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April 25, 2026
Horror Stories Tom Kropp

Night Watch

“What do you mean they never caught him?’ Kay asked her boyfriend, named Scot, nervously. Scot tried to hide his smile in the moonlight. Kay was a beautiful, blond-haired, blue-eyed, athletic figure, eighteen-year-old college student that was new in the area.…
April 25, 2026
Flash Fiction Matias Travieso-Diaz

Perfection

There's no such thing as Perfection. But, in striving for perfection, we can achieve excellence. Vince Lombardi When Maria passed away, her soul ascended to Heaven and joined the scores of others seeking admittance through the Pearly Gates. She noticed that…
April 25, 2026
Romance Stories Ken Gibbons

Losing After Midnight

“Looks like the rain's gonna hold off,” quipped Bill Sandler. “Good. My bones can’t take it,” countered Jackie Delvon. The pair entered the small restaurant that had been in Bill’s family for years. “I’m surprised the new girl wasn’t waiting here for us like…
April 25, 2026
Crime Stories Tom Kropp

Homicide Detective Sharon

Sharon was a very pretty blond-haired, blue-eyed, very physically fit young police officer. She had a good social game and she was literally the most attractive lady cop in Chicago. She was recruited for undercover work and became pretty good at playing a…
April 25, 2026
General Stories Thomas Turner

The Family Wars

Monday January 1st 1990- Candy and Sonny wish each other a happy new year. “Those New Year's Eve parties are becoming louder than the parties in the bars.” Candy laughs. “The kids will be coming home soon. Our daughter is coming home Thursday and our baby son…
April 25, 2026
Horror Stories Tom Kropp

Well Of Despair

Karen looked at Scott and asked her friend Shannon, "Why does he just keep looking down into that old well?"Shannon sighed. "He's just having a lot of problems dealing with it. It's not every day you find out that your father was a serial killer and had a…
April 01, 2026
General Stories Matias Travieso-Diaz

Spared By A Sign

He gave their crops to the grasshopper, their produce to the locust. Psalm 78:46 Once, in a remote corner of the world, two tribes dwelt in nearby settlements along a plain that opened beneath towering mountains. The land was fertile but its expanse was…
April 01, 2026
Crime Stories Tom Kropp

Violent Lunch Date

"No Foxy! No!" Lil yelled as Foxy darted down the alley after a fleeing rat that had a chunk of pizza in its mouth. As Lil charged in the alley, she stopped and stared in surprise. Foxy was snarling and savagery shaking her head with a dead rat flopping in…
April 01, 2026
General Stories Thomas Turner

Finding The Truth

Written by Thomas Turner, Sonny Turner and Curt Chown: January 1986- Sonny and Candy are celebrating their daughter's fifteenth birthday. Candy’s parents are there with their daughter’s new boyfriend Don and her brother is there too. After it is over,…
April 01, 2026
Crime Stories Eloise Smith-Ferrier

The Hunt

By the time Ben Walker arrived, the water had already gone still. It shouldn’t have. Not with the low mechanical churn of the fountain still running, not with light shivering across its surface in fractured blue from the police cars. The fountain held itself…
April 01, 2026
Mystery Stories Matias Travieso-Diaz

The Little Girl And The Monster

Though she be but little, she is fierce! William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream The twin moons rose over the empty valley, casting their faint light over the monster, a beast the size of a horse that strode in and out of the shadows. It was a huge…
March 20, 2026
Crime Stories Tom Kropp

Dead Redemption

Pablo crept through the Honduras slum’s back alley with all the stealth he could muster. The alley was narrow and crammed with crates and dumpsters that stank of fish and rotting things. The dark clouds rolled overhead, fulminating with fury and rain pattered…

The wind was howling though the trees at sixty miles per hour as if it was blocking out all noise on purpose. The rain drops as big and as round as looking glasses pelted down at lightning speed, creating a mosaic of mirror images all around me; my pale white reflection staring silently at me everywhere I looked. The sky was a never ending pit of unimaginable darkness, making me feel claustrophobic.  As I stared in earnest to find just an inch of light to guide me into safety, the storm picked up, the ice cold water from the rain seeping through me, freezing me to the bone. I stumbled forward blindly, my footsteps masked by the noise. What was happening? It was as though the world was in an uproar, trying desperately to unleash the anger and fury on anything it could find. What was happening?

As he stole stealthily down the eerily lit side street, the sense of danger and rage was like a blood curding scream of anguish. As his mood increased rapidly, the sky deepened into a velvety, black pit of darkness, gradually getting darker by the second. The only source of light was the lampposts spread evenly on either side of the road; casting deformed shadows unevenly down the narrow street.  Eugh, light, who invented that ghastly thing. Darkness is the key to everything. The screams and protests of his unfortunate victims were drown out, fading into a black hole of nothingness; where they were forgotten about once and for all. He paced doggedly, avoiding as much as possible, the beam of light being shed. If, by chance, a slither of light managed to escape its confinement to illuminate the dark presence, you would see the most beautiful thing you’d ever laid eyes upon. He was a proud creature of about 6 ft. 2, who had a mysterious aura about him. His toned muscular body was tense and rigid as he walked like a shadow amongst the pure souls of the living. He was dressed casually in a black V necked jumper, which fitted him perfectly, clinging to every curve of his perfectly toned body. Alongside this he wore opened legged jeans also black, with heavy, gothic looking boots. His footsteps were masked by the silence, the sense of dread and rage was so loud it threatened to engulf him.  Suddenly, out of the blue, came an old Aston Martin screeching around the tight corners of the street. For an instance he was caught like an unfortunate rabbit in the blinding headlights. The face of this thing was extraordinary. He had a strong jaw line with a chin that jutted out at an attractive angle. He had perfectly shaped lips which always had the hint of a mocking smile, as though everything was funny. When you looked into his eyes, it sent a shiver down your spine. They were as black as the Midnight sky, with hatred and anger pent up behind them. They were like two black holes, threatening to engulf everything.

Every window he walked past showed a role play of images. Stupid, careless humans prancing about happily without a care in the world. If only they knew. If only they felt as he did. He felt nothing. No fear. No regret. No remorse. Nothing. How did anyone live with emotions, with feelings? They make you do things you have no control over, they made you fall in love. Oh how he hated that word. There’s no such thing. It was all her fault. That one person who had ruined everything; who had ripped out his un beating heart with that cruel malicious smile spread over her face. What did his brother have that he didn’t?  He was the better looking of the two, there’s no doubt about that. He knew how to turn on the charm. Why wasn’t he good enough? God damn it. He should of finished it- No; reminiscing on the past doesn’t get you anywhere. The only way is forward, and that is where I shall go.

How he hated every pitiful human, jumping at their own shadow. Surely, if they had the choice, they would choose this? Why wouldn’t they? The cold hearted memories of his past locked away far enough that he could no longer reach them. His mind full of doom and sorrow, his blackened heart still in his chest, not beating. All of the senses heightened, the reflexes as quick as a cobra striking at its prey. The thrills of watching the crimson red blood pour from the puncture marks on some pretty maidens snow white neck. It was time. Time to have some long awaited fun…

I gave up.  All hope was gone. Every turn I took, I was surrounded. Surrounded by the quietness of the world. The wind had died down, the rain slowed to a stop. The silence was so loud, it threatened to engulf me; shouting, telling me to run and not to stop. This was the end; there was no escape, nowhere to run and nowhere to hide. He glided gracefully towards me; it was as though his feet never touched the ground. My heart was pounding frantically in my ears, but I ignored it as I stared in awe at the beautifully sculptured face of my killer staring hungrily down at me, his teeth barred and pointy. He seemed to tower above me, a stone sculpture against the now starry sky, looking down on my shocked face. I didn’t even see him move, he was just there, sinking his sparkling white teeth into my neck. I heard the loudness of my piercing scream echo around me, drowning out into a muffled whisper. But no one was there to save me as my blood ran freely down the road.

His stomach rumbled appreciatively as the storm sprang into life once more. Who’s next?

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My name is Nicole Grimason and I'm a student at university studying Environmental management and Geography. I'm 18 and I currently live in Birmingham in the UK. I enjoy writing as it is a way to express all of the imaginative thoughts in my head and I hope you enjoy reading!

 

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