1990s stories, books, poems, and more

Amidst the explosive grunge scene in 1993 Seattle, Riley Brooks finds herself broken after an abusive relationship with her first love comes to an end. Struggling to put the pieces back together, she has a chance encounter with the friendly, but enigmatic Landon Cross one night at a bar, oblivious… Read More

Tags: depression, addiction, abusiverelationship, 90s, 1990s

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"It really doesn't take much to get immersed in your writing. I don't know why but it's something about the 90s that is so nostalgic even though ..." Read More

Happy Endings Are Not Real

By Usernameunclear1

Book / Romance

September 02, 2024

Divith Jones is an immortal psychopath, who murdered her mother at the age of 13, blaming it on suicide. Though, she doesn't blink an eye seeing her mother's corpse on the floor. While on the other hand, the gods are unhappy with it and curse her with immortality without her… Read More

Tags: sad, immortality, psychopath, heartbreaking, 1990s

FLASHBACK: A Look Back At VANIDADES Magazine 1990-1992

By Artic Wolf 1984

Book / Non-Fiction

June 05, 2024

A nostalgic look back at one of the Spanish speaking world’s most glamorous women’s magazine. This time it’s a look back at VANIDADES issues from 1990-1992. What fashion was hot? What celebrities were popular in 1990-1992? What films did we watch? This book is dedicated to people who love the… Read More

Tags: life, fashion, movies, glamour, 1990s

FLASHBACK TEEN MAGAZINE 1994

By Artic Wolf 1984

Book / Non-Fiction

November 28, 2023

A fun look back at the popular magazine TEEN. Here I recall the year 1994- from the articles, the fashion, the celebrity news and even the advertisements seen in TEEN magazine. I’ll go month by month when possible, using my own collection of magazines. This is a nostalgic look back… Read More

Tags: life, fashion, teens, articles, 1990s

AIDS Ribbons, the 1990s

By marta a

Poem / Romance

May 11, 2023

Tags: activism, city-life, 1990s

Nineteen Ninety Something and a Weird Thing Happened.

By Michelle Blower

Short Story / Other /

October 29, 2022

Shelves: 1

Enter the oblivion, the chaotic ramblings of a twenty-nothing sometime in the 1990s. Sift around the dregs in the aftermath of the hippie revolution. If 6 turned out to be 9, this is what you get. Float mindlessly in the aftermath of punk rock and where the smiley face of… Read More

Tags: drugs, party, homeless, rave, 1990s

Fashion in the 1990s ( through my eyes)

By Artic Wolf 1984

Book / Memoir

July 18, 2022

If you ever wondered what we folks wore in the 1990s ( in the US ) or if you just want to travel back in time to that decade that gave us such trends as grunge, retro and ultra baggy jeans, then let's go! Here I'll cover everything I saw… Read More

Tags: life, memories, fashion, trends, 1990s

The X-Files Strange Behavior A novel

By Rob73

Book / Science Fiction

July 02, 2021

Washington, DC, 1992 Dana Scully, a young twenty-six year old doctor, applies for the job on The X-Files, a top secret section of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, under Assistant Director Walter S. Skinner, to debunk the theories of Fox Mulder, a thirty year old Agent whose sister was abducted… Read More

Tags: science-fiction, tv, drama, cult, 1990s

A New Light

By MB13

Book / Fantasy

April 23, 2021

Comments: 3

For centuries, humanity across the world knew of dragons only through myths, legends, and folklore. As men continued to wage war on each other with increasingly sophisticated technology and scale, a new discovery would change Earth forever: DRAGONS EXIST. Years before the age of the Internet and all it brought… Read More

Tags: fantasy, book, dragon, allegory, 1990s

Unrequited

By CL Stone

Book / Young Adult

November 19, 2020

Comments: 3

Journal entries mixed with commentary tell the story (set in the 1990's) of Christy, a young girl who must navigate Junior High school and her first real crush on an older boy. This sets her into a series of friendships and romantic pitfalls that will forever shape who she becomes. Read More

Tags: romance, unrequited, crush, ya, 1990s

Sabrina The Teenage Witch Girl Magic

By Rob73

Book / Fan Fiction

September 15, 2020

Comments: 1

Massachusetts, 1996. Sixteen year old Sabrina Spellman is an American teenager who, on her 16th birthday, finds out that she is a witch thanks to her two Aunts. As a result, she finds out she can use magic, while taking care of her pet cat. The first Sabrina the Teenage… Read More

Tags: magic, girl, witches, teen-fiction, 1990s

The Floating Letter

By SimaQ.

Book / Romance

July 23, 2020

Comments: 1

In one night Rebecca's life changed. From being a maid to being the lady of the mansion. But what's the point when her heart is with someone else? Read More

Tags: romance, drama, 1990s

We Lived the 1990s

Book / Non-Fiction

February 14, 2019

Comments: 1

We Lived the 1990s is a flashback to another time, another reality and way of life. Here I'll recall some of the popular culture of the time, like what we watched on TV, what movies we saw and what music we listened to back in the decade when internet was… Read More

Tags: music, fashion, movies, trends, 1990s

George's Oddysee

By Z. Ute

Short Story / Commercial Fiction

April 20, 2017

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

Another writing exercise! This time I am writing from the perspective of a young child. This story is set in 1997, and it centres around the discovery of a certain PS1 game... Read More

Tags: boy, young, games, slice-of-life, 1990s

Fashion Trends of 1998

February 09, 2017

Shelves: 1

What styles of clothing were popular in the year 1998? It was nearing the end of a decade and new styles were popping up. Here I'll explore some of the many fashion trends that I recall seeing in magazines and in real life-mainly in women's fashion. Read More

Tags: fashion, trends, clothing, 1990s, 1998

Fashion Trends of 1995

December 18, 2016

What fashion was popular in the year 1995? Here I'll explore several styles that came to be popular in this fateful year. Read More

Tags: fashion, trends, looks, 1995, 1990s

Fashion Trends of 1994

December 08, 2016

This is a sort of memoir about the styles that I recall seeing back in the year 1994. Some of these trends were present in fashion magazines and catalogs back in 1994. By now fashion was changing-incorporating elements from the grunge scene that had come earlier. Read More

Tags: memories, fashion, trends, 1990s, 1994

Fashion Trends of 1992

December 08, 2016