The Menagerie (1430 words) The halls were quiet. Helena’s footsteps echoed against the delicate arches and columns: a building made almost entirely of glass and mirrors, ancient and strange, with the mythic menagerie awaiting her behind the only wooden doors Continue Reading
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THE CLIFFWATCHER: A Short Story by Deina Furth (Part 3 of 3)
Part 3 of 3 (1597 words) It had to be the television. It had really hyped this up, this suicidal glorification, hadn’t it? And now it was affecting impressionable teenagers’ minds. The old man shook his head. “It was two Continue Reading
Never Again: A Short Story by Mary Papas
Never again. I will not come back. This is it. You hit me for the last time. I look in the mirror. An old lady with bruises all over the face and neck looks back at me. I am 30 Continue Reading
Room 510: A Short Story by Mary Papas
‘’I am really sorry Dorothy. I wish there was another way. I wish I didn’t have to tell you this’’ Mr Adams said fast, as if trying to get it over with , his eyes trying to avoid hers. ‘’ Continue Reading
For Whom Christmas Won’t Come (A Seasonal Parody) by Nick Whittle
‘Twas the night before Christmas in the small provincial town, soulless and starless with a dank reputation for brawls, bare bottoms and bakeries. Not a creature was stirring except Jack the monstrous crow-black cat perched high on La Cuff Hill Continue Reading