Margaret E Gillio medium length stories pick of the month real life stories Friday, July 26, 2024 Don't Touch by Margaret E. Gillio Jo is staying with temperamental property manager Gus, who gets off on the wrong foot with a new tenant.Jo blows smoke from her cigarette out the window, wishing she could block the neon sign of the El Dorado blinking in the distance. She stubs the butt out in the ashtray stolen from the same casino and stands up from her perch on the window sill. Gus is still going on. "I pick up a box. Ju… Read more Labels: Margaret E Gillio medium length stories pick of the month real life stories 11 comments:
Caitlin A Quinn criminal stories long stories Wednesday, July 24, 2024 Brian Boru and the First Transcontinental Railroad by Caitlin A. Quinn Jimmy, an Irish labourer working on the Transcontinental Railroad, resorts to desperate measures to help his ailing friend."Where is that little shite?" Jimmy O'Shea squinted into the Utah sun, scanning the railway line for the boy with the water bucket. He wiped the sweat from his face with his dirty neckerchief. A new layer of wet, salted misery pooled under the band of his hat, s… Read more Labels: Caitlin A Quinn criminal stories long stories 13 comments:
Eamonn Bhreathnach long stories real life stories Monday, July 22, 2024 That Catch by Eamonn Bhreathnach At his forty-fifth birthday celebration, Joe Clement sees an estranged old friend, and reflects regretfully on his weaknesses of character.It was the evening of my forty-fifth. We were at Penceys, a ten-table place on Dollarhide Street. Penceys has been there for as long as anybody from the city of Grover can remember, and Carmel and I usually went there about twice a week. This night our two kid… Read more Labels: Eamonn Bhreathnach long stories real life stories 5 comments:
Elise Glassman real life stories short stories Friday, July 19, 2024 Blister Dick by Elise Glassman Brett feels insecure about her techie boyfriend meeting up with his high school ex.At the dentist, to whom she had begged him to go, he ran into his high school girlfriend. "We're going to meet up for coffee," he told Brett later, looking as pleased as anyone could with a jawful of Novocaine. "So Becky's a dental hygienist now?" "Rebekah," Tony corrected. &… Read more Labels: Elise Glassman real life stories short stories 5 comments:
fantastic stories Ian Critchley long stories Wednesday, July 17, 2024 The Hole by Ian Critchley Henry hasn't been himself lately, and doesn't know how to react when a massive hole opens up in his back garden. First published in The Mechanics Institute Review #15 (2018).On the morning of his twentieth wedding anniversary, Henry Feathers woke to find that his back garden had disappeared. It had been a difficult night. In keeping with his recent habit he'd stayed up late, flicking … Read more Labels: fantastic stories Ian Critchley long stories 18 comments: