criminal stories Michael McCarthy short stories Monday, May 6, 2019 The Night of the Haunted by Michael McCarthy <i>A hit man is haunted by the memories of two of his victims, by Michael McCarthy.</i><br><br> It's a balmy evening, there's a couple leaning out of a dimly lit window at the side of a house overlooking an alley. They're both naked and their heads are wreathed in smoke from their cigarettes, its effect heightened by the intermittent blinking of a faulty street light. You can't even see the moon… Read more Labels: criminal stories Michael McCarthy short stories 7 comments:
criminal stories long stories Michael McCarthy Tuesday, October 18, 2016 Mixed Doubles by Michael McCarthy <i>When a passenger plane disappears over the ocean, Susan is captivated by a man hopelessly waiting in the airport for his wife to return from the flight - but Susan's partner thinks she is being foolish; by Mike McCarthy.</i><br><br> 'It's amazing how your life can change or end just like that. Pure luck.' Susan waited, knowing the response, if any, would not be immediately forthcoming. 'I… Read more Labels: criminal stories long stories Michael McCarthy 10 comments:
Michael McCarthy real life stories short stories Friday, March 4, 2016 Stoned Love by Michael McCarthy <i>Michael McCarthy's character sees a Greek couple relaxing by the pool and imagine that they represent his and his girlfriend's future.</i><br><br> How the hell am I going to tell her? <br><br> There's an old couple, mid seventies at least. They're like us, not age wise, but in their habits. Every evening we all wait until the other hotel guests have gone in to get ready for their evening meal. Then … Read more Labels: Michael McCarthy real life stories short stories 8 comments:
criminal stories medium length stories Michael McCarthy Tuesday, October 20, 2015 Pictures at an Exhibition by Michael McCarthy <i>Michael McCarthy's story of an ageing photographer who has built a cult of personality around him, but holds dark secrets.</i><br><br> He must have been at least six foot four tall. Lean, rangy, long limbed with a fluid stride. <br><br> He exuded the self contained air of'a man who felt that to him nothing was impossible, like a settler who had carved his home and life out of a grim unforgiving territory… Read more Labels: criminal stories medium length stories Michael McCarthy 14 comments:
creepy stories Michael McCarthy short stories Tuesday, December 30, 2014 The Traffic Lights That Time Forgot by Michael McCarthy <i>Mike McCarthy's character has an intimate encounter whenever she stops for a particular red light.</i><br><br> She became aware of him when she was waiting at the traffic lights that time forgot, so called by her because of the endless wait for green. <br><br> Now the wait couldn't be long enough. <br><br> She'd experienced something she could only describe as a presence, a not unpleasant sensation, when s… Read more Labels: creepy stories Michael McCarthy short stories 32 comments:
creepy stories criminal stories medium length stories Michael McCarthy Sunday, May 18, 2014 My First Time by Michael McCarthy <i>A boy orphaned by a horrific rail crash grows up witnessing abuse, and his pent-up resentment threatens to reach boiling point; by Michael McCarthy.</i><br><br> I recoiled as his lips sought mine, his stubble sharp against my baby soft skin. <br><br> I could smell something unpleasant on his breath and I struggled to twist my head away but it was no use; he planted his puffy, wet lips firmly on mine and I felt som… Read more Labels: creepy stories criminal stories medium length stories Michael McCarthy 11 comments:
creepy stories medium length stories Michael McCarthy Friday, February 28, 2014 You're Mine by Michael McCarthy <i>A man is captivated by a mysterious woman in Michael McCarthy's sexy, creepy story.</i><br><br> I felt like a gumshoe in a film noir, stalking the rain-slick streets of the capital. <br><br> I'd been stood up yet again and rather than return to face the four walls of my pokey flat and my own company, I elected to tramp the streets. But the streets were also empty. <br><br> It was long after midnight. <br><br> I passed an … Read more Labels: creepy stories medium length stories Michael McCarthy 8 comments:
creepy stories criminal stories medium length stories Michael McCarthy Sunday, September 22, 2013 Sister Act by Michael McCarthy <i>An ageing vet becomes dangerously obsessed with a lonely woman whose bay window he can see into from his hostel across the road; by Michael McCarthy.</i><br><br> Pat lay in the dark, on his couch watching the television, but not really taking it in. His attention was focused on the house directly opposite. It had been that way since he'd moved here. Sometimes he lay reading but he'd stop after every… Read more Labels: creepy stories criminal stories medium length stories Michael McCarthy 12 comments:
creepy stories medium length stories Michael McCarthy Tuesday, April 16, 2013 Yes, It Is You by Michael McCarthy <i>Michael McCarthy revisits his sordid serial killer character Yeats, who has built himself a rather unusual device to dish out new forms of human cruelty.</i><br><br> This morning I was sitting in the private (make that very private, bordering on intimate) office of one of the leading industrialists in Europe, if not <i>the</i> leading and, from what I read, a member of one of the top five highest profile sponsors o… Read more Labels: creepy stories medium length stories Michael McCarthy 17 comments:
creepy stories Michael McCarthy novellas Friday, October 19, 2012 Money for New Rope by Michael McCarthy <i>A writer's boundaries begin to break down as he is haunted by the killer he is writing about, by Michael McCarthy</i><br><br> <b>Part 2</b> (Click here for part 1) <br><br> The man who is going to kill me is looking at me from my screen saver. <br><br> I turned on my computer and there he was. <br><br> If there was somewhere to run to, where he would never find me, I'd be there. <br><br> But there isn't. <br><br> What he does, killing peopl… Read more Labels: creepy stories Michael McCarthy novellas 13 comments:
creepy stories medium length stories Michael McCarthy Sunday, August 19, 2012 Money for New Rope by Michael McCarthy <i>A desperate author with writer's block hires a strange man to inspire him by recounting surreal and disturbing visions; by Michael McCarthy</i><br><br> I replayed the words in my mind, for the millionth time.<br><br> 'A mother and her three children have been found murdered, in a particularly bestial manner. A country wide search has been launched for the children's father.' <br><br> The newscaster signed… Read more Labels: creepy stories medium length stories Michael McCarthy 12 comments:
medium length stories Michael McCarthy real life stories Friday, July 20, 2012 Lessons in Love by Michael McCarthy <i>Timothy has a brief and unusual affair with his German teacher, who is hiding something... by Michael McCarthy </i><br><br> Renata, a German teacher at an Adult Education Institute in London is, arguably, the person who has had the biggest influence on me. Ever. <br><br> I had been attending German conversation classes in London while I waited for inspiration to strike to decide on my future career. I hadn'… Read more Labels: medium length stories Michael McCarthy real life stories 8 comments:
medium length stories Michael McCarthy real life stories Tuesday, June 19, 2012 The Unbearable Weight by Michael McCarthy <i>A Brit in Germany meets a local who suffers from an obsession with protecting his language from the encroachment of English, by Michael McCarthy.</i><br><br> If ever there was a man with a mission, it was him. An old and frail looking man, but walking upright with an oblivious determination through the wind-lashed rain. <br><br> It was clear from his posture and the look of deep concentration etched into his f… Read more Labels: medium length stories Michael McCarthy real life stories 33 comments:
