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Start with these three

Nine stories is a lot to walk into cold. These three are a good way in, and between them they show most of what Story Pebbles does. Pick whichever sounds like your kind of evening.

A girl in an orange coat facing a tall blue alien in a moonlit field of purple flowers

If you like science fiction · 13 min read

Midnight Bloom

A whole city catches alien fever and goes hunting for the prize money. One person thinks to look somewhere quiet instead. The longest and most ambitious story on the site.

A detective case file on a wooden desk with mugshot photos and handwritten notes

If you like a mystery · 10 min read

Blueberry Secrets

Backstabbed. Loser. Used. Of all the words she has been called, one stuck: framed. A murder case told from the inside.

A hand-drawn map of an aeroplane flying from New York to Italy

If you like something gentler · 10 min read

Spring in Italy

A spring break travel diary written by a nine-year-old narrator, from the flight all the way to the Trevi Fountain. Warm and funny and easy to fall into.

Then where?

If one of those landed, there are six more waiting, plus a whole published novel.