Category Archives: Short Stories

The wind moaned in the night. The moon’s light glared through the leafless branches scraping against Liam’s bedroom window. In the dim-lit room, a group of high schoolers chanted his name, urging him to enter the darkness of his closet. James’ firm hand gripped Liam’s boney shoulder. The seventeen-year-old boy leaned in and whispered inContinue reading “THE HOODED FIGURE”

The county modernized the old rusted truss bridge over Bear Creek.  At one time, the branches of the trees on both sides of the streamlet reached out to each other like long-lost lovers. The steel embraced the darkness the thick leaves provided. Now, the County had slashed the blackness away. The glow of the sun lightsContinue reading “STONE CABIN BRIDGE”

Fourteen-year-old Sally sat in the swivel chair in front of the desktop computer. She scrolled through the social media news feed. Every line, every post broke her heart. People in America fighting against each other. Racism filled the computer screen. The young teenager feared another Civil War was brewing. Sally’s cursor was on the xContinue reading “THE FIRE OF SALLY”

Lance swept me off my feet. His strong stature reminded me of a logger or a mountain man. Little did I know the hidden secrets this man held deep inside. Lance revealed the darkness, not long after we said, “I do,” and I regretted it not soon after. If I had known, I wouldn’t haveContinue reading “DESTRUCTION OF THE SOUL”

My perfect twin sister. She has flawless skin, perfect hair, and excellent grades. She is the most popular girl at our high school, is the class president, and the head cheerleader. Plus, she gets the lead in the school plays. It will not surprise me if she becomes the Prom Queen. She laid out herContinue reading “THE BABYSITTER”

The full-moon beams shined through the skylight as I entered her room. She decorated the ebony wood walls with picture frames of ancient drawings, symbols, and photos of her ancestry. The surge of energy from the Myrtlewood floor shot from my bare feet to my head and cleared my mind. For once, in nineteen years,Continue reading “PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE DAEMON TAROT”

The stars twinkled in the New Moon sky. The tall, prairie grass that surrounded the old steel factory site swayed in the late-summer breeze. Crickets played a sweet melody as the bats danced their way to the bugs that darted around the light poles that led up to the guard shack. The old Chevy truck’sContinue reading “THE STONE MAN”

The bell rang unleashing three hundred frenzied students into the corridors. They trashed their lockers, threw papers in the air, and stampeded out of the high school for their three months of freedom — time for family vacations, summer work, camping with friends, and parties. But for three fifteen-year-old girls, it is experiment time. EveContinue reading “THREE GIRLS HIDE AND SEEK”

The clouds blanketed the April sky. They teased the thirsty earth’s seedlings with intermittent showers. Eliot was in his wooden work shed cleaning his gun collection. He painted the outside walls red, and the inside was a dark gray to keep it from being too bright with images of ancient senseis in ninjutsu and aikido.Continue reading “APRIL FOX”

I glanced up to the sky and glared at the darkened clouds that concealed the full midnight moon, and the twinkled stars. The breeze died down, and a dense fog rolled in. The nocturnal animals went silent, and the temperature plunged. I cried out to my companions. “Where are you guys?” No answer. I satContinue reading “DEATH OF A GHOST HUNTER”