Welcome to The Bear Den
My name is Birna Mellbin, and this site is where I put my writing, be it short stories or longer works. With any luck, you will find at least some of them to be interesting, amusing, or otherwise engaging. Writing has long been a passion of mine, and the ability to share my stories with the world means a lot to me (yes, I know it sounds pretentious, but I'm being sincere here, so sue me). Now, without further ado, welcome to The Bear Den. Enjoy your stay.
Notice: This website features ads provided by the Google AdSense™ advertising service. These ads use cookies to track your web traffic in an effort to provide more relevant advertisements. You can learn more about these cookies and how they're used here, here and here. The Reader Options on the Reader page also use cookies to store your settings. By using this site, you are agreeing to this placement and usage of cookies on your computer.
If you are using some form of ad blocking software, please consider adding thebearden.se as an exception. Thank you in advance.
I totally have an excuse.
07/06/2026
There's a totally valid reason for why this week's story is so short. It definitely isn't because I tired myself out by spending every available moment of free time out in the sun on my bicycle. Trust me.
As for why the story is made of pure, concentrated cynicism... Iunno. Don't really have an excuse for that one.
Some website trouble.
31/05/2026
Using an annoying workaround for now. Will look into it when I'm not quite so tired. For now, enjoy the new story.
Just some slightly unusual fantasy.
24/05/2026
I spent half the week on strong painkillers, so I just wrote whatever seemed easiest, TBH.
A bit earlier than usual this week.
17/05/2026
Thankfully. I need to get up at four thirty tomorrow, so I'm hoping to get to bed quite early.
Personal Experience.
10/05/2026
This week's story is about gamers and their tendency to break everything that can possibly be broken in a game. Which is a topic I know a lot about, since that's exactly how I play games.