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Category: Short Stories

Short Stories

Once Among the Clouds: Part One

5 Sep 201919 Nov 2021
High above the trees, but low within the atmosphere, a trio of small clouds stood as sentinels. They were the front watch, investigating the perimeter around a communal mass of…
Short Stories

Cael: Darkness and Light

29 Aug 201919 Nov 2021
Darkness) On a grassy knoll, far removed from any civilization, a small man sat perfectly still. Everything was quiet. There were no animals nearby, no sound of rushing water, no…
Short Stories

Instructions Not Included: Part Five

22 Aug 201918 Nov 2021
The trucks were upon them now. The winged discs stopped shooting from the back of the first, the engines sputtered out, and the doors opened. Out stepped eight men, all…
Short Stories

Instructions Not Included: Part Four

15 Aug 201918 Nov 2021
Curtis listened well, only ever asking the occasional clarifying question and otherwise taking the information in. At times he raised his eyebrows, not so much in skepticism, only surprise. He…
Short Stories

Instructions Not Included: Part Three

8 Aug 201918 Nov 2021
The next morning Gavin's alarm had barely sounded a single note before he was on his feet and gathering up the tubes from his desk. "What are you up so…
Short Stories

Instructions Not Included: Part Two

1 Aug 201918 Nov 2021
Gavin had a hard time paying attention in school the next day. He had wanted to check his fly trap first thing in the morning, but knew it would have…
Short Stories

Instructions Not Included: Part One

25 Jul 201918 Nov 2021
"But where did you find them?" Gavin asked again. "They were just sitting in the alley in a box. Someone must have been throwing them out." "How do you know?…
Short Stories

The Death of Simon Bowie

18 Jul 201918 Nov 2021
"I don't know, I just always liked that sort of sound in--" Simon stopped speaking abruptly and turned to look about the room. He was the only one here. He…
Short Stories

Does What He Must

11 Jul 201918 Nov 2021
"A man doesn't do what he can. He does what he must." Those were the last words my father said to me before he left to fight in the great…

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