creepy stories Fred Skolnik medium length stories Friday, December 30, 2016 Professor Middleton's Sunday Morning by Fred Skolnik <i>Fred Skolnik's portrait of coldly self absorbed professor of </i><i>American history</i><i> Julia Middleton, too sure of her place in the world.</i><br><br> Professor Middleton stretched and yawned. It was a delicious feeling, tensing every muscle in her body. She liked the way her body felt. She was forty-one, a mature and desirable woman. Her husband adored her, her children idolized her. She stretched again, tighte… Read more Labels: creepy stories Fred Skolnik medium length stories 4 comments: shares
Kendra Beauchesne real life stories very short stories Monday, December 26, 2016 The Encounter by Kendra Beauchesne <i>Kendra Beauchesne tells of a brief romantic encounter.</i><br><br> When I think of you my fingers make their way to my lips as though I can still feel your kiss. Biting my lip I close my eyes and remember every perfect detail of that night. I was so nervous to see you even though we agreed it wasn't a date. We set up the time for you to pick me up and you asked if I had ever been on the back of a bike be… Read more Labels: Kendra Beauchesne real life stories very short stories 5 comments: shares
funny stories Julie Carpenter medium length stories Friday, December 23, 2016 The Giraffe Story by Julie Carpenter <i>In a little town so isolated that its inhabitants often go mad, a wealthy attorney gives up profiting from his neighbours' litigious propensities to preach the danger of giraffes, in Julie Carpenter's whacky morality tale.</i><br><br> Once upon a time, there was a mountain village far, far away. It was a lovely little village; the town square boasted a large white Victorian bandstand where crowds oft… Read more Labels: funny stories Julie Carpenter medium length stories 7 comments: shares
creepy stories Mark Keane medium length stories Monday, December 19, 2016 Transplantation by Mark Keane <i>When Quinn's ruinous alcoholism threatens his life, an organ transplant triggers such a fundamental change of lifestyle that his long-suffering wife feels left behind; by Mark Keane.</i><br><br> Quinn's liver was damaged beyond repair. He was taken into hospital. A liver transplant was his only hope. He could not drink again. It was not a question of cutting back, not a matter of switching from whisk… Read more Labels: creepy stories Mark Keane medium length stories 8 comments: shares
funny stories Mary Steer pick of the month very short stories Friday, December 16, 2016 To Do List by Mary Steer <i>Mary Steer's snapshot of middle class domestic life will ring hauntingly true with busy couples everywhere.</i><br><br> Wake up. Get up. Turn on fish tank light. Take dog into backyard. Wait while dog does business. Pick up after dog. Ponder how life is less like a box of chocolates and more like a used grocery bag full of dog shit. Drag dog back in. Feed fish, but not with diced-up pieces of husband - y… Read more Labels: funny stories Mary Steer pick of the month very short stories 13 comments: shares
fantastic stories Margaret Karmazin medium length stories Monday, December 12, 2016 Drunlowry by Margaret Karmazin <i>When young Emma's father is diagnosed with a degenerative and terminal disease, the family move in with her Aunt Kathryn and Emma falls in love with a tree; by Margaret Karmazin.</i><br><br> My thirteenth birthday had just passed and no one would tell me what was wrong with my father. "It's several long words and you wouldn't understand it," said my mother. Her thick, auburn hair hung s… Read more Labels: fantastic stories Margaret Karmazin medium length stories 6 comments: shares
Bill Pieper criminal stories medium length stories pick of the month Friday, December 9, 2016 Up On Mineral Creek by Bill Pieper <i>Bill Pieper's all-American story of a rugged widower faced with a moral dilemma when his good friend commits an unforgivable act.</i><br><br> His leg hurt, right around the knee, where he'd taken shrapnel in Vietnam. It'd never been good since then, fifty years now, walking with a pigeon-toe hitch in his gait. And always achy when he sat, but this hurt worse, because he was tied to a chair and co… Read more Labels: Bill Pieper criminal stories medium length stories pick of the month 9 comments: shares
criminal stories medium length stories Scott Cannon Tuesday, December 6, 2016 Stupidicide by Scott Cannon <i>Homicide detective Rogers and his newbie partner are called to investigate two deaths that may or may not be entirely accidental; by Scott Cannon.</i><br><br> "No man can bring about the perfect murder; chance, however, can do it." Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita <br> It sounded weird from the start. There were not so many homicides in the winter, especially after a massive ice storm with sub-zero temperatu… Read more Labels: criminal stories medium length stories Scott Cannon 13 comments: shares
fantastic stories Paul Stansbury short stories Sunday, December 4, 2016 A Tax of Blood by Paul Stansbury <i>Leysa prepares yet again to make a great sacrifice for her family, but Yuri longs to resist their oppressor; by Paul Stansbury.</i><br><br> Leysa and Yuri watched Osip hunch over the table, his quill scuffing over the paper whispering a harsh tattoo as he methodically listed the taxes due. He had arrived in the morning, scratching at the door like a hungry animal. He had spent the day with Yuri walking about… Read more Labels: fantastic stories Paul Stansbury short stories 7 comments: shares
Fred McGavran long stories real life stories Friday, December 2, 2016 The Rockingford Raphael by Fred McGavran <i>In an English mansion, 1937, Miss Sylph de Quimby innocently paints a copy of a long-lost Raphael, in which her cousin shows a great interest; by Fred McGavin.</i><br><br> How difficult it is to recreate a masterpiece, I reflected as I placed the grid over <i>The Rockingford Raphael</i>. The panel of two inch string squares fit just inside the frame, perfectly matching the squares I had ruled on my canvas. Streamin… Read more Labels: Fred McGavran long stories real life stories 6 comments: shares
