<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Nina Stories — new writing</title><description>New stories, serial parts, and devlogs from Nina.</description><link>https://ninasstories.com/</link><item><title>Writing choices that hurt to pick</title><link>https://ninasstories.com/blog/essay/writing-choices-that-hurt/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ninasstories.com/blog/essay/writing-choices-that-hurt/</guid><description>On branching dialogue, and why the best option in a story is the one the player is scared to tap.</description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>essay</category></item><item><title>Three timezones</title><link>https://ninasstories.com/stories/romance/three-timezones/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ninasstories.com/stories/romance/three-timezones/</guid><description>Good morning, good afternoon, and good night — all to the same person.</description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>romance</category><category>slow-burn</category><category>one-sitting</category></item><item><title>Read receipts, ghost typing, and other small lies</title><link>https://ninasstories.com/blog/devlog/read-receipts-ghost-typing/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ninasstories.com/blog/devlog/read-receipts-ghost-typing/</guid><description>Building the texture of texting — single ticks, deleted messages, and a typing bubble that never sends.</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>devlog</category></item><item><title>The blue door (preview)</title><link>https://ninasstories.com/stories/mystery/the-blue-door/part-2/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ninasstories.com/stories/mystery/the-blue-door/part-2/</guid><description>Inside, the hallway was longer than the building could possibly be.</description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>mystery</category><category>surreal</category><category>slow-burn</category></item><item><title>The last voicemail</title><link>https://ninasstories.com/stories/drama/the-last-voicemail/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ninasstories.com/stories/drama/the-last-voicemail/</guid><description>A short story in three messages, none of them answered.</description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>drama</category><category>epistolary</category><category>one-sitting</category></item><item><title>The blue door</title><link>https://ninasstories.com/stories/mystery/the-blue-door/part-1/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ninasstories.com/stories/mystery/the-blue-door/part-1/</guid><description>She&apos;d walked past it a thousand times. Tonight it was open.</description><pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>mystery</category><category>surreal</category><category>slow-burn</category></item><item><title>Seventeen missed calls</title><link>https://ninasstories.com/stories/mystery/seventeen-missed-calls/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ninasstories.com/stories/mystery/seventeen-missed-calls/</guid><description>A story told entirely by a lock screen at 3:47 a.m.</description><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>mystery</category><category>epistolary</category><category>one-sitting</category></item></channel></rss>