shortstory

The sun beat down on Cumaná, the Firstborn City of the Continent, a humid heat that made even the iguanas on the rooftops droop. José Lui...

─── ❖ ── ✦ ── ❖ ─── 📸https://www.artguru.ai/es/ai-text-to-image-generator/create/ ✦Crisis Averted✦ The sky split in two at dawn, reveali...

Image by Gioele Fazzeri from Pixabay Chapter 2 - Arrows in Flight In the quiet shade of the eternal grove, shining eyes blink as scenes...

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In a quiet hamlet, nestled in a valley where twilight lingered, lived a woman named Selene, whose heart was restless though her days were...

Image by Yuri from Pixabay Chapter 1 - Red Days These red days stretch as far back as I can remember. The sound of iron on iron, the ca...

English Things of destiny “... And the winner of the 2025 literary prize goes to...” The announcer paused dramatically. “Robert Munera....

In the heart of Arapito, on Venezuela's eastern coast, where the sun kisses the golden sand and the waves caress the shore, lives a boy n...

─── ❖ ── ✦ ── ❖ ─── 📸https://muryou-aigazou.com/ ✦"You win some, you lose some."✦ From early childhood, Maya had learned that ...

I was tightly pressed like toothpaste being squeezed out of its plastic sachet by both thumbs. Forcefully, I inhaled the warm air, heavy ...

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Image from unsplash The morning of my 31st birthday began with an unfamiliar quietness I had never experienced before. The usual sounds ...

There is a distinct difference between the taste of a falling dream and the taste of a monster-in-the-closet dream. The former is airy, ...

Unsplash Image edited in Canva Nothing is certain in life. We are never sure what lies ahead. But who cares now? Somebody came to make m...

In the city of Caracas, in the community of “El Paraíso,” in the building “La Guardia -A,” in a third-floor apartment #231, in the living...

English Christmas Surprise It was Christmas Eve. The aroma of delicious food filled the air, delighting all the family members. The col...

Rita has high expectations for her pregnancy; she has gone to buy every baby thing that she needs, and she and her husband have prepared ...

Image created in Canva SynopsisThis fictional horror story follows a 30-year-old man named Maleek. He is tasked by his spiritual master ...

─── ❖ ── ✦ ── ❖ ─── 📸https://muryou-aigazou.com/ ✦ Expectation ✦ The smell of freshly baked bread mingled with the damp scent clinging ...

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Pixabay Where Are We From? Living in the middle can be tough. And when I say the middle, I don’t even mean being in my teenager days or...

English A change of scenery “Robert, you need to emphasize that last note more. I want the scream to be more powerful.” Dirk, the direc...

✦The Girl Who Taught Us to Dream✦ 📸https://muryou-aigazou.com/es Lucía was a different kind of child, though she hated being called that...

In Cumaná, Venezuela, in the Bolívar neighborhood, in a house on Second Street, Luisa Márquez lives with her grandmother, Margarita Espín...

‎She was a sweet girl with the purest of soul, and kindest of hearts. Everyone loved, and adored her for her kindness. They all wished he...

Photo by Jonathan Francisca on Unsplash “I have to leave.” I tell my family. Mum sighed, she knew it was coming. She’d been there when I ...

The world believes my masterpiece, ‘Laila’s Whisper,’ was crafted from night-blooming jasmine and Siberian musk. I alone know it was mad...

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In the city of Cumaná, Venezuela, there is a fishing port where national and international ships dock in its deep waters with their cargo...

English The Fall Viktor was one of the most famous writers in the world. His fame led him to be known as the writer of pain. His great ...