Dan Keeble pick of the month real life stories short stories Monday, February 28, 2022 Love the Trees Until the Leaves Fall by Dan Keeble <i>Dan Keeble's character hurts his ankle while hiking in Azerbaijan, and has an encounter with the locals that teaches him a surprising lesson.</i><br><br> I rested above the path that followed the stream. My back leaned against the grassy hillside, and I tried to ignore the throbbing in my ankle. Bright green moss cloaked damp bodied trees. Water-waving moss in the stream clung to the wet stones. It made c… Read more Labels: Dan Keeble pick of the month real life stories short stories 7 comments: shares
Dennis Chen funny stories long stories Friday, February 25, 2022 Big Bear by Dennis Chen <i>Steve and Ellie go for a weekend away with friends at a fire-encircled cabin in the woods, and their relationship is sorely tested, in Dennis Chen's amusing tale. </i><br><br> I didn't have many rich friends growing up, so when Ellie showed me the photos of the palatial cabin while in the checkout line at Trader Joe's two weeks ago, I'd gotten the wrong idea and made a quip that we'd have… Read more Labels: Dennis Chen funny stories long stories 2 comments: shares
Barry Garelick long stories real life stories Monday, February 21, 2022 No Leaders by Barry Garelick <i> Barry Garelick tells the nostalgic tale of dropping out of university and having a brief relationship with a girl called Sherry, in Michigan in 1970.</i><br><br> In the fall of 1970, I dropped out of the University of Michigan during my senior year with the intention of never returning. One week later, I got stoned with a girl I wanted to go to bed with and took her to see <i>Yellow Submarine</i>. The theater was … Read more Labels: Barry Garelick long stories real life stories 13 comments: shares
Kenneth Schalhoub long stories real life stories Friday, February 18, 2022 Deadline by Kenneth Schalhoub <i>Kenneth Schalhoub tells of a stagecoach journey through the perilous Wild West, fraught with highwaymen, hostile natives, and deadly smallpox.</i><br><br><b> 1858 - New Mexico Territory</b><b>Day 1</b><br><br>We depart at sunset. I share the stagecoach with five strangers, three banker types across from me, one extremely pallid. Next to me sits a young woman with wavy coffee-colored hair mostly hidden by a flowered hat. Next to he… Read more Labels: Kenneth Schalhoub long stories real life stories 6 comments: shares
creepy stories DA Cairns medium length stories Monday, February 14, 2022 Yesterday's Thief by D. A. Cairns <i>D. A. Cairns' worldly character returns to his hometown in suburban Sydney, finding it unchanged since his youth - and yet horribly changed.</i><br><br> It was exactly like walking into an air-conditioned room on a stinking hot day. A faint lemongrass fragrance casually floated in the air bringing the kind of peaceful comfort which only comes when one feels safe, fortified, and impervious. A sense of well… Read more Labels: creepy stories DA Cairns medium length stories 4 comments: shares
Dante Cross fantastic stories long stories Friday, February 11, 2022 For Home by Dante Cross <i>Two unlikely adventurers travel through treacherous territory, trying to beat an invading army, but with different goals in mind; by Dante Cross.</i><br><br> It was the stench that woke him. Not the sound of the nearby babbling brook, nor the light from the sun peeking over the horizon, nor the birds joining each other in song; no, it was the stench of blood and corpses not yet a day old. <br><br>Rile's eyes flut… Read more Labels: Dante Cross fantastic stories long stories 1 comment: shares
Phil Rosen real life stories short stories Monday, February 7, 2022 A Slaughterhouse Melody by Phil Rosen <i>A journalist carries out a shift in the slaughterhouse and discovers a tragic story that touches him deeply; by Phil Rosen.</i><br><br> The vast majority of people fall into a circumstance they did not themselves choose. Events are thrust upon individuals and they can be left feeling like actors in a movie they did not know they'd been cast in. <br><br>Inevitably, as people run the course of their lives, regrets… Read more Labels: Phil Rosen real life stories short stories 3 comments: shares
funny stories Michail Mulvey pick of the month short stories Friday, February 4, 2022 Contrapasso by Michail Mulvey <i>Michail Mulvey's character has a terrible diet that's about to cause him more trouble than the usual stinky farts.</i><br><br> Late one fall afternoon, while sitting at my desk correcting essays, I became aware of an uncomfortable, slightly painful, even, twinge in my rear. I squirmed, shifted position, got up and picked at what I thought might be a wedgie, sat back down, squirmed again, got up, circl… Read more Labels: funny stories Michail Mulvey pick of the month short stories 5 comments: shares
