Rated: E • Psychology • #2349250

The Line keeps London in harmony, until one man hears the song of his own heart.

Created: Oct 28, 2025 at 10:28pm

Modified: Oct 28, 2025 at 10:29pm

Size: 7.71 KB

Genres: Psychology, Thriller/Suspense, Fantasy

SHORT STORY

Birthday

by Rosid

Rated: 13+ • Psychology • #2349192

The truth unfolds as a man wakes up in an unfamiliar place with all his memories wiped out

Created: Oct 27, 2025 at 11:55pm

Modified: Oct 27, 2025 at 11:55pm

Size: 20.12 KB

Genre: Psychology

SHORT STORY

Based on a True Story

by Mike Cohen

Rated: 13+ • Horror/Scary • #2349138

I wrote this story several years back. I've since improved. A horror metafiction story.

Created: Oct 26, 2025 at 10:00pm

Modified: Oct 27, 2025 at 12:05am

Size: 5.71 KB

Genres: Horror/Scary, Thriller/Suspense, Psychology

SHORT STORY

The Therapist

by Dunstan Whitethorn

Rated: 18+ • Psychology • #2349110

A wife's bid to curb her husband's intellectual arrogance results in a surprising outcome

Created: Oct 26, 2025 at 9:32am

Modified: Oct 26, 2025 at 10:02am

Size: 29.98 KB

Genres: Psychology, Relationship, Self Help

SHORT STORY

The Wooden Sphere

by W.D.Wilcox

Rated: 13+ • Horror/Scary • #1611261

There is no stopping a vivid imagination until it leads to somewhere else.

Created: Oct 23, 2009 at 2:24pm

Modified: Oct 23, 2025 at 1:00am

Size: 6.74 KB

Genres: Horror/Scary, Psychology, Action/Adventure

SHORT STORY

Shopping for My Favorite Christ

by Enthusiasm

Rated: E • Emotional • #2348440

A soul finds solace in a broken Christ who offers presence, not perfection.

Created: Oct 15, 2025 at 3:58am

Modified: Oct 15, 2025 at 3:58am

Size: 4.87 KB

Genres: Emotional, Psychology, Spiritual

SHORT STORY

God does not speak poison

by LightinMind

Rated: 18+ • Psychology • #2336101

A woman on a Bali beach wrestles with her past

Rewards 500 GPs per review

Created: Mar 3, 2025 at 4:03pm

Modified: Oct 13, 2025 at 2:43am

Size: 8.13 KB

Genres: Psychology, Relationship, Spiritual

SHORT STORY

Lily's return

by LightinMind

Rated: 13+ • Psychology • #2340018

A professional psychologist returns to speak to her estranged father

Created: May 10, 2025 at 3:49am

Modified: Oct 13, 2025 at 2:43am

Size: 13.05 KB

Genres: Psychology, Spiritual, Relationship

SHORT STORY

A Heavy Kind of Freedom

by LightinMind

Rated: 13+ • Drama • #2323080

WDC 2nd: Fight, flight, freeze to pray or die, but is this death truly freedom's way?

Rewards 500 GPs per review

Created: Jul 6, 2024 at 2:51am

Modified: Oct 13, 2025 at 2:38am

Size: 12.76 KB

Genres: Drama, Psychology, Action/Adventure

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

SHORT STORY

Wizard at a crossroads

by LightinMind

Rated: 13+ • Psychology • #2312395

Making choices at a painful moment

Rewards 500 GPs per review

Created: Jan 20, 2024 at 4:55am

Modified: Oct 13, 2025 at 2:32am

Size: 8.50 KB

Genres: Psychology, Paranormal, Relationship

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

Ju's sisters - Chapter One

by LightinMind

Rated: 13+ • Detective • #2262817

A murder brings a Detective and a Chinese Psychologist together to help little Ju.

Rewards 500 GPs per review

Created: Dec 1, 2021 at 11:03am

Modified: Oct 13, 2025 at 2:30am

Size: 6.90 KB

Genres: Detective, Psychology, Other

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

SHORT STORY

State Of Fatal Rapture

by W.D.Wilcox

Rated: 18+ • Psychology • #1706048

A man courts his love of death

Created: Sep 7, 2010 at 4:06pm

Modified: Sep 15, 2025 at 12:49pm

Size: 12.88 KB

Genres: Psychology, Thriller/Suspense, Horror/Scary

SHORT STORY

R.I.P.

by Mike Cohen

Rated: 18+ • Sci-fi • #2343952

A story of grief and wonder.

Created: Jul 20, 2025 at 8:06pm

Modified: Sep 2, 2025 at 10:47am

Size: 3.31 KB

Genres: Sci-fi, Drama, Psychology

SHORT STORY

Aunt Betty's Mona Lisa Smile

by Enthusiasm

Rated: E • Psychology • #2346163

A woman uncovers Aunt Betty’s eerie secret: a smile masking lifetimes of hidden emotion.

Created: Sep 2, 2025 at 4:40am

Modified: Sep 2, 2025 at 4:40am

Size: 6.20 KB

Genres: Psychology, Emotional, Contest

SHORT STORY

The Fifth Knock by Odeta Rose

by OdetaRose

Rated: E • Mystery • #2345967

When Mira Thorne begins hearing knocks on her door every night at 3:17 a.m.,

Created: Aug 29, 2025 at 12:01pm

Modified: Aug 29, 2025 at 12:01pm

Size: 4.85 KB

Genres: Mystery, Psychology, Thriller/Suspense

SHORT STORY

Wisdom Does Not Become You

by Jeffrey Meyer

Rated: E • Contest Entry • #2340476

If at first we don't succeed, we never seem to learn

Created: May 17, 2025 at 9:32pm

Modified: Aug 22, 2025 at 9:50pm

Size: 14.68 KB

Genres: Contest Entry, Sci-fi, Psychology

SHORT STORY

Oh, No!

by I Heart My Sox

Rated: E • Children's • #2345635

daily flash fiction entry 8/21/2025

Created: Aug 21, 2025 at 7:22pm

Modified: Aug 22, 2025 at 12:00pm

Size: 1.39 KB

Genres: Children's, Comedy, Psychology

SHORT STORY

The Cards You're Dealt

by LightinMind

Rated: 13+ • Psychology • #2341708

WDC 2nd: "Difficult roads often lead to beautiful destinations." — Zig Ziglar

Rewards 500 GPs per review

Created: Jun 7, 2025 at 4:56am

Modified: Aug 20, 2025 at 11:08am

Size: 12.21 KB

Genres: Psychology, Drama, Emotional

SHORT STORY

LSD: A Trip into the Unknown

by Toska

Rated: 13+ • Tragedy • #2344998

A short story about the risks of chasing the white rabbit.

Created: Aug 9, 2025 at 6:20am

Modified: Aug 20, 2025 at 7:52am

Size: 5.35 KB

Genres: Tragedy, Drama, Psychology

SHORT STORY

Disasterpiece

by Enthusiasm

Rated: E • Dark • #2344432

In a haunted, shifting tower, grief lingers.. until one cleansing act ends the cycle.

Created: Jul 30, 2025 at 5:56pm

Modified: Aug 19, 2025 at 2:02pm

Size: 3.77 KB

Genres: Dark, Psychology, Emotional

SHORT STORY

Theatrically Sporadic

by Enthusiasm

Rated: E • Psychology • #2345505

A parent witnesses Oscar's surreal acts of grief after their child's death.

Created: Aug 19, 2025 at 2:01pm

Modified: Aug 19, 2025 at 2:01pm

Size: 6.19 KB

Genres: Psychology, Dark, Emotional

SHORT STORY

Rust and Riverbone

by Enthusiasm

Rated: E • Dark • #2341245

A man confronts buried grief and dark truths in the river’s relentless current.

Created: May 31, 2025 at 6:58am

Modified: Aug 19, 2025 at 1:53pm

Size: 5.35 KB

Genres: Dark, Emotional, Psychology

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PSYCHOLOGY Writing

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

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