Once Upon A Time — Stories
This page lists all of the 240 free mini-stories from the Once Upon A Time collection. There's also an RSS feed.
I write a new story every week, and send them out on Monday mornings via email. You can subscribe to the free weekly tale here, or use the form below. Unsubscribe any time, from the link in every issue.
I've also made read-aloud videos of some of these stories — you can watch them on YouTube here!
Aleph |
Aug 11th, 2025 |
Mysterious Ways |
Aug 4th, 2025 |
Timing is Everything |
Jul 28th, 2025 |
Past Midnight |
Jul 21st, 2025 |
The Last Place |
Jul 14th, 2025 |
Heist |
Jul 7th, 2025 |
Take Me Home |
Jun 30th, 2025 |
Check Engine |
Jun 23rd, 2025 |
TCO |
Jun 16th, 2025 |
Career Day |
Jun 9th, 2025 |
Feline Fashion Show |
Jun 2nd, 2025 |
Long Jump |
May 26th, 2025 |
Beauty |
May 19th, 2025 |
High Hopes |
May 12th, 2025 |
Mice |
May 5th, 2025 |
In the Lounge |
Apr 28th, 2025 |
The Lamb |
Apr 21st, 2025 |
Non-conforming |
Apr 14th, 2025 |
Patron of the Arts |
Apr 7th, 2025 |
The Need-Fire |
Mar 31st, 2025 |
Round the Corner |
Mar 24th, 2025 |
The Chinese Room |
Mar 17th, 2025 |
Still Looking |
Mar 10th, 2025 |
The Shell of the Material |
Mar 3rd, 2025 |
Manager's Special |
Feb 24th, 2025 |
Deadworlds |
Feb 17th, 2025 |
Handshake |
Feb 10th, 2025 |
Deadfall |
Feb 3rd, 2025 |
Old Enough |
Jan 27th, 2025 |
Natives |
Jan 20th, 2025 |
Conveyancing |
Jan 13th, 2025 |
Fuel |
Jan 6th, 2025 |
Peace and Friendship |
Dec 30th, 2024 |
Best Behaviour |
Dec 23rd, 2024 |
At Your Service |
Dec 16th, 2024 |
Simple As That |
Dec 9th, 2024 |
The Bridge |
Dec 2nd, 2024 |
Whatever Is Required |
Nov 25th, 2024 |
Really Here |
Nov 18th, 2024 |
Grease |
Nov 11th, 2024 |
Shuhari |
Nov 4th, 2024 |
Inconsideration |
Oct 28th, 2024 |
Structures |
Oct 21st, 2024 |
In Evidence |
Oct 14th, 2024 |
Enlightenment |
Oct 7th, 2024 |
Fire Service |
Sep 30th, 2024 |
It Will Come To You |
Sep 23rd, 2024 |
Brush Your Teeth |
Sep 16th, 2024 |
Catching Up |
Sep 9th, 2024 |
Natural Enemy |
Sep 2nd, 2024 |
The Fear Shape |
Aug 26th, 2024 |
See Slow |
Aug 19th, 2024 |
Insurance |
Aug 12th, 2024 |
Lost to Time |
Aug 5th, 2024 |
The Bad Colour |
Jul 29th, 2024 |
Gaslight Pro |
Jul 22nd, 2024 |
Work Wife |
Jul 15th, 2024 |
Point of Origin |
Jul 8th, 2024 |
Repo |
Jul 1st, 2024 |
Body Image |
Jun 24th, 2024 |
Accessibility Settings |
Jun 17th, 2024 |
Suitable Pastimes |
Jun 10th, 2024 |
In the Presence of the Dead |
Jun 3rd, 2024 |
In the Ground |
May 27th, 2024 |
The Hands Remember |
May 20th, 2024 |
Advantageous |
May 13th, 2024 |
Three At Most |
May 6th, 2024 |
Sympathy |
Apr 29th, 2024 |
Need a Lift |
Apr 22nd, 2024 |
The Pathogen |
Apr 15th, 2024 |
For Starters |
Apr 8th, 2024 |
Takeback |
Apr 1st, 2024 |
Reset |
Mar 25th, 2024 |
Too Sweet |
Mar 18th, 2024 |
Be The Adult |
Mar 11th, 2024 |
Culture Fit |
Mar 4th, 2024 |
Prayer Room |
Feb 26th, 2024 |
Target Demographic |
Feb 19th, 2024 |
Teletype |
Feb 12th, 2024 |
Inheritance |
Feb 5th, 2024 |
In Endless Abundance |
Jan 29th, 2024 |
Next Day Premium |
Jan 22nd, 2024 |
Menagerie |
Jan 15th, 2024 |
Banshee |
Jan 8th, 2024 |
Addicts |
Jan 1st, 2024 |
Naughty List |
Dec 25th, 2023 |
Flickers |
Dec 18th, 2023 |
No Response |
Dec 11th, 2023 |
The Value of Things |
Dec 4th, 2023 |
Role Model |
Nov 27th, 2023 |
Talking to the Lights |
Nov 20th, 2023 |
Cautionary Tale |
Nov 13th, 2023 |
The Quiet Carriage |
Nov 6th, 2023 |
The Lighthouse |
Oct 30th, 2023 |
Mr. Hideaway |
Oct 23rd, 2023 |
Early Breakfast |
Oct 16th, 2023 |
Monkey Mask |
Oct 9th, 2023 |
Big Boy Bed |
Oct 2nd, 2023 |
The Award |
Sep 25th, 2023 |
Flags |
Sep 18th, 2023 |
Preservative |
Sep 11th, 2023 |
Women's Studies |
Sep 4th, 2023 |
When the Lights Came On |
Aug 28th, 2023 |
Chicken |
Aug 21st, 2023 |
Accuracy and Precision |
Aug 14th, 2023 |
In the Desert |
Aug 7th, 2023 |
The Gifted |
Jul 31st, 2023 |
God's Taxi |
Jul 24th, 2023 |
Good Causes |
Jul 17th, 2023 |
One Kind |
Jul 10th, 2023 |
The Railway Station |
Jul 3rd, 2023 |
The Window to Winter |
Jun 26th, 2023 |
Choose Your Curse |
Jun 19th, 2023 |
Michael Backwards |
Jun 12th, 2023 |
On the Lightning |
Jun 5th, 2023 |
A Lot In Common |
May 29th, 2023 |
Salinity |
May 22nd, 2023 |
Heisenbug |
May 15th, 2023 |
Nudge |
May 8th, 2023 |
Sweet and Sour Pork |
May 1st, 2023 |
Innocence |
Apr 24th, 2023 |
Two Lifetimes |
Apr 17th, 2023 |
Fuzzy |
Apr 10th, 2023 |
The Rose Window |
Apr 3rd, 2023 |
Baby Roberts |
Mar 27th, 2023 |
Birthday Money |
Mar 20th, 2023 |
Q-icide |
Mar 13th, 2023 |
The Ferryman |
Mar 6th, 2023 |
The Etymology of Magic |
Feb 27th, 2023 |
Dear Sir |
Feb 20th, 2023 |
Let's Get Started |
Feb 13th, 2023 |
A Magnificent Resonance |
Feb 6th, 2023 |
Ray Cats |
Jan 30th, 2023 |
Tags |
Jan 23rd, 2023 |
Chain of Evidence |
Jan 16th, 2023 |
Making Things |
Jan 9th, 2023 |
Daughters of the Moon |
Jan 2nd, 2023 |
What You Seek |
Dec 26th, 2022 |
The Rehearsal |
Dec 19th, 2022 |
The Confessional |
Dec 12th, 2022 |
So Clearly |
Dec 5th, 2022 |
My Business |
Nov 28th, 2022 |
The Portrait Gallery |
Nov 21st, 2022 |
Sell A Cat To A Mouse |
Nov 14th, 2022 |
Consequences |
Nov 7th, 2022 |
Decisions, Decisions |
Oct 31st, 2022 |
Going Once |
Oct 24th, 2022 |
Bordertime |
Oct 17th, 2022 |
Where the world is broken |
Oct 10th, 2022 |
Tea |
Oct 3rd, 2022 |
Barrier Concept |
Sep 26th, 2022 |
Encounter |
Sep 19th, 2022 |
The Orchard |
Sep 12th, 2022 |
Getting Older |
Sep 5th, 2022 |
Maybe We Could |
Aug 29th, 2022 |
Five Possibilities |
Aug 22nd, 2022 |
Undiscovered |
Aug 15th, 2022 |
Hitmaker |
Aug 8th, 2022 |
Warm Rain |
Aug 1st, 2022 |
The Night Clinic |
Jul 25th, 2022 |
Winner |
Jul 18th, 2022 |
Bubby |
Jul 11th, 2022 |
Psychosomatic |
Jul 4th, 2022 |
Madness |
Jun 27th, 2022 |
Goat Paths |
Jun 20th, 2022 |
Blank |
Jun 13th, 2022 |
More Time |
Jun 6th, 2022 |
Worship |
May 30th, 2022 |
Pretend |
May 23rd, 2022 |
How It Is Around Here |
May 16th, 2022 |
Renewables |
May 9th, 2022 |
Compatibility |
May 2nd, 2022 |
Assembly |
Apr 25th, 2022 |
Tactical |
Apr 18th, 2022 |
Late |
Apr 11th, 2022 |
Paradise |
Apr 4th, 2022 |
Erase |
Mar 28th, 2022 |
From Below |
Mar 21st, 2022 |
To the Bones |
Mar 14th, 2022 |
Musicianship |
Mar 7th, 2022 |
Transformations |
Feb 28th, 2022 |
Chugger |
Feb 21st, 2022 |
Therapy |
Feb 14th, 2022 |
Renewal |
Feb 7th, 2022 |
Exempt |
Jan 31st, 2022 |
Sleep |
Jan 24th, 2022 |
The Attaché |
Jan 17th, 2022 |
Opting Out |
Jan 10th, 2022 |
The Way of Things |
Jan 3rd, 2022 |
Joy |
Dec 27th, 2021 |
Gone |
Dec 20th, 2021 |
Samaritan |
Dec 13th, 2021 |
Lens |
Dec 6th, 2021 |
Just What I Wanted |
Nov 29th, 2021 |
Ornaments |
Nov 22nd, 2021 |
Neighbourhoods |
Nov 15th, 2021 |
To Me, You Are A Window |
Nov 8th, 2021 |
Customs |
Nov 1st, 2021 |
Letter E |
Oct 25th, 2021 |
Me Time |
Oct 18th, 2021 |
Stakeholders |
Oct 11th, 2021 |
Infringement |
Oct 4th, 2021 |
Poignancies |
Sep 27th, 2021 |
Twitcher |
Sep 20th, 2021 |
Retrogenesis |
Sep 13th, 2021 |
Patrol |
Sep 6th, 2021 |
The Tradesman |
Aug 30th, 2021 |
Beautiful Walls |
Aug 23rd, 2021 |
Undeserving |
Aug 16th, 2021 |
Like / Follow / Kill |
Aug 9th, 2021 |
Down Deep |
Aug 2nd, 2021 |
The Tesseract |
Jul 26th, 2021 |
Divergent |
Jul 19th, 2021 |
Paper |
Jul 12th, 2021 |
Biometrics |
Jul 5th, 2021 |
Famous |
Jun 28th, 2021 |
Enantiomorph |
Jun 21st, 2021 |
Familiar |
Jun 14th, 2021 |
Monsters |
Jun 7th, 2021 |
I Remember Everything |
May 31st, 2021 |
Slow |
May 24th, 2021 |
Look The Other Way |
May 17th, 2021 |
Ignite |
May 10th, 2021 |
The Magician |
May 3rd, 2021 |
Next Stop |
Apr 26th, 2021 |
Aliens |
Apr 19th, 2021 |
The Forest |
Apr 12th, 2021 |
Your Heart's Desire |
Apr 5th, 2021 |
Burrowers |
Mar 29th, 2021 |
Piety |
Mar 22nd, 2021 |
The Hotel |
Mar 15th, 2021 |
Regarding My Work |
Mar 8th, 2021 |
Justice System |
Mar 1st, 2021 |
DNR |
Feb 22nd, 2021 |
The PuzzleUpdated |
Feb 15th, 2021 |
The ArchministerUpdated |
Feb 8th, 2021 |
DiceUpdated |
Feb 1st, 2021 |
Reading TimeUpdated |
Jan 25th, 2021 |
AntisocialUpdated |
Jan 18th, 2021 |
Nine Mile BurnUpdated |
Jan 11th, 2021 |