If you're like Mr. Davis, you're unsatisfied with your life. Of course, if you're like Mr. Davis, you've reached the end of your life and a none too happy ending it was. Ready for a new life, Mr. Davis now...
They were just regular black ants, the kind boys feed grasshoppers to, or zap with their magnifying glasses. But Harold knew Alice didn't like ants.
A short story.
The idea being this;- start with one of the basic human questions, with no idea what the answer is and, well, type bollocks and see where we end up.
How much money is enough to lose your morals? George Sutherland is posed that question, and to his horror, he finds that even he has his price.
In the days following a worldwide infection, a man struggles with the challenge he faces, and copes by turning every encounter, even the flesh eating ones, into a test that he will either pass or fail.
A man faced with the theft of his mortality has a choice. Accept the gift thrust upon him, or reject it, whatever the cost.
A ladder to another world appears. A young boy becomes fascinated with the possibilities. What follows is inevitable. A story of horrifying loss and of faith and belief.
A story of competition, love and death within a brotherhood. When does sacrifice become necessity for the survival of a species? There can be only one...
A homeless man questions his fate and his life. He thinks he finds the answer in the gleam of a knife edge, but fate has a final surprise for him
What if the next virus outbreak that threatens populations wasn’t flu? What if it was something else, something hungrier?
A man wrestles with madness and reality and discovers Hell is not quite what he expected. In it, he finds friends and pain and ultimately, his calling.
Darkness is a venerated and much revered Prophet. He is also only human. On the eve of imminent alien contact, one that could decide the fate of all life on Earth, it is his responsibility to read the futur...
Michaela Stevens has just died but, she wonders, can a gay lady get to heaven and if so, should it be like this? Short story at about 4,500 words... no adult content but a little light swearing so I'd rate i...
I created this story a few years ago for my english homework and enjoyed it.
I decided to rewrite it and publish it to see what people think.
It is quite a short story of approx 2000 words.
A couple receives an unusual gift for the 15th anniversary: they have to go to the airport and pick a flight to a random city that they haven't visited before, at least 1000 km away. The holiday that was sup...
The morning after the night before - and an office Christmas party has gone badly wrong - or brilliantly right, depending on your point of view.
Kaler’s life is unraveling before his eyes. He accidentally discovers the source of his misery and his solution is blunt, harsh, and final.
Julius Kingsley was hoping that his last days of high school would be a breeze. Instead, he was confronted by a smart bully, threatened by a crooked teacher and made hostage by a vengeful student. Through ...
Jake received a card for his birthday, by an anonymous giver, which said that it would bring him good luck. Although he was skeptical of its magical powers he couldn’t resist testing it. He soon finds tha...
This a short story about growing up in a really bad neighborhood. It has a pretty dramatic ending.
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