creepy stories David August short stories Wednesday, February 28, 2024 Moving Forward by David August <i>A resentful man starts experiencing blackouts during which a mysterious interloper keeps trying to be nice to him.</i><br><br>Coming home from work, I'm about to open the door to my apartment building, I look sideways, and whom do I see rushing in to meet me? Mrs. Brown from the third floor, that old bat, always gossiping about everyone and always with that phony beatific smile on her face. I can only im… Read more Labels: creepy stories David August short stories 17 comments: shares
Bill Tope medium length stories real life stories Monday, February 26, 2024 Big Yellow by Bill Tope <i>Sturges tells the story of the despicable housemate with whom he shared his drug-addled student accommodation in the early 1970s.</i><br><br>Before I ever met him, Brett was described to me by my Iranian friend and housemate Vahid as "some barfly from The Stagger Inn," referencing a tavern where we all hung out. Brett, who fancied himself a "real man," and who somehow became my latest in … Read more Labels: Bill Tope medium length stories real life stories 16 comments: shares
futuristic stories Rick Taliaferro short stories Friday, February 23, 2024 Crazy-Ass Casanova by Rick Taliaferro <i>Todd is thrown in prison for shooting a group of robots, including the one he loved. This story was inspired by a passage from Sherry Turkle’s book, </i>Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other<i>.</i><br><br>While he waited for his lawyer, Todd Trigun sat by himself in the rec room of the Durham County Jail. The other tough-looking inmates congregated at a television bolted to th… Read more Labels: futuristic stories Rick Taliaferro short stories 18 comments: shares
creepy stories criminal stories short stories Sully Stone Wednesday, February 21, 2024 Inner Power by Sully Stone <i>Jen Marshall has been sectioned after self-harming, but she does not trust the medication she is being given.</i><br><br>And the clock's hands turned to yet another arbitrary number. The tick-tock of its mechanical insides wormed through my head with its dulling beat. I flicked my raven hair past my shoulders and tried ignoring him. <br><br>My therapist slid his hands over his tan dress pants, as if he were iron… Read more Labels: creepy stories criminal stories short stories Sully Stone 7 comments: shares
June D Wolfman pick of the month real life stories short stories Monday, February 19, 2024 We Hid Jonah by June D. Wolfman <i>Noah and his buddies are innocently playing video games when their peace - and innocence - is interrupted by their friend Jonah.</i><br><br>We hid Jonah. Saturday, three of us, me Ben and Leon, were gathered in my room playing video games when Jonah climbed up the treehouse and along the branch and knocked on my window - the usual entry. I opened the window and immediately saw that Jonah was crying. I'd … Read more Labels: June D Wolfman pick of the month real life stories short stories 47 comments: shares
Louise Dolan medium length stories real life stories Wednesday, February 14, 2024 Pasiphaë Redux by Louise Dolan <i>Percie Baldwin enjoys the attention of admirers when she works out at the gym, but she only has eyes for one particularly magnificent creature.</i><br><br><b>The Gym</b><br><br>Nordic Track equipment, personal trainers on staff. Percie adheres to a rotating schedule; upper body and cardio M-W-F, legs and core T-Th. Weekends: sprint intervals one day, hills and pyramid workouts the other. Gear: <i>Bose</i> headphones, <i>Lululemon</i> or… Read more Labels: Louise Dolan medium length stories real life stories 7 comments: shares
real life stories short stories TC Carner Monday, February 12, 2024 The Fence Mender by TC Carner <i>After a major crash in his truck, a war-traumatised cowboy contemplates his mortality.</i><br><br>The truck was careening out of control. <br><br>No place to go but over the cliff now. <br><br>He knew it, and in the same moment knew that he couldn't do a damned thing about it. <br><br><i>What was at the bottom of that cliff?</i> he wondered almost casually. <br><br>Time stretched and the vision through the windshield slowed to a creep - li… Read more Labels: real life stories short stories TC Carner 8 comments: shares
Adam Strassberg fantastic stories short stories Friday, February 9, 2024 this story possesses you by Adam Strassberg <i>You are the shaman Pathana, and this story will possess you.</i><br><br>This story is now shared with you. <br><br>You possess it. <br><br>You are you, and you are the many people reading this story, now, then, and later. <br><br>You are all connected through this one story as you, the shaman Pathana, discover a small iron chest hidden deep beneath the defeated dragon's hoard of gold and gems. Iron shields most magics, and so y… Read more Labels: Adam Strassberg fantastic stories short stories 15 comments: shares
criminal stories Mark Williams medium length stories Wednesday, February 7, 2024 Slow for Change by Mark Williams <i>When mayor Earl Peck's pickleball park wrecks the quietude of Christine Slow's hometown, she hatches a risky plan for revenge.</i><br><br>I can understand why they played at night. Last summer was the hottest on record. But for those of us who live nearby, it sounded like fireworks or gunfire. But things change, don't they, pickleballers? Blame it on Charlie Krapf in room 32, Esther Stone in room… Read more Labels: criminal stories Mark Williams medium length stories 15 comments: shares
funny stories futuristic stories Jonny Rodgers medium length stories Monday, February 5, 2024 Pick by Jonny Rodgers <i>Captain Drake's spaceship is about to implode after several asteroid collisions, and not all of the crew is going to get out alive.</i><br><br>Smoke. Glass. Sirens. <br><br>The impact - whatever it was - had sent Captain Drake tumbling across the command room like a ragdoll. He rolled off the cracked terminal and thudded onto the glass-strewn floor. Shock and pain gave way to instinct and adrenaline. He got sm… Read more Labels: funny stories futuristic stories Jonny Rodgers medium length stories 6 comments: shares
futuristic stories long stories pick of the month Rolf Ebeling Friday, February 2, 2024 The Golden Sound of The Forever Now by Rolf Ebeling <i>Rolf Ebeling imagines a world where the air is poison and music is taboo.</i><br><br>A year after the government mandated sealed enclosures for every house, Brad and Kelly moved into their new neighborhood. They pulled up to their "forever home" in a stale-smelling rental car in time to see the moving company haul the last of their belongings inside. Six-legged flatbed moving robots loaded with box… Read more Labels: futuristic stories long stories pick of the month Rolf Ebeling 7 comments: shares
