creepy stories Dahlia Mandel medium length stories Wednesday, October 30, 2024 Like Good Puppies by Dahlia Mandel <i>Little sister Poppy is hurt, but it's ok, it was only a tiny accident - only a tiny accident.</i><br><br>I broke my sister's brain, and I don't know how to put it back together again. <br><br>We'd been banished outside because Mommy and Father had to talk to an ugly man in a suit about Grandma's money. Father was angry because Grandma was a fan of the slots, and now she's dead and there'… Read more Labels: creepy stories Dahlia Mandel medium length stories 7 comments: shares
criminal stories long stories Simon Veal Monday, October 28, 2024 Pat: Ghosts of Another Day by Simon Veal <i>In the 1970s British criminal underworld, Pat tries to protect Julia and her son Thal from maniac crime boss Lionel who is hunting Jack, Thal's father.</i><br><br>Euston was choked with diesel fumes, smog, and cigarette smoke. It made his eyes sting. He hoicked his coat collar up around his neck. Over three hours cooped up in that carriage with all that fag smoke and coughin'. It was diabolical. No r… Read more Labels: criminal stories long stories Simon Veal 9 comments: shares
Daniel Fitzpatrick medium length stories real life stories Friday, October 25, 2024 Red Robichaux's Bum Steer by Daniel Fitzpatrick <i>Janelle Moats takes an interest in a fellow student at her music class, rough-around-the-edges Red Robichaux. </i><br><br>Janelle Moats boarded the Broad Street bus as the first drops of condensation fell from the air conditioning units in the second story windows of the houses behind her. It was March, and windy, and the clatter of the droplets on the palmetto fronds below could not be heard, but as Janell… Read more Labels: Daniel Fitzpatrick medium length stories real life stories 6 comments: shares
Ed Walsh long stories real life stories Wednesday, October 23, 2024 The Arrangements by Ed Walsh <i>A sister and brother are shipped out for a month every year to live with their mother on a remote island, and feel like strangers in their own family.</i><br><br>The arrangements were these. Early Sunday morning - it had to be a Sunday, he got nervy in heavy traffic - he would drive us in his old jeep from East Grover where we lived, to the ferry at Wooster's Point, about three hours away. The <i>he</i> in ques… Read more Labels: Ed Walsh long stories real life stories 4 comments: shares
creepy stories Donovan Douglas Thiesson long stories Monday, October 21, 2024 I'm So Sorry, Janie by Donovan Douglas Thiesson <i>A man is relentlessly hunted by possessed children.</i><br><br>Jeff pulls into the diner, a plume of dust reaching out behind him all the way back to the highway. The dingy sign reads <i>Charlie's Burgers</i>, and that is good enough for him. Bars are his preference for obvious reasons; however he is unlikely to find a bar in rural Saskatchewan open before six, and he wants to be asleep and hidden away before s… Read more Labels: creepy stories Donovan Douglas Thiesson long stories 9 comments: shares
long stories pick of the month Pushcart nominated real life stories Rozanne Charbonneau Friday, October 18, 2024 The Blooms of Wisteria by Rozanne Charbonneau <i>In the Italian Cinque Terre, old man Attilio is determined to resist the advances of Signora Silvana Barletta.</i><br><br><b>Liguria, April 2005</b><br><br>Attilio stands under the pergola on his terrace. The vines droop with cascades of wisteria, their petals fragrant with honey and musk. He breathes in and feels richer than any duke. Yesterday, he devised the most devious plan. It is of utmost importance to protect his f… Read more Labels: long stories pick of the month Pushcart nominated real life stories Rozanne Charbonneau 16 comments: shares
April DeOliveira real life stories short stories Wednesday, October 16, 2024 Not a Corpse but a Living Person by April DeOliveira <i>Small-town undertaker Henry faces the unenviable task of preparing the body of Arnie, his uncle and mentor - and he reminisces about their time together.</i><br><br>Inside the coroner's office, Henry stared at the body lying on the autopsy table - the body he needed to transfer to the funeral home so he could start the undertaking process. But he couldn't bring himself to move. It was like his legs a… Read more Labels: April DeOliveira real life stories short stories 2 comments: shares
Emily Edwards medium length stories real life stories Monday, October 14, 2024 Welcome to Our House in the Uncanny Valley by Emily Edwards <i>Two sisters pass the time at home wondering why their eccentric mother Joan, and their reclusive father Herb, are behaving strangely.</i><br><br>Is what I always thought when someone came to the door. Watch as they took it in, the whole spectacle. The carefully constructed smile. Eyes flicking back and forth, back and forth. Some garbled pleasantry. Bodily contortions of normality. It was typical. Predictabl… Read more Labels: Emily Edwards medium length stories real life stories 5 comments: shares
Cliff Aliperti funny stories medium length stories pick of the month Friday, October 11, 2024 Nora Naughton by Cliff Aliperti <i>Theo Naughton's daughter Nora has died and left him all alone - Fred is worried for him, but has underestimated his resourcefulness.</i><br>The ship on which Theseus sailed... was preserved by the Athenians down to the time of Demetrius Phalereus. They took away the old timbers from time to time, and put new and sound ones in their places, so that the vessel became a standing illustration for the phi… Read more Labels: Cliff Aliperti funny stories medium length stories pick of the month 14 comments: shares
AJ Kirby creepy stories criminal stories medium length stories Wednesday, October 9, 2024 Start With Why by A.J. Kirby <i>A criminal couple reflect on their motivations as they work on their latest victim.</i><br><br>Hot. Even the windows are sweating, and the air around us feels as sticky as barbecue sauce. Inside the mask, my face, melting. Shoot a glance at her, my... Sometimes she is like my twin but she is not my twin. That would make what we are doing disgusting and it is not disgusting. It is righteous. <br><br>My partner in cri… Read more Labels: AJ Kirby creepy stories criminal stories medium length stories 2 comments: shares
medium length stories real life stories Simon Kerr Monday, October 7, 2024 The Fingerprint of Reality by Simon Kerr <i> Victor tries to make the most of his miserable life as a Manchester mill worker in the early 1800s.</i><br><br>Victor trudges along the canal, the quickest route to work. The journey generally takes him about thirty minutes. Every now and then he steps aside and lets men or horses pass by, pulling barges to or from the many mills. The canal is the only sign of nature in an otherwise wholly industrial distri… Read more Labels: medium length stories real life stories Simon Kerr 2 comments: shares
creepy stories Ella Burch medium length stories Friday, October 4, 2024 Destiny by Ella Burch <i>Wren, a timid woman, comes alive when she meets Destiny, whose morbid hobby fascinates her.</i><br><br>Jurisprudence hates a violent woman, and so do I. <br><br>So, when a violent woman struck me with balled fists and caged me in the pink press of girlhood, I crawled in culture's basement, invisible to all but the tangled spider webs. <br><br>That is, until I emerged a violent woman in my own right, blood caked under … Read more Labels: creepy stories Ella Burch medium length stories 7 comments: shares
Judy Dushku medium length stories real life stories Wednesday, October 2, 2024 Agnes's Escape by Judy Dushku <i>Inn worker Agnes, haunted by her experiences in the Lord's Resistance Army war in Uganda, has no memory of how she escaped Aba military camp, and she determines to find out - at any cost.</i><br><br><b>January 2015 - Gulu</b><br><br>"I need to do this." Agnes looked right at Sunday, as he searched her eyes, anticipating a possible change of mind. "You know I've talked about that <i>feeling</i> like I don… Read more Labels: Judy Dushku medium length stories real life stories 2 comments: shares
