The Story Merchant

is a story portal--a free marketplace and clearinghouse for finding, perfecting, and telling stories to audiences all over the world. We have planned the site to grow gradually, with our expertise in storytelling—and with your stories and love of stories.

Favorite stories—funny stories—tall tales—twice-told tales--the greatest stories—stories that have changed the world—fairy tales—witching tales--his stories—her stories—true stories—fantastic stories—short stories—endless stories--inspirational stories—redemptive stories—moral stories--heroic stories—incredible stories--inside stories—shocking stories—behind-the-scenes stories—fish stories--secret stories—sexy stories—shaggy dog stories--even stories about stories--the story of the human race is the story of stories. The implied question in every stranger’s greeting: "What is your story?

Stories come at us from all media, and all directions: television and film, books, poems, the web, comic books, cartoon strips, religious texts, speeches—and especially from dreams and visions that fill humanity with every emotion along the spectrum from hope to horror.

The Story Merchant site celebrates explores those stories, and assists storytellers in getting their stories told to a world more eager for them than ever before.

We are here to help storytellers of all kinds, and waiting for your stories and your suggestions.

How to submit stories