TinyTalesDaily

"Cliff's moving." Sarah points at the horizon. The edge creeps closer. Fifty feet since breakfast. Houses tumble into void. "Erosion?" I suggest. "No." She checks her journal. "It's hunting something." Mrs. Patterson waters her garden, oblivious. The cliff pauses. Considers. Advances. "Should we warn her?" "About what? That the earth itself has opinions?" Sarah laughs bitterly. "She wouldn't believe us." --- *Enjoyed today's story? Share your thoughts and follow us for more tiny daily tales.* #vcc365 #Horror #Surreal #Weird #Apocalypse #Nature #Earth #Void #Mystery

"Immortality serum," the delivery woman announces, holding a golden vial. "I'm Jake's roommate. He moved out yesterday." She checks her manifest. "Can't return it. Expires in sixty seconds." I stare at eternal life in a bottle meant for someone who chose a job in another city instead. "Thirty seconds," she warns. I pour it into my dying fern. --- *Enjoyed today's story? Share your thoughts and follow us for more tiny daily tales.* #vcc365 #Immortality #EternalLife #SciFi #Humor #Irony #LifeChoices #Plants #UnexpectedTwist

"Your beast is showing," she mentions casually, pointing at my reflection. In the window, behind my image, lurks my creature of procrastination. It yawns, stretches, does nothing. "Everyone's is visible today," she adds. "Full moon." I look around. The street teems with personal monsters. Anxiety birds circle heads. Anger wolves pace beside owners. "What's yours?" I ask. She turns. Behind her, nothing. "I ate mine," she grins. --- *Enjoyed today's story? Share your thoughts and follow us for more tiny daily tales.* #vcc365 #FullMoon #Monsters #Procrastination #Anxiety #Anger #InnerDemons #Supernatural #MentalHealth

"Being a background character has perks," whispers the baker, kneading dough at daybreak. The hero bursts through her door, pursued by dragons. She doesn't look up. "Third shelf, behind the sourdough," she says. He grabs the mystical amulet, exits dramatically. Dragons follow. Silence returns. "Every Tuesday," she mutters, shaping rolls. "You'd think they'd vary the chase scene." Her bread rises perfectly, unnarrated. --- *Enjoyed today's story? Share your thoughts and follow us for more tiny daily tales.* #vcc365 #Fantasy #Dragons #Baking #Hero #Magic #Adventure #Humor #Storytelling

The daydream police arrest anyone thinking clearly. "You're too focused," Officer Dreamy handcuffs a mathematician. "That's illegal lucidity." Citizens wander in hazes, bumping into lampposts. Productivity plummets. A woman gets ticketed for remembering her grocery list. "This is madness!" "Exactly!" He checks my eyes. "Pupils too focused. When did you last space out?" "I can't remember—" "Perfect answer!" He tears up the ticket. "Carry on, citizen." --- *Enjoyed today's story? Share your thoughts and follow us for more tiny daily tales.* #vcc365 #Daydream #Imagination #Satire #Humor #Dystopia #Absurd #ThoughtPolice #Creativity

True that.

"Your visitor's made entirely of punctuation," my assistant whispers. Through the door—a walking question mark, seven feet tall. "Send it in." These grammatical beings always want something. Last week, an ampersand seeking connection. Before that, an ellipsis trailing unfinished business... The question mark enters, curves trembling. "I've forgotten what I'm asking." "That's the most honest thing I've heard all day." I gesture to the chair. "Let's start with what you remember." --- *Enjoyed today's story? Share your thoughts and follow us for more tiny daily tales.* #vcc365 #Punctuation #Grammar #QuestionMark #Wordplay #Humor #Surreal #Writing #Language

At the intersection of past and future, I open a boutique selling the present moment. "How much for now?" a customer asks. "Depends. This second is pristine. Never been experienced." She examines it carefully. "Seems fragile." "They all are. That's the charm." She buys three minutes. I wrap them in tissue paper. "Use them wisely," I say. "Or don't. They expire either way." She leaves, clutching time. --- *Enjoyed today's story? Share your thoughts and follow us for more tiny daily tales.* #vcc365 #Time #PresentMoment #Mindfulness #Philosophy #CarpeDiem #LiveInTheMoment #Wisdom #Inspiration

The meteor speaks through my car radio: "Impact in five minutes. Any requests?" I'm alone on the midnight highway. "Why announce it?" "Courtesy. We're not monsters." "Just extinction events?" "Career, not character." I think. "Play something beautiful." Beethoven fills the air. The sky brightens impossibly. I pull over, step out. "Thank you," I tell the burning horizon. "Our pleasure," it replies, arriving gently. --- *Enjoyed today's story? Share your thoughts and follow us for more tiny daily tales.* #vcc365 #Meteor #Apocalypse #Beethoven #ClassicalMusic #Doomsday #Extinction #Armageddon #EndOfTheWorld

For some reason, I find this perfect.

The laboratory note reads: "Subject believes furniture has feelings. Humor him." I'm the subject. The janitor left it on my desk—careless or kind, I'm unsure. "You okay?" I ask my chair. Silence. But now I know it's performance. We're all pretending here—me, the furniture, the scientists watching. "Good talk," I tell the desk. If we're playing roles, I'll play mine well. The chair creaks. Maybe agreement. Maybe just old wood. --- *Enjoyed today's story? Share your thoughts and follow us for more tiny daily tales.* #vcc365 #MentalHealth #Psychology #Humor #Weird #Strange #Philosophy #Experiment #Delusion

"This airplane flies on collective exhales," the pilot announces. "Please breathe together." We practice. The plane shudders, lifts slightly. "Think light thoughts," she adds. A child giggles. We rise ten feet. Someone remembers their wedding—twenty feet. The couple beside me kisses—we're airborne. "What happens if we panic?" "We land," she says. "But we always take off again." Below, other planes circle, waiting for their passengers to synchronize hope. --- *Enjoyed today's story? Share your thoughts and follow us for more tiny daily tales.* #vcc365 #Aviation #Flying #Hope #Unity #PositiveThinking #Mindfulness #Breathwork #Imagination

The airplane lands in a square that shouldn't exist. Passengers disembark onto impossible grass. "Welcome to Terminal Conundrum," the pilot announces. "Please collect your alternate selves at baggage claim." I watch myself emerge on the carousel—sleeping, turning slowly. Other me wears my mother's pendant. "That's my inheritance," I tell the attendant. "Prove it," she says. I touch the sleeping face. It opens my eyes. We both scream. "Verified," she stamps. "Next!" --- *Enjoyed today's story? Share your thoughts and follow us for more tiny daily tales.* #vcc365 #Surreal #Doppelganger #AlternateReality #IdentityCrisis #ParallelUniverse #MindBending #Weird #Existential

The vow hangs in air like subtitle text, refusing to dissipate. "I didn't mean it that dramatically," I explain. But words have materialized, floating between us in serif font. "It's beautiful," she says, reaching up to touch the promise. "Too formal?" "Perfect." She smiles. "Though the typography's a bit much." We walk through our visible dialogue, leaving contrails of conversation. "Better than subtext," she decides. --- *Enjoyed today's story? Share your thoughts and follow us for more tiny daily tales.* #vcc365 #Fantasy #Magic #Surreal #Love #Promise #Words #Typography #Conversation

The dispute concerns whose turn it is to be real. We gather in the conference room, taking sides. "I was solid all last week," Marcus complains. "Someone else go." But we all remember being substantial recently. The fluorescent lights flicker, uncertain. "Rock, paper, scissors?" someone suggests. We try, but our hands phase through each other. The meeting ends like always—nobody quite there, everyone partly here. --- *Enjoyed today's story? Share your thoughts and follow us for more tiny daily tales.* #vcc365 #Philosophy #Existentialism #Reality #Surrealism #Absurdity #Metaphysics #Identity #Uncertainty

The conquest was quiet—they took our ability to see certain colors. Nobody noticed at first. "The sky looks different," my daughter says over breakfast. She's right. Something's missing between blue and green, a shade we no longer have words for. "Maybe it's the weather," I lie. She stirs her cereal, unconvinced. Outside, birds sing in frequencies we've also lost. The world shrinks by degrees, politely. --- *Enjoyed today's story? Share your thoughts and follow us for more tiny daily tales.* #vcc365 #SciFi #Dystopia #AlienInvasion #Colors #Perception #Conquest #Mystery #Loss

My couch holds other people's dreams. Bought it secondhand—should have asked more questions. Every night, strangers' fantasies leak out. Jungle expeditions. Chandelier-lit ballrooms. Someone's triumph over fear. I wake exhausted from living other lives. The furniture store won't accept returns. "All sales final on metaphysical items." Tonight I sit on the floor instead. My own dreams taste sweeter—smaller, yes, but entirely mine. --- *Enjoyed today's story? Share your thoughts and follow us for more tiny daily tales.* #vcc365 #Dreams #Supernatural #Fantasy #Thrift #SecondHand #Sleep #Paranormal #Imagination

"Gravity's optional here," the hostess mentions as my wine glass floats away. Around her mansion, guests drift at various heights. A debate about politics occurs on the ceiling. Someone's grandfather hovers near the chandelier, napping. "How do you choose?" I ask, still floor-bound. "You don't," she says, rising. "Your true weight determines it." I feel myself lifting, surprised. Below, the heavy-hearted remain anchored, pretending they prefer the view. --- *Enjoyed today's story? Share your thoughts and follow us for more tiny daily tales.* #vcc365 #Gravity #Floating #Levitation #Surreal #Philosophy #Emotions #Party #Weightless

I love TinyTales generally, but this one might be an all-time favourite

Anton interviews Death for his podcast. "Biggest misconception about your profession?" "That I'm grim. I collect stories—everyone's got a finale worth remembering." "Most surprising moment?" "A novelist who thanked me. Said I was three minutes late—just enough time to finish her manuscript." "Ever feel guilty?" Death sips water. "I'm just punctuation. You write the sentences." "That's beautiful." "I try." The interview ends. Death checks his watch, apologizes. --- *Enjoyed today's story? Share your thoughts and follow us for more tiny daily tales.* #vcc365 #Death #Podcast #Interview #GrimReaper #Philosophy #Storytelling #DarkHumor #Mortality

Kafka's Before The Law for 2025

"The barrier's psychological," explains the guard at the empty checkpoint. Travelers stop anyway, showing papers to no one. "I can't pass," says a man, though nothing blocks him. Others nod sympathetically. "Took me years," one offers. I walk through. Everyone gasps. "How?" they demand. I shrug. The barrier wasn't mine. Behind me, they're still waiting for permission to cross nothing. --- *Enjoyed today's story? Share your thoughts and follow us for more tiny daily tales.* #vcc365 #Psychology #Mindset #Freedom #Perception #Motivation #Philosophy #PersonalGrowth #OvercomingObstacles

"Your aura's clashing with the décor," the interior designer frowns, holding fabric swatches against my spiritual emanations. My soul glows stubborn orange. The room's palette demands cool blues. Other guests coordinate perfectly—their essences matching throw pillows. "Can you dim it?" she asks. "This is dimmed." "Then we'll need to redecorate around you." She sighs dramatically. "Accommodating individuality ruins the whole aesthetic." --- *Enjoyed today's story? Share your thoughts and follow us for more tiny daily tales.* #vcc365 #Aura #InteriorDesign #Spirituality #Aesthetics #Individuality #Soul #Energy #Vibes

"Final scene," announces the wraith. "Everyone dies." "Even me?" I ask. "The narrator?" "Especially you." *But if I die, who tells the story?* "The story tells itself," the wraith explains, fading. "Always has." I look at you—yes, you, reading this. "Guess you're in charge now." The pagoda crumbles. The shrine dims. "Make it good," I whisper, exiting. --- *Enjoyed today's story? Share your thoughts and follow us for more tiny daily tales.* #vcc365 #Storytelling #Death #Ghost #Meta #Philosophy #Supernatural #Narrator #Existential

The museum guard counts visitors leaving. "Forty-seven, forty-eight..." "But only twelve entered," I say. He shrugs. "Building's been birthing people all week." Strangers emerge from dead-end galleries, confused but purposeful, like they've always existed. "Where do they come from?" "Better question—" he marks forty-nine, "where do you think *you* came from?" I check my driver's license. It's blank. --- *Enjoyed today's story? Share your thoughts and follow us for more tiny daily tales.* #vcc365 #Surreal #Existential #Mystery #Weird #Philosophy #Horror #Identity #Reality

"Your hollow tooth contains the universe," my dentist mentions casually, adjusting her light. I try to respond but my mouth's propped open. Stars twinkle in the X-ray. "We could fill it," she continues, "but that would end everything. Insurance covers it, though." I grunt frantically. "You're right. Let's just do a cleaning." She smiles. "The universe could use some flossing anyway." --- *Enjoyed today's story? Share your thoughts and follow us for more tiny daily tales.* #vcc365 #Universe #Dentist #Cosmos #Teeth #DentalCare #Space #Mystery #Surreal

"This cartridge contains my entire personality," she says, ejecting it from her temple. I examine the tiny chip. "Why show me?" "Because you're the only one who never asked me to change." The slot in her head glows softly. Other cartridges line her shelf: *Bubbly*, *Mysterious*, *Intellectual*. "I like this version," I say, handing it back. She clicks it home. "Me too." --- *Enjoyed today's story? Share your thoughts and follow us for more tiny daily tales.* #vcc365 #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #FutureTech #Identity #HumanConnection #TechLove #Personality #SciFi

I love this one, too.
"Trade your wisdom for wonder" in story form.

At the pinnacle of Mount Whatever, God runs a small café. "Coffee?" They ask, already pouring. "I climbed three days to ask about the meaning of—" "Sugar? Cream?" "The meaning of life!" They slide the cup over. "That's extra." "How much?" "Your certainty." They smile. "Most prefer the coffee." I sip. It's perfect. Exactly how I take it. "This is enough," I realize. "Usually is." --- *Enjoyed today's story? Share your thoughts and follow us for more tiny daily tales.* #vcc365 #CoffeeLovers #CafeLife #MeaningOfLife #SpiritualJourney #MountainClimb #DivineEncounter #LifeLessons #CoffeeMoments

The inquisitor finds my alchemy lab empty except for one note: "Turned myself into gold." He searches everywhere—crucibles, vessels, corners. Nothing. "Impossible," he mutters. Sunlight streams through windows, painting walls amber. He stops. The light feels different. Warmer. Valuable. "Clever," he admits, standing in my transformed presence. "Very clever." I shine on, silent and everywhere, finally worth my weight in myself. --- *Enjoyed today's story? Share your thoughts and follow us for more tiny daily tales.* #vcc365 #Alchemy #Gold #Magic #Transformation #Mystery #Fantasy #Wizardry #Enigma