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.
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Possibly very stuck.
27/09/2026
As I wrote this week's story, it struck me that the way I'm giving titles to these stories would potentially allow me to write up to 28 entries in the series. And that thought didn't seem ridiculous to me. So...
Of course, if I actually end up going anywhere near that long, I'm probably going to move these things into the 'Longer Stories' section. We'll see how things shake out.
We're stuck with it now.
20/09/2026
I had WAY too much fun thinking about the setting of last week's short story, so now it's a series.
Location matters.
13/09/2026
A lot of the 'contemporary' stories I write could realistically be set in lots of different places with little alteration. But I honestly can't imagine this week's story being set anywhere other than Japan.
Thing posted.
06/09/2026
Now I sleep.
A snapshot, if you will.
30/08/2026
Sometimes I just want to write a single moment in time and the emotions accompanying it. I'm not sure how interesting other people find these things, but when I go back to read my old work year later, these ones are among the ones I enjoy the most.