Category: Short Stories

• THE EDGE OF NIGHT

  The stars were liars. At least, that’s what her Da always said. But he was a liar too, so who knew what she could believe. The girl sat with her…

  

• CHOICES

  Written in response to Maggie Stiefvater’s seminar: What if all 24 year olds disappeared for 24 hours? “But I’m not ready.” My voice breaks the peaceful silence of our cottage.…

  

• Spawn

  My birthday was on a Tuesday night and it was raining. I had just finished my last shift at Watkins and Watkins, after quitting in a huff of indignation when…

  

• Dream Eater

  A tattered white dress pools around the shrunken woman, her wrinkled hands curled in its folds. Beneath a star-sprinkled sky, she waits in the space between breaths before picking up…

  

• Misaligned Priorities

  A chiropractor tries to be a therapist, and quickly learns his lesson.