Introspective Stories

Most of his days were spent drinking, planning schemes, perhaps doing the occasional badass 80's movie marathon; but today? Today was just one those strange days, the ki...

In the far future, humans have left Earth behind in search of a new home after climate change, war, and destruction have left it uninhabitable. Believing that Earth can...

Just a spot for my poetry going in 2023. Criticism welcome. As a novelist I look at short stories and poems as exercises. Poetry in particular helps me with word choice...

A collection of ramblings. Diving into the sadness and unfairness of life.

Just a collection of poetry and late night musings I wrote, mainly to just vent and release feelings that I felt couldn't be explained in anything other than words. Shar...

After the boy lost her, he's been spending his days at the last place they laughed together. He recalls the short time the two spent together and laments her sudden deat...

A crossover between the anime "Ouran High School Host Club" and the film "Spirited Away". What will happen when the annual moonlight ball coincides w...

[Original short story | one shot] - "It all began with a letter. Simple white sheets of paper with short sentences printed in ink, folded in four and sealed in an e...

A tale of the self. Written for kids but adults might find it beneficial to read.

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The Eight Goddesses, Lust, Hate, Sloth, Pride, Greed, Envy, Gluttony, and Hope, have finally decided after a lifetime of war to make peace with one another. In the pocke...

It's important that you never lose the ability to recognize yourself, every single day, no matter what.

Craig Silver is an ordinary guy, until one day terrible guys challenge him to a hell fight!! Does he have what it take to fight people and win?? I dont know but let's fi...

The text is a introspective narration from the perspective of a poplar tree. It describes the tree's role as an observer above human affairs and its singular focus on gr...

catalog of small tortures highest ranking: #2 in poemcollection © z. t. corley, 2023

An (eventual) compilation of poems written by me (James Oliver) exclusively (no AI). Something of an experiment.

A young girl comes to grips with her mortality

Yuàn Líng lives in a troubled and chaotic life in feudal China, where she struggles to survive everyday hardships. All that changes when she finds herself transported in...

A boy's grandfather dies from a heart attack. The grandmother is devastated, that is until a calico cat shows up on her backdoor. Calico cats were the grandfather's favo...

I started to write poetry to get me through some difficult years as a teenager and young adult. Looking back, writing helped me through a period of depression, only reco...