Short Fiction - Written Tales

A Christmas Tale

January 23, 2021January 23, 2021 Christina Barber

Thin, white candles teetered at the end of the small, pathetic looking tree. The branches struggled to hold up the … Read more

November 22, 2020 Chris Bunton

He thumbed one of the ears laced through the braided cord around his neck. Heavy rain poured through the darkness … Read more

November 3, 2020 Nimra Savanghan

Blue. Like the color of his intense eyes. So hauntingly mesmerizing and that it halts me every time. I watch … Read more

November 3, 2020 Deep Naskar

I shouldn’t have bought this. I shouldn’t have bought this queen-sized four-poster bed. I was just a single person. I … Read more

October 29, 2020 Kaci Skiles Laws

Corn syrup is filling each grout-line of the salmon, tiled table; the fizz is subsiding as the room bubbles up. … Read more

October 29, 2020October 29, 2020 Oliver Rose Brown

The Vicar plucks a crisp curl of witch skin from the pyre. He nibbles, clasping the charred flake between his … Read more

September 9, 2020 Dychotomous

To the love of my life, When I first met you, you were wearing slacks- hair pushed back and a … Read more

September 7, 2020September 2, 2020 ScarletWitch912

Cold. She was cold. She curled up into a ball beneath her covers and shivered. It didn’t help. The cold … Read more

September 2, 2020 Doug Hawley

Locals from Igaluit on Baffin Island north of mainland Canada found what appeared to be odd pebbles which were exposed … Read more

August 23, 2020 Doug Hawley

Duke Hanley – High school was OK. I was average in most classes, but did very well in math. There … Read more

August 11, 2020 Doug Hawley

Two tough men walk into a bar separately. Other than them, the bar is empty. The pretty tough one says … Read more

February 28, 2020 Breena Fain

It was time for her to go now. The car would be arriving soon. She pulled down the old suitcase … Read more