You can bookmark this first page if you like this mode. In addition to the Browse Controls, there is a Search Control panel as well. You can search in Title, Author, Date, and Text. Second, searching the text of the stories is a little misleading. This is useful for searching for identifying information.
All searches are case-insensitive.
Searching for Lisa would retrieve stories with Lisa, lisa, and LISA in the field. As a service to other readers, you might want to recommend stories you liked. You can do this by clicking the Recommend link on the stories list, or at the end of a story. This will add 1 to the Recommendations field of the story. Readers can then find stories with lots of recommendations and read them.