THE OUTLIERS
Standalone tales born from creative freedom.
Intimate, exploratory pieces that wander beyond established series into new voices, new landscapes, and unexpected emotional terrain.
Three Regrets
Category: Short Story
Tone: Reflective • Tense • Human
Description: Three choices. Three consequences. Three regrets that refuse to fade. This short story traces the quiet aftermath of a decision made in haste — the kind that reshapes a life in silence rather than spectacle. Three Regrets is about the moments we replay when the world goes still, and the truths we only admit when no one’s listening.
A haunting, intimate portrait of accountability and the fragile line between forgiveness and self‑preservation.
Tuesdays at Gerard’s
Category: Flash Fiction Story
Tone: Warm • Bittersweet • Observational
Description: Every Tuesday, the same table waits — a ritual built on habit, hope, and the comfort of familiarity. Tuesdays at Gerard’s captures the quiet rhythm of two lives intersecting in a small café where time seems to pause. It’s a story about connection without confession, about the solace found in routine when everything else feels uncertain.
Tender, understated, and deeply human — a reminder that sometimes the smallest gestures carry the greatest weight.
Forbidden Things
Category: Flash Fiction Story
Tone: Lush • Dangerous • Intimate
Description: Desire doesn’t ask permission. It simply arrives — uninvited, undeniable, and impossible to ignore. Forbidden Things unfolds in the charged space between temptation and consequence, where every glance carries risk and every silence hides intent. It’s a story of boundaries crossed, secrets kept, and the price of wanting what we shouldn’t.
Seductive and unsettling, this standalone piece lingers like smoke long after the final line.