Short Stories Archives - Page 9 of 10

Confrontation

December 21, 2017March 21, 2018Fred Miller 2

Short piece about the angst of youthful relationships.

Last Swim

December 21, 2017March 21, 2018Rollin Jewett 0

A man takes a swim and thinks back on his life as he drowns.

A Rainy Road

September 21, 2017December 21, 2017Steve Colori 0

A man on his way home during a rain storm skids off the road into a vehicle with its flashers on.

The Submission

September 21, 2017December 21, 2017Tushar Jain 2

Phone rings.
“Hello?”

The Initial Legend of the Great Founder

September 21, 2017December 21, 2017Jim Meirose 0

About the Great Founder. The story supports itself. There is no one description.

Smiley’s Victory

September 21, 2017December 21, 2017Robert L. Penick 0

294 words. Trying not to kill a horse.

The Wedding

June 21, 2017July 15, 2019David DeFusco 0

A transgendered teenager, engages in a fantasy with her girlfriend to express her love for her and to avoid the awful reality of being raped.

Not Like Us

June 21, 2017September 21, 2017Ron F Berisha 1

This story takes place in London. Franc, a London-living Albanian, gets a call from his close mate Zen who asks for help to collect a debt.

A Beautiful Life, I Promise

June 21, 2017September 21, 2017Darcy Ramirez 1

The main characters brother tragically dies. She has now given up on everything and will not even speak.

Blind

June 21, 2017September 21, 2017Jim Meirose 0

A man walking home in the rain takes cover in what he thinks is an Empty Storefront, but it is the storefront for an elderly blind man’s barbershop.

Boots

June 21, 2017September 21, 2017Tommy Vollman 0

A short reflection on education, privilege, homelessness, hope, and, of course, five-hundred dollar, leather boots.

And I haven’t had a thing to eat all day

March 20, 2017June 21, 2017Dr. S. Jay Lebow 0

Love and Death – turnabout IS fair play.

Fervent Orison

March 20, 2017June 21, 2017CB Droege 0

“Fervent Orison” explores very briefly the classic moment in which ‘the young man with the destiny’ must pull away from the mundane.

Texas Football

March 20, 2017June 21, 2017Mike Lee 0

A high school football game in Texas in 1981. A time and place as dead and gone as the glories of Rome.

The Beard

March 20, 2017June 21, 2017Ron F Berisha 4

The narrator meets a poor pensioner in the streets of Tirana, Albania. He tells him about his son, made unemployable ‘because of his long beard’

The Concrete Guy

March 20, 2017June 21, 2017Sean Daly 0

Chuck just wants to get to the store for a coffee and a roll. When someone snakes his spot, he becomes unglued.

And Then, The Gods Came

December 20, 2016March 20, 2017Abhishek Sengupta 0

A man trapped in a forest realizes that it may not be what he thinks it is. In fact, it may not be a forest at all.

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