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9 stories
What the River Keeps
What the River KeepsNoor Fatima · Poetry · English · Completed

Forty short poems about the Ravi, a grandmother’s hands, and learning what water forgives.

142K reads · 19K votes · 40 parts · 7 min · ★ 4.9
The Salt Between Us
The Salt Between UsMira Castellanos · Romance · English · Completed

A marine biologist returns to the island she swore off, and to the fisherman who never stopped writing to her.

1.2M reads · 96K votes · 32 parts · 35 min · ★ 4.7
The Cartographer’s Daughter
The Cartographer’s DaughterAna Duarte · Fantasy · English · Completed

Her father drew every road in the kingdom except the one that led to where he vanished.

734K reads · 58K votes · 44 parts · 44 min · ★ 4.8
Signal from Europa
Signal from EuropaKai Nakamura · Sci-Fi · English · Completed

Forty kilometres under the ice, something has started answering back in her dead brother’s voice.

356K reads · 28K votes · 26 parts · 22 min · ★ 4.7
Notes to a Younger Me
Notes to a Younger MeHira Batool · Poetry · English · Completed

Twelve small letters to the girl who thought she had to be loud to be heard.

39K reads · 6.2K votes · 12 parts · 2 min · ★ 4.7
Paper Moons
Paper MoonsLeo Marchetti · Literary · English · Completed

Two brothers, one summer, and the paper moons they hung from the ceiling to keep the dark away.

61K reads · 7K votes · 1 parts · 2 min · ★ 4.4
The Last Bus to Murree
The Last Bus to MurreeKamran Siddiqui · Thriller · English · Completed

Eleven passengers board the midnight bus. Twelve get off.

54K reads · 5.1K votes · 1 parts · 2 min · ★ 4.5
The Bookbinder of Anarkali
The Bookbinder of AnarkaliAabnoor Rashid · Literary · English · Completed

A widow inherits a bindery and a ledger of books that were never collected.

21K reads · 2.3K votes · 14 parts · 17 min · ★ 4.6
Small Rains
Small RainsAabnoor Rashid · Poetry · English · Completed

Short poems for the first week of monsoon, one for each of the city’s gates.

7.4K reads · 980 votes · 13 parts · 1 min · ★ 4.7