It's not necessarily what I come here for, but I think it could be interesting, at least if you can tag things. Not necessarily for content, but for series being able to find the other posts would be nice. Maybe for series you start it off with an editable master post that you link to and edit every time?
this post was submitted on 22 Jan 2026
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Yes, but there are quite a few communities that cover this already, e.g. !shortstories@literature.cafe.
Yes I'm interested in reading short stories.
Yes, totally. Maybe on the literature cafe instance? Short stories and creative writing is one of my favourite things on the internet
Short stories are very popular
Ao3 (Archive of Our Own) exists for people who want to read stories. People come to Lemmy (and sites like it) to interact.
One suggestion would be to make interactive stories. Have someone post a chapter with a poll or ask what a character or characters should do next. Whichever numbers or arguments win the author over determine, or help determine where the story goes. Communities like AskOuija (not sure if I spelt that correctly) do a similar thing on a much smaller scale.
Writing is kind of a big, busy task. If someone were only expected to write a chapter or a short chapter at a time and let people vote on the stories they care about, someone whose story got no traction would have no obligation to continue. Or they could try again with another story. You could even offer writing prompts (or just cross-post them from a community dedicated to them).
Ao3 (Archive of Our Own) exists for people who want to read stories. People come to Lemmy (and sites like it) to interact.
Well, the concept of communicating here is a little strange... But this place is still better than the discord that is watching you.
I'm interested.
Can't speak for others, but you can't know until you give it a go.
Go for-it. (Or even share link to a "centralized platform") we need more content here
+1 from me.
Then she said "I don't know."