The Night Ferry (short story)

by Mara Okafor · listed Oct 15, 2026DEMO LISTING

A 4,000-word story about missing the last boat, almost. Literary fiction, one sitting.

$60 sales

Personal use

AI involvementHuman-made

2%estimated
likely 2–14%

052050100%

Where AI was used

Idea & conceptNo AI
Making itNo AI
Automated scan: 0% looks machine-made
Editing & polishLight help
Supporting assetsNo AI

Process evidence: 30% strength1 item

Preview

All 2 passages read as human-written.

The ferry left at 11:40, which Dana had known since Tuesday and still somehow forgot. She ran the last block with her shoes in her hand. The ticket man didn't look up. "You're lucky," he said, which she was not, not really. Her phone was at four percent and the cabin she'd paid for turned out to be a bench near the vending machine. She slept anyway. Around two a kid kicked her shin by accident and apologized in a language she didn't know, and she said it's okay, it's okay, until the kid's father came and carried him off like a sack of flour.

What you get

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License: Personal use. Buyer may use it privately.

AI use, in the creator's words

I ran the finished draft through a grammar checker and accepted about a dozen comma fixes.

Process evidence

Version history (commits, doc history)https://example.com/demo/night-ferry-historyTwelve saved drafts over six weeks

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How this was scored

Disclosed by the creator: 2%. Estimate after automated checks and evidence: 2% (likely 2–14%).

Checks run

Built-in style analysis of 115 words

What the text scan noticed

Informal, conversational voice

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