criminal stories Saul Isler short stories Monday, March 9, 2026 The Waverly Tontine by Saul Isler <i>Colin Waverly tells the epic story of his father's shifty investment scheme, and what became of the capital.</i><br><br>If word of it had ever spread, Father's tontine would most certainly have become the most famous in history. But it had been held the darkest of secrets until I learned of it just this past week. Outside of its participants, I may be the only one to know of its provenance. And its s… Read more Labels: criminal stories Saul Isler short stories 2 comments:
Jane Snyder medium length stories real life stories Friday, March 6, 2026 Valentine by Jane Snyder <i>A prison officer plans for Valentine's Day with his wife and daughter, but first must get through a challenging day at work.</i><br><br>Ten years ago, Bob McClean killed his four-year old stepson Dakota for the insurance money, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. He's been here ever since. <br><br>We have other offenders who've killed a child, their own mostly. The baby wouldn't stop crying or t… Read more Labels: Jane Snyder medium length stories real life stories 4 comments:
futuristic stories John Sloan long stories Wednesday, March 4, 2026 The Lava Beasts of Titan by John Sloan <i>Novitiate Sym'An investigates an object descending from the sky that threatens to shatter the ideologies his world is built upon.</i><br><br>Sym'An the Novice could not believe his eye. <br><br>High in the Motherless orange sky, a strange object hung on lines from a floating overturned bowl. The lines looked a bit like spinners' ropes but even more delicate. The bowl appeared to be made of a membrane. S… Read more Labels: futuristic stories John Sloan long stories 2 comments:
fantastic stories long stories Talha Ahmad Monday, March 2, 2026 Crossing the Plains by Talha Ahmad <i> Afsha receives a message that her long-lost mother is dying, and she must cross the Middle Plains to see her before it's too late, but the annual invasion of giants is worse than usual.</i><br><br>Afsha pulls her machete out of the giant's thigh, twirling away to avoid the jet of blood that arcs from the wound. The lumbering beast falls with a wet smack on the crimson-soaked grass of the prairie. T… Read more Labels: fantastic stories long stories Talha Ahmad 3 comments:
criminal stories funny stories short stories Tim Wright Friday, February 27, 2026 Buoyancy by Tim Wright <i>Bumbling gangsters Norm and Lefty try to dispose of a body in Tampa Bay, but things don't go as planned.</i><br><br>Norm watched the corpse bobbing by the boat in the moonlit bay and remembered an old high school science class, the one where they made an egg float by putting salt in the water. Lefty reached out with the boathook and gave Mantini's body a hard shove. It went under, then returned to th… Read more Labels: criminal stories funny stories short stories Tim Wright 5 comments:
