Brian Clark real life stories short stories Monday, February 27, 2023 The Regency Man by Brian Clark <i>An old man bids his beloved car goodbye in Brian Clark's nostalgic tale.</i><br><br>Russell stepped out onto the front porch and closed the door quietly. Beth was napping and he didn't want to wake her. Consideration for his wife accounted for only part of his motive. <br><br>He eased his way down the three porch steps, his back and knees protesting in equal measure, and hobbled along the front walk to the d… Read more Labels: Brian Clark real life stories short stories 10 comments: shares
criminal stories medium length stories Will Kemp Friday, February 24, 2023 My Brothers Would Kill You by Will Kemp <i>Phil is enjoying a lads' holiday on a Greek island when he's brutally attacked for no reason; by Will Kemp. </i><br><br>He'd never known such pain. His chest, right ear and foot throbbed; even breathing hurt. And that pounding behind his right eye - as if he were no longer a young man with a damaged eyeball but a damaged eyeball attached to a young man. All he could do was inhale the smell of di… Read more Labels: criminal stories medium length stories Will Kemp 6 comments: shares
BB Clemente Jr creepy stories medium length stories Monday, February 20, 2023 Encounter in a Dark Room by B.B. Clemente, Jr. <i>A demonic john is paying for carnal satisfaction, but that's not all he wants, in this disturbingly creepy story by B.B. Clemente, Jr.</i><br><br>I watched with nervous curiosity as he turned and entered the dimly lit bathroom. He hadn't said a word, just left me sitting there on the damp bed, in the dirty room, in the dark. He didn't even bother to turn on the light. <br><br>For a long while, I sat in s… Read more Labels: BB Clemente Jr creepy stories medium length stories 15 comments: shares
Gary Ives real life stories very short stories Friday, February 17, 2023 Cast Your Bread Upon the Water by Gary Ives <i>Gary Ives' character tells of a fateful secret that steered the course of his family's life.</i><br><br>Please realize this is a secret I've kept for years. <br><br>We - our mother, my twin Michael, and I - lived in St. Anthony's parish. When Mike and I were just seven our father, a fire-fighter, died just before Thanksgiving after months of hospitalization due to burns suffered pulling survivors fro… Read more Labels: Gary Ives real life stories very short stories 10 comments: shares
Don McLellan long stories pick of the month real life stories Monday, February 13, 2023 Road Trip by Don McLellan <i>Squirt tells the story of picking up a mute and mysterious hitchhiker on a road trip from Canada to Mexico at the dusk of the 1960s; by Don McLellan.</i><br><br>It was nineteen sixty-nine or thereabouts, and something was in the air. Richie Havens opened the love-in known as the Woodstock Music Festival, that world-weary voice crooning "Freedom" from a sloppy cow pasture in upper New York State. Th… Read more Labels: Don McLellan long stories pick of the month real life stories 5 comments: shares
creepy stories Kathy Lanzarotti short stories Friday, February 10, 2023 Exit Strategy by Kathy Lanzarotti <i>Sami wakes up with a hangover and a big black dog that isn't hers; by Kathy Lanzarotti.</i><br><br>The dog in her dream was a big black lab. Its thick tail thumped on the floor of her bedroom. "S-A-M-I," it said happily. A long pink tongue dangled over its chin for a moment before it spoke again, "S-A-M-I!" <br><br><i>He can talk!</i> Sami thought. <i>How cute!</i><br><br>The dog sat up on his hind legs, and expel… Read more Labels: creepy stories Kathy Lanzarotti short stories 7 comments: shares
David Henson futuristic stories short stories Monday, February 6, 2023 Return From NewWorld by David Henson <i>Having been put out to virtual pasture, Mr Singman gets a rare opportunity to return to reality - if he can prove his worth; by David Henson.</i><br><br>Life in NewWorld - we call it that as a nervous joke - is neither good nor bad. We retain our personalities. We have our memories. We get news reports from OldWorld (another joke and a bit spiteful, I must admit). In fact, most everything in NewWorld is simi… Read more Labels: David Henson futuristic stories short stories 13 comments: shares
funny stories medium length stories Nye Jones pick of the month Friday, February 3, 2023 Friday Night Down The Gold Star by Nye Jones <i>Hackney is gentrifying; Isla and Louis know they're part of the problem, but can they turn the tables? By Nye Jones.</i><br><br>If you walk into The Gold Star pub in Homerton and you have never listened to how Seamus, who always sits tapping his gold rings against the table in the left hand corner by the cracked window, lost his right eye in a bar fight in Dublin in 1998, or you don't know that Clare… Read more Labels: funny stories medium length stories Nye Jones pick of the month 5 comments: shares
