Lori A. A.

Joined November 2025

124 stories

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Writer, Teacher exploring identity, human behavior, and life between cultures.

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The Memory of All Things
Nothing ends the way we think it does. It only leaves the version of the world where we can still see it. A word spoken once
By Lori A. A.about 2 hours ago in Poets
Twenty Years Later, He Knocked
The knock was soft. Not the kind that belongs to someone who still lives there but the kind that waits, unsure if it should be answered.
By Lori A. A.about 2 hours ago in Poets
When You Came Back, I Didn’t
You didn’t knock differently. Same voice. Same softness. Same way you said my name like it still belonged to you. And for a second,
By Lori A. A.about 20 hours ago in Poets
You Can’t Go Back the Same
I didn’t expect it to feel like this. I thought going back home would feel like stepping into something warm, something waiting;
By Lori A. A.about 21 hours ago in Poets
The Fourth Door. Honorable Mention in The Rule Everyone Knows Challenge.
A young man moves into a quiet house with one unspoken rule: never answer the wrong door. But when something begins knocking each night, he learns that survival depends on understanding what no one will explain.
By Lori A. A.9 days ago in Fiction
The Most Dangerous Ambition Is the One You Never Questioned
I used to think ambition was automatically a good thing. If you were ambitious, you were disciplined. Focused. Going somewhere.
By Lori A. A.10 days ago in Critique
The Version of Me That Stayed
I met the version of me who waited too long and realized fear doesn't stop your future, it quietly shapes it. I didn't recognize the city at first.
By Lori A. A.10 days ago in Journal
2026 So Far: A Little Progress, A Little Chaos, A Lot of Thinking
There's something strange about how quickly a year begins to feel real. One minute, it's January. Fresh energy, clear intentions and a sense that this time, things will finally align.
By Lori A. A.11 days ago in Humans
Before You Judge Someone, Read This Story
If you saw a man leave his wife behind in a sinking ship so he could save himself, what would you call him? Be honest. You wouldn't ask for context first.
By Lori A. A.19 days ago in Critique
Where I Kept Her
When the woman he loves vanishes, Daniel is left with fragments - unfinished sentences, strange notes, and a growing sense that her absence isn’t as complete as it should be.
By Lori A. A.23 days ago in Fiction
Confessions
A man begins therapy, trying to make sense of a growing unease he cannot name. But as his words unfold, it becomes clear that what he is “remembering” may not belong to the past...
By Lori A. A.23 days ago in Fiction
The Sound of a Door That Never Opens
It begins with a sound no one else hears - the careful turning of a door handle in an empty hallway. What follows is not fear, but the quiet sense that something is waiting to begin.
By Lori A. A.24 days ago in Fiction