Short Stories 88

The Extraordinary Voyages Series: (Les Voyages Extraordinaires) Five Weeks in a Balloon (1869) The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras (1874–75) A Journey to the Interior of the Earth (1871) ……続きを見る

Tada is a devout Christian who during a moment of inattention undergoes moral and spiritual harassments. At the outset strong and confident in his ability to respond effectively to any spiritual agg……続きを見る

#1 New York Times bestselling author Jeffrey Archer demonstrates his mastery of the short story in It Can’t Be October Already. In this engaging and funny episode, Pat O’Flynn returns once again for……続きを見る

The Talcott Tribune (TalcottTribune31.com) is a below-average news aggregation website with one good writer and a bunch of anti-social misfits. That is, until Scoop Trendworthy, legendary news rewri……続きを見る

Just like the spider that traps the fly, evil waits for one misstep. Seven grusome stories of ordinary people, who find themselves in terrifying circumstances that lead them all, to dreadful ends! 続きを見る

What would your bed say if it could talk? Flash fiction. Approximatley 1800 words. 続きを見る

Helping others doesn't have to come in regularly scheduled and organized blocks – opportunities come every day if we allow the Holy Spirit to lead the way. Based on a personal experience and 1 Corin……続きを見る

He never thought he would be an accessory to murder. He never thought his conspirator would be a computer. Enjoy this short story with coffee and a blanket! 続きを見る

Other than the cancer thing and getting over recent chemotherapy, James is having a pretty uneventful life when he gets sick of it all and chucks it for an RV just outside of North Bay. A handyman w……続きを見る

A 1,300-word short story about a most unusual overheard conversation in a San Francisco bar, involving an insidious method of revenge. 続きを見る

A companion volume to Canadian Odyssey: A Reading of Hugh Hood's The New Age, God's Plenty surveys the short fiction of the writer dubbed Canada's Proust. Hugh Hood, an unparalleled stylist, was equ……続きを見る

On a whim, the author (Agent 33) calls up Agent 889 to ask him about his Uber driving experience in the Charlotte area. Another tale in the psecret psociety pshort pstory pseries. Approx. 1400 words……続きを見る

You'll never build another snowman! If you ever cast an uncomfortable glance over your shoulder when passing the silent snowy sentinels that stand looking at you as you pass on the icy sidewalk, if ……続きを見る

A homeless man is offered an opportunity to partake in an experiment for compensation. They were testing an experimental drug for mental disorders. You will never believe what happened when he takes……続きを見る

Just a short whimsical look at love and death. I needed a break from writing longer novels. This idea was already planted in my mind sometime ago. So as a change I decided to write about a different……続きを見る

On an October day in 2014, in near-uptown Charlotte (NC, USA), a wandering middle-age man accosts the author (Agent 33) at a crosswalk, seeking directions to Interstate 77. The vagabond, who has a v……続きを見る

More Than Words: Bestselling authors & Real-life heroines We all have the power to effect changeーwe just need to find the strength to harness it. With every good deed done, and helping hand offered……続きを見る

Enrico è un calciatore a fine carriera che può dare una svolta alla sua vita, professionale e umana. Un amico che gli deve un favore e un compagno di squadra potrebbero essere decisivi per una scelt……続きを見る

Levin Ruck was once a great warrior mage: the battle-scarred wartime hero of the alpine village of Dervine and defender of the Kingdom of Flaran. But with peacetime stretching into its seventh year,……続きを見る

The kingdom of demons has lasted many years. Encased by a barrier, the beasts may not exit and wreak havoc upon the goodly folk of Cierta. Every ten years, the barrier weakens and an elite team of f……続きを見る

His wolf can sense her, but is he worthy of her? Forget what anyone tells you: the holidays are hell. Bickering family members, rushed shopping and every woman stressing over setting the perfect hol……続きを見る

The Law of Success was a precursor to Napoleon Hill's Think and Grow Rich. Hill was well known for researching what made millionaires different from the common man. The sixteen lessons in this book ……続きを見る

Screams without explanation. A dead boarder. An investigator knows something is off about the case… When beautiful and mysterious Rebecca is found murdered in her extended-stay suite, the Rockport p……続きを見る

The legend of a mid-'70s jewelry heist in east Charlotte (NC, USA) is recounted. A clever subterranean escape route is employed. Then there is a sudden change of fortune. An 1100-word short story. P……続きを見る

Her day started normal enough, mundane, chatty, forgettable, until Mellissa Feng stumbled onto a new side of consciousness; where the things within began to influence the things without. 続きを見る

A short, humorous story about teaching English to international students in New York City. This story explores how our attitudes shape our experience with the world. 続きを見る

[from the story's opening] Mysterieau – that borderline surrealist, that oddly intriguing raconteur, that all-laughter-barred comedian, that strangely lame magician – returned to the stage after pum……続きを見る

The author, infamous Agent 33, spies a small ball floating in a Charlotte (NC, USA) creek on his lunch-break on a fall day, which leads to an odd odyssey of thoughts, instances, and conversations. A……続きを見る

LOS ANGELES – Is it SIN CITY, or, is it the center of the rebirth of romance, the epicenter of 21st Century LOVE. The divorce rateーtruth be toldーis somewhere around 60 or 70%. And, we live in a ro……続きを見る

A compelling and heart warming set of four short stories by Mary Grand, author of ‘Free to Be Tegan’,. The New Arrival Rachel has moved to the Isle of Wight determined to become invisible. Hiding a ……続きを見る