Aaron Schmelzer creepy stories medium length stories Wednesday, March 27, 2024 Masquerade by Aaron Schmelzer 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.Mirrors don't grant their onlookers the privilege of denying reality. 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 6 comments:
Eamonn Bhreathnach real life stories short stories Monday, March 25, 2024 The Edges of Orpington by Eamonn Bhreathnach A lonely man tries to reconnect with a stranger he encountered four decades ago.It was over forty years ago. I was hitch-hiking and he gave me a lift from the ring-road south of Edinburgh to York. He - whoever he was - was driving to his home in Orpington, which was then in Kent. He was making the return journey, having followed a girlfriend to Edinburgh who had told him she didn't want anyth… Read more Labels: Eamonn Bhreathnach real life stories short stories 9 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 When farmer Ä°brahim'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.Asiye went into labor in the middle of the afternoon. She stopped threshing immediately, and went home. Ä°brahim 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 9 comments:
medium length stories Nathan Toplis pick of the month real life stories Wednesday, March 20, 2024 Air Mail by Nathan Toplis A young woman recalls a life-changing romance conducted almost entirely through letters.The last letter he ever wrote to me just said, 'goodbye Lil.' Nothing else. He had always been dramatic like that. 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 A woman climbs the Annapurna Circuit in Nepal, and progressively surrenders to the mountain. What if I live no more those kingly days? Their night sleeps with me still. I dream my feet within the starry ways; My heart rests in the hill I may not grudge the little left undone; I hold the heights, I keep the dreams I won. - Geoffrey Winthrop-Young 'The Old Hill Climber'As the lovely… Read more Labels: medium length stories real life stories Talia Levy 16 comments: