Short Stories

02-09-2025 | (link) | Insect Repellent and the Stars
Creative non-fiction, Slice-of-life, Train of thought
Synopsis: When my youngest brother arrives home from a camping trip, he still smells of insect repellent. I hadn't known of that smell for years and it reminded me of the time I went camping myself, when I was in Year 7.

27-08-2025 | (link) | What the Old House Deserves
Tragedy, Fantasy
Synopsis: Punished by her greed, a person is cursed into living as a sentient house. She wants to find a way to break the curse by manipulating and trapping visitors into searching for some kind of clue or ritual to reverse it.

20-08-2025 | (link) | The Lights, One by One
Psychological horror, Slice-of-life
Synopsis: Clara is a high schooler who is home alone for the night. Beginning in the dining room, she switches off the lights one by one on her way back to her bedroom.

08-08-2025 | (link) | An Arrettian's Solitude
Sci-fi, Dark
Synopsis: A story that tells of Arrettian being, on their way to seek refuge from an alien invasion, is stranded on the desert of a lonely planet. After an Earthling responds to his distress signal, the two make an attempt to find trust in each other.

01-08-2025 | (link) | A Bored, Needy Piano
General fiction, Slice-of-life
Synopsis: A piano, that hasn't spent much quality time with its player, is bored of singing all the same songs. It wonders about what's been keeping its player away.