Stories & Poems - page 14

• betrayal 22
• dark-intimate 39
• domestic-noir 35
• drama 140
• fantasy 38
• guilt 9
• horror 84
• humour 71
• identity 28
• loss 42
• melancholy 36
• noir 9
• obsession 5
• paranormal 12
• poetry 37
• post-apocalyptic 5
• redemption 8
• scifi 26
• thriller 77
• transformation 18
• trauma 19

I gave some old stories a little love and polish. Find them here. They are my personal favourites.

Smoke

2 minute read

Peter wanted a smoke.

The Toy

less than 1 minute read

a haiku poem

Wendell's Solution

2 minute read

‘How the Hell did he get up there?

Caught

less than 1 minute read

I waited impatiently for my computer to shut down.

Sierra Enigma

6 minute read

It’s never been easy working in the same place where Mom died.

The Last Days of the Marcy Bell

2 minute read

Officially, the Marcy Bell was a salvage rig, licensed for Canadian and international waters but not American.

Good Boy, Jake

less than 1 minute read

Rod in hand, I went to the lake

Justin Takes Control

6 minute read

Agent Justin Cayse left the bordello from the rear, having escaped his captor.

Dead Inside

less than 1 minute read

Eunice sat on the edge of her daughter’s bed and stared out the window, the rustling of leaves muted by glass.

Random

less than 1 minute read

“Goddam it,” Rita O’Neill said as she let the curtains slide back into place.

Scrambled

7 minute read

“I hate to bother you, but I have something important to ask,” said the new waitress, setting down my plate of scrambled eggs.

Xanarax

less than 1 minute read

There once was an alien named Xanarax