Featured Stories of the Week
Smelly Lessons in Life
When I was about 5 my mum had a demonstration of what you would call my "child's honesty". We got on a bus and took a seat. ...
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Helium balloon mishap
I can remember being at a birthday party and having my first helium balloon experience. I was having a whale of a time, sucking out the gas and maki...
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Kenyan Sweaters
When I was in college, I had the opportunity to make friends with a variety people. My favorites were the friends I made from the continent of Africa. ...
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Why is it called bytestories?
This is a place for "byte-sized" stories and there is a 1500 character (about 250 words) limit for two main reasons. Firstly, we want you to know that "War and Peace" isn't required to leave your mark. Secondly, it takes about 2 minutes to read each story meaning you can head here whenever you want a quick (and entertaining) read.