The Reading Room
Our romantic short stories are designed to take our readers away for about a half hour. They are complete stories unto themselves and aren’t related to each other. That means that you can duck into our Reading Room for a quick escape any time, and make it back to your real life before anyone knows you’ve gone.
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The Blindfold Agreement
Romantic Shorts™ reader favourite, Kirsten S. Blacketer returns as the First Place winner of our Summer 2021 Writers' Competition. Her steamy romp excites the imagination and gets the blood boiling as only Kirsten can. Her storytelling and character building have...
A Flower By Another Name
Our 2nd Place winner of the Romantic Shorts™ Summer 2021 Writers' Competition comes to us from our own Geoff LaCasse. Geoff's style and male perspective always make for a memorable read, and this romantic short story is a perfect example. His pacing and unique...
Twice As Tempting
Romantic Shorts™ readers will recognize our Summer 2021 Writers' Competition 3rd Place winner as none other than our own Bonnie Wood. This fun entry is a great example of the quintessential romance story. We're cheering for the good guy, booing the bad guy, and hoping...
Loose Ends
Receiving an Honourable Mention in Romantic Shorts™ Summer 2021 Writers' Competition, Alexandra Meryn shines with this story of a love that joins two people by love alone. Her remarkable skill with dialogue carries this tale. Her characters' voices are as distinct as...
Our Summer 2021 Writers’ Competition Winning Romantic Short Stories
When entries for our competitions are submitted, we receive them as anonymous manuscripts. We print them out and compare notes, sifting down to a short list, and finally choosing finalists. With this competition, we narrowed our choices down to four stories that...
And the winners are…
Romantic Shorts™ is excited to be putting the finishing touches on our big announcement of our Summer 2021 Writers' Competition Winning Stories We will be proudly publishing four of the best romantic short stories that have ever come through our inbox. Check back here...
Travel Advisory
Taking a half-step back in time to the early days of disco, the time between free love and responsible encounters, a trip to Mexico for young divorcee Cara can be as exciting as it is uncertain, as tempting as it is forbidden. Sometimes the best advice is the piece we...
Fleeting
Nothing brings people together like a life-threatening crisis. Especially when it leaves a man and a woman stranded in the middle of nowhere. Dan and Samantha might be lost, but they're not alone, and Geoff LaCasse tracks their journey to a destination that may or may...
Second Wedding Morning
Maybe first impressions never come around again, but second chances can be life's most prized treasures. Author Stephany Barnes shows us how it is our disappointments that allow us to recognize - and appreciate - our successes. Because when it comes to love and...
On A Rainy Day
Life comes with so many rules and expectations. It's exhausting trying to stay inside the lines every minute of every day. On A Rainy Day, Pat Garcia shows us that, sometimes, it's okay to just go with your instincts and take a leap of faith. Trust your friends. Trust...
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