Short Stories

When Ralph & Cathy have to travel out of town they leave their 12 y.o. Golden Retriever with a handicapped cousin who lives in the country by a lake, Dusty relates her adventure there.

This entry is a hilarious take on the classical myth. It follows the grain of the Greek myth, but turns it into a satire.

The stuff that occupies our lives from beginning to end

this is a story about my dog rusty and the worst camping trip we ever took

The ending of the story is nothing more than the narrator's weak attempt at distracting his reader from his own culpability in Bartleby's Death.

This is a fictional Mafia hit, but one that is based firmly on actual fact.

This is a short designed to make you think about some of the dynamics of sensual balance.

What I went through when I lost my Brother and Dad less then a year from one another.

Our troops only take a few days off durring this war. Here is my illusion of that one day off.

Poe deliberately erodes his narrator's credibility throughout the story to undermine the narrator's final conclusion that his beloved Ligeia has returned from the grave.

A girl realizes that she wants to go to college.

There are many, many stories about the sword that has to be pulled from a stone, or retrieved from a lake; but what if the magic sword just simply got LOST!

Two boys sneak off from the family camping trip in the Ozarks and find a bookstore in the fourth dimension ... with fourth dimensional toys.

This is a chapter from "Supernatural Radio" about KSR, broadcasting from West Bobcat, Missouri in the Fourth Dimension.

A homeless woman on the wintry streets of New York is helped by a kitten, a preacher man, and an Archangel.

A young woman explains how her experience falling from a tree as a child helped her to understand her first broken heart.

A recently widowed woman daydreams of her children being kidnapped at a Burger King.

A woman struggles with the decision to view the body of her best friend at his funeral.

Mr. Eugene Stupid goes to the shopping mall and drives the store clerk crazy.

Louey is Mr Harper's dog, but he's too old to exercise. One day, he lets her out for a run... and what follows is a great adventure. But can Louey ever find her way home again?

A story with a surprise ending.

A Short Story about relationships and life.

Autumn hears the story once again of how she came to be

When writing a short story or novel, here are some questions those who critique will ask of your story, so by beating them to the punch you should avoid the slush and rejection piles.

The search for a true heart

Thump ... crash ... the sound of a windowpane breaking shattered the thin film of silence hanging on the cold air. Unusual sounds for a usually silent town of England.

This is a story of a father that had his children stole from him and the life he lived without them. How every day was a struggle to stay composed, to be a man and not let how he felt surface in-front of anyone.

A Christian allegorical piece in the tradition of Tolkien and Lewis but with it's own unique style and elements. It grips you from the beginning and never surrenders!

This could have been a bad fishing trip, but it ended up being a very special day.

How a girl really feels about her life.

It was an exciting holiday for yenyen. Her entire family is going for a week vacation in her grandmother's place. It was going to be a big family reunion. But who would think that she was also about to learn the story of the land which she named "Granny's palace".

A story from Litane's point of view. Talks about Malonia's past and what happened to Zorba during that time.

This is an introduction to the fourth dimension and its inhabitants. These inhabitants are known all over the world to all cultures, as the Gentry, the Good People, and to the Cherokee as the Nunnehi.

A woman's struggle to overcome life's hardships, an intriguing relationship, children and the fight to survive debt.

This is a proven theory of weight loss. It has kept weight off or it has helped me lose weight every single time I have used it.

Short story for adults only...contains adult content.

Part four of Begin Again

Part 2 of Begin Again

Part 1. Parker, 17, journeys to California chasing after love and learning a few things about life along the way. He meets up with a mysterious hitch hiker who although appears to be different turns out to share many of Parker's problems.

Repentance is not meant to be enjoyable, but if we are blessed we will suffer.

I awoke promptly at 7:30 a.m. this morning after going to bed at a decent hour, grabbed one of my sons and drove across town.

This is a little story that I came up with to tell my son to get him to drink his milk.

A man takes a picture of a woman lying on the street, but that's the beginning.

A report by an alien on the situation of Earth and it's eligibility for take over.

My first deer

The whispering voice was heard in the disturbed dreams of Velma Johnson that repeated itself over and over till it jarred the poor woman awake. "Betty, Betty", she called in the haziness of her sleep, but no answer came.

A description of our trip to Mekedatu and Sangam and information about the places nearby.

A mouse on the quest for cheese learns that it's not always so easy to get to.

A girl learns the true meaning of having a sister.

A cat goes on a crusade to rid the devil from his house and get his paradise back.

A girl remembers her past, and the garden that held a special place in her heart.

This is a story of Zak the egg and Zoie the Sperm and thier traveling adventures from start to finish; from thier initial development to fertilization.

Short Story about Stigmata experience.

A girl learns the consequences of her decision the hard way.

How unworthy can we see ourselves? How can we even see ourselves unworthy? It is not as hard as we think...

A story about Malachai Boardman's past and how it affects him.

Scorn or pity for the insane? You can decide after you get warm.

His steps were measured as he neared his target; each step marked with an oath of prayer. He stopped suddenly as two armed figures, uniformed in the official olive green of the border police, neared him.

A man learns and lives his last days.

A short story written after seeing what the author viewed as a rather strange sight. Is it the pink sundresses? The pretty beribboned pig tails? The black shorts with fishnet stockings? What did the author see that prompted this story? Read and find out...

This is a sudden fiction that I wrote for my thesis entitled "Silhouettes & Sounds and Other Stories" which consists of stories about different plights of a woman.

A scene from the book I am writing. A sweet fight of words between girlfriend and boyfriend.

When survivors of the doomed ship, Dawn's Glory, take refuge on an unknown island, they are picked off by an unseen foe.

This is the tragic tale of a wayward girl and the man who takes her in.

A short story about the sun path across the sea which brought two lovers together.

Early Spring always brings it on. It starts around the end of May... May being a good month, holiday-wise. It contains Mother's Day and my mother's birthday. Both happy occasions. My mother loves May! But, after May comes June, and with June comes Father's Day.

This is a story about a troubled soul that finds inner peace and serenity in a surprising place.

A short story inspired by a sentence that caught my eye; I later made it the title.

Bob picked up his briefcase and began walking toward the door.

A short story about two sisters

I was born and raised in New Jersey. When I was 18, my childhood friend moved to Maine. After my first visit, I knew I wanted to live there. I especially liked the downtown areas of Portland and Bangor.

Father died in the Civil War when I was three. Mother and I lived in a small shack in Riverton, Wyoming. We never had much until Mother met Edward Arlington when I was ten.

A story of a moment in time that changes everything

Love and patience are the key to turning a scared shelter dog into a wonderful companion.

A tragic short story about a bird that had to survive through life with a broken wing.

Having to play indoors.

A monk fails before a sorcerer, and only has himself to blame.

A story of two men and their individual struggles with responsibility and growing up set mainly in the Neo-Natal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).

Rule number one: Absolutely nothing slow. No ballads, no love songs, and for God's sake no Barry Manilow. I don't care how well you think you can sing "I Wanna Know What Love Is," believe me, nobody wants to hear it.

More akin to a sweat box in a POW camp than a place of employment, the bottle room was a semi trailer attached to the store's back room by a tiny door.

Scott Fletcher goes to work and good things start to happen to him. Also, the first appearance of Yolkman makes the scene to stop a criminal.

A meeting with an abusive ex creates an unlikely weapon

It's time to change the way that we look at physical security. If you're job is to protect me and my family, than butch up, little Sally.

Short story about a man that married a woman that is just like his ex.

The magic of Elves and their attention to the cleric and his family was the subject noted which was beyond the realm of reasonable explanation.

Experts on this say that the time to start planning for the next asteroid to hit should be now.

When Emperor Alexis Comnenus wrote a letter to the Pope Urban 11 for assistance in defending his city against the Muslim Turks, he stated, "When you come you will find reward in heaven and if you do not come you will be condemned".

Three years later an inquisitive detective by the name of Jack Wroblewski re-opened the file only to find links that were missed in the original investigation.

She kept her hair soft and long but she could not control the hard look in her eyes

A short story about a bass player who wanted to try out a new musical instrument in his band.

A short story about faith and the loss of a best friend. Hope you like it.

Met Wes, a bum with no hope for tomorrow. Now meet Luc, he's the guy with all the answers. Find out what happens when they meet. and the concequences of their relationship.

In a twisted tale, Shawn Strack brings the reader into the mind of a warped individual. Yet, we identify with him, strangely.

thoughts from a thirty-something lifeguard

A boy's first Major League Baseball game is something to be remembered.

A man writes in his journal about his recently deceased father, going to his funeral, and a letter he received from him in his will.