She was Bored with the Monsters
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Don’t Be Lazy — Notes from an Exhausted Editor — AI Use — New writers in particular. Play the game. Do some work. — May More
Tantalizing Tales
Secrets of the Velvet Trap — 41 — Eddie and Eleanor spend Christmas Eve together. — Teresa Wymore
White Knights and Dark Nights — Down by the river… — J. Crispin-Ripley
The One I Chose to Lose — When perfection isn’t tantamount to forever — Debdutta Pal
She Was Bored With Him — What’s a girl to do when her man doesn’t care about her? — Sonja Glucksberg
Chronicle of an Unexpected Evolution — In a world ruled by dolphins and dogs, a pig named Alice uncovers what they fear most: humanity. — b0rzum
A Secret Sacrifice — Pain and forgiveness — Ha Le Sa
Agent McStealth — He Knows No Fear. He Knows No Danger. He Knows Nothing. — Brian Garrio
Attacking The Barbas On Corvus-3 — They were expendable — S M Revolinski
Serial Stories
Passing Fancies #2; Enemies and Lovers — The world was littered with the bodies of those who refused to cave in to Sharon — J. Crispin-Ripley
Swingers Spin-the-Bottle — May the Best Man Win — Chapter 15 — J.D. Masterly
What My Fake Mom Makes Me Do — Rotten House — Chapter 15 — Evan Purcell
Meditation On A Mountain — Pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela — Chapter 10 — Robert G. Longpré
Chapter 25 — Back on Track — Touched by Spirits Book 1 — Shelter in a New World — ElementalWriters
Gangs of Vegas: Eradication of The Supremes Final Part — A Tale of Mafia Violence: Chapter 11 — Rayan Khan
After The Last Day — Part 7 — Gold and cans of beans become a valuable commodity — S M Revolinski
A Matter of Trust, Part Thirty Two — Olivia can’t stay angry with Max, who knows how to distract her — Maisie Archer
The Woman Who Wanted To Be Funny — Chapter Twenty-Seven — The Turning Point — Kerrie Noor
Planet Kill — Chapter 11 — My old home — JamesRickard Writes
When Stars Align, Part Seven — Dating rumors plague Felicity, who can’t get Tyler out of her head — Maisie Archer
Her First Act Of Transgression — Katie & Steve #7: The warmth radiated from it, and the scent of her excitement filled her senses. — 🦋 Marie A. Rebelle
Bright Lights, Big City — Part Four: Ten Cr@ck Commandments — Vintage Time Machine
Another Yank at Oxford — Part 7 — First year women troubles, hitchhiking to Luxembourg and theater — Glenn M Stewart
Microcosm
The Scent Is Not the Woman — On bodies, bottles, and broken chairs — Tiffany Harris
Watching People — A retiree’s favorite hobby — Nanji Erode
Redolence — Somethings never die — A prompt story — Kristen Haveman
The Smell of Perfume — A night out at the art galley — Ali Mai
River — A story — Miyabi’s Movie Diary
The Smell of Life — I live and die by it. — Zizi Majid
Redemption
There’s Monsters Out There — Sometimes it’s not always clear who the monsters are. — Simone Francis
The Anniversary — A Special Edition — Robert Gowty
I Dated Out Of My League — There was no time to spare — Sonja Glucksberg
Finding the Plot for My Best-selling Novel — The true art of the deal; fiction about fiction, maybe. — J. Crispin-Ripley
Detective Cosmo 3 — Do You Feel Lucky Enough For Redemption? — Brian Garrio
THE BISCUIT THIEF — Sticky fingers will not be tolerated — Emma Cassidy
The Temptations of Bad Money — Avoid the situation before it happens — Ali Mai
Mmm Mondays
Dress Code: Complicated — Tanya gives Greta a TED talk on sex for newbies — ✍ Posy Churchgate
Dress Code: Complicated — Greta’s Overthinking Her Formal Party — ✍ Posy Churchgate
Dark the World — Inspired by the prompt word — Mingle and Juniper Less — Steve
Strangers are Contagious — Inspired by the prompt word — Mingle — Juniper Less
Hot Lentil Soup — on a cold April night — R. Klemek
The Patient’s Voice
Echoes of the NICU: How Prematurity Shapes Adult Lives 💜 — Issues don’t always stay in the NICU — Musings of Twenty Somethings
Teaser Tales
Christian Plowman is about to Get Lucky, Perhaps… ~ “It was made in Italy and you’ll be unmade in Toronto”by J. Crispin-Ripley
Mobster Father, Cop Son — Both Hunting Each Other ~ Like Father, Not Like Sons — Action Thriller Book Showcase by Binky Ink Writing
Finding Lana’s Diary ~ A jilted husband finds his young wife’s journal by Wilkie Winters
You Write The Spank, I’ll Write The Moan ~ From real conversations to fictional cuffs — fiction born from friendship, fun, and shared fantasies by 🦋 Marie A. Rebelle
Not the Median Log
The Tools Will Change. Your Shaft Doesn’t Have To. ~ The ‘evolution’ of male masturbation by Marsha Adams
Why Now Might Be the Perfect Time To Try Writing With AI ~ Exploring the modern environment beyond the emotional knee-jerk reaction by Smillew Rahcuef
Bondage is a fundamentally creative act ~ In shibari the rope becomes less a tool and more a brushstroke by Juniper Less
What Do “Cleft” and “Bite” Actually Mean? ~ “Back off, boys!” by Marsha Adams
Most Workplaces are Optimized for Worker Bees, not Emotional Troll Youths ~ More notes from under the bridge in our Gilded Age of Redundancy by J. Crispin-Ripley
Thank you so much for compiling these posts every week, May! 💜