real life stories short stories Sigfredo Inigo Friday, December 6, 2024 Gladiator by Sigfredo R. Iñigo Today Fiction on the Web revisits an old favourite, in which Philippine children bet on gladiatoral battles between spiders.Dawn found Achilles spread-eagled on his web, now glistening with the cold dew, which he had spun the night before on the branch of a mahogany tree deep in the Philippine jungle. Suddenly, the branch stirred although there was no wind. Achilles tried to scurry inside a curve… Read more Labels: real life stories short stories Sigfredo Inigo No comments:
DS Holmes long stories real life stories Monday, December 2, 2024 My Name is Zamora by DS Holmes Zamora, a defiant and confused mixed-race albino 17-year old, tries to survive high school with the help of an invaluable friend.The life within us is a pathological liar. He/She/They tells us that we are who we are because of some divine being. But in reality, we are only the people we decide to keep around. My grandmother died... She was supposed to be there. And death took her away. My grandmo… Read more Labels: DS Holmes long stories real life stories 5 comments:
futuristic stories Ismael Hussein novellas Friday, November 29, 2024 Deep Breaths by Ismael Hussein In a post-apocalyptic world where breathing is a privilege, Aden is accosted by a mysterious old man with a device he claims can recapture precious lost smells."He was foolish," I said. "Who was, Aden?" asked my wife Hawa. I mused out the window of our seventh-floor hotel. Down below, on the Milan street, lurked a man with eyes like a mad scientist. "Him," I mumbled… Read more Labels: futuristic stories Ismael Hussein novellas 4 comments:
long stories pick of the month real life stories Sheila Rittenberg Monday, November 25, 2024 A Drive for Life by Sheila Rittenberg Busy-headed forty-year-old Ruth gets a promotion that means she needs to learn to drive - and her instructor has a most unusual vehicle.Ruth should have canceled the driving lesson. She'll mess it up, she just knew. She looked for the instructor from her porch. Noticed a few flowers coming up this early spring day. Crocus, crocus, tulip. Crocus, crocus, tulip. The pattern calmed her. Ruth'… Read more Labels: long stories pick of the month real life stories Sheila Rittenberg 12 comments:
Bruce Jacobs medium length stories real life stories Friday, November 22, 2024 High Dive by Bruce Jacobs Ten-year-old Gordon screws up the courage to take on the high-diving board in front of his peers and the ravishing Mrs. Bellefleur.It was not a scent or a song that brought him back, but an image on a screen. Gordon leaned in and lowered the drugstore cheaters from his forehead to his nose. A zoom altitude of about three thousand feet was as close as he could get without losing resolution. It was… Read more Labels: Bruce Jacobs medium length stories real life stories 6 comments: