Mini Novels & Stories

One prompt glows across it in bold font. ‘VOICE VERIFICATION REQUIRED.’ Milena leans forward, still moving slowly but sharper now, focused. Her gaze lands on the tiny image beneath the prompt, a scribbled little sketch that looks like a lizard or a dinosaur, maybe? It’s a kid’s drawing, that’s for sure. She blinks. Then she smirks. “Milosaurus,” she says, her voice filled with amusement. The device chimes. The screen blinking blue, followed by a beep. Access granted.

The room fell into a brief silence after that, and for a moment, all I could hear was the faint sound of my own breathing and the soft hum of the ceiling fan above us. Then Jane nudged me lightly. ‘Just reply him. Don’t overthink it too much.’ I nodded slowly, even though overthinking was already exactly what I was doing. My fingers finally moved. I’m not overthinking it either. That wasn’t entirely true, but it was the safest version of the truth I could offer. Before I could change my mind, I hit send. Almost instantly, the three dots appeared. Jane leaned in again. ‘He’s typing already? God, this man doesn’t waste time.’

It seemed like the perfect idea at the time. I work for a premium security company, and we had just taken delivery of the smallest cameras imaginable..tiny pinhole lenses no bigger than a pinhead, virtually invisible once installed. They connected seamlessly to any Wi-Fi network without appearing in device lists or router logs. Motion-activated, 4K resolution, crystal-clear audio, remote pan and zoom, and everything streamed live or recorded straight to my encrypted phone app. For a secret voyeur like me, it felt like winning the lottery.

Mini puts earrings into my earlobes. I peer at him, he's sitting on the couch, hovering his fingers on the laptop, but I catch him looking at me many times. His chest is too sculpted, I can easily count each one of his six abs. I'm not comfortable in a blouse, but Mini has shown me my pictures in such dresses. I'm astounded, my mother hasn't killed me yet. My hair is down and wavy. Mini did a little makeup on my skin. I glance at my reflection this time, instead of him.

"Lorenzo." Lorenzo smiled rolling his eyes. "How do you always know it's me?" He asked walking in the room pulling a chair from the corner of the room and sat down. Bonnie just shook her head, lowering her head. Embarrassed to admit that she has memorised his scent. Cigarettes, that she still wants to know the name of and cologne with a hint of mint on his breath. Lorenzo's striking blue eyes switched to Grace. "How are you?" He asked. Grace nodded, "I'm alright, just a little tired." She said.

𝙰𝚌𝚎 𝙰𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛 7 years old. The brown-haired boy stood there looking at the woman helping her kids choose the toys they wanted. Ace didn't get help from her, he's shy, anxious that she's going to return the ten dollars teddy bear that he brought. His soft small hand clenched the ear of the brown teddy bear, he pouted and with a shaking body, he approached his mother.

Then something happened. Jessy was about leaving when a thief came and began threatening buyers causing a commotion. A young boy of about sixteen years of age. He had a small knife in his hands. Everyone was scared but Jessy ignored him and kept to her transaction. The teenager warned her but yet Jessy was adamant, he took to lifting a small child of about four years of age and threatening to stab him if she didn't lay on the ground. The occupants of the mini-market kept begging for compliance but Jessy just kept to her business.

" He said. I was not ready for that. I was still getting use to the idea of being alone. I still need to heal. "My name Shunshine. I'm not really interested in getting to know anyone right now." I said. "Can't blame a brother for trying." He replied back with a smile. I almost gave in. He hand me a business call and told me to call him if i change my mind. i looked at the card and saw that he was a mr. fix it man. He fixed on houses and appliances.

Ann sat quietly at the wooden table in the small country home, staring down at the old flip phone in her hand. Her fingers traced the edges of the device as the weight of the conversation she had just had with Evelyn lingered heavily in her mind. The night was silent, save for the occasional crackling of the fire burning in the hearth beside her. It was a comforting sound, but tonight, nothing could ease the turmoil that had settled deep in her chest.

He added, showing his three fingers. I chuckle at innocent action before introducing myself "Hope, 24" "Tho hote ...If ew mie fan. Dan cat me," His sweet giggles filled the atmosphere as he took off running. It took me a while to understand the little monster wanted to play. Without thinking I chased him, trying to catch the little creature but for someone so tiny he was too quick. Pushing my leg further I grabbed onto the little body and spun him around causing both of us to burst into a fit of giggles.