diff --git a/bindery/static/js/stories.js b/bindery/static/js/stories.js
index d040961..dac29b4 100644
--- a/bindery/static/js/stories.js
+++ b/bindery/static/js/stories.js
@@ -227,6 +227,13 @@ export function storiesPage(main, _params, config) {
     rows: 3,
     placeholder: 'https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/…  (one URL per line)',
     'aria-label': 'Story URLs',
+    // Phones give no handle to resize a textarea, so the field grows to fit its URLs. It never
+    // shrinks, so a size set with the handle on a desktop stays.
+    oninput: () => {
+      if (urls.scrollHeight > urls.clientHeight) {
+        urls.style.height = `${urls.scrollHeight + urls.offsetHeight - urls.clientHeight}px`;
+      }
+    },
   });
   const add = button(
     'Add',
@@ -237,6 +244,7 @@ export function storiesPage(main, _params, config) {
       if (result.jobs.length) {
         toast(`Queued ${result.jobs.length} ${result.jobs.length === 1 ? 'story' : 'stories'}`);
         urls.value = '';
+        urls.style.height = '';
         refreshJobs();
       }
     },
diff --git a/tests/js/flow-helpers.mjs b/tests/js/flow-helpers.mjs
index 36adbed..00fd0c8 100644
--- a/tests/js/flow-helpers.mjs
+++ b/tests/js/flow-helpers.mjs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ export class Element {
     this.checked = false;
     this.disabled = false;
     this.files = [];
+    this.style = {};
   }
   append(...children) {
     for (const child of children) {
diff --git a/tests/js/flows.test.mjs b/tests/js/flows.test.mjs
index a19212b..0c0148b 100644
--- a/tests/js/flows.test.mjs
+++ b/tests/js/flows.test.mjs
@@ -88,7 +88,12 @@ test('failed settings saves retain edits and re-enable the action', async () =>
 test('adding stories keeps input on rejection and clears it after a mixed result', async () => {
   await mountStories({ ...config, library_available: false });
   const urls = nodes(main).find((el) => el.tagName === 'textarea');
-  urls.value = ' https://site.test/1\n\nhttps://site.test/2 ';
+  Object.assign(urls, { scrollHeight: 90, clientHeight: 60, offsetHeight: 62 });
+  input(urls, ' https://site.test/1\n\nhttps://site.test/2 ');
+  assert.equal(urls.style.height, '92px');
+  Object.assign(urls, { scrollHeight: 50, clientHeight: 90, offsetHeight: 92 });
+  input(urls, urls.value);
+  assert.equal(urls.style.height, '92px');
   api.on('POST', 'stories', { error: 'Unavailable' }, 503);
   await click(main, 'Add');
   assert.match(urls.value, /site.test/);
@@ -96,6 +101,7 @@ test('adding stories keeps input on rejection and clears it after a mixed result
   await click(main, 'Add');
   assert.deepEqual(api.sent('POST', 'stories').at(-1).body, { urls: ' https://site.test/1\n\nhttps://site.test/2 ' });
   assert.equal(urls.value, '');
+  assert.equal(urls.style.height, '');
   assert.match(ui.toasts.textContent, /Unsupported URL/);
   await click(main, 'Add');
   assert.equal(api.sent('POST', 'stories').length, 2);