The youngest son in an old aristocratic family, Charles d'Artois, sick and tired of the mundanity of his life, murders his abusive father. Inheriting his ancestral titles and marrying into the prestigious House de Rohan, Charles is thrust into the heights of an aristocratic society where his social station should be s...
For Luc, life began seven years ago. It began on a bus, by the hills, beneath a black sky, with no one at his side but his sister, Cora. His world is mundane, routine, and perfectly adequate. At work, he teaches, and at home, he takes care of Cora, who has spent the last four years in perpetual lethargy, from no appar...
It's seven past five, and it's been just like any other Thursday. Amongst the busy roads and well traveled sidewalks, the office workers make their mass exodus from the 'dungeons that haunt their dreams'- and onto these packed city streets. While most get to enjoy their allotted freedom, not all 9-to-5'ers receive t...
Welcome to Alexander, Michigan. It's a small city like so many others on the surface. But underneath, there is something in Alexander. Something predatory that haunts this city. Tim has seen the madness haunting him both awake and as he dreams. There is no escape as the dead continue to taunt him. There is only death...
While on an expedition to the legendary yet mysterious At-Tabar desert, a group of explorers stumble upon a structure who's origins are far sinister than they appear. Includes an author's note on the story.
Joel Banquo is a troubled boy with secrets carving paths deep into his heart. Upon entering a prestigious, all-boys high school, he stumbles across a mysterious old set of statues in a church bell tower that bring his buried worries back to haunt him. In vain, Joel tries to keep his fears from his mind, but repeated d...
Lucy is born into a community that requires its members to recruit three people before they turn twenty. Or pay the price.
Private Investigator, Vincent Trench receives a request from a young woman who wishes for him to investigate the suspicious circumstances surrounding her boyfriend's death. Taking the job, Vincent travels to the mysterious and decrepit town of Serwick, Massachusetts where he discovers something more distressing than a...
Every full moon a child from the village is kidnapped for a masquerade. Will Mpho be able to escape the horrors encompassing his fate. Find out in this African horror short story.
Featured on Stories Undiscovered reading list Can You See Me Now for the month of September 2022. The city of Pelgaria is crumbling from the seams. Those at the top exploit and replace the ones at the bottom. Rights are privileges only given to those of high ranks, and the lower-class citizens have found themselves at...
Are you smart enough to solve the impossible serial killer case? No sign of a struggle, no fingerprints, No tracks, trails, or clues... A whole town is at stake! Four women, found dead in the woods: a crimson smile, drawn on their faces. A special agent is sent in and mortally wounded. His partner follows undercover a...
This particular short story tries to make your mind travel through the idea of human insignificance. Do we know everything? Should we fear what is unknown? I hope you like the story and feel free to comment anything on it!
How long is a lifetime? To Luc, it is eternal. Endless and excruciatingly meaningless. His existence on Earth serves as a punishment for the sins he has committed. Immortality is his shackle. It would forever be that way if Luc didn't stumble upon Aida, a young girl who is kidnapped from her motherland and sold as a...
A washed up pianist/composer finds inspiration in mentoring a young blind kid with extraordinary abilities when he is faced with writing the most important piece of music in his life. With the pressure of deadlines, fame, and reputation, artistic ethical boundaries are put to the test.
(The Deal was optioned by TNT!) The mysterious Lee Cutter and his Carnival of Wonders hold a secret darker than any of the citizens of 1930's Junction City, Kansas can imagine. When Mr. Cutter shows up to town early one morning promising an end to the dust storms that have decimated the town's crops and stricken many...
A mysterious puzzle pulls a loving husband in different directions. In its obtuseness, it threatens to both enlighten and destroy.
What happens when the last of God's miracles is left in the hands of Man? Father Leon wakes to perform the ritual of resurrection for the town of Holladay. One last time. For the Almighty has made him the keeper of this miracle. But the Lord giveth and the Lord taketh. This has to mean something beyond scripture. For...
Life is but a dreadful inevitable journey. Whether to make this journey miserable or not lies within our minds. Stoicism elaborates on this idea and shows the path that a person must take to minimize
Why then, O brawling love! O loving hate! O any thing, of nothing first create! O heavy lightness, serious vanity, Misshapen chaos of well-seeming forms, Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health, Still-waking sleep, that is not what it is! This love feel I, that feel no love in this. -William Shakespeare...