Submitted Stories

Between staying grounded in deen, responsibilities, dreams, emotions, family expectations, school stress, and unexpected connections, life was never supposed to be simple. We go through trials in life as promised by Allah. And those trials shape who we become, strengthening our hearts if we face them with patience and faith. And finally leading us to Jannah in shaa Allah which is the ultimate goal. "Tasleem" is a journey of growth, faith, love, mistakes, and the quiet struggles many young people carry in their hearts. It is a reminder that even while navigating through life's confusion, self-discovery, and change, staying close to Allah can become the very thing that keeps you standing. Some stories are about finding love. This one carries a different twist: finding yourself.

Avery Grace has survived the brutal world of Vampires. She knows her place despite still yearning for a freedom she knows she will never have. In a world where love has no place, she has fallen for Silas, her dark haired handler. When tradition and laws divide them, can love bind them forever? * The rest of the book is available on my Patreon www.patreon.com/reganure

The Unsaid Tales is an activity by Social Themes created to amplify voices, stories, and perspectives that often go unheard. Each month, we explore a different social theme through reader submissions. From identity and mental health to societal expectations, equality, and everyday struggles, this story is a space for honesty, empathy, and awareness.

One club. One stare. Two stubborn people. What could possibly go wrong?

Amy leads a boring life. Working in an office downtown and returning home to the same glass of wine and her list of DVR shows. She has become comfortable in her routine life until one day, on her walk home, she sees a sign in a business window that changes her life forever. Join Amy as she discovers the world of bondage and discipline.

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"Until we see someone's darkness we don't know who they really are. Until we have forgiven someone's darkness, we don't really know what love is" ~Marianne Williamson

These are my submissions for AnonymousRice4's "Ribbons - A Writers' Games". #PrayForAddie

welcome to a world similar to the hand maidens tale. A conservative government, has passed a law requiring an aptitude test. Almost all women fail it because of how it is set up, those that pass, can become a maid, nurse or english teacher. Almost all men pass and those that fail disappear. everyone is to afriad to ask questions. Men who oppose the regime that much, are given multiple and the best wives to buy there silence.

In the rain-soaked streets of London, Divine Young lives a life carefully balanced between ambition and survival. By day, she's a community college student, cramming for her degree in English Literature. By night, she mans the counter at a Holloway Road gas station, counting coins and hours until she can leave her small, repetitive life behind. She doesn't know that she's already being watched. Angel Oliveira is a quiet man with an unassuming life - the owner of a dusty little bookshop tucked into a forgotten street. To passersby, he's polite, reserved, maybe even forgettable. But Angel has a secret: he notices things most people don't. And for weeks now, all his focus has been on Divine - the way she walks, the tilt of her head when she listens, the quiet determination in her eyes. When a single rainy night brings them face to face, it ignites something in Angel that he thought he'd buried long ago. Something that isn't content to simply watch from the shadows. As his obsession deepens, Divine finds herself caught in a dangerous web where affection and control blur, where protection feels a lot like possession, and where love might just be the most dangerous thing of all.

A novel-writing competition that not only helps writers gain fame but also helps them finish their stories. Do YOU have what it takes to win? *NOTE: Old works-in-progresses may be submitted into this competition, but ONLY if they are unfinished!

"The seven deadly sins are our seven human instincts." How is Sienna supposed to get better, when her professor is even worse?

In a world abandoned by The Almighty, ancient malevolent forces have resurfaced, vying for supremacy across the realms. However, these primal demons pale in comparison to the true threat that looms - Genesis, a mere human. With the departure of God, Genesis, a believer who once feared him, finally will be able to unleash his unrestrained ambitions upon others. Will the absence of divinity pave the way for his profane conquest?