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Notd is a revolutionary publishing network: a go-to source for unbiased news, podcasts, newsletters, poetry, and more.
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Welcome to a daily adventure where creativity knows no bounds. Telling Stories is a challenge to keep the storyteller’s voice alive and speaking, inviting you to join in a journey of imagination, magic, and connection. Each day, a new short story unfolds, drawing from a blend of old traditions and fresh inspiration. With the flicker of a candle and the flow of a quill, we create worlds, one chapter at a time. Let the stories guide you through mysterious realms, warm moments, and unexpected twists. Join me in keeping the art of storytelling vibrant, alive, and ever-evolving....
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The Retreat
Aug 23, 2026
At sixty-five, he’s doing pretty well, despite the aching knees, stubborn back, and occasional battle with remembering why he walked into a room. Then he discovers an impossibly exclusive wellness retreat hidden deep in the mountains, where the rules are strict, the security is unsettling, and one secluded lake promises something money shouldn’t be able to buy. He’s spent plenty on ridiculous things before, but this may be the first luxury experience that actually delivers the impossible.
Symptoms
Aug 21, 2026
Something is wrong with her body. The burning beneath her skin won’t stop. Her teeth ache, her nails hurt, headaches come without warning, and every round of medical tests brings more questions than answers. Desperate for relief, she retreats to a quiet cabin beside a remote mountain lake, hoping rest and solitude might help. But as the moon grows full and a mysterious stranger appears with a cryptic promise, she begins to wonder if what she has been calling an illness might be something else entirely.
Bus Stop
Aug 20, 2026
A man facing the worst moment of his life has just lost his job while his seriously ill son needs the medical coverage his family is about to lose. Then two mysterious strangers offer him very different ways forward. One promises to fix everything. The other gives him nothing but a bus ticket and a choice. What waits at the bus stop may not be the miracle he was hoping for, but sometimes the answer we need isn't the one that saves us. It's the one that gives us the chance to save someone else.
Evidence
Aug 19, 2026
Alicia has just been murdered by the man who promised to love her, all for an inheritance he couldn’t wait to collect. There’s only one problem with his carefully planned crime: Alicia has died before. Many times. She knows how to begin another life, and she has no intention of wasting eternity on revenge. But justice? That’s another matter entirely. And before Alicia disappears, she has one final gift to leave behind: evidence.
The Book
Aug 18, 2026
For centuries, an old book has passed from one pair of hands to another, carrying its stories into the lives of the lonely, the adventurous, the grieving, and the hopeful. It remembers every touch, every tear, every laugh, and every person who found something they needed within its pages. But as the world changes and fewer hands reach for its worn leather cover, the book begins to understand a human feeling it has witnessed countless times but never experienced itself: loneliness. Perhaps all it needs is one more reader.
Something Is Waiting
Aug 17, 2026
She has never been much of a dreamer. While everyone else seems to have a passion, a purpose, or some great idea of who they’re meant to become, she has always been content simply living her life. Then a strange old woman places an ancient coin in her hand and tells her to go to the lake after dark. What waits there shouldn’t exist, but for the first time in her life, she desperately wants to know what happens next.
Welcome Back
Aug 15, 2026
Cataloging the private library of a wealthy historian should have been just another assignment. Then one ancient book refuses to leave her thoughts. Its symbols belong to no language she recognizes, its pages hold impossible worlds, and when touched with a bare hand, its illustrations come alive. Curiosity tells her to keep exploring. Common sense tells her to walk away. But some books aren't waiting to be read. They're waiting for the right person to find them.
The Assignment
Aug 14, 2026
Every assignment begins the same way: wake in the capsule, face the Committee, receive the evaluation, and get sent out again. This time, the scores are excellent except for one persistent problem: connection. So the Committee designs an assignment specifically to teach a highly successful but emotionally challenged traveler how to love and be loved without expectation. There’s just one small detail they forgot to mention about the next trip to Earth.
The Feedback Trap
Aug 14, 2026
Feedback can be one of a creator’s greatest tools and one of the hardest things to hear. When our stories, films, songs and art come from somewhere deeply personal, even helpful criticism can land differently than intended. So how do we remain open to the feedback that helps our craft grow without allowing every opinion to reshape our creative voice? Let’s talk about listening, filtering, feeling all the feelings, and remembering one important truth: feedback is information, not instruction.
It’s Just a Game
Aug 14, 2026
It was supposed to be another ridiculous challenge between friends. Sneak through the gates of the mysterious mansion outside town, leave a bottle at the front door, take a picture to prove you did it, and come back. Simple. Except the gate opens on its own, every photograph comes back wrong, and suddenly no one is laughing anymore. After all, it’s just a game... right?