Karthik Krishnan medium length stories pick of the month Pushcart nominated real life stories Friday, December 15, 2023 Born Again by Karthik Krishnan <i>Meenal submits to the Maharishi's revenant ritual, and finds herself desiring nothing more than companionship. </i><br><br>The final day of the initiation was everything that her sister had warned her about. Meenal was killed slowly. Her sister had missed giving her the finer details. But as she stood before the Maharishi, his thumbnail swatting the air around her purple-veined neck, Meenal felt it: her… Read more Labels: Karthik Krishnan medium length stories pick of the month Pushcart nominated real life stories 6 comments:
Claire Wilcox long stories pick of the month Pushcart nominated real life stories Friday, October 6, 2023 Vipassana Romance by Claire Wilcox <i>A 47-year-old divorcee attends a New Mexico meditation retreat to try to come to terms with her emotions; by Claire Wilcox.</i><br><br>Even with my eyes closed, I can see him. Jeff. <i>Jeff</i>. That's his name, I guess. Before I saw Jeff on his tea mug, he was just <i>him</i>. I've been zoomed in on him since the first moment of the retreat, three days ago. He picked the cushion next to me in the hall, and now...… Read more Labels: Claire Wilcox long stories pick of the month Pushcart nominated real life stories 6 comments:
medium length stories ML Rubin pick of the month Pushcart nominated real life stories Friday, September 1, 2023 The Road by M. L. Rubin <i>In rural Northamptonshire, world-weary Lydia is visited by a man she has met but once, who proposes to take her to build a new life in Canada, in this story by M. L. Rubin inspired by characters from a D.H. Lawrence tale.</i><br><br>"Geoffrey and Lydia kept faith one with the other."<br><br> D.H. Lawrence, <i>Love Among the Haystacks</i><br>Geoffrey rose well before dawn, eager to be off before anyone in his family w… Read more Labels: medium length stories ML Rubin pick of the month Pushcart nominated real life stories 7 comments:
Chitra Gopalakrishnan criminal stories pick of the month Pushcart nominated short stories Monday, May 29, 2023 A Spoonful of Cloud by Chitra Gopalakrishnan <i>Chitra Gopalakrishnan's character describes the sublime experience of enjoying a rare Indian delicacy, and tries to learn its secrets - while harbouring a secret of her own.</i><br><br>It is a fugitive pleasure. <br><br>I talk of the act of swallowing intact a single, sweet blob from a frothy landscape of milk foam, without moving it around it in my mouth in any way. <br><br>And of polishing off an entire clay pot in t… Read more Labels: Chitra Gopalakrishnan criminal stories pick of the month Pushcart nominated short stories 5 comments:
creepy stories futuristic stories Joe Jablonski medium length stories pick of the month Pushcart nominated Monday, April 24, 2023 Absolute Zero Means Never Having to Say You're Sorry by Joe Jablonski <i>An intergalactic delivery man spends decades in stasis with a robot looking after him, becoming increasingly detached from the beings he sees en route; by Joe Jablonski.</i><br><br><b>ONE</b><br> I wake up on a planet covered in fire. <br><br>For the first few seconds I feel nothing. I see nothing. I'm all alone: a void floating within a void. <br><br>It's everything I've always hoped death would be. <br><br>My stasis pod opens wi… Read more Labels: creepy stories futuristic stories Joe Jablonski medium length stories pick of the month Pushcart nominated 4 comments:
John RC Potter medium length stories pick of the month Pushcart nominated real life stories Friday, March 31, 2023 Ruth's World by John RC Potter <i>In Huron County, early 1910s, eight-year-old Ruth navigates the freedoms and perils of farm life; by John RC Potter.</i><br><br>It was a Saturday morning in late spring in Tuckersmith Township. The air was moist and fresh with the promise of a renewed world. It seemed to Ruth that God had taken a paintbrush and with two broad strokes - one of deep green, the other of cool blue - had created the earth and the… Read more Labels: John RC Potter medium length stories pick of the month Pushcart nominated real life stories 11 comments:
long stories Pushcart nominated real life stories Robert E Donohue Friday, September 9, 2022 Love, In Time by Robert E. Donohue <i>A self-assured woman seeks adventure in sex, despite the admonishment of her loyal best friend - but what happens when she wants to hold down a relationship? By Robert E. Donohue.</i><br><br>It all changed the night I told Joey I'd slept with another man. I said that my cheating had occurred once, last Wednesday, when it took place often, over several months. Joey glared, then mumbled something about a c… Read more Labels: long stories Pushcart nominated real life stories Robert E Donohue 23 comments:
medium length stories pick of the month Pushcart nominated real life stories Rozanne Charbonneau Monday, August 29, 2022 The Train to Modena: Suzanna's Story by Rozanne Charbonneau <i>Suzanna visits her Italian friend, but cuts the visit short to hide an indiscretion, and gets sexually harassed on the train back to Paris; this is the first instalment of Rozanne Charbonneau's award-nominated trilogy.</i><br><br><b>August, 1982</b><br><br>I wake in the night to fingers stroking the flesh of my inner thigh. <br><br>So do you want to go again? Let me touch your lips, let me kiss your hair. Don't rush so fa… Read more Labels: medium length stories pick of the month Pushcart nominated real life stories Rozanne Charbonneau 13 comments:
pick of the month Pushcart nominated real life stories Sharon Frame Gay short stories Friday, July 8, 2022 Spark of Life by Sharon Frame Gay <i>Sharon Frame Gay tells the story of a wayward Baptist daughter in small-town America, 1962.</i><br><br> I'm the kid who did dumb-ass things growing up. I stuck fingers in light sockets, turned the gas on the stove just to smell it, and crawled under porches looking for snakes. Folks said it wasn't fittin' behavior for a girl. Guess I should have played under a shade tree with a dollhouse and tea s… Read more Labels: pick of the month Pushcart nominated real life stories Sharon Frame Gay short stories 14 comments:
fantastic stories medium length stories pick of the month Pushcart nominated Shelley K Davenport Monday, June 6, 2022 Oh, How Sweet and Fitting by Shelley K. Davenport <i>Every year, Pearl travels to the local cemetery to celebrate her birthday with a stranger who died when she was a child, in Shelley K. Davenport's enchanting parallel world.</i><br><br> In Port Kittanning there lived a very old woman named Pearl. <br><br>Port Kittanning is landlocked, and only called a port because of its abundance of hilltops for docking airships, and the confluence of several rivers necessary … Read more Labels: fantastic stories medium length stories pick of the month Pushcart nominated Shelley K Davenport 11 comments:
creepy stories long stories pick of the month Pushcart nominated Tim Macy Monday, October 25, 2021 The Brass Teapot by Tim Macy <i> A reprint of Tim Macy's dark-as-pitch story about a cash-strapped couple whose life is changed by a magical teapot. </i><br><br> The old woman running the roadside antique stand spoke with a heavy eastern accent. She skirted the table with two limping legs, hidden by loose, draping leather pants and no shoes. John couldn't help staring at the woman's black toes, as if she had once suffered frostb… Read more Labels: creepy stories long stories pick of the month Pushcart nominated Tim Macy 4 comments:
criminal stories funny stories Mark Simon Burk medium length stories pick of the month Pushcart nominated Monday, August 2, 2021 Eating Van Gogh by Mark Simon Burk <i>A reprint of one of my favourite stories, in which Mark Simon Burk’s character chows down on a post-Impressionist masterpiece.</i><br><br> I ate a Van Gogh. Not a major one. And not all of it. But I did manage to tear off an entrée size piece and chew it until the bitter oils burned metallic hot in the back of my throat. <br><br>I would have swallowed it too, had it not been for a disconcerted museum guard who pried… Read more Labels: criminal stories funny stories Mark Simon Burk medium length stories pick of the month Pushcart nominated 16 comments:
David Henson funny stories Pushcart nominated short stories Monday, June 14, 2021 The Stars, the Moon, a Trombone and You by David Henson <i>Edward's romantic destiny depends on his congenital "call" in David Henson's surprisingly profound comedy. </i><br><br> I signed into Here My Call before going to work. Don't know why I bothered. I never had any notifications. Who would respond to a call like mine? But this time was different. "<i>I see starshine in your eyes</i>," the message said. "Meet for coffee?" <br><br>I co… Read more Labels: David Henson funny stories Pushcart nominated short stories 13 comments:
Brian Clark long stories pick of the month Pushcart nominated real life stories Friday, June 11, 2021 Delivery By Brian Clark <i>In 1969, on his suburban Toronto paper round, 12-year-old Peter sees something he shouldn't have seen; by Brian Clark.</i><br><br> In 1969, when I was a Grade 6 student at Riverview Public School, Mr. Denholm would trundle a projector into the classroom every Friday afternoon and show us a film. <br><br>It was always a great treat, even though most of the movies were not what you would call crowd-pleasers. They … Read more Labels: Brian Clark long stories pick of the month Pushcart nominated real life stories 9 comments:
Christopher K Miller medium length stories pick of the month Pushcart nominated real life stories Monday, April 5, 2021 Literary Mary by Christopher K. Miller <i>In this masterpiece by Christopher K. Miller, albino high schooler Joe is inexperienced with girls, until Mary joins his class and expands his horizons in ways he could never have expected.</i><br><br> Let me begin in a glad place, long ago. In my dad's little Pinto. Mary and I, parked in Jackson's woods. We hadn't kissed yet. In fact, I'd never kissed a girl. But Mary'd pushed my left han… Read more Labels: Christopher K Miller medium length stories pick of the month Pushcart nominated real life stories 9 comments:
fantastic stories long stories pick of the month Pushcart nominated Sumita Sami Monday, January 4, 2021 Garden City by Sumita Sami <i>When riots break out in the futuristic city of Erva Bereo, a diplomat turns to a secret garden and its mysterious curator for help; by Sumita Sami.</i><br><br> In the evenings, when I'd dispatched my diplomatic duties of the day, I'd change out of my professional attire and take long walks around the city. It never really felt like a single city to me, this Erva Bereo, and the more I wandered around i… Read more Labels: fantastic stories long stories pick of the month Pushcart nominated Sumita Sami 5 comments:
medium length stories pick of the month Pushcart nominated real life stories Tom Sheehan Friday, October 9, 2020 The Final Summer by Tom Sheehan <i>Owen Blood dreams of being a baseball superstar, but his career does not play out as expected; by Tom Sheehan. </i><br><br><b> Part One</b><br><br>The batter swung like a great north woodsman, and the ball and bat melded in one sound. As of one mind, the audience rose up and released a roar of tunneling wind, a loud, uproarious, expectant howl, a universal cry late-inning born, a cry of hope that pushed the ball outward tow… Read more Labels: medium length stories pick of the month Pushcart nominated real life stories Tom Sheehan 5 comments:
funny stories medium length stories pick of the month Pushcart nominated Robert Kinerk Monday, June 29, 2020 A Body Swinging Like the Clapper of a Bell by Robert Kinerk <i>Robert Kinerk tells the morbidly humorous story of three Alaskan ambulance attendants: Casey, Jason and Cranmore.</i><br><br> It's a rainy night in the panhandle part of Alaska, 1966. We're three men on an ambulance crew and we've hauled our gurney up a flight of narrow stairs. A woman's lying across a bed. She's on her back with her bra and panties on. Her head hangs off the mattress, he… Read more Labels: funny stories medium length stories pick of the month Pushcart nominated Robert Kinerk 9 comments:
Christopher K Miller medium length stories pick of the month Pushcart nominated real life stories Friday, June 5, 2020 Swim by Christopher K. Miller <i>Christopher K. Miller's character is tired of ageing and called by the sea.</i><br><br> Every February, for the past nine years, you and your second husband, Jack, drive down from Ottawa to Anna Maria Island. Official snowbirds now. Always stay at the same rental semi on the beach: a well-appointed cabin, really, with cable TV and high-speed internet. Central heat and air - most days you need both. Share… Read more Labels: Christopher K Miller medium length stories pick of the month Pushcart nominated real life stories 13 comments:
medium length stories Mir-Yashar Seyedbagheri pick of the month Pushcart nominated real life stories Monday, April 27, 2020 How To Be A Good Episcopalian by Yash Seyedbagheri <i>Yash Seyedbagheri's character considers joining the Episcopalian Church as a way to deal with the trauma of an absent mother.</i><br><br> Join the Episcopal church one winter day after run-ins with fundamentalists on campus. This is a particularly difficult day for you, sitting through creative writing classes (you are a graduate student), contributing nothing of value in comments or in stories, lost in … Read more Labels: medium length stories Mir-Yashar Seyedbagheri pick of the month Pushcart nominated real life stories 5 comments:
