Short Stories Books

The author recounts an auspicious hike in the Pisgah National Forest (NC, USA) on a cool day in April of 1998. A stream-side inscription casts a spell over the day. Approx. 1600 words. Another one in the psecret psociety pshort pstory pseries. If this little autobiographical tale were a movie, it...

A female visual artist in her late 20s, living in the Portland (OR) metro, struggling to make it in the Pacific Northwest art scene, is dealt a unique, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Another tale in the psecret psociety pshort pstory pseries. Contains adult themes. Sex: References and toys...

Lowe is book of short stories and poems filled with fantasy, mystery and science fiction. The book takes you in a imaginary world and although it's divided in short stories and poems it's a whole piece when put together, connecting all the written words.

The author recalls some hairy incidents and particular customers on his newspaper route in east Charlotte in the late '70s. The ending is a graphic surprise. Approx. 1500 words. If this tale were a movie it would most likely be rated PG-13 (for a foul language outburst). Sex: None. Violence: None...

In June of 1995, a man from Charlotte (USA) drives to a mountain lake in western North Carolina to test out his new kayak, and to check out a hard-to-reach waterfall. All is going swimmingly well. Then he notices something suspended in the water. Approx. 1500 words. If this little tale were a...

Kate Logue, the most unusual young lady who the uber-surrealist Andre' Breton met in Derry/Londonderry in 1923, is the featured guest in this secret society short story. Approx. 1100 words. If this were a movie it would probably be rated G.

This story is about the struggling lives of two lovely girls who were reared and brought up under the love and care of a woman named Anna who was an Aunt to the elder girl, Lucy and a real Mother to the younger girl, Liz. How are the two girls’ lives struggling? Do they manage to cope with all...

A man in his late 50s receives a package around lunchtime on his day off from work. He opens it, and a world of trouble jumps out. Another tale in the ongoing psecret psociety pshort pstory pseries. Approx. 2200 words. If this little tale were a movie it would probably be rated PG-13.

There is a dark chamber in the mind of every person where their deepest secrets are hidden away from friends, neighbors, and even themselves.For some individuals the door to this secluded room is slammed shut and locked tight by the conscious mind – never to be revisited.For others the gateway...

In 1588, the Roanoke Colony (later known as the Lost Colony, as not a single colonist was found when revisited in 1590), an English settlement in present-day North Carolina, USA, is overrun by a Native American tribe. A male settler flees the onslaught. He avoids capture, yet gets trapped. A slow...