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Written by Robert Roose, Support Services Director at Spokane Public Library

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Education is key (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) by threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to c/harrypotter
 
 
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submitted 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) by jaiden@sh.itjust.works to c/shortstories
 
 

It's a spring day. Everything is green out, and outside is warm with just enough breeze. All in all, a perfect May day.

One thing in particular, though, makes May an even more perfect day. Today, May 12, 2026, marks the ten-month anniversary of my relationship with my girlfriend Luna Maxwell-Flores.

And today, I'm walking with my special woman, hand-in-hand with her. I thought I loved everything about her when she was a freshman, I a sophomore, but that love only grew stronger once I got to know her. I love the way the sunlight reflects off her black hair, the way her blue streak is situated perfectly on her bangs, the way her round glasses seem to perfectly frame her chocolate eyes, her entire face. The way her hand fits with mine like a puzzle piece.

I stare at her, trying to fit her entire image in my mind, all the way down to her black tank top, her light, comfortable black shorts, and the white Nikes she's been wearing since I saw her again when she walked into Java Delight, the café I work at.

We walk uphill, stopping to sit down at a cedar bench, our fingers still intertwined.

Luna rests her head on my shoulder, moving her free hand to my knee. "Isn't the view wonderful?"

I look over the hill and nod. Green all around me. People walking and talking, having fun. People are at peace here.

"You're my favorite person, Jaiden," says Luna.

And I can't help but smile. "You are, too, Luna."

Over the hill, a blurry figure with curly black hair, dark skin, a black leather jacket, and jean shorts approaches.

"Looks like someone else wants to join us," Luna comments.

As he gets closer, I notice his face is... familiar. But who is it? Oh... that's right! Cameron.

Cameron, now twenty, was a guy I dated, and later broke up with last year. Before Luna came around.

"Is this...?" she mouths. I nod.

"Cameron," I say.

"Jaiden! I wanted to speak to you, if you don't mind."

Silence for a bit.

"Go ahead." I stand up.

"Look." He sighs. "I was wrong. Wrong... about a lot of things."

"Damn right you were!" Luna chimes in. "You hurt Jaiden. You said you didn't want her."

Cameron chuckles. "Oh, that's so like Jaiden to tell you that. I was nineteen. A teenager. As a twenty year old, I can tell you that I was an insecure teenager, not in the right headspace."

"I'm sure you haven't changed since last year." She crosses her arms.

Cameron ignores her. "If we can get past this without your little friend chiming in, then maybe we can get down to business. I've been thinking about you, Jaiden, a lot. Especially those beautiful blue eyes I used to look at so frequently, your kissable pink lips and your rosy cheeks."

I felt a bit nauseous. "Yeah, we haven't seen each other in over a year and we're not even dating. Please don't talk like that."

"But... we will be dating. Hopefully." He smiles sheepishly in a way that almost makes me feel sorry for the guy.

"Yeah, no." Luna steps in again, grabbing my hand. "She's mine."

I find my voice and nod. "That's right, Cameron. We will not be getting to know each other again, not like that. I'm taken."

Cameron shakes his head. "Wha...her...noooo. I didn't think it was like you to like girls."

"What does that even mean?" Luna whispers to me. I shrug.

He starts laughing. At first, just a soft chuckle. Then, it gets louder. "Of course. Jaiden has another partner now."

"One that loves her," says Luna.

"One that wants me," I reply.

The laughter subsides and he walks off. Luna and I are left to hold hands and enjoy the weather while the flowers and our love blossom.

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I have written a thousand iterations of this story. Including poems, short stories in different genres just exploring the same theme. I have settled with this simplistic version finally, although I'm happy with the idea behind it I'm still not haply with the execution.

Very difficult emotionally for me to post this, as I just want to keep this close to my heart and not publish it but here goes ig.

Essentially a lacanian analysis of desire. Nada ofc means nothing, but also the name of my own first crush (the story is entirely fictional). I actually secretly wish she sees it someday.

The response to this version by friends has been overwhelmingly negative, and I know it reads more like a reddit post than an actually good story but I can't put more effort into this lol. This version was completed about 2 years ago, only just posting it.

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cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/42214816

(I’m not too good at writing)

Here I stand behind the counter of Java Delight, the local café in my town, Oakburn. It’s my first, and so far, only job. I started working at age 16 and all my friends thought it an honor to work there.

I pull out my phone to look presentable even when I’m getting tired. It is midnight already, after all, and the store’s about to close in 45 minutes.

I run my fingers through my hazelnut-colored hair, the blue-gray eyes of my reflection staring back at me. I pinch my pale skin a little to give less of an impression that I’m really tired and to give some color to my cheeks.

Suddenly, I hear the bell ring, as it does each time a new customer enters. A young woman, or girl, around my age comes through the door. She has tan skin, waist-length, straight black hair with a blue streak in her bangs, and round glasses that sort of give her a cute nerdy vibe. She also wears a blue hoodie, black leggings, and white Nikes that give her a comfortable sort of look. I don’t think I’ve seen her in Oakburn before.

“Just a mocha, please.”

“One mocha coming right up.”

I turn around to prepare the drink.

“…Jaiden.”

I whip around again. “Yes?”

“It really is you.”

I squint my eyes at her. “…What?”

“We went to school together.”

I turn around to finish adding all the stuff. “I don’t remember you, though.”

She sighs, walking over to the end of the counter. “Ah, I thought you wouldn’t. I’m Luna. Luna Maxwell-Flores.”

“Luna Maxwell-Flores??”

I walk over to the end of the counter and give her the drink, feeling stupid. How could I forget my sophomore crush?

Luna looked different back then, but I suppose a lot could change in three years. Her hair was shorter, pure black, and she didn’t wear glasses. I’ve always been faceblind, so I suppose even those changes threw me off. She was cute then, and I must say, even cuter now.

I wonder if she’s just as nerdy… I clear my throat. No. Stay focused. She’s not your nerdy high school crush. She was your customer.

Rather than leave, Luna decides to stay and talk, I suppose until someone comes in again.

“I haven’t seen you in Oakburn.”

She shrugs. “I moved to the neighboring town, Pineview.”

“Ahhh. How is it?” I can’t find anything good to talk about or respond with.

“It’s good.” She fidgets a little. “A lot of trees and stuff. Pine trees.”

“Ah.” My face gets a little warm. She seems just as awkward as I am, maybe slightly less, but obviously cuter than I remember.

Silence.

Luna looks away, playing with her hands and tapping her foot.

I look away, too, a slight warm feeling rising in my chest.

“I, uh…” She starts to speak. “I should get going now. It’s already 12:30.”

She digs in her pocket, handing me a folded strip of paper. “Here.”

I wave. “Bye.”

She leaves, I get ready for closing time, and I unfold the paper.

“555-6789”.

I would definitely text her in the morning. Or well, in several hours.

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I'll go first....

Bela Talbot, a thief...

No...

"A Great thief" I hated her at first but started loving her later...

She was witty and gorgeous 😍😍😍 wish she stayed for few more seasons. 😢

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I'll go with these 4.

• I really liked Missouri. I can't say I loved her cause she wasn't on the show enough for me to feel like that but I would've really enjoyed to see more of her. Especially in the first seasons, I could see her establish a pretty good dynamic with Sam, helping him understand his psychic powers more. I think she could've been a really good parental figure to both of them. And she cracked me up sm so why not lol.

• Henriksen was probably one of the characters that had the most potential imo. He was interesting, he stood his ground and he could've done so much more. I always thought that it would've been cool for them to have someone like him as a friend, to help them with the law. They really wasted his character.

• Where do I even start with Kevin. He had such a sad story and deserved better but other than that he also had sm potential to be a really good character. He already was to me tbh, I really loved him and bawled my eyes out when he died, but he definetly could've been even better. The writers did him dirty and I'll never forgive them for it.

•I know many ppl hate Gadreel so I think this is an unpopular opinion. I think he was a very compelling character and I wish we could've seen more of him. He did bad things but his intentions weren't bad. At the end of the day he was just another manipulated angel that thought he was doing the right thing. He has a lot of history if you think about it, especially with Lucifer, so getting rid of someone like him so soon was really a shame imo. I would've loved to see him interact with Lucifer in s11 for the first time in who knows how long. He could've had a great redemption arc (unlike some unrealistic redemptions that some characters had) and could've been a good ally. I don't hate him for what he did tbh, I actually feel bad for him, I only hate Metatron.

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Yes, I do know of unscary ghosts.

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The distribution of magic schools across the world, according to JK Rowling.

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Amy Pond? (self.supernatural)
submitted 6 days ago by Teknevra to c/supernatural
 
 

How do y'all feel about Dean going behind Sam's back to kill the girl that had saved his life in the past by stabbing her own mother to death?

I mean, granted she is a kitsune that feeds off pituitary glands, but she was a mortician and making it work by feeding off the dead.

As she told Sam, she only needed to take a couple fresh ones for her dying son and swore off any future slayings.

Doesn't it seem a bit hypocritical of him, considering his friendship with Benny the vampire later on and expecting Sam to just be okay with that, not to mention subversive (he couldn't even bring Amy up to Sam during the next episode where he's on trial by Osiris for all the guilt in his heart)? Also, there was never a follow-through with her son who claimed he was going to kill Dean.

Instead we got Cole 😂

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submitted 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) by Teknevra to c/supernatural
 
 

Season 1 episode 22, this dialogue hit me.

Dean: "He’d be furious."
John (Possessed by Azazel): "What?"
Dean: "That I wasted a bullet. He wouldn’t be proud of me, he’d tear me a new one. You’re not my Dad."


I'm sure this fact has been done to death, but the fact that Dean, who as he put it "knows his father better than anyone else alive" recognized the fact John was possessed because Azazel-in-John's-body told Dean "I'm proud of you" is absolutely heartbreaking.

And there are so many other moments in the end of S1 episodes where you see how demeaning John's language is to them, and Dean especially--

"Touch up your car. It's starting to rust. I wouldn't have given you the damn thing if I knew you were going to ruin it."

"I'm not a huge fan of your new tone."

"You disobeyed a direct order."


I understand that John had to do what he had to do to ensure Sam and Dean survived in a world where he had good reason to believe monsters were after his children and himself.

Some of what he did was harsh but somewhat understandable if John imagines himself living in a somewhat apocalyptic wild-west type world with unchecked evils coming fro them.

But there's absolutely no reason why, in that scenario, he couldn't have ensured he told his boys he was proud of them, praised their accomplishments, ensured that they knew even when they made mistakes, they were still valued and loved.


Moments like this make me understand why at times Dean and Sam both say incredibly harsh and hurtful things to one another.

John was neglectful at best and abusive at worst in his language towards them.

They emulated that sometimes in their treatment of each other, but at least both Dean and Sam seemed to know how to apologize--something John was pretty garbage at.

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submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by Teknevra to c/supernatural
 
 

Jensen said that he does not know if they will ever be able to hang it up, so a chance to start again exists.

He talked about parallel universes and resurrections.

He said that if they are going to come back they want the full cast. Now that they have Jack as God anything is possible

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