Adam Kowal funny stories long stories Friday, August 30, 2024 Semantics by Adam Kowal <i>Two of Jesus's apostles sneak into his tomb to witness the prophesied resurrection in this blasphemously irreverent comedy.</i><br><br>Thieves and murderers hid bodies, not holy men. Yet, three days prior, a conspiracy was enacted by a loose brotherhood of religious men to hide the body of a man destined to change the world. <br><br>For weeks, festival season had brought people from across the land to Jerusalem,… Read more Labels: Adam Kowal funny stories long stories 8 comments: shares
futuristic stories June D Wolfman Pushcart nominated short stories Wednesday, August 28, 2024 The Memory Transfer by June D. Wolfman <i>Julie and her dying mother consent to a new medical procedure that allows them to transfer a memory to each other.</i><br><br>I come to the hospice with my knees shaking - a single memory. My mother and I would be transmitting a single memory to one another before she died. It is part of a new service by a nurse with an AI chip implanted in her brain. <br><br>My mother adjusts a pillow at the small of her back. She… Read more Labels: futuristic stories June D Wolfman Pushcart nominated short stories 73 comments: shares
medium length stories pick of the month real life stories Sade Foo Monday, August 26, 2024 The House on Campos Street by Sade Foo <i>Having travelled halfway across the world to escape her grief, Tiara returns - ten years later - to the city where she lost her family.</i><br> <b>Loss</b><br><br>She is lost. She, a twenty-nine-year-old woman, in full charge of her faculties, has somehow managed to find herself in this predicament. <br><br>It started with dinner for three in Southampton, on a hot night in July a year and a half ago. No, not Southampton in Engl… Read more Labels: medium length stories pick of the month real life stories Sade Foo 8 comments: shares
creepy stories Crow M Lundervold short stories Friday, August 23, 2024 Eggs by Crow M. Lundervold <i>17-year-old Anna is worried she might be pregnant and feels her body is no longer her own.</i><br><br>It smells like sulfur. <br><br>I toss and turn in my bed. The smell engulfs me. I pull the blanket over my head, hoping to wall off the putrid smell to no avail. Bubbles of bile billow in my stomach, threatening to charge up my throat. I swallow to keep the bile down, but I feel the <i>surge</i>. <br><br>I jump out of bed and ru… Read more Labels: creepy stories Crow M Lundervold short stories 7 comments: shares
fantastic stories medium length stories Tracy Panepinto Wednesday, August 21, 2024 Blue Note by Tracy Panepinto <i>Ethan follows his nose to a mysterious and magical jazz gathering.</i><br><br>"Jazz is restless. It won't stay put and it never will... Jazz is forever seeking and reaching out and exploring." <br>J.J. Johnson, 1924-2001 <br>In the beginning there was the night-blooming <i>Nicotiana</i>. Before Gabriella; before Apex and the Jazz Cat; before the cool, cajoling <i>just a little longer</i> … Read more Labels: fantastic stories medium length stories Tracy Panepinto 9 comments: shares
real life stories Russell George short stories Monday, August 19, 2024 Collapse by Russell George <i>A man attends a funeral that feels more like an awkward high school reunion, with all the accompanying social anxiety.</i><br><br>Auntie Bee had made one of her famous cakes. To be fair, it was a rare social occasion when she didn't. But this particular cake, placed on a doily on a plinth by the door, was something special. For a start, the size of it was off the scale, though it also seemed as if Bee ha… Read more Labels: real life stories Russell George short stories 18 comments: shares
Madeline Monroe medium length stories real life stories Friday, August 16, 2024 Heads Up by Madeline Monroe <i>New father Judah has reached the end of his tether, and prepares to take drastic measures. This story was awarded the 2024 EVVY Award for Outstanding Fiction Prose.</i><br><br>As Judah is pouring a fresh batch of coffee into his travel mug, he hears someone moving around the house. He hears soft steps pattering down the stairs, followed by keys clanking as they hit the inside of the ceramic bowl that sits by… Read more Labels: Madeline Monroe medium length stories real life stories 7 comments: shares
medium length stories pick of the month real life stories Zary Fekete Wednesday, August 14, 2024 City Dreams by Zary Fekete <i>A Hungarian screenwriter gets his lucky break, and travels with his beloved to the capital city to meet his destiny.</i><br><br>Ildi looked out the window of the rattling train. She had never gone so fast before. The horse cart that brought her and Janos to the train station seemed sluggish by comparison. This was like flying. Her nose was plastered to the glass as she watched the small villages whip by. <br><br>She… Read more Labels: medium length stories pick of the month real life stories Zary Fekete 5 comments: shares
creepy stories Donovan Douglas Thiesson medium length stories Monday, August 12, 2024 Gift Exchange by Donovan Douglas Thiesson <i>Two years ago, Evan got the worst gift for Christmas, and now that it's Christmas Eve again he's determined to make it right with Santa.</i><br><br>'Twas the night before Christmas when Evan snuck from the house. He crept past his parents, quiet as a mouse. Snuggle Ears, the family beagle, raised his head just high enough to give Evan an indifferent sniff as he tiptoed down the hall to the foyer.… Read more Labels: creepy stories Donovan Douglas Thiesson medium length stories 15 comments: shares
Adity Kay long stories real life stories Friday, August 9, 2024 That Afternoon on Verner Street by Adity Kay <i>Anil travels from one war-torn country to another, falls in love with an Irish research student with plenty of secrets, and wonders if he will ever again find home.</i><br><br>Anil strummed on the tanpura and thought of his father-in-law. The old man had just emailed, having heard of the divorce. It was the first time his father-in-law had written to him in any fashion. His father-in-law, who always feared t… Read more Labels: Adity Kay long stories real life stories 14 comments: shares
Agatha Hinman medium length stories real life stories Wednesday, August 7, 2024 Siberia by Agatha Hinman <i>John Vasiliev, fraud specialist in a California law firm, is unable understand why he is losing his miscreant son.</i><br><br>Vasiliev slides his son's photo behind a law tome in the desk's far corner, hiding Nick's shadowed sleepless eyes while wondering what in hell his son loses sleep over. The child who unhinged classrooms and dissolved family dinners has morphed into a teenage closed-mouthed… Read more Labels: Agatha Hinman medium length stories real life stories 8 comments: shares
Ashley Moore Thomas creepy stories long stories Monday, August 5, 2024 Dutiful by Ashley Moore Thomas <i>During a visit to church, only child Claire is told by the loyal Father that she's gravely sick.</i><br><br>It was the Father who'd told my mom I was sick. I only saw him every Friday night, when we went to the old, corrugated shed to worship. Most of the town was forested, and our church was hidden among those many, densely packed trees. The once shining metal now a rust brown as the entire building… Read more Labels: Ashley Moore Thomas creepy stories long stories 7 comments: shares
Bill Tope criminal stories medium length stories Friday, August 2, 2024 Idyll by Bill Tope <i>In which Steven finds himself at the corner of a love quadrangle, with dire consequences.</i><br><br>Steven stood alone in the hotel suite, listening as the key in the lock turned over and the door cracked open. He could hear the laughing voices from the other side. He drew a deep, expectant breath as the portal opened wide. The hairs on his arms and the back of his neck rose as the gun came into view and le… Read more Labels: Bill Tope criminal stories medium length stories 26 comments: shares
