creepy stories fantastic stories Frederick Frankenberg medium length stories Monday, April 22, 2024 The Quest for Red Bull by Frederick Frankenberg <i>Jake is forbidden from travelling beyond his garden, out where life is cheap and monsters roam, but he simply must get some more Red Bull.</i><br><br>I wasn't always an adventurer. In fact, I hardly left the house. I would shut myself up in the living room and play video games all day. But Daddy used to let me out on Fridays to play handball with the other kids after my homeschool ended. <br><br><br>I was in front o… Read more Labels: creepy stories fantastic stories Frederick Frankenberg medium length stories 7 comments:
Loredano Cafaro medium length stories real life stories Sabrina Beretta Friday, April 19, 2024 Thus the Circle Closes by Loredano Cafaro, translated by Sabrina Beretta <i>When Max returns to Pratonero, he is forced to stay longer than intended, and face the trauma of his past.</i><br><br>A single raindrop, an imperceptible veil of fog, even a hint of mist would contribute to creating the right atmosphere for the situation. Instead, there is only the autumn sun carrying out its task as a routine, perhaps with too much zeal. <br><br>Then again, why expect the opposite? If life were a m… Read more Labels: Loredano Cafaro medium length stories real life stories Sabrina Beretta 6 comments:
Bruce Jacobs medium length stories real life stories Friday, April 5, 2024 If I Ever Get Like That by Bruce Jacobs <i>Old man Leonard loves his ageing and confused wife, but wonders how much longer he can look after her.</i><br><br>At seventy-eight, Leonard discovers that <i>fork split</i> is just a marketing descriptor, not instructions. All the forks are in the dishwasher so he pries the muffin halves apart with a butter knife, and neither nook nor cranny appear worse for wear under such treatment. So he toasts and butters her m… Read more Labels: Bruce Jacobs medium length stories real life stories 8 comments:
Cary Barney medium length stories real life stories Wednesday, April 3, 2024 Easy Lay by Cary Barney <i>A woman attends the funeral of her former best friend, having fallen out with her forty years ago because of her brother's bad behaviour.</i><br><br>On a cold, clear November night in a cabin on a marijuana farm in eastern Colorado an aging propane heater malfunctioned, and Tracy, her current partner, and their dogs died in their sleep from carbon monoxide poisoning. They were discovered the next day by … Read more Labels: Cary Barney medium length stories real life stories 14 comments:
Aaron Schmelzer creepy stories medium length stories Wednesday, March 27, 2024 Masquerade by Aaron Schmelzer <i>Twelve-year-old Elise longs to live as her eleven-year-old self, before most of her family died and left her in destitution with her sick brother and his carer.</i><br><br>Mirrors don't grant their onlookers the privilege of denying reality. <br><br>Sleeplessness. Torment. Grief. Elise's mirror screams these at her. It's agonizing to look into the reflection, for the bloodshot eyes, the purple bags bene… Read more Labels: Aaron Schmelzer creepy stories medium length stories 7 comments:
Aysel K Basci medium length stories real life stories Sabahattin Ali Friday, March 22, 2024 Dr. Lifesaver by Sabahattin Ali, translated by Aysel K. Basci <i>When farmer İbrahim's young wife struggles in childbirth, he appeals to the maligned and bitter local doctor for help, in this new translation of a classic Turkish short story.</i><br><br>Asiye went into labor in the middle of the afternoon. She stopped threshing immediately, and went home. İbrahim returned home from harvesting after nightfall. As he was moving his two oxen to shelter near his house for … Read more Labels: Aysel K Basci medium length stories real life stories Sabahattin Ali 10 comments:
medium length stories Nathan Toplis pick of the month real life stories Wednesday, March 20, 2024 Air Mail by Nathan Toplis <i>A young woman recalls a life-changing romance conducted almost entirely through letters.</i><br><br>The last letter he ever wrote to me just said, 'goodbye Lil.' Nothing else. He had always been dramatic like that. <br><br>I took it outside and tried to burn it on the curb because I didn't have a fireplace or a garden. I tore it up into little pieces and tried to burn it with a plastic lighter that I… Read more Labels: medium length stories Nathan Toplis pick of the month real life stories 6 comments:
medium length stories real life stories Talia Levy Monday, March 18, 2024 Their Night Sleeps With Me Still by Talia Levy <i>A woman climbs the Annapurna Circuit in Nepal, and progressively surrenders to the mountain. </i><br><br>What if I live no more those kingly days? <br> Their night sleeps with me still. <br>I dream my feet within the starry ways; <br> My heart rests in the hill <br> I may not grudge the little left undone; <br>I hold the heights, I keep the dreams I won. <br><br>- Geoffrey Winthrop-Young <br>'The Old Hill Climber'<br>As the lovely… Read more Labels: medium length stories real life stories Talia Levy 16 comments:
funny stories J Paul Ross medium length stories Wednesday, March 6, 2024 The Nemesis of Pequod Lane by J Paul Ross <i> After his wife divorces him, formerly kind and placid veterinary doctor Abraham Enderby is besieged by a deranged feline beast.</i><br><br>They call him Doc, but tonight he's no longer a healer, no longer a guardian of the innocent, no longer a savior of companions feathered, furred and scaled. Tonight, Doctor Abraham Enderby, DVM has become something else. He's become an executioner in torn flanne… Read more Labels: funny stories J Paul Ross medium length stories 7 comments:
Frank Richards medium length stories real life stories Friday, March 1, 2024 Angeleno by Frank Richards <i>When postal workers go on strike, Delmore gets a chance at a promotion, but is that as far as his ambition extends?</i><br><br><b>1. The City Primary</b><br><br>I finished counting the parcels on the second floor of the Los Angeles Terminal Annex and then headed to the Pony Express cafeteria to grab a quick coffee. I took a shortcut through the rows of city primary letter distribution cases, mail-sorting shelving units ali… Read more Labels: Frank Richards medium length stories real life stories 6 comments:
Bill Tope medium length stories real life stories Monday, February 26, 2024 Big Yellow by Bill Tope <i>Sturges tells the story of the despicable housemate with whom he shared his drug-addled student accommodation in the early 1970s.</i><br><br>Before I ever met him, Brett was described to me by my Iranian friend and housemate Vahid as "some barfly from The Stagger Inn," referencing a tavern where we all hung out. Brett, who fancied himself a "real man," and who somehow became my latest in … Read more Labels: Bill Tope medium length stories real life stories 16 comments:
Louise Dolan medium length stories real life stories Wednesday, February 14, 2024 Pasiphaë Redux by Louise Dolan <i>Percie Baldwin enjoys the attention of admirers when she works out at the gym, but she only has eyes for one particularly magnificent creature.</i><br><br><b>The Gym</b><br><br>Nordic Track equipment, personal trainers on staff. Percie adheres to a rotating schedule; upper body and cardio M-W-F, legs and core T-Th. Weekends: sprint intervals one day, hills and pyramid workouts the other. Gear: <i>Bose</i> headphones, <i>Lululemon</i> or… Read more Labels: Louise Dolan medium length stories real life stories 7 comments:
criminal stories Mark Williams medium length stories Wednesday, February 7, 2024 Slow for Change by Mark Williams <i>When mayor Earl Peck's pickleball park wrecks the quietude of Christine Slow's hometown, she hatches a risky plan for revenge.</i><br><br>I can understand why they played at night. Last summer was the hottest on record. But for those of us who live nearby, it sounded like fireworks or gunfire. But things change, don't they, pickleballers? Blame it on Charlie Krapf in room 32, Esther Stone in room… Read more Labels: criminal stories Mark Williams medium length stories 15 comments:
funny stories futuristic stories Jonny Rodgers medium length stories Monday, February 5, 2024 Pick by Jonny Rodgers <i>Captain Drake's spaceship is about to implode after several asteroid collisions, and not all of the crew is going to get out alive.</i><br><br>Smoke. Glass. Sirens. <br><br>The impact - whatever it was - had sent Captain Drake tumbling across the command room like a ragdoll. He rolled off the cracked terminal and thudded onto the glass-strewn floor. Shock and pain gave way to instinct and adrenaline. He got sm… Read more Labels: funny stories futuristic stories Jonny Rodgers medium length stories 6 comments:
medium length stories real life stories Ron Hartley Monday, January 29, 2024 The Team by Ron Hartley <i>A Madison Avenue advertising creative faces up to the challenges of his job and his life with the help of copious cocktails - but is creativity alone enough to survive?</i><br><br>They told us to make nice to each other, to open up and be free and easy with each other. They told us not to clam up, to keep talking because talk is the mother of ideas, they said. They told us that if getting it on together help… Read more Labels: medium length stories real life stories Ron Hartley 18 comments:
John Sheirer medium length stories real life stories Friday, January 26, 2024 The Ride by John Sheirer <i>During the pandemic, Gina goes on a punishing bicycle ride to try and shake herself out of her acute ennui.</i><br><br>"Dammit," Gina hissed as pain stabbed through the cramping muscles of her right thigh. She pedaled slowly up the long hill on the rural road five miles north of town, laboring against gravity's pull on the pounds she had added during four months of pandemic lockdown. Back when … Read more Labels: John Sheirer medium length stories real life stories 12 comments:
futuristic stories Matt Hollingsworth medium length stories Wednesday, January 24, 2024 The Neuron Stitcher by Matt Hollingsworth For the next few Wednesdays, Fiction on the Web will be publishing an extra mid-week story!<i><br><br></i> <i>Thomas is a precocious toddler with incredible mind powers, but still physically underdeveloped - is his mother strong enough to raise him?</i><br><br><i></i>Amanda Barns opened the classroom door with her hip, trying to balance her two-year-old son in her arms and the overstuffed backpack digging into her shoulders. She was … Read more Labels: futuristic stories Matt Hollingsworth medium length stories 20 comments:
Bill Tope creepy stories medium length stories Monday, January 22, 2024 Tightly Wrapped by Bill Tope <i>When Elise remarries she seems so much happier, but her daughter Malorie has concerns about her new stepfather.</i><br><br>"I've never felt this way before," marveled Elise, fanning herself with her hand. The room was chilly, but she was burning up. She glanced at her daughter. "How are you doing, Mal?" she asked. <br><br>Malorie stared at her mother, uncertain just how to respond. "I… Read more Labels: Bill Tope creepy stories medium length stories 19 comments:
creepy stories medium length stories Sharon Frame Gay Friday, January 19, 2024 Gone Away by Sharon Frame Gay <i>Marnie and her daughter Josie rely on Isaac to protect them, but the primitive Wyoming wilderness is fraught with danger.</i><br><br><b>Wyoming, 1870</b><br><br>Five-year-old Josie wanted to catch a dragonfly. She searched along the shoreline, an empty jar in her hand. I told her to be stealthy and sneak up on them, so she raised each foot as though stepping out of a muddy hole, tiny face cloaked in concentration. <br><br>I love t… Read more Labels: creepy stories medium length stories Sharon Frame Gay 24 comments:
fantastic stories medium length stories pick of the month ZK Hardy Friday, January 12, 2024 Men with No Light in Their Hair by ZK Hardy <i>Proud members of an exiled tribe in host a guest with a taboo vocation, in ZK Hardy's fantasy.</i><br><br>I saw him coming down the road out of the copse of trees at the edge of our land. I craned my neck, but couldn't see Dad looking so I shouted a warning as the man came closer. In the midst of the cepical bushes, my father stood up, like a forest animal startled by the sound of snapping twigs, and… Read more Labels: fantastic stories medium length stories pick of the month ZK Hardy 18 comments:
