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A young doctor discovers that some afflictions require a drastic cure.

My entry for the October contest. Thanks to everybody who critiqued, especially Stewart. You were a great help.

The e-mail addresses are, obviously, fake. I... » Read...

Every Halloween there is something strange going on in the quiet little town of Pine Valley and grandma's house might just turn out to be the wrong place to be when the clock strikes one.

Caution, this story may cause you to be afraid... » Read...

A woman gives birth live on the internet. But something goes horribly wrong... » Read...

Mature, violent, sexual content. Sexual abuse of minors. » Read...

The Awoken tells the tale of her past. (part 2 of 3) » Read...

Deadhunter Unther seeks an Awoken dead.

(part 1 of 3) » Read...

Old Scratch tries to collect on a debt. » Read...

Simone wakes to a different world. » Read...

We need each other for different reasons. » Read...

This is a more graphic story of London I don't want to give anything away of course so. » Read...

Little Jacqueline doesn't like the basement, but she can't seem to stay away. » Read...

Simon seeks an answer to his question. » Read...

It counts one way, but does it count the other way around? » Read...

July Contest; what is going on?; what does sublime mean?; can death be a part of it?; poetry » Read...

I wrote this for a realism class in my undergraduate days. It's probably quite bad. Gustave Flaubert would probably turn over in his grave if he knew what I had wrought. » Read...

a tongue-in-cheek horror poem about fear of the dark. » Read...

Eternity is a very long............time.
We are temporal beings faced with superlative numbers. Is it fair that an eternal question is presented to us and we are forced to choose?
Are we wise enough? Or, since our birth, do we come in... » Read...

Josiah and his Pa visit another small town, and meet a mysterious stranger on a mission. » Read...

It's not a pretty piece.

Others have described it as gruesome.

I may rewrite it. » Read...

Highly unpleasant subject matter. I'm not joking. Do not read if you prefer the lighter side of life and fiction. » Read...

Things are not always what they seem... » Read...

This story is based on a dream my dad had when he was struggling in his life. I also incorporated some Stephen King elements and a tad of the Twilight Zone in this piece. This is the stuff of nightmares, although not really scary on the surface, it&#... » Read...

A female vampire disposes of a male light creature. » Read...

Poem poem poem, it has leaves in it, and it's short but I still like it » Read...

I visited the local war museum twice in one week. Each time I left with chills. I kept those chills with me as I wrote this story. » Read...

Teenaged Alison takes a dare to impress Chad. » Read...

Horatius is introduced, and he's happiest in his playground...

MAY BE DISTURBING TO SOME READERS. » Read...

"I will be placed in a unit for the insane; I will be left to rot. I cannot allow myself to become a number, one of the thousands of people who have lost their minds in a world where the dead remain dead and the living are dying." » Read...

This is a short story that is a part of a larger work. A collection of stories where bad things happen and the lead characters are all women named after plants. It's called Garden of Terror. This is Camellia's story. Feedback appreciated. » Read...

The beginning of a dark love story. » Read...

An evil haunts the snow covered forest, a monster. Something whose sole purpose is to hunt and kill, without thought, without mercy, without remorse. A creature so vile it doesn't even have the right to live. » Read...

A good scientist accepts the empirical data. » Read...

A young woman discovers the world is more complicated than she expected. » Read...

A young woman discovers the world is more complicated than she expected. » Read...

Inspired by the recent changes of accidental suicides of athletic young men to homicides and the suspicion of some retired NYC detectives who believe there is a "Smiley Face Gang" prowling the midwest drowning them and leaving smiley faced... » Read...

I actually handed this in a couple years ago with a late essay. The prof didn't really have a sense of humor. Or believe me.
I was rummaging through junk and I found this again. Thought it was cute enough to show off! » Read...

You need not look to sprawling cities to find underground groups of people indulging in their dark violent fantasies. » Read...

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This is somewhere between environmentalism and my worst nightmare. Warning for violence and symbolism. » Read...

WARNING: MAY BE DISTURBING TO SOME READERS.

Andre deals with a pedophile.

This chapter is slightly tweaked following an editor & a publishers' recommendations (from the writer's conference). » Read...

Something I wrote back in 2006 for a Creative Writing assignment. All this came from a simple picture. I actually creeped myself out writing this one. And my teacher too. » Read...

From the equinox of the gods, the words of a fallen one. » Read...

A short daydream spawned from a mind with too much room to wander. » Read...

Ruby witnesses the beginning of the end. » Read...

Detective Aaron Grey does his job the best he can. But when a negotiation gone terribly wrong takes his life, he is brought back thanks to the miracles of modern medicine. But he does not come back alone...(moderate language and violence) » Read...

This is a story I wrote for my WRT210 class. It is set in the Cthulhu mythos of H.P. Lovecraft.

Three explorers discover a cave in the Arctic circle and are swept into an ancient and vast network of tunnels that contains a dark and terribl... » Read...

Melena is a 17 year old teenager who has yet to discover that she's a vampire hunter who's target is Hitoshi Makai, a very famous and elusive vampire running away from his vampire bretheren. Melena and Hitoshi become involved and encounter ha... » Read...

A humorous narrative that demonstrates your boyfriend being a bloodsucking creature of the night, though he is incredibly handsome and has icy blue eyes. Horrific Romance. » Read...

This flash fiction piece describes the thoughts of a broken and potentially psychotic woman as she leaves her mothers funeral. Dark with a twist. » Read...

Attempting one of the most remarkable forms ever conceived. I could never hope to get near his genius, but I hope you read and enjoy it anyway. » Read...

The aliens have a proposition. » Read...

I have this recurring dream--had it since childhood--and in this story that dream turns deadly. Written with Homage to Mr. Edgar Allan Poe. » Read...

Madame Papagei often jokes my singing could break glass... » Read...

What would you attempt if you knew you could not fail? » Read...