Tag: friendship

Remembering the Dead

A young man survives a crash that kills his friend, but memory has gone missing where grief should be. “Remembering the Dead” follows him through shock, guilt and the strange ...

by GerardMcKeown • 12th April 202614th April 2026

Happiness is This

A London mother searches for calm inside the repetitive strain of love — until the day breaks open.

by mickey.suman@gmail.com • 3rd March 20264th March 2026

Arts & Culture, Fiction, Travel&Lifestyle

Une Nouvelle Vie

“The past was bleak, the present desolate, and I was free to pity myself.” Alone and heartbroken, we escape to Paris and experience the beauty of friendship.

by isabelshawsmith • 20th November 202320th November 2023

From the Balcony

“You can have this memory, if you want, completely uncorrupted.” On the balcony, two friends talk away the world.

by andytheandy • 6th October 20236th October 2023

Goodbye to Gary

“I put Gary down as just another relic of the hippy era eking out his pension in the Land of Smiles.” Bangkok, retirement, friendship, life.

by dae • 19th September 202327th September 2023

Editor's Pick, Fiction, Story Sunday

Shoogly

I waited at the top of his street. Two young boys were racing in go-karts. Every time they zoomed past the bottom lamppost, they hopped out and started up the ...

by callummcgee97 • 27th November 202221st October 2022

Editor's Pick, Fiction, Story Sunday

Close To Me

For weeks, even months, after the gig, he remembered that feeling, could cling to it every now and then even as it faded or slipped from his grasp. He would ...

by nick_f • 16th October 202214th October 2022

Bees

The bees are flying upside down, you said.

by TomVowler • 7th October 20224th October 2022

Editor's Pick, Fiction, Story Sunday, Technology

Tutee

Sharon was usually waiting for me outside her front door. She said the sound of the doorbell woke her dad up. It was a comfort that she was as ...

by rebecca sabin • 17th July 202215th January 2026

This Hugging

It’s not stopping, this hugging. I saw it again tonight passing the kitchen, his noodle arms gliding from that batik robe as he stooped into her warm and willing ...

by fenningwill • 17th May 202216th May 2022