Bill Vernon funny stories futuristic stories medium length stories Tuesday, December 29, 2015 Alien Reading by Bill Vernon <i>An alien attending a poetry reading turns out to be a harsh critic; by Bill Vernon.</i><br><br> Tobor gazed at the clouds streaming east from the huge setting sun and repeated, "Vermilion! Vermilion!" The word rolled off his tongue in tri-syllabic sonority, and somehow its sound seemed to encase his experience of the wonderful sky. <br><br> Then he noticed a poster tacked onto a telephone pole: POET in hu… Read more Labels: Bill Vernon funny stories futuristic stories medium length stories 2 comments: shares
Erica Verrillo medium length stories real life stories Sunday, December 27, 2015 Stella's Starwish by Erica Verrillo <i>While working as a cleaner at an old people's home in Texas, Stella makes a friend from the other end of the country; by Erica Verrillo.</i><br><br> I'd been working at Shady Grove almost a year the morning Clarence moved in. It wasn't a day I would have remembered otherwise, since it started fairly typically with Mama red-eyed on the sofa and Hector passed out on the kitchen floor. Nothing new o… Read more Labels: Erica Verrillo medium length stories real life stories 4 comments: shares
Forest Arthur Ormes long stories pick of the month real life stories Friday, December 25, 2015 Barabbas's Cross by Forest Arthur Ormes <i>A convict working at Lincoln Meadows Racetrack and his alcoholic friend get in trouble with security and are forced to spend 75 hours in community service with the local chaplain; by Forest Arthur Ormes.</i><br><br> Rafael had been doing real good for the first two months of the meet at Lincoln Meadows Racetrack. He was grooming horses for McCain Stables. I was walking hots for the same outfit. At night, Raf… Read more Labels: Forest Arthur Ormes long stories pick of the month real life stories 4 comments: shares
funny stories futuristic stories Phil Temples short stories Tuesday, December 22, 2015 Puff by Phil Temples <i>A pair of farm yokels is disturbed by an unidentified flying object hovering around their cattle barn; by Phil Temples.</i><br><br> It's 9:30 in the evening. I put Sally to bed over an hour ago, and now I'm standing at the kitchen sink doing the dishes. Harold is in the study foolin' around with his model airplanes or talkin' on his ham radio or some such. <br><br> I look out the window and admire … Read more Labels: funny stories futuristic stories Phil Temples short stories 7 comments: shares
criminal stories medium length stories Phil Slattery Sunday, December 20, 2015 Decision by Phil Slattery <i>In early 1970s rural Kentucky, Travis, son of a cruelly racist mill worker, is forced into a moral dilemma.</i><br><br> Travis was in the barn milking the cow when his father shouted from the front of the house, "Travis! Get the shotgun! Come see what I caught!" <br><br> Travis ran through the backyard and into the kitchen, where his mother was frying squirrel and green tomatoes. "Travis, what is it?… Read more Labels: criminal stories medium length stories Phil Slattery 2 comments: shares
funny stories Robert Lamb short stories Friday, December 18, 2015 R.I.P. by Robert Lamb <i>Robert Lamb recounts the story of the first funeral he attended as a 10-year-old child - he would never attend another like it.</i><br><br> When I was about ten years old, a black woman named Claudia Thompson kept me during the day while my parents worked in the Seminole Cotton Mill in Clearwater, South Carolina. This was summertime; no school. I grew very fond of Claudia, and in concert with my mother's… Read more Labels: funny stories Robert Lamb short stories 4 comments: shares
criminal stories Gael DeRoane short stories Tuesday, December 15, 2015 The Opportunity of a Lifetime by Gael DeRoane <i>Gael DeRoane's account of a home security sales technique that never fails.</i><br><br> The job was doing me in. When I told this to friends they scoffed. You sit around grading papers, they said. How hard can it be? I played in a tennis league with men of various occupations: lawyers, doctors, salesmen, middle managers. They grumbled about high-level stress, long hours on the road, psychotic bosses. Som… Read more Labels: criminal stories Gael DeRoane short stories 4 comments: shares
funny stories LS Sharrow medium length stories Sunday, December 13, 2015 Dorothea Parker on North Lake Shore Drive by L. S. Sharrow <i>The Professor and his wife move to a retirement community and find themselves suffering the company of an obnoxious neighbour; by L. S. Sharrow.</i><br><br> The Fall the Professor retired from the Black Studies Department, we sold our space, stored our stuff and moved into our friends' apartment - the Pinkneys were on sabbatical overseas that semester. Then, we went to a real estate agent to find our for… Read more Labels: funny stories LS Sharrow medium length stories 8 comments: shares
Paul Beckman real life stories very short stories Friday, December 11, 2015 Phyllis by Paul Beckman <i>A waiter is attracted by a regular visitor who sits outside his restaurant to read; by Paul Beckman.</i><br><br> I first noticed them on Tuesday, five days ago. Phyllis, I've decided to call her, is sitting on the red bench by the hedges that surround our restaurant's outdoor space. There are many benches but the closest is the red one and the only one she uses. She is sitting with her long legs cros… Read more Labels: Paul Beckman real life stories very short stories 7 comments: shares
creepy stories Gael DeRoane medium length stories Tuesday, December 8, 2015 Look Away by Gael DeRoane <i>A travelling salesman befriends a colleague suffering from a bizarre curse; by Gael DeRoane.</i><br><br> The first time I saw Jordan Swale it was hard not to stare. You don't expect to see a movie star gliding among the pale, lumpy drones in the employee cafeteria of a Midwestern electronics company. But there he was, a Tom Cruise look-alike - except taller - standing at the salad bar carefully assemblin… Read more Labels: creepy stories Gael DeRoane medium length stories 4 comments: shares
funny stories Jane Hertenstein medium length stories pick of the month Sunday, December 6, 2015 Roadkill by Jane Hertenstein <i>Laine, with barely enough money to feed her growing family, decides to salvage a dead deer from the roadside in Jane Hertenstein's blackly comic piece.</i><br><br> "Mom, for Halloween I want to be a hobo old man. Either that or a scary guy with fangs and long fingernails." <br><br> Her son's rambling carried over from the backseat where he sat in his safety booster. Since she'd sworn off coffe… Read more Labels: funny stories Jane Hertenstein medium length stories pick of the month 5 comments: shares
creepy stories short stories Wendy Steele Friday, December 4, 2015 The Lighthouse by Wendy Steele <i>Ben seeks solitude in a lonely lighthouse, but the island and its violent sea hide a frightening secret; by Wendy Steele.</i><br><br> Abraham Davies shut the door behind him, allowing his ears to acclimatise to the relative quiet. He'd struggled to hold his lantern upright as he performed his circuit, the gusts at the top of the lighthouse, unpredictable at this time of year. The glass was clean though r… Read more Labels: creepy stories short stories Wendy Steele 8 comments: shares
Beryl Ensor-Smith funny stories medium length stories Tuesday, December 1, 2015 The Rumour by Beryl Ensor-Smith <i>A planned Country & Western evening seems doomed to failure in ultra-conservative South African backwater Prentburg, until an unlikely rumour spurs interest; by Beryl Ensor-Smith.</i><br><br> At first when the residents of Prentburg heard that a group from another town would be performing at the Welcome Inn's "Country and Western" evening, not much interest was shown. <br><br> "It'll be th… Read more Labels: Beryl Ensor-Smith funny stories medium length stories 5 comments: shares
