Life.exe is a story about sex, drugs and books. It’s an exploration of language, bending words and phrases into surreal and beautiful patterns. In Wittgenstein’s words, “If a lion could speak, we could...
Somewhere in the decaying concrete flatlands of post-suburban Texas is an apartment complex where low income, low expectations and low lifes walk the line between the mundane and the macabre. Misery, humor and...
Chasing a parcel delivered to a neighbour, Clint is sucked into a remarkably civilised but mildly deranged crime scene. There he encounters almost-blackmail, not-actually prostitution, probable-sex scandals,...
Three stories to go with three haiku. Unpredictable: Tapping of moth wings His journey rekindled by melon-flavored lips Illinois Corn: Alabaster skin Red rash creeps up her arms corn scent and knuckles Jake's...
Deus ex machina ( /ˈdeɪ.əs ɛks ˈmɑːkiːnə/ or /ˈdiː.əs ɛks ˈmækɪnə/ Latin: ”god out of the machine”; plural: dei ex machina) is a plot device whereby a seemingly inextricable problem is abruptly...
Cave of Madness is a part of “Realms of Insanity” Realms of Insanity consist of two short stories “Cave of Madness” and “Dense Macabre”. Cave of Madness: The story revolves around a speleologist...
Four tales of terror to send icy chills through your blood. These stories will scare you senseless this winter season. When banker Alec takes shelter from a snow storm in a peculiar old shop, the shopkeeper...
On an otherwise normal day in Wonderland, the Knave of Hearts is arrested by the secret police. Outraged by what he believes to be an injustice, his valet, the March Hare, sets out to free him. Along the way...
Nine short chapters, 3,827 words(ish) and no mushrooms. Early morning, okay, afternoon. Door bell will not let him sleep, knocking on the window makes it harder and the shouting of his name through the letter...
Seven-year-old David Glum watches as his grandfather is abducted by a legendary herd of elephants. Twenty years later, David returns to his parents' home to focus on growing a beard, a goal he feels sure he...
Charles Dickens has dominated the Christmas short story market for too long and he's so bloody depressing... wouldn't you rather read something that was funny, had comedy misunderstandings, people accidentally...
Adam Maxwell's first collection of short stories is inventive, funny, dark, and hugely entertaining. Effortlessly fusing pop culture, gunplay, and simians, Dial M For Monkey contains a vibrant mixture of short...
There is a hole in the city where all forgotten things are suspended from time. Now, that perfect devil you've always searched for is going to throw you in, but you take her along for kicks ...
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