road-trip - Stories

The year is 1891, and the Wild West is dying. Alvarez is a smartly dressed, smooth-talking bandito riding north with a stolen fortune, a lethal six-shooter, and one very spoiled cat. He travels alone, until he finds a half-frozen boy bleeding in the cold mud. Devon is an exile, violently banished from his Mennonite community and hunted by the very boys who broke him. As they ride together, Devon's cold logic clashes with Alvarez's flashy chaos. Slowly, the pinstriped killer and the battered runaway must learn to trust each other before the past catches up to them both.

Barnaby the capybara crashes Val the penguin's romantic Antarctic birthday date with Steve the otter, accidentally warping them all back to a warm, firefly-lit Cretaceous jungle—turning a ruined evening into a perfect prehistoric getaway

Stuck in 2026 World Cup traffic, friends Leo and Marcus are on the brink of a massive fallout over Marcus's annoying, high-energy dancing. The tension is instantly broken when Barnaby, a time-traveling capybara, accidentally teleports into their car and uses a calming temporal field to fix the radio's vibe, saving the road trip.

Barnaby, a hyper-intelligent capybara, uses a modified green suitcase to travel through time, requiring specific clothes as "temporal anchors". Despite an overstuffed packing error that triggers a chaotic singularity, he successfully warps to October 21, 1885, landing in a dusty telegraph office to save the timeline.

When high school Chemistry teacher Klebber Toledo and the big, hunky billionaire Dennis Ellison met on a dating app, they had no idea COVID-19 would turn their spur-of-the-moment trip to Costa Rica into a months-long adventure.

A humorous discussion between Poochie and Dane. A pair of dogs. I decided to marry a prompt, #622, first line, with the Anthology topic, Creature Feature.

Joey Balas can’t read, can’t keep a job, and can’t seem to catch a break—until he’s handed a delivery job by his criminal brother that lands him face-to-face with a Cleveland mobster… and a murder he was never supposed to witness. Marked for death, Joey’s saved by the last person he expected: the hitman ordered to kill him.

D is cold, quiet, and done taking orders. Letting Joey live was a mistake he can’t take back—and maybe doesn’t want to. Now the two of them are on the run, tangled up in a mess of dirty secrets, family betrayals, and the slow-burning bond growing between them.

Noah has been living a seemingly peaceful life alongside his boyfriend, Shane, for the past two years. But the unannounced arrival of his older brother Joshua will set in motion events that will change them and their lives forever.

A High-Octane Thrill Ride Through the Streets of Moscow

In the frozen, neon-drenched heart of Moscow, where the roar of engines echoes through the night and fortunes are won or lost on a single race, a new king of the asphalt is about to be crowned.

Max must confront the shadows of his own past while preparing for a final, explosive showdown that will decide who truly rules the night.

Strap in. Hold on. The race is just beginning.

“Taking Teddy Home” follows Carter on a cross-Canada journey to fulfill a promise to his late husband, Teddy. Along the way, memories of their love, struggles, and dreams unfold. A chance encounter with a kind stranger in Newfoundland brings Carter closer to letting go, as he prepares to scatter Teddy’s ashes in the Atlantic—a final act of love and closure.