Posts Tagged Short Fiction

Doctor Marshall Carter walks down the unfamiliar tunnel. The walls are roughly hewn through rock and dirt; the floor flattened by generations of feet. He can sense the angle increasing; the tunnel is heading downward. From the gloom ahead he sees a pair of upright wooden beams, each as thick as his leg holding up […]

Image text: Three weeks ago he had been abducted by small gray creatures who had landed their flying disk on that dark country road. Ever since, Reginald could not understand why people shied away from him and constantly averted their eyes when he turned to face them. He so wanted to share the joy of […]

Image text: The depths of the cave began to flicker with a soft light. He stared in wonder as the glow circled along the walls, finally surrounding him. A dank wind and a deep moan reached him from below. A grinding sound from behind, he saw massive teeth closing at the entrance. He realized, too […]

Image text: He didn’t know why he stepped into the shabby bookstore. It was filthy and jammed with moldering books all the way to its water stained ceiling. Some inescapable need forced his hand to push the door open. The door clicked behind him. A gentle breeze, seemingly from nowhere, swirled around him. Lying in […]

Image text: Lord Thibault pounded on the door. He could not fathom why his new wife always took so long in the bath. “My dear, our guests are growing restless. Are you not finished yet?” “Just a few more minutes dear,” her tense voice almost sounded like she was calling from beneath the water. Thibault […]

Image text: As the coven’s chant ended a rumble shook the earth. The ground exploded; fire hurled into the sky. In a roiling cloud, eyes and mouths of flame opened. Lightning flashed and meteors fell from the heavens. The coven leader laughed as the demons began to rise from below. Hell had been released upon […]