futuristic stories long stories pick of the month Simon Renaka Friday, April 26, 2024 The Mile by Simon Renaka <i>Norman purchases a mute companion that only wants to please him.</i><br><br>I was chosen. He knew <i>I</i> was better than the others. The best. I had been on display for weeks now, ever since I was first brought onto the main floor of <i>The Mile</i>, and could already sense when a man's relentless gaze led to one of us getting a ticket out of here. It wasn't a firsthand experience, but I suppose you learn by obs… Read more Labels: futuristic stories long stories pick of the month Simon Renaka 2 comments:
Aurora McKee creepy stories long stories Wednesday, April 17, 2024 And the Beanstalk by Aurora McKee <i>An autistic girl called Jack tends to a mysterious plant growing in her back garden to try and escape from a memory she can't bring herself to voice.</i><br><br>There's a new plant in the garden. <br><br><i>New</i> as in <i>no one planted it</i>, no one's put anything there since Grandma died. Her roses have all withered, her lilacs choked with weeds, flower petals rotting into the dirt like little girls' skins. T… Read more Labels: Aurora McKee creepy stories long stories 8 comments:
criminal stories K Arlington Andrews long stories Wednesday, April 10, 2024 Hole in the Head by K Arlington Andrews <i> Having fallen from grace into a life of addiction and petty criminality, Devin Franks falls hard for fellow crook Angel Bradford - and gets accused of a violent murder.</i><br><br><b>Found</b><br><br>The lump in his pocket was an antique pendant, and it shimmered brightly when the police officer pulled it from the pocket of his jeans. A tiny silver pocketbook with a tarnished chain. Linked together with a paper clip. <br><br>&qu… Read more Labels: criminal stories K Arlington Andrews long stories 8 comments:
Lenore Tsakanikas long stories real life stories Monday, April 1, 2024 Chicken Marsala by Lenore Tsakanikas <i>A divorced couple regularly prepare dinner for their daughter and her fellow convalescents in rehab, but Chicken Marsala might not be enough to heal their wounds. </i><br><br>Giovanni, my ex, is driving us to Patagonia for the eighth Sunday in a row, a meal for the residents in tow. Of late, our Sunday routine is shaped around visiting hours at New Beginnings, bringing dinner to the twelve women living there… Read more Labels: Lenore Tsakanikas long stories real life stories 8 comments:
long stories real life stories Rozanne Charbonneau Friday, March 15, 2024 A Four Course Lunch by Rozanne Charbonneau <i>In 1970s Paris, 18-year-old Mademoiselle Sophie is captivated by a recalcitrant American child in her care.</i><br><br><b>Paris, April, 1972</b><br><br>"<i>Mademoiselle Sophie, je dois pisser!</i>" shouts the American girl in French slang. Her haircut looks like a boy's. Did her mother go mad with the gardening shears? <br><br>The other children in the dining hall howl with laughter. I have a choice. I can feign outrage at… Read more Labels: long stories real life stories Rozanne Charbonneau 17 comments:
futuristic stories long stories pick of the month Rolf Ebeling Friday, February 2, 2024 The Golden Sound of The Forever Now by Rolf Ebeling <i>Rolf Ebeling imagines a world where the air is poison and music is taboo.</i><br><br>A year after the government mandated sealed enclosures for every house, Brad and Kelly moved into their new neighborhood. They pulled up to their "forever home" in a stale-smelling rental car in time to see the moving company haul the last of their belongings inside. Six-legged flatbed moving robots loaded with box… Read more Labels: futuristic stories long stories pick of the month Rolf Ebeling 7 comments:
Huina Zheng long stories pick of the month real life stories Monday, January 8, 2024 Wild Horse by Huina Zheng <i>Xue rails against China's gender inequality, as a daughter born under the one-child policy.</i><br><br>Not far from Granny Huang's home, where Xue stayed, was a brook called Plum Blossom. Flowing down a little valley between two mountains, it made a clear and sweet sound, splashing down on the rocks. The water was as blue as captured by Xue's favorite artist Lin Fengmian's painting of blue fl… Read more Labels: Huina Zheng long stories pick of the month real life stories 7 comments:
fantastic stories long stories Rina Song Friday, November 17, 2023 The Guardian in the Woods by Rina Song <i>Tara befriends an unusual fox in her garden, that continues to visit her as she grows up; by Rina Song.</i><br><br>She first saw the fox crouching in the corner of her new backyard. <br><br>Tara thought maybe it had snuck in from the woods surrounding the neighborhood. Its pelt was brilliant orange, a lively flame against the late summer grass. Dust clung to its whiskers as it snuffled at something in the dirt. <br><br>&qu… Read more Labels: fantastic stories long stories Rina Song 4 comments:
long stories Natalia Liron real life stories Friday, October 20, 2023 Grandma's Love by Natalia Liron <i>Natalia Liron's character listens to her grandmother Anya's story of clashing with Nazis in the Belarusian swamp during WWII.</i><br><br> <i>The library cards smelled of dust, old ink, and something else irredeemably old, probably time itself. Next to the cards lay a small old doll, worn-out by hands, which was carved out of wood by someone a long time ago.</i><br><br><i>I was staring at my grandma - her arthritic fing… Read more Labels: long stories Natalia Liron real life stories 5 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:
creepy stories long stories Mihai Stet Monday, August 14, 2023 The Devil's Church by Mihai Stet <i>While living in Romania, Marius falls head over heels in love with Sebastien's fiancée, but there are secrets and terrifying surprises in store; by Mihai Stet.</i><br><br>I only agreed to join Isabelle and Sebastien on their trip because I had a crush on her. Since that very first evening when I met them in a bar in Cluj, I couldn't stop thinking of her. <br><br><br>It all started when she came to me. I stood o… Read more Labels: creepy stories long stories Mihai Stet 9 comments:
Amita Basu long stories pick of the month real life stories Friday, July 21, 2023 Fantasising by Amita Basu <i>Ashwini fantasises about academic success, Suman about the perfect husband - but one woman sees her fantasies as escape, the other as inspiration; by Amita Basu.</i><br><br><b>ACT I</b><br><br>"I get up excited every day," said Ashwini, blowing on her steaming filter-coffee. "I can't wait to begin the day. But, I also feel dissatisfied, wondering what it was that I achieved yesterday. I mean, I work all … Read more Labels: Amita Basu long stories pick of the month real life stories 4 comments:
long stories real life stories Rozanne Charbonneau Monday, July 17, 2023 The Huntsman by Rozanne Charbonneau <i>When Frau Bertelsmann is afflicted by the demon wolf eating her from the inside, Dr S helps her body fight and her soul heal; by Rozanne Charbonneau.</i><br><br><b>Zurich, 2022</b><br><br>You remove your sports bra and lower your eyes to the floor. At forty-five, you hope that your breasts do not follow. The huntsman peers at the scar that travels out of the fold. <br><br><i>Will he touch it? It is still sore</i>. <br><br>He turns to your husba… Read more Labels: long stories real life stories Rozanne Charbonneau 8 comments:
Bill Tope long stories real life stories Monday, July 10, 2023 Excel Slip by Bill Tope <i>Dweet takes a job at a slip factory to get him through university, and learns more than he bargained for; by Bill Tope.</i><br><br>I've got to make some scratch, thought Dweet desperately as he motored down the highway to the darker, murkier side of the city. He was on summer break from university, having just completed his first year. Turning into a gravel parking lot on the corner of Front and Ridge, h… Read more Labels: Bill Tope long stories real life stories 12 comments:
Dan Brotzel funny stories long stories pick of the month Friday, June 30, 2023 The Grace Period by Dan Brotzel <i>Dan Brotzel's character visits his father's death-bed, and faces reminiscence, reckoning, devil-worship, family scandal and custard creams.</i><br>It is a tiring business, waiting for the dying to die. There is a lot of yawning and a lot of central heating, a lot of looking out of windows and a lot of unnecessary custard creams. <br><br>In between visits to his room - where we take it in turns to lean i… Read more Labels: Dan Brotzel funny stories long stories pick of the month 9 comments:
criminal stories Don McLellan long stories pick of the month Monday, June 26, 2023 Born of the Storm by Don McLellan <i>Don McLellan tells the story of sixteen-year-old Sean Cooper's time in St. Joe's juvenile detention facility.</i><br><br>St. Joe's pops into view at the summit of an arid prairie mound, three brick and climbing-ivy stories boxed in by hectares of alfalfa in purple bloom. Beyond is pine forest, a scattering of ramshackle farmhouses on either side of a sleepy, country road. A flash of silver where … Read more Labels: criminal stories Don McLellan long stories pick of the month 13 comments:
C Davis Fogg criminal stories long stories Friday, June 23, 2023 Me My Motorcycle and A Brick of Coke by C. Davis Fogg <i>Macho biker Josh heads to Las Vegas with a motorcycle full of contraband, to escape his rural Tennessee home for a while; by C. Davis Fogg. </i><br><br>My name is Josh, named after Joshua the Israelite spy. <br><br>I'm seeking the promised land, which happens to be Las Vegas - a mythic destination, the land of cash, milk and female honey, of light and sparkle and enough dark side to make life profitable and m… Read more Labels: C Davis Fogg criminal stories long stories 5 comments:
long stories Mary Ann McGuigan real life stories Friday, June 9, 2023 The Kiln by Mary Ann McGuigan <i>Kevin, a journalist who aspires to literature, reports on a fire that his high-flying cousin survived; by Mary Ann McGuigan.</i><br><br>The hollowed-out ground floor - like a great black cavity in an otherwise shiny tooth - is a smoldering wreck, and the smell of burnt leather and wood and carpet and draperies and just about everything else that was once the Kennedy Ballroom is acrid and everywhere. It's… Read more Labels: long stories Mary Ann McGuigan real life stories 6 comments:
Bill Tope funny stories long stories Monday, May 8, 2023 Ronnie B's by Bill Tope <i>In early 80s smalltown USA, Shoe works as night chef in a bar with an absolutely terrible boss; by Bill Tope.</i><br><br><b>i</b><br><br><b>Halloween, 1982</b><br><br>Shoe stood before the prep table in the kitchen, his huge, gleaming chef's knife flailing away, chopping the cabbage, peppers, and carrots into a massive mess of coleslaw, one of the signature dishes provided by Ronnie B's Bar and Grill, the city of Edwardsville'… Read more Labels: Bill Tope funny stories long stories 19 comments:
Doug Hawley long stories real life stories Friday, March 24, 2023 Prodigal Father by Doug Hawley <i>Duke Hilliard discovers he has a son, Walter, who has two children of his own - but even though the newfound families get on, Walter's mother Janine wants nothing to do with it; by Doug Hawley. </i><br><br><b>Duke's Story Part One</b><br><br>I was drinking Black Butte Porter at my favorite bar after a miserable day at work. I'm the actuary at an insurance company that is losing money and possibly having its rat… Read more Labels: Doug Hawley long stories real life stories 8 comments:
