Presenttense Stories

Leila Foody has been obsessed with yeti since she was a child. Yeti are dangerous. Strong. A mystery. And someone has to protect humans from them. Now in her 20s, she's...

Lucy cannot explain what drew her over to these five, what made this halfling girl stand out in the cafeteria like a perfect snowflake amongst sleet, but she trusts it w...

A young boy by the name of Marcus Quin or Mark wakes up to a catastrophic event in his village, he escapes with his parents to a cave but is found by the one who caused...

"Is it distrust of me," Aang says, "or distrust of the Avatar?" A bitter laugh escapes Zuko's lips before he can stop it. (Written for Day 3 of Zukaa...

Sixteen-year-old Sarah hasn't seen her sister Allie in nearly a decade thanks to a family feud she can hardly remember. But the world waits for no grudge; around the tim...

Once upon a time, I became yours and you became mine. And we stayed & lived together through the laughter and the tears because that's what they call Happily Ever After...

Click My body automatically goes into flight mode at the signal of a switch blade being opened, pulling the door handle as fast as I can. The door doesn't budge. I reali...

You walk into the dusty building. The midnight moon stops lighting up the room almost too quickly There are visible footprints; to be expected in such an old building. S...

She stands alone in the street, waiting, as he watches out his window. A heavy sadness overtakes them both.

A young man attempts to get his revenge on the Crusader.

Some mistakes take months or years to collapse. Some take centuries... The elven kingdom of Marsdenfel is poised on a precipice. Its father, Breidentel, has essentially...

Enter a world where beings of tales and folklore come to life, as young Derrick Conrad struggles to fit in with his mother's Native American tribe but then discovers a w...

When Kodiak Graham is pulled from his cozy town of Holwell, and dropped off hundreds of miles away from his home, Kodiak has to make due with what he is given, or die tr...

Katara hates the quiet. That's why she talks to him. (Written for Day 6 of Kataang Week 2022: Quiet Moments/Healing Techniques, hosted by @ kataang-week on Tumblr.)

In the heart of the ocean, shrouded by mists and mystery, lies the Isle of Nebularesis - a place where the realm of the fae is blurred and unearthly creatures exist. Ben...

They were trying to save me from myself. I wasn't sick, I was perfectly fine. I kept myself closed off for a reason, That's what I tried to tell them why but they didn'...

You are in the forest and see a girl, who is she, you'll find out...

The Dorombo gang, after selling fake tropical fish to people (they were regular goldfish painted to look exotic) find out the location of another Doruko Ring. It's up to...