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

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Fallen Cherry Blossoms
About loss that rips a person apart inside.
Rated: 18+
~80 Words
Personal, Experience, Other
Type: Poetry
Updated 8 years ago
*Dollar* 500 GPs per review
Too Apollinarian in the cracked mirror
A poem about my own shortcomings: Poem disqualified - no line count ;-)
Rated: 13+
~1,162 Words
Personal, Psychology, Philosophy
Type: Short Story
Updated 14 days ago
Unnoticed
A story of a struggle we sometimes run into but don't often think about.
Rated: E
~1,384 Words
Emotional, Personal, Business
Type: Short Story
Updated 21 days ago
A Night on Guard Duty
for the "Honoring Our Veterans" Contest
Rated: 18+
~801 Words
Military, Personal
Type: Short Story
Updated 2 months ago
Light
A diary of Alissa. Alone, deny, confused.
Rated: 13+
~446 Words
Emotional, LGBTQ+, Personal
Type: Short Story
Updated 4 months ago
Rated: E
~818 Words
Friendship, Personal, Experience
Type: Short Story
Updated 4 months ago
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Quiet
A freeverse poem of thoughts inside Aokigahara Forest.
Rated: 18+
~31 Words
Personal, Other
Type: Poetry
Updated 8 years ago
Walking With God
I feel my life is blessed because my love of God.
Rated: E
~287 Words
Biographical, Experience, Personal
Type: Short Story
Updated 5 months ago
The man with no face.
A story to give the girls longing love, a home.
Rated: 13+
~342 Words
Personal, Emotional, Supernatural
Type: Short Story
Updated 6 months ago
Judging Blogs 180 Everyone
What would my top two criteria be when judging blogs?
Rated: E
~138 Words
Contest, Personal, Writing
Type: Short Story
Updated 8 months ago
Social Networks 236 Everyone
What is the most important social problem today?
Rated: E
~219 Words
Contest, Personal, Opinion
Type: Short Story
Updated 8 months ago
Is There Life Under Water? 331 Everyone
My choice between outer space or life underwater.
Rated: E
~282 Words
Contest, Experience, Personal
Type: Short Story
Updated 8 months ago
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Change
What crosses my mind when I am called a "liberal snowflake" Freeverse.
Rated: E
~137 Words
Personal, Political, Other
Type: Poetry
Updated 6 years ago
Celebrity Role Model 124 Everyone
A contest entry in Andre The Blog Monkey Prompt Week 2
Rated: E
~96 Words
Contest Entry, Personal, Family
Type: Short Story
Updated 8 months ago
Where to Live? 222 Everyone
My entry in the Andre The Blog Monkey Week 2 Prompt
Rated: E
~172 Words
Contest Entry, Personal, Family
Type: Short Story
Updated 8 months ago
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AI & I
How will we deal with AI? include it in our lives - even within our own minds?
Rated: 13+
~1,314 Words
Sci-fi, Computers, Personal
Type: Short Story
Updated 9 months ago
Adventure in Walking (139/Everyone)
Blog entry for the Banana Blog Bar
Rated: E
~126 Words
Personal, Activity, Travel
Type: Short Story
Updated 9 months ago
Decision Making (172/Everyone)
Prompt #2 Entry for the Banana Blog
Rated: E
~131 Words
Experience, Personal, Parenting
Type: Short Story
Updated 9 months ago
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Rated: 13+
~1,393 Words
Drama, Experience, Emotional
Type: Article
Updated 11 years ago
A Very Merry Christmas
Remembrances of a long-ago Christmas
Rated: E
~1,022 Words
Emotional, Family, Personal
Type: Short Story
Updated 9 months ago
Going For A Ride
A sunny day's ride [Taboo Words Contest entry for 5/2019].
Rated: E
~484 Words
Personal, Experience, Contest Entry
Type: Short Story
Updated 10 months ago
*Dollar* 525 GPs per review
The Girl
A vignette on the stories that live in us and make us who we are.
Rated: E
~1,090 Words
Romance/Love, Personal, Friendship
Type: Short Story
Updated 10 months ago
*Dollar* 251 GPs per review
The little old lady at the back
A woman with a servant heart
Rated: E
~425 Words
Religious, Personal, Relationship
Type: Short Story
Updated 11 months ago
The Broken Vase
Inspirational Short Story about patched broken vases and how it applies to our daily lives
Rated: E
~236 Words
Inspirational, Personal, Other
Type: Short Story
Updated 11 months ago
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My Thoughts
Thoughts while laying in bed listening to a thunder storm.
Rated: ASR
~157 Words
Emotional, Inspirational, Spiritual
Type: Non-fiction
Updated 3 months ago
A Day With His Grandmother
Lee-Lee woke up early to visit his grandmother before he started his day at the hospital
Rated: E
~381 Words
Personal, Family, Experience
Type: Short Story
Updated 11 months ago
A Different World Just a Few Miles Away
I met a girl from the other side of the tracks and we decided it would never work.
Rated: 13+
~1,334 Words
Emotional, Relationship, Personal
Type: Short Story
Updated 11 months ago
My Dad's Heartbeat and Warmth
I love my Dad, but don't like him
Rated: E
~131 Words
Personal, Other
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
Late Night Hospital Memories
Something made me think of this random memory and I decided to write about it.
Rated: E
~618 Words
Experience, Family, Personal
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
The flag and the music
Pride in country shows through [Honoring Our Veterans, Aug. 2022]
Rated: E
~462 Words
Personal, Experience, Military
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
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Fallen Cherry Blossoms
About loss that rips a person apart inside.
Rated: 18+
~80 Words
Personal, Experience, Other
Type: Poetry
Updated 8 years ago
Breakfast.
It's important to eat a good breakfast. For several reasons! 3rd Place, What a Character!
Rated: 13+
~1,399 Words
Contest Entry, Parenting, Personal
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
Fooled You, Mom!
Gonna turn the tables on you, mater! Third place, Quotation Inspiration.
Rated: 13+
~1,555 Words
Relationship, Contest Entry, Personal
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
I'm mature. I'm her daughter
"You are only young once, but you can stay immature indefinitely." -- Ogden Nash 3rd Place
Rated: 13+
~1,510 Words
Contest Entry, Parenting, Personal
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
Sorrow's foundation
Teenage love, lost [Sound & Vision Contest, 7/2022]
Rated: E
~368 Words
Music, Relationship, Personal
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
Remembering Mother 2022
It's mother's birthday. I always write something to remember her on her day! Happy B'Day!
Rated: E
~531 Words
Personal, Family, Biographical
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
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Quiet
A freeverse poem of thoughts inside Aokigahara Forest.
Rated: 18+
~31 Words
Personal, Other
Type: Poetry
Updated 8 years ago
Cracks
Flash fiction piece with prompt words that spark a memory of my father.
Rated: E
~226 Words
Experience, Family, Personal
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
Medical Treatment Is A Pain In The...
Thank goodness there is humour to be found in the horror of modern medicine.
Rated: E
~620 Words
Personal, Comedy, Medical
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
I Need A Hero
Two sisters and their brood encounter a roadside hero who rescues them from a breakdown.
Rated: E
~972 Words
Personal, Comedy, Family
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
A Warning
You travel back in time and meet...
Rated: E
~528 Words
Comedy, Personal, Other
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
A Christmas Eve To Remember
Driving in a Winter Wonderland Christmas Eve. Fond memories.
Rated: E
~913 Words
Family, Personal, Holiday
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
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Change
What crosses my mind when I am called a "liberal snowflake" Freeverse.
Rated: E
~137 Words
Personal, Political, Other
Type: Poetry
Updated 6 years ago
My Story
This story explains my current relationship with my biological dad.
Rated: E
~978 Words
Personal, Family, Other
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
An Unexpected Adventure
Being stranded in a strange city while returning home from vacation.
Rated: E
~1,168 Words
Personal, Action/Adventure, Travel
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
*Dollar* 450 GPs per review
The Finest Being
My journey away from despair, with the help of a dream girl and a very determined fish
Rated: E
~3,634 Words
Fantasy, Personal, Self Help
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
Life's River
Life's journey expressed by a flowing river.
Rated: E
~1,221 Words
Inspirational, Spiritual, Personal
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
T.P. Wiping
For Personfy Writing Contest March 2022- won third place.
Rated: E
~239 Words
Dark, Comedy, Personal
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
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Rated: 13+
~1,393 Words
Drama, Experience, Emotional
Type: Article
Updated 11 years ago
The Home Guards
The train riders land in Klamath Falls, Oragon (K-Falls) after their crueling journey.
Rated: 18+
~3,391 Words
Biographical, Action/Adventure, Personal
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
*Dollar* 188 GPs per review
The Train Riders
Oregon wind cutting the riders deep, whispering her secrets to them; their death, perhaps?
Rated: 18+
~1,928 Words
Action/Adventure, Personal, Biographical
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
Frankly Speaking
Practice in descriptive writing--trying to use all senses for characters in setting.
Rated: 13+
~1,060 Words
Friendship, Community, Personal
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
Mom.... MOM WAKE UP!
The day my mother died changed my whole world. Written for a contest, wanted to share.
Rated: E
~668 Words
Emotional, Personal, Experience
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
A Solitary Snowflake WC 415
The first snowy day of 1982.
Rated: E
~372 Words
Contest Entry, Personal
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
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My Thoughts
Thoughts while laying in bed listening to a thunder storm.
Rated: ASR
~157 Words
Emotional, Inspirational, Spiritual
Type: Non-fiction
Updated 3 months ago
Follow Your Heart
What happens when you follow the impulse of your heart?
Rated: E
~453 Words
Cultural, Personal, Romance/Love
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
Paying Respect
One Fall Morning in the Sierra meeting my mentor
Rated: E
~610 Words
Personal, Biographical, Tribute
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
Longing
Seconds aren't all the same.
Rated: E
~328 Words
Dark, Emotional, Personal
Type: Short Story
Updated about a year ago
Toilet Paper, Found and Lost
A story about buying and resilience when losing
Rated: E
~390 Words
Personal, Other, Comedy
Type: Short Story
Updated 2 years ago
Anatomy of a Riot - A Schoolboy’s View
Schoolboy’s Perspective of Riot during 1969 - Ahmedabad.
Rated: E
~1,290 Words
Family, Psychology, Personal
Type: Short Story
Updated 2 years ago
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