Tag: short stories

I am a werewolf, but I’m different. I am neither beast nor man but somewhere in between. An anomaly to…

The two men, dressed in hotel staff uniforms, stood before the lift in the quiet foyer. “You never ask,” the…

It had long weighed on the child’s consciousness that the illness and malaise of his early years had transformed his…

Wild owls hit my window at night. I have a floodlight on, outside, because someone has followed me home, and…

The two uniformed cops stood by their motorcycles. The alleyway was blocked off while the forensics team did their job.…

https://gainedspotsspun.com/emh5gxdh?key=e1916cbd192d21f326efd401bba4dfa9 Tom Matheson never believed in conspiracy theories. But after the layoffs, after Dana stopped returning his calls, after the…

https://gainedspotsspun.com/emh5gxdh?key=e1916cbd192d21f326efd401bba4dfa9 The wardrobe was small, but it smelled like cedar and old coats, and that made it okay. Mum had…

Panic gripped her as she staggered up the steep, rocky incline, breath coming in jagged, shallow gasps. Sweat streamed down…

“I swear she could have been you. Look! This girl is your long-lost twin.” Fi nudged me, and I smiled.…

A loner in my childhood, my scrawny and weak figure prone to being bullied by sturdy and robust boys, I…