Bathroom Breaks & Bedtime Tales

Bathroom Breaks & Bedtime Tales

By Sevastian Winters and Brinley WintersFiction
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Bathroom Breaks & Bedtime Tales episodes

  • Performance Review [Fiction | Satire] by Sevastian Winters

    What happens when God gets called in for a performance review?In Performance Review, Sevastian Winters delivers a sharp, darkly satirical story imagining a universe where Heaven runs like a corporate office—and even the Almighty isn’t exempt from HR. Summoned before the Faith Transition Committee, God must face charts, data, and an uncomfortable question: in a world driven by science, progress, and human connection, is there still room for the divine?Blending biting humor with philosophical reflection, this story explores belief, power, and the unsettling possibility that gods may only exist for as long as humans need them.

    36 min
  • They Brought Water Cannons to a Freedom Fight [Fiction | Historical] by Sevastian Winters

    In 1963, thousands of Black children walked out of their classrooms and into history.Inspired by the real events of the Birmingham Children’s Crusade, this powerful story follows two young siblings who join a peaceful march for freedom—only to face police dogs, fire hoses, and a city determined to silence them.Through fear, courage, and the unbreakable bond between brother and sister, They Brought Water Cannons to a Freedom Fight captures a moment when the youngest voices in America forced the world to pay attention.Because sometimes the people who change history… are the ones the world least expects.

    13 min
  • Graduation Day [Fiction | Historical] by Sevastian Winters

    In the final hours of her life, a 105-year-old scholar reflects on a century of struggle, learning, and defiance. Born into slavery and determined to rise through education, she witnesses the transformation of a nation—and helps shape it. Inspired by the life of Anna Julia Cooper, this powerful historical story explores the enduring power of knowledge, courage, and the belief that teaching can change the world.

    19 min
  • The Extraction [Fiction | Thriller] by Sevastian Winters

    A fixer is hired to retrieve a missing young woman before a federal raid wipes a remote bayou compound off the map. But deep in the Louisiana swamp, the truth is far stranger—and far more dangerous—than anyone expected.As the clock ticks down and a charismatic preacher prepares his followers for something unthinkable, the mission becomes a question of survival… and of conscience.The Extraction is a dark neo-noir thriller set in the shadowed backwaters where faith, power, and desperation collide.

    17 min
  • Defeating Death [Fiction | Sci Fi] by Sevastian Winters

    He had the money.
    He had the power.
    And for fourteen billion dollars, Adrian Locke bought the one thing no man ever has—immortality.

    Or so he thought.

    When a revolutionary procedure promises to free him from the frailties of biology, Adrian awakens in a perfected body—stronger, sharper, untouchable. But perfection begins to glitch. A pulse where none should exist. A presence beneath the skin. A truth buried deep below the surface.

    Somewhere in the dark, something is still alive.

    Defeating Death is a chilling sci-fi thriller about vanity, control, and the terrifying cost of trying to outrun mortality.

    12 min
  • Log Out [Fiction | Sci Fi] by Sevastian Winters

    What if the game doesn’t end when you log out?

    When Lila tests a state-of-the-art immersive headset promising “a new way of living,” she expects an escape from her cramped apartment and rattling train tracks. What she gets is a kingdom at war, a prophecy with her name on it, and a world that feels far too real.

    At first, it’s just a game.

    Until it isn’t.

    As reality fractures and the line between player and character begins to blur, Lila must decide what’s real, what’s programmed, and whether escape is still possible.

    10 min
  • The Story Nobody Tells [Fiction | Historical] by Sevastian Winters

    Inspired by true events.History remembers legends.Newspapers print heroes and villains.But sometimes the truth belongs to the man history calls a traitor.In 1934, after a violent prison break at Eastham Farm, the fate of America’s most infamous outlaw couple was sealed. Months later, a quiet father would make a decision that changed everything.This is not the story of Bonnie and Clyde.This is the story of the man who helped end them — and why he says he had no choice.A historical literary drama told from the imagined perspective of Ivy Methvin, wrestling with loyalty, survival, and the cost of saving his son.Listen now — and decide for yourself.

    12 min
  • Patients Over Profit [Fiction | Thriller] by Sevastian Winters

    What happens when the people inside the system decide they’ve had enough?Daniel Kim works for a powerful healthcare corporation that treats patient care like a line item and human lives like negotiable expenses. For years, he’s tried to push for change from within. But when executives choose profits over people—again—Daniel realizes playing nice isn’t saving anyone.What begins as quiet frustration turns into something far more dangerous.Patients Over Profit: The Rebellion is a gripping corporate thriller about loyalty, risk, and the moment conscience outweighs career. In a world where denial codes can cost lives, one insider decides the system isn’t broken—it’s rigged.

    14 min
  • Truck 1177 [Fiction | Horror] by Sevastian Winters

    Some trucks shouldn’t be cleaned.

    When Martin Avery is told to prep truck 1177 for its next driver, it sounds like a routine end-of-shift job. The cab smells foul—wrong in a way he can’t explain—but a job is a job. He’s heard the rumors. Drivers who refuse to climb inside. Whispers. Shadows. Stories meant to scare new hires.

    He doesn’t believe in ghost stories.

    But once the door shuts behind him, the air changes.

    The darkness feels thick. The grime won’t come off. And something inside the cab does not want him there.

    Truck 1177 is a slow-burn supernatural horror story about isolation, dread, and the kind of evil that doesn’t chase you—it waits.

    14 min
  • Fixing Time [Fiction | Science Fiction] by Sevastian Winters

    In the year 2054, time travel isn’t a fantasy — it’s a job.

    Kate Bartley is a site technician for J.E.S.A.S., a powerful organization that sends specialists into the past to repair broken time machines and recover stranded personnel. The rules are strict. The surveillance is constant. And emotional attachments are forbidden.

    For years, Kate has followed every regulation.

    Until the day she’s told that someone she cares about is gone.

    What follows is a decades-spanning story of love restrained, loyalty tested, and the quiet, devastating cost of serving a system that claims it can fix time — but not everything.

    20 min

About Bathroom Breaks & Bedtime Tales

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Bathroom Breaks & Bedtime Tales is a collection of stories for rebellious souls looking for something raw and real to read. Did you feel that?