The New Toy Novels & Stories

"Hey, buddy! I've got a special gift for you from my trip. Guess what it is?" Aaron's eyes sparkled with curiosity, and he started to bounce up and down in Jackson's arms. "I don't know! Tell me! Tell me!" Jackson chuckled and set Aaron down, pulling out a small, colorful package from his pocket. "Okay, okay. I got you a special toy from the city I visited. It's a little robot that can move around and make sounds." Aaron's eyes went wide as he took the package from Jackson, tearing off the wrapping paper to reveal the toy inside. "WOW! Thank you, Jackson! I love it!"

Roman popped the trunk, and that’s when the chaos began. From the depths of the car, Rhett pulled out a massive, shiny red toy car. He grinned, his eyes sparkling with excitement as he held it up for me to see. “Mum, look! I got a new car!” he said, beaming. I scoffed, shaking my head. “Oh, you’ve got to be kidding me.” Before I could process the sheer size of Rhett’s new toy, Ruby emerged, dragging an equally enormous dollhouse. The pastel Blue structure had tiny shutters, a miniature roof, and what looked like a fully furnished interior visible through the windows.

Next to him sat his friend, Archie, who was busily trying to build a giant wall out of plastic buckets. Toby held a small red toy truck, rolling it over the edge of the sandbox. “Vroom, vroom," Toby made low engine noises with his mouth, pushing the truck up a pile of dirt. "Look, Archie! My monster truck is climbing the big mountain!" Archie didn't look up, smashing a plastic bucket down onto the sand. "My castle is bigger. It’s for the dinosaurs." "Trucks can smash dinosaurs," Toby declared proudly, making his truck jump through the air and land right next to Archie’s feet.

I answered. "Oh, I'm sorry Mrs. Fortalejo. My bad." Drake answered while walking inside the playroom and sat on the couch. "Come on kids, don't fight, okay? Look, I bought you guys a new toy!" He said and showed them a plastic wand. "Yey! A wand! Daddy can we use this for our powers?" Tiacia asked looking at his dad innocently.

I strolled past him, humming a tune under my breath, and left the building without another glance. Outside, my heart pinched when I saw the remains of my old bike in the trash. Rhea’s handiwork. That bike had been my faithful partner through rainstorms, late-night errands, even one minor accident where I swore it had saved my life. And now? Murdered. But right next to its corpse stood my shiny replacement: a brand-new bike, delivered straight from the heavens of online shopping. Sleek, glossy, smelling like fresh plastic and freedom. I ran my hand lovingly along the handlebar. “Don’t worry,” I whispered. “I’ll learn to love you too.”

“I’d heard you were in lockup for a while. Sounds like you had a rough time there.” “It was the worst, yeah,” said Eva. “I got stabbed so many times.” “And also the best,” added Miko. “I learned so very much.” The Toymaker laughed at their youthful exuberance. “Tell me more,” he said. “I like to live vicariously through my best contractors.” “Maybe you oughta watch our ‘Cast,” said Eva. As they gave a brief recollection of their time at the Empire, he placed the last few parts of his toy, tightened it down, and closed it up. It resembled a little jackal, curled up in a golf-ball sized orb.

asked Hanson. "Yeah," Andy nodded. "It can fly if you press that button on it's chest there—" "Perfect!" the man exclaimed. Andy was already feeling uncomfortable with the discussion. Hanson picked the contraptions he'd dropped on the bed and placed it at the back of the toy. What Andy saw next was astounding. The eyes, and ring on the toy's chest, turned on automatically, like the headlights of a car. Then the toy began to flex its joints. "Hi, Lucy," said Hanson.

This wasn’t about memories—it was about ending things properly. Then, my steps halted at the toy section. I knew it was silly, but I just stood there, staring at the shelves filled with toy cars, dinosaurs, and light-up robots. My gaze landed on a large box: the Transformer X-10. The toy Noah had been asking for the past few months. I had said it was too expensive, that he already had too many. He never argued, just nodded quietly. But I knew he was disappointed. Now… I could finally give it to him.

“It was worth it because we had fun the whole day, didn’t we, Ana?” The toddler energetically nodded her head and showed her new toy to Andrea. “And we got baby Ayon Man!” Darren winced, forgetting to tell Anastasia not to show it. Andrea had warned him beforehand about buying anything unnecessary. But her mother wasn’t angry, she instead gave a confused look and asked, “Baby Iron Man?” Darren proceeded to explain to her the huge debacle regarding the toy’s life-sized counterpart. He watched as the corners of her eyes crinkled and her mouth opened in a wide smile. She was in stitches trying to catch her breath while Anastasia also watched her, but in puzzlement at why her mother found the st

“Because if you touch me, I might accidentally press 'send' on a very interesting little file I have right here.” I frowned, my chest heaving beneath my practice jersey. “What the hell are you talking about?” “You know, I always wondered how a low-life school like Northcott suddenly got the funding for a brand-new arena,” Tobias frowned, tapping his finger against the screen of his phone. “And then, a few nights ago, I saw something very weird.” He paused, a dry chuckle slipping past his lips. “First, I saw Noah’s sports car parked near your campus trails. So, I did a little digging. I followed the breadcrumbs. And wow... I found some fantastic gold.”