Beryl Ensor-Smith funny stories medium length stories Tuesday, September 24, 2013 The Scandal by Beryl Ensor-Smith <i>Beryl Ensor-Smith returns with another wonderful story of Prentburg life as Frikkie van Wyk's wife leaves him and the dorp gossip distorts the scandal into something else entirely.</i><br><br> Frikkie van Wyk was drinking a beer in front of the television set when his wife Rina dropped her bombshell. He had been vaguely aware that she had come into the room, but his eyes had been fixed on the rugby match… Read more Labels: Beryl Ensor-Smith funny stories medium length stories 4 comments:
creepy stories criminal stories medium length stories Michael McCarthy Sunday, September 22, 2013 Sister Act by Michael McCarthy <i>An ageing vet becomes dangerously obsessed with a lonely woman whose bay window he can see into from his hostel across the road; by Michael McCarthy.</i><br><br> Pat lay in the dark, on his couch watching the television, but not really taking it in. His attention was focused on the house directly opposite. It had been that way since he'd moved here. Sometimes he lay reading but he'd stop after every… Read more Labels: creepy stories criminal stories medium length stories Michael McCarthy 12 comments:
Pam Van Dyk real life stories short stories Friday, September 20, 2013 The Quarry II by Pam Van Dyk <i>Pam Van Dyk's nostalgic tale of two friends enjoying each other's company before they move on to a new phase in their lives.</i><br><br> I had a dream last night that my teeth fell out. I am in front of my Creative Writing II class reading a critical essay I have written about T.S. Elliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock". I feel something hard and loose in my mouth. I watch as fi… Read more Labels: Pam Van Dyk real life stories short stories 3 comments:
funny stories Jeff Alphin long stories pick of the month Tuesday, September 17, 2013 Tug Life by Jeff Alphin <i>In Jeff Alphin's delightful comedy, a Fells Point Maryland tug worker with a fondness for practical jokes finds a kindred spirit with whom to conspire.</i><br><br> Rusty couldn't get off the <i>Harriet Moran</i> fast enough. Two weeks of knuckle busting and fried bologna had him hopping the bulwarks and bouncing off the tire fenders onto the gull-shit-splattered docks of Canton like a state-fair rubber fro… Read more Labels: funny stories Jeff Alphin long stories pick of the month 5 comments:
Kelly Haas Shackelford real life stories short stories Friday, September 13, 2013 Less Than a Pair of Shoes by Kelly Haas Shackelford <i>An eccentric old lady returns to the site of her granddaughter's suicide; by Kelly Haas Shackelford.</i><br><br> My gnarled fingers gripped the steering wheel of my departed husband's battered Ford truck. Its shocks offered little buffer to the neglected potholes on that God-forsaken Georgia back road. Shooting pain jolted down to the very marrow of my old bones, but it was not as excruciating as my … Read more Labels: Kelly Haas Shackelford real life stories short stories 8 comments:
