Tagged: short story

voyage fiction 1

Light in the Cabin

Short Story   They told me I was the perfect candidate. The ship left in a week, no training necessary. There were a few already there. “You’ll be one of the first on this...

fiction lust stories 2

Moon – Part One

Short Story A moonless night in a forest of silence. Save for a single soul. A hunter stalking between the trees. When he moved he was nothing more than a shadow in the trees,...

Family Fiction 0

My Mother’s Body

Family Fiction   I came from my mother’s body. Not quickly, not easily, but violently. I punched the air and tore holes in the room with my vengeful war cry and trembling limbs. Covered...

Shoobies, Human Comedy 2

Shoobies

Human Comedy “Take Me to the Place Where the White Boys Dance.” The song played only in his head, but it might as well have been The Mallard’s anthem. They came from all over...

Dream Short Stories 0

Catching Clarity

Short Stories   There was no fear in those first few minutes. Later I would note my inability of action despite the severity of the situation. I would follow with a suspicion that I...

imaginative short story about progress 0

A Deal For The Rest Of Us

Short Story   “I’ll be right in,” Brian replied confidently. He hung up the phone and paused, trying to consider what the discussion could be about. His desk had a small pop-up mirror and...

student film story 0

The Evil Fred

Short Story   Not a lot of people liked me. I didn’t do the stuff they did. I couldn’t play sports, and I had a small stutter, which made it hard to talk to...

Lake 0

Dream October 2012

I was a gypsy child last night. My skin tanned by countless days beneath the sun of our forest. Only about 13 or 14. When the soldiers come and separate us, I recall glimpses...

fiction about death 1

As Is the Beginning, Is the End

Short Story   Jeanne Ann Westveer was born in 1935. Jeanne married John Frederick Girard Rooks in 1960. She is the mother of my mother, making her my grandmother. When I’m writing this, my...