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	Short Stories and Fiction Short fiction and free short stories to read online. This unique section at Buzzle.com contains great stories between 50 and 5,000 words. Perfect reading when you need a break from work, kids, news, school, stock quotes, and all the other fun stuff you do every day.


From The Author of A Dark Temptation My up coming story....A Dark Seduction	From The Author of A Dark Temptation My new story...
Always Here (Part 1) This is basically about a 17 year old brother and sister (twins) going through difficult times after moving to the island Oahu of Hawaii	From The Author of A Dark Temptation From the Author of A Dark Temptation. My other stories..../ Maybe...I may stop writing.....
A Dark Temptation 12- The Final Well, guys, this is the last series in A Dark Temptation. Enjoy! The END	A Dark Temptation 11/ Re-write A Re-write of A Dark Temptation 11because the last one had alot of repeated phrases
The Girl Behind The Razor Blade Chapter one of my book...	Quarrelling Adults and Pregnancies Chapter 4. Please vote :)
From the author of A Dark Temptation From the author of A Dark Temptation and the Angel"s Heart	Smoking Heights One mothers mistake could create a traumatic event..
Joe's Garage - 1 mile Overwhelmed by unwanted emails, depressing news and a sense helplessness, Nan Sutter decides she needs a little adventure. She finds it at Joe's Garage.	A Conversation With Nathaniel A long conversation with Nathaniel, who has been catatonic for decades leads to a new understanding of life, or what lies beyond it.
A Dark Temptation 11 Which one?	New Series- My Diary Part One A diary of a girl who goes through a horrible experience. She writes into her diary, telling the world of her Suburb
From the Author of A Dark Temptation About A Dark temptation 11....	Short Story - Strangers Strangers is a short story, part of a series based on travel experiences. It tells of an overnight stay in a small seaside town in Devon, England. At first sight the setting seems to be a quaint,...
Rain Of Return No big plot. It holds the emotions I shed when I wrote it, though they may have dried up.	The Angel's Heart (Part 2) of Chapter 1 An Evil is taking hold of Spain. Meet Miguel and Maria, It's obvious they've got the hots for one another. But will they battle out the darkness to finally be together??
The Angel's Heart From the author of a Dark Temptation and A Deadly Game!	From the Author of A Dark Temptation from the author of A Dark Temptation and A Deadly Game, the Angel's heart
From the Author of A Deark Temptation The Angels Heart and my other stories...	A Dark Temptation 10 The arrangement....
The Visitors Controversial fiction about a possible future. Where is the oppression really going?	From the Author of A Dark Temptation From the author of a "Dark Temptation" and a deadly game...
A Dark Temptation (9) A kidnapping.....	From The Author of A Dark Temptation From the author of A Dark temptation and A Deadly Game comes...The Angle's Heart
A Deadly Game (4) Memories.....Please answer my pole!!!!	At the Station - I Met Life A short story of a girl whose wait for her train, and her conversation with a stranger, showed her the way to her life...read on
Thief! Chapter 3. Vote! :D	A Deadly Game (3) A run for her life. Please write a comment...
A Dark Temptation (8) The announcement...	A Dark Temptation (7) Mysteries are answered...Please Write a comment, and answer my pole!!
The Author of A Dark Temptation... My next Romance/Adventure story...	A Deadly Game (2) Meet the spirit of air....
A Dark Temptation (6) Eric explains everything....	Author of A Dark Temptation My other stories....
A Dark Temptation (5) A Decision...	These Shoes Have Soul A touching taste of childhood fancy that provides a life-long lesson for a little girl and her cool shoes.
A Dream Of Flying A lad who dreams of flying away. But, when he finds love his world changes completely.	In the Land of Spices on Wednesday Night Perfume and bottle of ink. Dreams and hope shattered. We will smile back sometimes, somewhere and nothing on earth can make life more worth while.
Hastings Hospital A mysterious death at the hospital...	A Deadly Game Katy, your average teenage girl tries the new online chatting system. She has one new friend request, who wants to play a deadly game.....
A Dark Temptation (4) What is Eric's secret?	Dance with the Devil Dancing with a cute guy is fine, curses that involve him are not! so, will you marry Satan?"
A Dark Temtation (3) A Proposal? Joking or Dead serious? Please answer my poll!!!	A Dark Temptation (2) Eric and Cassandra finally meet for the first time.
Dark Temptation A soul eater has moved to town with his family and he wants Cassandra, who wants nothing to do with him. Will she deny the attraction between them? Will she give into temptation?	Elisha (Chapter 4) What has/will Sydney do now?
Trick or Treat Third Chapter of a thrilling book of vampires! "The Beyond"	Elisha (Chapter 3) You see an insight to Mona's plans...
The Celebration Here's Chapter Two :) Thanks a lot for voting last time, hope you'll vote this time as well. Thanks!	Blood and Roses I started this story after I had a very strange dream about roses.
Indiana Johnson A young Texan tells the tale of his father's unconventional obsession.	Eternal Flame Two long time friends find love but are torn apart by a terrible tragedy now they must struggle to find their way back into each others arms.
Montana Legacy's Forbidden Love Kristen Anderson travels to L.A to visit her cousin where she meets two brothers as different as night and day and soon finds herself torn between the two brothers.	What Lies Within Story about a man hiding alot inside him.
Sweet Summer Days A breath of fresh air with a soft return to a defining childhood moment, among the cluttered demands of adult life. A must-read for working Moms and others that are stressed.	2. Nightmares Second Chapter of a thrilling book of vampires! "The Beyond"
1. First Day First Chapter of a thrilling book of vampires! "The Beyond"	Promises Someone is hovering between life and death...
Happy Birthday Dee! This is the first chapter of a story I began writing 4 years back.I would say its an easy read best suited for young teenagers. Your comments are eagerly awaited.	My Sanity (Ch. 1) A story about a girl just trying to get through life and figure out who she is.
8th Grade Murder Chapter 3 Chapter 3 of my book, 8th Grade Murder. Sorry it took so long guys, I sort of forgot about it. :D	The Church A Zombie story- Part One
My Beautiful Life (Chapter 1) Being the oldest can sometimes be the biggest struggle...	You Must Be Kidding Me.. It’s still unfinished.. I hope I’m going to add some more soon.. real soon..
Wolves A story that'll either chill your bones or make you laugh. Hope you like cliff hangers…	In The Lake At Sunset.. Hello, This is my 1st story.. It is a short romance, A about a boy & a girl in the lake when the sun sets!! Have a look & enjoy! Please tell me what you think by doing the poll... Cheers!
Panorama Hypertension and the modern world...	The Modern Way What they're really thinking when they look like they're at work and hard at it!
Gennifer Gennifer finds fakeness through her mum's boyfriend's deception…	The Last Man Standing A story of humankind's insatiable global destruction told from a unique, touching perspective.
The Ring Martha didn’t know the depth of her sorrow. She knew only how empty her life felt. A nearly forgotten good deed rewards her with a chance for change.	Chapter 1 Hostile Visions This is the first chapter from my upcoming book Shina's Shadow.
Evil Takes a Holiday A short story about two men in the anti-terrorist field, involved in espionage; a bit of tongue-in-cheek humor...	Eight of Cups Story based on Tarot card deck...
Lilith Queen of Darkness In the light of day there was a Queen sitting on the on the cliff.	Arena A man finds his way out of a midlife crisis...
The Feminist Riposte of the Manwhore Using feminist ideology to justify casual sex...	When You Ask a Girl for a Light, Sometimes All You Want Is a Light Setting: Some bar somewhere in London sometime between midday and midnight.
The Grey Lady 2 (George Goth's Gold) The second story in a trilogy about the Grey Lady boat.	Renovations Stuart gets an unexpected opportunity to provide customer service at the workplace.
8th Grade Murder Chapter 2 Chapter two of my new book, 8th grade murder...	8th Grade Murder Chapter 1 Chapter one of my book, 8th Grade Murder...
The Measure of Time As the sand slipped through her fingers, it reminded Nicky how the years had gone as quickly. A young girl teaches her that though the sand can measure the length of her life, it cannot measure the...	Velocity Geometric Terraces – Essay Will I ever find my red rose? Will she be the key that locks away the nightmare of history and time?
A Night in Temssia A Night in Temssia is as strange as the protagonist whose name is not provided. You will enjoy it and never regret spending some minutes reading a short story!	The Grey Lady The Grey Lady is a boat on which some strange things have happened...
The Artist A short story about an artist with strange powers.	Honor Among Pigeons After years on the street, she had forgotten her given name. There, people called her lady, or hey you. Others completely bypassed such formalities.
Nobody Knows You When You’re Down And Out A musician finds her world changing and faces tough challenges and decisions. An unusual passenger on a late night bus ride has the music to sooth her soul	Is It The End (Part 4, Hiding) As James, David, And Amy go into hiding from the U.S, they start to find out why the world is after them. James finally finds out the secrets to his life.
The Waiting Ones Aborted children wait at the door to heaven for their mothers…	Ghost A haunting tale...
Dream Maker About a teenage boy who dreams. His are dreams are real and his dreams could decide the future.	Had Enough A young man gains insight from the first sips of beer…
Going Back Home This is for my father. He lost his battle against heart and lung problems this year. I sat long hours at his hospital bedside.	Obsidian Nights, Book 1: Invisible City Welcome to Club Obsidian, where everyone has a secret and everyone has a story.
Sibling Rivalry! A light-hearted gameshow turns a bit horrid when there's a holiday of a lifetime to be won...	Actor-Activist Action, camera, roll 'em...
Tower Of Dreams, Attar of Roses There is no escape. The world keeps breaking hearts, keeps leaving roses, keeps living blind, keeps wasting treasures	You're so Vain, I Bet You Think This Story's About You.......... A comical short tale of romance for the single, modern girl who wants to look her best at all times. Breaking up is hard to do and even harder to do when the man of your dreams, the man who you...
Silas E Parks in Batam I tend to let the younger guys get up the road and let off steam whilst they still have the spirit to do so. On this exact occasion I flew out to Singapore and took the short ferry across to Batam,...	The Jenkins' Have A New Car Keeping up with the Jones's has never been such a reality check...
The Ultimate Survivor (Chapter 1) Sharla didn’t remember the plague of 2038 that killed her siblings, and ninety percent of the world’s already weak and starving population.	The Landlady How well do you know your landlady? Perhaps not as well as you think!
The Hill by the River There’s a hill overlooking the river where Angela and I used to go every chance we had. For us it was a ‘special’ place. We played on it as kids, fell in love on it, took our children there for...	One With The Night - Chapter 1 Emily has always wandered what had become of her sister when she disappeared last summer but her sister, Sarah has now returned. And she won't stop till Emily is a creature of the night.
Reclaim My Place I used the song named "Reclaim My Place" as a starting point to write this story. Throughout there are lines from the song in speech marks of course. Anyway, I would like to know what you...	King Of The Jungle A Short Story that was written for my A-S Level Coursework, I would like to go back to it now though and try improve it with some of the your advice. It is about two opposed factions in Ancient China...
Little Pig's Great Escape Adventure story for the wee ones. Based on real events, see how little pig escapes danger twice in one day.	Decency: A Matter Of Relativity Everything is not absolute. And even our moral principles are relative. It could sound illogical but in this world a thing is not entirely certain.
Protocol 13D "Hmmm, I’m not sure how to put this. From what I can determine so far, we have a dead man that’s not as dead as he should be. It would be safe to say he’s dead by human definition, but not in...	William the Great "It's time to quit. You're over the hill. All your boozing and wild partying has screwed up your brain. You blow more lines than you get right." R - Rated
They Should Have Listened They stared at the full-scale holographic image in silence for several minutes before Sondros spoke. "How accurate is this reproduction? I’m not familiar with your new computer program, and I...	Becky and Simon’s Summer Adventures A collection of short stories for children.
Life is Just a Dream His policy about hitchhikers was simple, never pick one up unless it’s a pretty woman.	The Next Step in Life There isn’t a Heaven or Hell as most people think of it. Whatever your life is like on the next step is determined by what you do on the step we’re on now.
The Moments After A short story my Sister wrote...	Surfing for Murder I had scars all over my body from my mother’s beatings, but I had gone from bad to worse when I married Roy at sixteen to get away from her.
A Letter from Annie Annie thanks God for helping her through some terrible times and showing her the path to a good life.	The Keeper or the Lake "Give it up, Clyde. No one but a blind person would be fooled into thinking you’re a fisherman. Your potbelly and flabby skin are a giveaway plus you don’t even know how to use the equipment...
Is It The End (Part 2, Escape) Three teens have gone through a lot, but now it gets worse. They have to get out of the shelter and go try to find somewhere to stay, it is not that bad until they find out the people responsible...	The Last Chance Don't keep something just because it still works. The patriotic thing to do is recycle it, and buy the latest version. Consumerism is patriotism! God bless the Factory!!
Small Things Memory and Something Else...	Just Desserts Humorous story about an unfortunate encounter between two men and their waitress…
God's Gift to Amy I watched myself being loaded onto a stretcher. There was a medic about Dad’s age standing aside from the others, crying quietly as he watched me being carried from the building.	The Author Even my parents waited until my book was remaindered before buying their copy.
Ezra meets Hell's Huckster Ezra looked down and discovered his own nakedness. His attempts to cover himself with his hands did little to ease his embarrassment at being naked in public.	A PATRIOT DIRGE: The Hammer of Fate Roy is summoned to Seattle where Amy and her band of activists awaits. He joins them, marrying Amy in a ceremony beneath a harvest moon. Chapter Five of A PATRIOT DIRGE by Jack Random.
Untitled As Of Yet I’ve been working on it for a couple a weeks now and I want sum feedback from sum folks who don’t know me...comment!!!	Episode 2 Team Effort This is the second installment to episode 1. Along the way this story may get a little confusing. Just to give you fair warning. But I hope you like it.
Cinderella II Was it really meant to be?	Billie the Mole A story of a mole....
30 Days ‘til Armageddon ‘Never let your enemy know your true thoughts and feelings until you have your knife to his throat. Deceit has won many a battle that would otherwise have been lost.’	The Blue Rose of Heaven He wasn’t after fame or fortune, but was just a man driven by a need he didn’t understand or question. Only God knew its purpose.
Johnson Ellison A humorous story of a nine year old who gets three spankings in one day…	Is There a Fly in your Nose? Imagine waking up to find out you had died and become someone else.
A PATRIOT DIRGE: Emerging from The Void Roman Mason emerges from a period of isolation, determined to engage the world once more, when he meets a stranger named Amy, who invites him to a meeting of minds. Chapter 4 from A PATRIOT DIRGE...	A Step in Time Sometimes what we don't know can hurt us.
The castle over the bluff A solitary castle hides a treasure…	The Long Way Back A woman travels back to her homeland to revisit her tortured childhood. Will she finally find peace?
The Mirror Girl or Insanity A girl struggles with the most terrifying enemy one can face--- The Mirror Girl.	Parent Ghost This shall give you the creeps.....!
To Be Free Everyone perceives freedom in different ways. Samantha wishes to free her son of the cancer stealing his life. Buck tries to free his doubting faith, and Buckeye simply wishes the freedom to fly.	THE SCENARIO -- Parts 3 and 4 A journalist is offered the story of a lifetime by a rogue CIA agent: An alternative scenario for the 9-11 terrorist attack. From Random Tales -- A Collection of Short Stories by Jack Random...
Rodney Rodchester How far are you going go to take your revenge…will it take you to the grave?	Homecoming "We sleep safely in our beds because rough men stand ready to visit violence on those who would do us harm" - George Orwell
Amir Each night had a name as long as it lasted. There was the Arab Sea, the Red Sea, the Indian Ocean, the Bab AlMandab, the Suez Canal, the morning when you woke up and knew from the absence of...	THE SCENARIO -- Parts One and Two A journalist is offered the story of a lifetime by a rogue CIA agent: An alternative scenario for the September 11 terrorist attack. From RANDOM TALES -- A Collection of Stories by Jack Random...
I am who I am! Don't be afraid, ask me!	The Legend Of Rebecca Freg What would you see if you could see into the future? And could you be able to stop something bad from happening?
Gone With... Can the shy and isolated girl find her real love in......the bus? Totally unexpected…	Bereft A short scene that happens to many couples…
Belonging A short story about a young woman who wanders through death, searching for the place she belongs.	The Activist: Amy's Choice A writer and propagandist is invited to join a secret organization and confronts the dilemma of his life: Is he an observer or an actor? Does he have the courage of his convictions? Chapter 3...
Dixieland Freeze (A Christmas Story), Part Two Nine weeks in to a relentless winter storm, fear takes hold as unwanted visitors arrive at the Tennessee country home of a man and his dogs. Part two of two from Random Tales by Jack Random.	Dixieland Freeze (A Christmas Story), Part One Trapped in a winter wonderland where the snowfall nevers ends, a man and his dogs hunker down in the Tennessee countryside in a test of survival. Part one of two from Random Tales by Jack Random.
Two Dreams of a Narcissist Seamlessly and gradually, the bird metamorphoses into a swallow - plain, grey, small, and inconspicuous.	The Teacher A teacher takes revenge...
The Black Angel A true story about an angel!	The Propagandist: Finding a Voice After decades of struggle, a writer finds his voice as a propagandist in opposition to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Chapter 2 from a work-in-progress: THE DISSIDENTS -- A PATRIOT DIRGE by...
Billie Sings the Blues: A Patriot Dirge A political activist dives into the pit of despair after the 2004 election. Chapter one from a work in progress: A PATRIOT DIRGE by Jack Random.	Fall The mass of men live lives of quiet desperation - Thoreau
Rude Awakening A child of immigrants is puzzled by the things he sees and hears.	Seventeen, Part 1 The beginning (hopefully) of something. Keep coming back to read more.
Sentinel Wolf A short story allegory of a wolf going through life and discovering and paying the price for love.	Apartment Fivers: I'm Not a Lesbian!! Candace shows up late to a store meeting and has a run-in with one of her co-workers. I don't know if you'll notice this, but I changed the name of the lingerie store where Candace works from...
Folie Naked and chained, the Bedlam mad of the 18th century were put on view to the public for a fee. Locked in cells, the patients of 20th century institutions fell victim to psychiatry still in its...	Apartment Fivers: Adventures at Guavaween, pt. 2 Candace and her friends begin their bar-hopping adventures. Highlights: one girl in the group gets sick and has to go home early and a Chippendale's dancer waves to Candace.
[Jamie Smith] A.k.a - Loser of Everything If you like this story, than please tell me. You may never know I might just write another story about Jamie Smith, you call it a series. Okay please comment. Thank you.	Apartment Fivers: Adventures at Guavaween, pt. 1 The next installment in my Apartment Fivers serial. Candace goes to Guavaween for her 21st birthday and has a fight with Mike.
A Lesbian Story Part 1 A true lesbian story of the one I love, from how we met till now…	The Apartment Fivers: Introduction The first in a series of upcoming stories. Apartment Fivers is based on my experiences in Tampa and in college and, most importantly, experiences I've had with my beloved friends and ex-roommates.
The Journey A short ghost story. Roger Hall woke up early with a peculiar floating feeling. He felt as if he was in a dream world....	Buddhaflies From the red poppy carpet came a beautiful cloud of butterflies...
Destiny A young man's experience's through war.	_Cuts_ A story...Lets just say it isn’t a fairytale. Ahahah...
Secrets Of The Past Tears welled up in his eyes and a gust of tranquility clenched to his body…	My Fortune A short-short story about a last Chinese supper...
Without Your Love I Would Die This Is Stupid Don't Do This ...	A Girl's Life This story article is about a fictional girl's life meaning she could be real but is not...
Superiority of the Mind Because of recent innuendoes I’m writing this satire…	The Calling A man who has to lose his own life to become aware of his aim when he gets back to life again.
I Have No Regrets This story I wrote about three years ago it basically uncovers the dark and ominous side of human nature. Funny, forgot I wrote this.	Short Cut A short spooky tale based on me being dared to walk through a graveyard... At night!
Color of the Sky Men died to make her theirs. Their blood spilled over her white dress. The last name they uttered was hers. Her name was Revolution.	Noa's Harmony On the phone, hushed voices, in our bedroom, late afternoon, Noa declines an offer to meet with her lover. I stand in the corridor, book in hand, listening intently, refusing to believe.
Nothing is Happening at Home Mother tells me not to say anything at school about what is happening at home. Nothing is happening at home.	My Very Blind Date One night I went on a blind date.
Color Of the Rain We have come to you – a beach night – in a sterile white year of our own accord. We are of your ilk!	Gay, gayer, gayest The life, the pain and the laughter of a middle-aged gay couple...
Aloneness This is how I experience aloneness. It can be something terribly beautiful and almost sacred.	Thousand Cups Of Coffee We are pawns, and heaven is the player. This is plain truth. We move about the chessboard of the world, then drop into the casket of the void. Pray tell the purpose of a sinless life. Pray tell what...
Hey Is anyone up there?	Burnt Days A wild roof at the door step of Asia. An island of cars and river of people. Pavilion of roses and sea of mud. In Time which knows no heart and admires silence.
Sometimes… An obscure, and original proverb...	The Habit 2 Cocaine finds its way in to the habit of a psychologically stable person, but its absence starts to cause some problems.
The death of Jared Matthews It is Gracey’s 17th birthday so her friends decide to throw her a surprise party, but something goes terribly wrong.	Management By Stories: Cutting Stones And The Cutting Edge As he moved out of the hermit, he felt a sudden urge to meet his brothers and wanted to tell them wholeheartedly "I am proud of you both". Read on to connect to your life .....
The Stool Pigeon And The Indian Lake 1933 Short story of 9 year olds in a Bronx adventure....	Management By Stories: The Birth Of A Man Manager And finally, if this story triggers a thought process to re-look at your style and approach to man management, thank the boy!
Management by Stories: The Halo effect of Colors A strong message through this story to relook at our prejudices that creates a Halo effect in our perception of the realities of life…	Everybody Cried The biggest push - I was sleeping when I heard the woman...
I Sleep In A Squat, Like Everyone Else A homeless squatter is standing alone on the bridge between two societies. Which way will he go? Who will help him make his decision?	Life Is Like That - Paradigm Of The Pyramid Like those unsung soldiers, we do come across in life the silent contributors who lend their shoulders, but fail to get the rightful place when the time comes for an applause.
Short Story Ideas - How To Have Them Want new short story ideas? Start writing, because work usually precedes inspiration. Then use these methods to come up with new short stories.	The Scenf of Snow There's never been any center. No path. No line. There were only great spaces.
Group GTA: Gangsta To Affinity Part 4 How Destiny feels…	Group GTA: Gangsta To Affinity Part 3 Alize' and her man...
Group G.T.A: Gangsta To Affinity Part 2 Just because the flames are cold don't mean you outta hell yet.	Group G.T.A: Gangsta To Affinity Just because the flames are cold, don't mean you outta hell yet.
LIFE IS LIKE THAT- if wishes were fishes Life can land you in a situation where you feel guilty for your children for no fault of them and feel further awful when they are blissfully unawares!!	The Moons Among the Stars An old saying has it, tomorrow never comes. One has only today. Live for today. Tomorrow is tomorrow and God only knows what will bring.
My night of passion with the Chuckle brothers After another mediocre performance at the Barnsley Civic Hall Barry Chuckle finds himself in a hotel room with a chorus girls called Lola. Sporting a phony French accent Lola is looking for passion...	Life Is Like That An allegory on how in life we miss to appreciate and connect with empathy those small, wonderful and beautiful things in the world.
The Smell Of Time The houses, that flat roofs, and the baking ovens, each time he would sense that they were waiting for him.	Life Is Like That - Mind Over Matter It's about how we respond to life and situation and also on how we take it for granted that certain things in life but only till and until some one wakes you up even when we are awake!! Read on...
Waking Up Cold A tale of a squatter, his journey through life, and a battle against the elements.	A Story of a University Boy One writer takes to the task of completing a story for his local paper, but finds difficulty in writing what he feels.
Someplace Better Than Here A schizophrenic mental patient and his psychologist are at conflict when it comes to the matter of an afterlife.	Nautical 2: The Tale of Psychologic, the Sober Psychonaut One man and his journey unfold in Las Vegas, with a bitter past and haunting future.
My Talk With God One soul brings god to court in order to reach a verdict about the nature of mankind and the essence of divinity.	Mr. Chemistry Story of a drug dealer, his life and his ways, and the tale of his most recent encounter who brings him an odd request.
A List of Things to Be Afraid of One man, one piece of paper, and a lot of memories spilled out between the lines of a list.	A Letter To Myself A lad who writing out his desire he hopes to reach what his desire the most. And it is love.
Old Things Antiques and genies. So follows the thought provoking epic of a man named Alden.	Number Nine (In Memory of John Lennon) The adventures of Ruby Daulton begin with rape and murder to the tune of Number Nine, Happiness (is a warm gun) and Helter Skelter from the White Album. From a work in progress by Jack Random.
Deadly Secret Horror: Some secrets are best kept...forever.	Path to Wisdom EU parable – By way of a silken thread, leant to her by the tarantula, the mud dauber remained suspended by two rear…
Oak with a Black Hive Heart Horror: Because wasps live in hives too...	Trick or Treating Age Debate Just a story that expresses our thoughts on Halloween and costumes and the whole debate. .
Like Father Like Son Jonathan Eye built his comandroids purposely to the likeness of Dr. Doom..	Day of the Hobbit ‘Ooh, ooh, ooh…I wanna to be like you, who, who…’ -Louis Prima – from the Jungle book
Friend or foe Never judge a book by its cover, especially when there is a cyborg working for you behind the scenes...	Spykiller He knows you're reading this…
The Choice The story of a teenager who is at a crossroads, when it is time for him to choose his path in life. For Taranee my first ever reader.	Missionary Short noir horror: These so called men of God, they murdered his family in front of his eyes, and left him for dead, but an infant in the Himalayan forest...
Last Vinegar Stroke Short humorous fiction – ‘Gotcha now mate,’ Scarface sneered, as he waved the photograph triumphantly in front of…	The Power of the Mullet A yuppie executive gets a mullet…
Cape Breton Cave Of Horrors An excursion into unknown territory from Canada's master of the macabre...	The Vampire's Love - Chapter 5 We had warned our clan and the other clans, and were now preparing for the battle of our lives. Of course we were frightened out of our minds, but we had chosen our fate.
The Vampire's Love - Chapter 4 It had been over two months since we saw Dahmer and his followers, and by now we were sure they were dead. One day though we heard a noise coming from the entrance to our lair.	The Vampire's Love - Chapter 3 Dahmer, had grew well and now he was as excited and curious as a little boy. He wanted to learn everything about vampires, so Damien took him under his wings and became his teacher.
The Vampire's Love- Chapter 2 A hundred long years later, I was still living with Damien. We were happy in our own little underground lair. Our clan once a small club had grown in multitudes, but many old patrons we lost.	The Vampire's Love - Chapter 1 My story begins in a little suburban town, outside of Glenn Cove. It was a nice little town where everyone was friendly. Of course no one would suspect the horror that was hidden under the streets...
Kook And The Peyote Party A real life incident from the 1970s: A favorite cat accidentally ingests peyote at a party and is changed as a result.	Fell in love quite some time ago Just some romantic dialogue.
Chronos and Narcissus I consider the numerous chances I was given and how I blew them. The sponsors I eroded with my infantile indecisiveness and amateurish attitude. The businesses I drove to bankruptcy with my...	The Losses of the Narcissist Losing my wife - with whom I spent nine years of my life - was devastating. I felt denuded and annulled. But once the divorce was over, I forgot about her completely. I deleted her memory so...
I Wanted To Be Invisible When you call your dog Maureen you're asking for trouble.	The Opaque Mirror I cannot confront my life - that dreary, aimless, unpromising stream of days and nights and days.
A Holiday Grudge I hate humans because I am unable to be one.	The Self-Deprecating Narcissist I have a riotous, subtle, ironic, and sharpened sense of humour. I can be self-deprecating and self-effacing.
It is My World I belong. I am a narcissist. And you? You are deviants. You have mal-adapted to my brave new world. The world of the narcissist.	Being There I am often shocked when presented with incontrovertible evidence to an event in my past, something I said, or did, a person I knew, a sentence I have written. I do not remember having done, said, or...
Studying My Death I study death as one would an especially curious insect, part metal, part decomposing flesh. I am detached and cold as I contemplate my own demise.	Physique Dysmorphique For most of my childhood and adolescence I believed that I had an enormous, elephantine skull. I didn't. Actually, I am told that my head is unusually small in comparison to my body. This is...
One Thousand And One Year Of Nostalgy When incense weeps! But now they had dreams, about spring, rains, dignity. About tomorrow.....	The Disappearance of the Witnesses Now, twenty years and some later, these are old people and they are dying. Their kids are in their late twenties. They are out of the loop.
No One Counts to Ten I make it a point to triumphantly ignore and belittle figures of authority.	That Thing Between a Man and a Woman ... In women I induce confusion. They are attracted, then repelled by something they cannot explain, nor name.
The Ghost in the Machine In my mind, I am not human. I am a machine at the service of a madman.	I Cannot Forgive I preach and hector and pour forth vitriolic diatribes and expose and impose and writhe and foam in the proverbial mouth - all for the greater good.
Portrait of the Narcissist as a Young Man I never was a child. I was a "wunderkind", the answer to my mother's prayers and intellectual frustration. A human computing machine, a walking-talking encyclopaedia, a curiosity, a circus...	The Enigma of Normal People I can't understand "normal" people. I don't know what makes them tick. To me, they are an enigma, wrapped in mystery.
Seymour's Christmas Wish A story I wrote for Christmas about a lost little mouse.	A Lesson in Heartbreak…The Sugar Diaries – Entry 5 From the dark ashes of a cold winter, spring brings love. And from a steamy summer the new found feeling peaks. Then comes fall and with it, the demise of love. These are nature’s seasons, but for...
Solitude Feeling on an evolving life. Nowadays it is so quiet in the house. I was so used to my son being home over the summer break...	My Style of Mothering This is a piece about my relationship with my son. My style of mothering is strict. I was brought up strict as a child. I think I turned out okay. At times it made me very sad as a child.
Georgie Girl This is the story of how we became the owner's of a delightful cat.	My Passion…The Sugar Diaries – Entry 4 I have stood among the masses, and uplifted crowds. And for at least an hour or two, I have made people forget their miserable lives. I am an illusionist, a magician whose words could heal whatever...
The World Today This is a true story. It is an incident that happened in Aug. 2004 here in Toronto. It really shook up a lot of people. I thought I would write about it.	Stepping In A story about my boyfriend and his life with myself, and my son.
Sugar - Entry 3 As I continue to read through Mae’s diaries, I am starting to put together her life. I’ve always wondered about my mother loves, her heartbreaks, her successes, and her failures.	Sugar - Entry 2 Mae had made mistakes, and this was the reason for the course of Sugar’s life. She wanted to understand her mother, to find a reason to love her again. Her body was screaming fatigue, but her mind...
Sugar - Entry 1 Mae, Sugar's mother believed in keeping diaries, for she herself had always kept one. Mae encouraged Sugar to write in it daily. "It’s the only way to chart your progress, to see how you have...	The Sad Dreams of the Narcissist I dream of my childhood. And in my dreams we are again one big unhappy family. I sob in my dreams, I never do when I am awake.
Why Do I Write Poetry? They say, with a knowing smile: "If he is really a narcissist - how come he writes such beautiful poetry?"	The Hobbit - The Secret Cave A story for LOTR and The Hobbit fans. What dangers will Bilbo now face?
I Love to be Hated If I had to distil my quotidian existence in two pithy sentences, I would say: I love to be hated and I hate to be loved.	The Music of My Emotions I feel sad only when I listen to music. My sadness is tinged with the decomposing sweetness of my childhood. So, sometimes, I sing or think about music and it makes me unbearably sad.
The Magic of My Thinking I found myself in Russia in the throes of its worst economic crisis ever. I was a fugitive, having escaped the displeasure of a nasty regime I dared criticize and attack openly.	Looking for a Family I don't have a family of my own. I don't have children and marriage is a remote prospect. Families, to me, are hotbeds of misery, breeding grounds of pain and scenes of violence and hate. I do not...
Narcissist, the Machine I always think of myself as a machine. I say to myself things like "You have an amazing brain" or "You are not functioning today, your efficiency is low".	My Woman and I No woman has ever wanted to have a child with me. It is very telling. Women have children even with incarcerated murderers.
How I "Became" a Narcissist I remember the day I died. Almost did. We were in a tour of Jerusalem. Our guide was the Deputy Chief Warden. We wore our Sunday best suits - stained dark blue, abrasive jeans shirts tucked in...	The Dream of the Unicorn Truth is I would not recommend this story for anyone and I wrote it. It mixes up with hard lives and Unicorns.
The Last Days For years now I have been urinating into flower pots, spraying the shiny leaves, the fissured russet soil.	The Hermit's Mountain A well-dressed and successful executive meets a hermit. An elderly hermit lived on a mountain only a few miles from a great city. He had lived there all his life, spending his days in a cave where...
My Affair with Jesus Losing my mind in a bed-sitter. Pipes crackling in the kitchenette, spewing fecal water in the bathroom, only the urinal a tolerable translucence.	The Barber If I told you that Narayan’s hair-cutting saloon was the place to be, you would either think that I had absolutely no taste or that I was raving mad. But if you knew what I knew about Narayan...
Redemption "Whore" - my grandpa sneered. His voice subdued, only his face conveyed his crimson wrath. My father nodded his assent and sat opposed, sighing in weariness and resignation.	The Con Man Cometh Now we are bound by money and by blood. In our common veins flows the same alliance that dilates our pupils. We hail from one beginning.
Write Me a Letter At night, he wakes, perspiring, stifling whimpering, panicky sounds, like beavers struggling to emerge, consuming his insides, driving the torture wheel called Maurice.	The Out Kid All lights were on, tarring the wiry tree in the garden with juddering shadows. I sat in the corner, thinking about Sima, wondering if her beauty survived her death.
The Butterflies are Laughing My little brother lies bleeding on the rug. Two gory rivulets, two injured wrists, delineate a perfect circle. They cross his ashen palms and waxen, twitching fingers. It may be a call for help but...	Death of the Poet Five minutes prior to his death, he made use of a stained rotary dial phone, its duct-taped parts precariously clinging to each other. His speech was slurred but his interlocutor - a fan - thought...
Prologue Setting the stage for my work in progress.	Strain Have a little sympathy.
Fixer Solving a London inner-city parking problem with style. Sophie was devastated when Peter disappeared. It was the suddenness of his going that shook her, no last phone call at work, no post-it on...	"The Quandary of Late Night Phone Calls" "Nope, wrong again kid. You never had the guts to do any of that stuff I did. You wouldn’t be the person you are today without me."
Halloween One Halloween Dracula, Frankenstein, the Mummy and the Werewolf are hanging around in an alleyway at the side of a nightclub looking for a victim. They attempt to scare passers by into an early...	Life on Mars Churchill had been with Arthur since he was a pup. He was a replacement for an eleven stone Doberman Pinscher that Doreen had strangled to death with her bare hands for shitting on her sheepskin rug...
Little Accidents Then without warning I farted. Not the usual gas escape that resembles a car backfiring but one of those long drawn out baritone rumbles. Even I was shocked as it reverberated down the steel hollow...	Requiem For A Thursday Night Ever had a life so rotten that one day you just up and decide you want to kill yourself? Here's what could happen if you screw THAT up, too.
Alive The stifling heat held the city under siege into a second week, but there was a cavalry of thunderclouds on the horizon. Tonight was the night. Soon it would be over, one way or another, for another...	Innocent Child Story about an innocent baby. His mother gave birth to him alone, directly onto the hard cement floor. Her eyes wet with tenderness, she watches as her newborn son sputters, then gasps on his first...
Burke Weird, perhaps pointless short story but worth a read, loosely based around an old friend of mine, strange humour probably not to everyones taste - just want some opinions.	Waiting For The Cut A two-character skit after Waiting For Godot (with Matthew Levin)
An Ordinary Parting My next farewell as I imagine it to myself...	Whine Of The Free Bird This is a very sentimental essay about my vain waiting for the spring.
Chaos in Alphabet City Lives in turmoil in lower Manhattan. In 1995 a former, unrequited love sent me the following piece. I was crazy about her, for the wrong reason, but that's another story, one I hope to get to some...	Bravery of the Kind-Hearted A short story about a little girl who is kind hearted and loving of family and neighbors, as she proves in the story.
About Not Existed Past I found last evening, Valentine's Day is coming, so I caught myself, I'm filled with romantic rubbish, which bursts to leap out. I asked, must I celebrate it? Need I suffocate it? But it reminds me...	Why I Married My Wife How to make a baby.
Killing - An Excerpt from the New Novel by Vic Fortezza Dante Gentile, a carpenter, is proud to have served in Vietnam. 20 years later he faces psychological warfare on the homefront. His son, Junior, is off fighting the Gulf War. He suspects his wife,...	Wishes As if things couldn’t get any worse, I spotted the tic tack man heading in my direction. ‘Please God don’t let him sit next to me’ I uttered under my breath.
Spirit Trail An evil spirit is possessing the bodies of innocent people, destroying their lives and reputations. Private Investigator Jason Rubens is hot on the trail. GO TO WWW.finaldestiny.TV	The Gift Gnome: The heart within The magical gnome reprises his role as the kind hearted creature, who this time must accomplish a difficult quest. GO TO WWW.finaldestiny.TV
Life and Baked Beans A school boy thinks he is fortunate as he has baked beans, and the other students don't. GO TO WWW.finaldestiny.TV	Dark Lies A woman learns the truth about life and death, as she watches her son's execution by the Nazis. GO TO WWW.finaldestiny.TV
The Gift Gnome An adventerous gnome ventures out to the far city of Kaydom, were poor city dwellers are given rewards beyond their belief. GO TO WWW.finaldestiny.TV	Peggie Here was my chance to cross gross obesity from the list of body types I hadn't yet scored.
The White Crow Miracle A speculation about faith; can you really speculate about faith?	The Cash Cow A wishful tale. Some time ago in a small fishing village there lived a humble farmer with his wife and four children.
Life And All That A poem about yearning, and how love is sometimes elusive, but perhaps there is someone out there, somewhere	Star Wars: Revolution The story of Anakins fall to the darkside. GO TO WWW.finaldestiny.TV
Going Bananas An light-hearted essay on bananas.	Rain and Rhubarb Never assume
Fear Late night NYC odyssey, circa 1980.	All Things Possible An Indian family struggle to survive in Malaya, and are changed by circumstances of history.
Daniel in a Den of Liberalism A conservative gives a speech before a small audience of liberals.	Unplayed Melodies A musician comes into possession of a guitar that plays itself.
One Kiss A relationship through the eyes of an eight year old. Kids can see more than we think they do...do you remember when?	Two Women Two old friends' lives have taken them in very different directions. At 30, both are wondering whether they really got what they had bargained for.
Someone to Trust Donna's family is new in town. She struggles to make friends, then struggles with whether she should help the friend she isn’t supposed to have.	Recovered Everyone makes mistakes, and everyone who makes a mistake pays for it. But some mistakes never leave you.
Hero or Heroin? A poetic fifty-word story about a young man's fight with poppies.	M.I.A. Life isn't always fair. People are even less so. Yvette certainly knows that much. Should she fight? What is it to fight, really?

Short Stories and Fiction