Anu Kay long stories real life stories Monday, December 30, 2024 Netta, Nebraska, Nina by Anu Kay <i>A Pakistani tour guide falls for an American visitor and remembers her even long after moving to the USA himself.</i><br><br>Pappu once lived in Karachi where he drove foreign tourists to the ancient city of Mohenjo Daro. The five-thousand-year-old city was magnificent. With its broken-down majestic ruins, brown and gold in the afternoon sun, the steps that now led nowhere, the rutted small roads that emptie… Read more Labels: Anu Kay long stories real life stories 13 comments: shares
Dave Wakely medium length stories real life stories Friday, December 27, 2024 A Visit to the Nit Lady by Dave Wakely <i>In early 1980s London, a couple take a break from refurbishing their new home go on an important visit. </i><br><br><b>London, August 1982</b><br><br>He's always been meticulous, this one. Spotlessly clean and immaculately groomed. Runs in the family, he says. "We've always been a careful lot." Right now, I can feel the bony fingers of his right hand delve through my hair, picking attentively at my scalp,… Read more Labels: Dave Wakely medium length stories real life stories 10 comments: shares
B Scott Boring medium length stories real life stories Monday, December 23, 2024 The Goodness of Guzzies Van Pelt by B. Scott Boring <i>In rural USA during the Great Depression, one of the Allshouse children is hurt - will local hermit Guzzies rise to the occasion?</i><br><br>Wiggy ran shirtless through the woods as fast as could. Having discarded his hand-me-down footwear, and now wearing his new shoes, he wasn't stubbing his toes on rocks and tree roots as he used to do. This time he was running full tilt. He didn't notice the mark… Read more Labels: B Scott Boring medium length stories real life stories 32 comments: shares
criminal stories Paula Bernstein pick of the month short stories Friday, December 20, 2024 The Accident by Paula Bernstein <i>An old-fashioned hotel proprietor in a picturesque French town observes intrigue among his guests.</i><br><br>We still speak about the day the American woman and her lover were killed. They died in full view of some half dozen people, including myself, who were peacefully pursuing their business at the very moment the bright red Ferrari went out of control and plunged two hundred meters to its final resting … Read more Labels: criminal stories Paula Bernstein pick of the month short stories 11 comments: shares
futuristic stories long stories Yuri Kukhar Monday, December 16, 2024 MechaGlam by Yuri Kukhar <i>Mrs. Koneshin has spent her whole life striving to reach the impossible standards of Astral society, and prepares to make a grand sacrifice to maintain her position of privilege.</i> <br>"All that's left is for you to sign the agreement, and we can proceed with the operation next week, Mrs. Koneshin." <br><br>Nova stares at the screen displaying the document, the white light bright enough to ingrain… Read more Labels: futuristic stories long stories Yuri Kukhar 4 comments: shares
fantastic stories JD Strunk medium length stories pick of the month Friday, December 13, 2024 The Hourglass by J. D. Strunk <i>Young Jackson Maddox captains the Hourglass in search of the Eternal Isle.</i><br><br>It was not my idea to search the ocean for the Eternal Isle - it was Jack's, and Jack's alone. I am not an aquatic person by nature. Still, I recognized that, as an adventurer, it would have been folly for me to ignore seventy percent of our planet simply because it didn't sit well with my nerves. Jack never und… Read more Labels: fantastic stories JD Strunk medium length stories pick of the month 19 comments: shares
long stories real life stories Subramani Mani Monday, December 9, 2024 The Elementary School Girl Who Waved Her Hands Like a Hummingbird by Subramani Mani <i>In 1970s Kerala a young firebrand gets in trouble with the authorities, and in dark times his spirits are lifted by a schoolgirl's hummingbird dance.</i><br><br>I was walking towards the main library on campus near the student union building when suddenly, out of nowhere, I saw this young woman, walking a few meters ahead of me, flailing and fluttering her arms and hands like a hummingbird. She started s… Read more Labels: long stories real life stories Subramani Mani 4 comments: shares
real life stories short stories Sigfredo Inigo Friday, December 6, 2024 Gladiator by Sigfredo R. Iñigo <i>Today Fiction on the Web revisits an old favourite, in which Philippine children bet on gladiatoral battles between spiders.</i><br><br>Dawn found Achilles spread-eagled on his web, now glistening with the cold dew, which he had spun the night before on the branch of a mahogany tree deep in the Philippine jungle. Suddenly, the branch stirred although there was no wind. Achilles tried to scurry inside a curve… Read more Labels: real life stories short stories Sigfredo Inigo 4 comments: shares
DS Holmes long stories real life stories Monday, December 2, 2024 My Name is Zamora by DS Holmes <i>Zamora, a defiant and confused mixed-race albino 17-year old, tries to survive high school with the help of an invaluable friend.</i><br><br>The life within us is a pathological liar. He/She/They tells us that we are who we are because of some divine being. But in reality, we are only the people we decide to keep around. <br><br>My grandmother died... She was supposed to be there. And death took her away. My grandmo… Read more Labels: DS Holmes long stories real life stories 5 comments: shares
