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786 Web Stories has 13000+ pieces across stories, journals, essays, and letters. This page is your map. We’ve sorted everything by mood, theme, and what kind of reader you are today β€” so you spend less time scrolling and more time reading something that actually stays with you.

The mood test

How are you feeling right now?

Pick your mood and we’ll show you exactly what to read first.

Lighter Notes
If I Could Change One Law, It Would Be the Mandatory Nap Act
Productivity would rise. Arguments would drop. Humanity wins.
Lighter Notes
Still Loading: The Unauthorized Biography of a Professional Overthinker
Big dreams, delayed decisions, and unlimited overthinking. A relatable biography.
Lighter Notes
Have You Ever Intentionally Broken the Law?
A confession from a highly functional, socially acceptable criminal. (Terms & conditions: everyone qualifies.)
Lighter Notes
The Hobbies We Didn’t Quit, We Just Put on Silent Mode
About the things we loved and quietly stopped replying to.
Lighter Notes
What You Do First After Getting Amazingly Fantastic News
Great news doesn’t arrive politely. It arrives and immediately rearranges your brain.
Children’s Stories
The Little Frog and the Giant: A Tale of Being Yourself
A young frog learns a hard lesson about vanity β€” gently, with kindness.
Children’s Stories
Leo and Mika’s Big Adventure
A tiny mouse shows that courage and kindness are stronger than size.
Romance Β· Fiction
Still, We Didn’t Say It
Two hearts collide through years, cities, and silence. A slow-burn that lingers.
Lighter Notes
Valentine’s Day: The Annual Festival of Love, Expectations, and Slight Panic
When love feels grand, chocolate gets expensive, and quiet people become emergency poets.
Lighter Notes
The Dream Home That Secretly Runs on Tea and Daydreams
Where sunlight behaves politely and even the walls seem to cheer you on.
Children’s Stories
When the Path Waited for Luma
True success is not about speed, but about focus, patience, and finishing what you begin.
Children’s Stories
The Day Mira Spoke Without Raising Her Voice
Courage does not require loudness β€” only honesty.

The pieces readers keep coming back to

These are the stories that stuck. The ones that got forwarded, re-read, and quoted in messages to friends.

How to navigate 786 Web Stories

1
Choose a section, not a category
Don’t get lost in menus. Think about your mood first β€” funny, thoughtful, nostalgic, or soft β€” and go straight to the right section. Lighter Notes for laughs, Stories for fiction, Journal for depth.
2
Use the Reading Path above
The mood selector was built to save you 10 minutes of scrolling. Pick a feeling, get a recommendation. Start with one piece before exploring further.
3
Subscribe early
New stories come out regularly, and the most interesting ones don’t always show up on the homepage. The newsletter is where nothing gets missed.
4
Come back in a different mood
786 Web Stories is a site you’ll experience differently depending on where you are in life. A piece that doesn’t land today might be exactly right in three months. Bookmark it.
Suggested Reading Path
Start with Lighter Notes
Low commitment, high reward. Pick any title that makes you smile.
Then try a Children’s Story
They’re short, honest, and carry more weight than you’d expect.
Move into the Journal
Once you know the voice, the personal writing hits differently.
Save the Romance for a quiet evening
“Still, We Didn’t Say It” deserves your full attention.

Who writes this?

786 Web Stories is written by Khuram Waqas β€” someone who writes about naps, heartbreak, frog fables, and the quiet comedy of being alive, often in the same week. The site runs on curiosity, a decent cup of tea, and the belief that the right story at the right moment can genuinely change a day.

With 1,000+ subscribers and 13000+ stories published, this is a growing archive of the human experience β€” funny, soft, and occasionally a bit too honest.

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1K+ Subscribers
13000+ Stories
6 Sections
∞ Naps Advocated
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