Original Sapphic Romance Stories

Welcome to a cinematic space dedicated to narrated audio love stories, tender second chances, and the beauty of unexpected connections. Settle in and listen to our featured short stories from the Mel Hertz YouTube channel.

The Last Empty Seat

The Last Empty Seat is an original narrated lesbian short story about courage, connection, and finding love later in life. At fifty-one, Finn has spent weeks quietly admiring the same woman on her morning commute. A book tucked under one arm. A quiet smile. A rainbow pin.

Apparently, Italy

Pat Donnelly booked an eight-day tour of Southern Italy expecting beautiful scenery, delicious food, and a little adventure. She wasn't expecting KC Sullivan—a captivating blonde traveling with a handsome man and seemingly impossible to figure out.

From Sorrento to Capri, misunderstandings, unexpected attraction, and a few romantic surprises turn Pat's vacation into something unforgettable.

Apparently, Italy is a warm, humorous sapphic romance about mistaken assumptions, unexpected connections, and finding love when you least expect it.

In Between Days

Matilda "Matti" Jones and Valerie "Val" Miller have been best friends since they were seventeen. Through college, careers, relationships, family dinners, and years of ordinary moments, Val has always been the one constant in Matti’s life.

In Between Days is an emotional sapphic romance about friendship, love, timing, and the things we don’t always recognize until something begins to change. In Between Days is an emotional sapphic romance about lifelong friendship, unspoken love, missed timing, heartbreak, and what happens when two people meet again after five years apart.

Five Days at Sea

Five days. First names only. No numbers. No promises.

Ellie boards a five-day cruise looking for one thing: a little peace and a few days when nobody needs her. Torey is there for much the same reason. What begins with an empty chair and an easy conversation turns into five days of laughter, long talks, quiet intimacy, and a connection neither woman expected. But from the beginning, they agree on one thing: when the ship docks, they walk away.

A warm, mature sapphic romance about choosing the moment, knowing what you want, and discovering that something meaningful doesn’t have to last forever to matter.

Anywhere With You

Max loves her wife. Her wife loves AURA-5.

After years of putting off a trip together, Allie’s favorite boy band gives them a reason to reconsider “someday.” Max is prepared to support her wife’s enthusiasm. Whether she’s prepared for everything that comes with it is another matter.

A warm, funny sapphic romance about lasting love, a devoted fangirl wife, and making room for a little adventure in the life you already love.