r/shortstories↗
Short Stories
This is a place to submit your original short stories and be part of a community of writers.
116k subscribers607 posts / mo in Sep 2026421 authors / mosince 2008
r/shortstories has 116k members (+15% over the last 12 months). It gets about 607 posts a month from 421 people. Top topics: Sci-Fi Chapters, Forest Tales and Doorways and Rooms.
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Share of the subreddit's posts
- Sci-Fi Chapters1.3%
- Forest Tales1.2%
- Doorways and Rooms0.9%
- Death and Afterlife0.8%
- Small Town Mysteries0.8%
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Most-mentioned brands and sites, last 12 months
- Substack
- WordCounter
- Medium
- Wattpad
- Royal Road
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