futuristic stories medium length stories Paula Bernstein Monday, September 30, 2024 The Standard Model by Paula Bernstein <i>A physics professor obsessed with Renaissance art and French cuisine travels to Paris to test the limits of her latest research.</i><br><br>The trip that changed the world began modestly one afternoon in the Rubens Gallery of the Louvre. I had taken the midnight supersonic from Los Angeles to Paris for a well-deserved weekend's respite from months of unremitting work. Not surprisingly, Paris is my favori… Read more Labels: futuristic stories medium length stories Paula Bernstein 11 comments: shares
real life stories short stories Zary Fekete Friday, September 27, 2024 The Well by Zary Fekete <i>A woman retreats to the Hungarian countryside, leaving her old life behind, and meets a kindly neighbour.</i><br><br><i>Could there possibly be a more beautiful place to be unhappy?</i><br><br>Zsofi stood at the window of the apartment's small living room. The view was of Tihany's Inner Lake, the tiny spot of water in the center of the mountain peninsula surrounded on three sides by Lake Balaton. The small lake loo… Read more Labels: real life stories short stories Zary Fekete 5 comments: shares
David Lanvert medium length stories real life stories Wednesday, September 25, 2024 Unseen by David Lanvert <i>Jerome is late for work when he bumps into a vulnerable teenager - but will he regret getting involved? </i><br><br>Jerome always greets folks who cross his path. He or the other fellow looks up, makes eye contact, and nods, and the other nods back. It's the way things are done. Most anywhere in Texas, especially the smaller towns, people acknowledge one another. There's more space than people, so … Read more Labels: David Lanvert medium length stories real life stories 20 comments: shares
fantastic stories short stories VT Mikolajczyk Monday, September 23, 2024 Blue Kool Aid by V.T. Mikolajczyk <i>Winona has mixed feelings about her father, as she participates in a ceremony to mark his death.</i><br><br>"Okay," Jack says. He keeps saying it over and over, like he's preparing himself more than anyone else. It's starting to piss her off. She's not proud of it. "Okay. Ready?" <br><br>Winona stares into the heaping pile of picture frames in the center of their circle. They've a… Read more Labels: fantastic stories short stories VT Mikolajczyk 8 comments: shares
medium length stories Mir-Yashar Seyedbagheri pick of the month real life stories Friday, September 20, 2024 Mixed Signals by Yash Seyedbagheri <i>Nick and Anastasia have taken on too much editing work with their self-made company Ghost Train Publishing, and something has to give.</i><br><br> After our demonic alarm clock screeches for ten minutes, there's a litany of emails from our clients, plus a text from our friend, Cockroach. He wants to get together for drinks tonight. <br><br><i>You gotta stop overworking yourself, man. You overthink. Just come out and… Read more Labels: medium length stories Mir-Yashar Seyedbagheri pick of the month real life stories 5 comments: shares
criminal stories futuristic stories JD Strunk short stories Wednesday, September 18, 2024 Marlowe by J. D. Strunk <i> An off-planet hitman with a grudge tracks down his latest target.</i><br><br>There is a gun to my left temple, but my thoughts are far from my own life, my own death. I think only of my mother. When my mother died - when she was murdered - it was not so much the sense of loss that galvanized me, but the sense of finality. With her passing, a line was drawn across my life. That line separated who I was from … Read more Labels: criminal stories futuristic stories JD Strunk short stories 11 comments: shares
Cheryl Rebello creepy stories short stories Monday, September 16, 2024 The Emerald Emergent by Cheryl Rebello <i>A woman suffers a deeply troubling recurring pregnancy.</i><br><br>She had already delivered twice in the month of May. To her dismay, in another two weeks, she was due to give birth again. <br><br>The first time it had happened, she had been alone in her room in her father's ancestral bungalow, the one she had long called home. Unable to coax sleep, she brewed herself a cup of chamomile tea in an electric hot w… Read more Labels: Cheryl Rebello creepy stories short stories 22 comments: shares
creepy stories medium length stories Shelley K Davenport Friday, September 13, 2024 All Hallow Summer by Shelley K. Davenport <i>Sylvia Corey is not looking forward to meeting the man she blames for her father's death two decades ago - can she hold it together?</i><br><br>"Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live." <br>Exodus 22:18<br><i>He woke, and when he woke, as always, he woke hungry.</i><br><br><i>In the shadow of the yews he began to hunt - not as the wolf pads silently behind a traveler, or the shark follows the tang of blood for miles - bu… Read more Labels: creepy stories medium length stories Shelley K Davenport 8 comments: shares
Angela Patera medium length stories pick of the month real life stories Wednesday, September 11, 2024 Bartering by Angela Patera <i>A young idealogue becomes addicted to ghostwriting academic essays in exchange for goods and services. </i><br><br>While most of my peers fretted over their looks and romantic escapades, my adolescence was defined by a different kind of drama: the thrill of the academic black market. While some effortlessly excelled in calculus or displayed incomparable athletic prowess, I mastered the art of trading academi… Read more Labels: Angela Patera medium length stories pick of the month real life stories 4 comments: shares
creepy stories Leah Erickson medium length stories Monday, September 9, 2024 Palindrome by Leah Erickson <i>An addict obsessed with patterns is haunted by a preternatural group of children lingering on the fringes of chaos.</i><br><br>It began with a few grainy photos captured on a night vision trail camera: at the edge of the woods, bathed in lurid green light, was a group of children. Six of them, of various ages. None looked to be over ten, the smallest one a toddling baby. No one knew whose they were, or what … Read more Labels: creepy stories Leah Erickson medium length stories 5 comments: shares
Anu Kay long stories real life stories Friday, September 6, 2024 Life Lines by Anu Kay <i>A half-Dominican half-Indian nurse reconnects with her past while sitting by the bedside of her once-close friend, now unconscious after a heart attack.</i><br><br>Shirish lay on the hospital bed, his breathing faint. Nina stroked his wrist, ran a finger over his limp hand. She saw the hair on his knuckles, the black stains around his nails. She shifted on the low stool, turned his hand over, studied the rai… Read more Labels: Anu Kay long stories real life stories 8 comments: shares
David Henson futuristic stories short stories Monday, September 2, 2024 The Greater Good by David Henson <i>Edgar and Annabel are answering the call of duty to humanity by undergoing a biological transformation.</i><br><br>Dr. Johnson removes the stethoscope from his ears, which are more pointed than the last time we saw him. "Everything seems fine," Ms. Henderson. "The changes in your skull structure are causing your headaches. They'll subside as your body adjusts to the transformation. Which w… Read more Labels: David Henson futuristic stories short stories 19 comments: shares
