Break From Reality. Daily.
The following story is by guest author Peter Walsh. If you enjoy Peter’s story, follow him on twitter and Facebook. It happened late last Winter in a house named Johan Strauss that in the wee hours of the night the beat of a grandfather clock came to falter. It was no more than the briefest…
The following story is by guest author Frank Taylor. If you enjoy this story, you can find Frank on Twitter at @EverDarkX, or check out his blog on Tumbler: theeverdark.tumblr.com. When Joe Vinzetti first saw the grisly scene he thought his lunch might make a return appearance. Thinking back on his past tenure, he could remember seeing…
The following story is by guest author Colin Bell. We have a villa in the south of France, out in the country, up on the edge of a cliff overlooking the Mediterranean. Our house is small, maybe just three rooms altogether. We love to cook together, drink white wine, go on hikes, look at the…
The following story is by guest contributor Frederick Foote. Frederick has published on Short Fiction Break before. Check out his story Wind Song by clicking here, or his story Fight Night by clicking here. Tripping along the deserted park path about 3:00 a.m., and I do mean tripping with alcohol addled feet, blurry eyes and…
The following story is by guest author Ken Croteau. After leaving his favorite watering hole, he heads for home. Another lonely night, another empty bed. Good looks, a hard worker and a place of his own, “What am I doing wrong?” he thinks to himself as he plods along. Unlike many of the others he…
The following story is by guest author Riana Mercado. If you enjoy this piece, you can follow her on Twitter @rianamercado. I Clara didn’t grow up in the conventional way, nor did she regret it. Ever since she was born up until now, the best thing she did was hunting murderers. Not a single person who…
The following story is by guest contributor Kyle van der Laan. You can find more of Kyle’s work at blackcatprose.com. Take the Taconic Parkway and drive south, toward Poughkeepsie, Woodstock, White Plains. Turn left at the Claverach exit toward Hillsdale on Route 23. Pass the Extra Mart– a good place to get chips, soda, and…
The following story is by guest author Karen Karlitz. Karen’s work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Miami Herald, Toasted Cheese Literary Journal, Broad River Review, Loch Raven Review, Iguana Review, Ranfurly Review (Scotland), American Diversity Report, Scribblers on the Roof, Miranda Literary Journal, Long Story Short, Clever Magazine, Twisted Endings Magazine, and The Stray…
The following story is by guest contributor David Cook. If you enjoy this story, you can find more of David’s work at his blog: www.davewritesfiction.wordpress.com. Or follow David on twitter: @davidcook100. I was born with a black cloud over my head. When most people say that, they really just mean they’re unlucky. That’s not what I mean….
The following story is by guest author Bradley Sutherland. If you like this story, you can find more of Bradley’s work at his blog by clicking here. I was our last hope. And it really pissed me off. I didn’t want to put on pants, let alone lead a revolution, but there was no other choice. Tonight…
The following post is by guest author Nick Whittle. If you enjoy Nick’s story, you can find more of his work at nickjohnwhittle.com or freelance-writer.org.uk or follow him on Twitter at @scriptergram. The following are excerpts from the controversial memoirs of Conrad Makepeace, out soon. Certainly one of the most notorious intelligence officers MI6 operated under ‘deep cover’ between…
The following story is by guest author Carlo Catabijan. If you like this story, follow him on Instagram (@carlobijan) or on Twitter (@carlobijan). I love my family. My dad is a doctor and he makes the people go to sleep. He said that his job is to make sure they are alive even when they look dead….
The following is a guest post by author Amidu Njiemoun. If you enjoy this piece, you can find more of his work on his website (amiduomar.com), or on Facebook, or on Instagram and twitter (@amiduomar). “No,” he says. “Please, please…” he says. Although it sounds more like ‘blease, blease’ with the tears and all. Sobbing and that. Pathetic….
The following story is a guest post by author William Cass. Mitsuru told his wife that he’d do the shopping for dinner. That was partly due to his wanting to share the chores, but mostly because of the way he’d found her the night before. ~ Esther hung the strap of her purse over her…
The following story is by guest author Freedom Chevalier. If you enjoy this story, you can find more of Freedom’s work at her blog (freedomchevalier.com), follow her on twitter (@ReallyFreedom), or find her on Facebook. Not dying has its advantages. For example, this year alone, I headlined at Glastonbury. I never expected I would as…
The following story is by guest author Gina Stradwick. Crumbling. Through his forgiveness and recognition of the nobleness of the action, peace was restored. Resentment had been brewing, bubbling and fermenting like a growing, dark shadow in the heart. One moment of decision; light broke the menace into tiny particles, dust that could be swept up…
The following story is by guest author Alexandre H. Leclerc. You can find more of Alexandre’s work at his blog: alexthescribe.wordpress.com. “Help! She’s unconscious!” Your chin is bruised something fierce. The rubber bullet hit you under your lip and left a dimple the size of a quarter, oozing blood. “Help! Please!” It all started with me…
The following story is by guest author June Griffin. If you enjoyed this story you can find more of June’s work on Literally Stories, Short Bread Stories, or on Amazon. It was late July when the lead story on the Ten O’Clock News opened with a view of our historic Freewater Courthouse and reported that…
The following story is by guest author Scott Archer Jones. If you enjoy this story, you can find more of his work at his website – www.scottarcherjones.com. You can also grab his newest book, Jupiter and Gilgamesh, on Amazon by clicking here. Email Scott at [email protected]. I used to work for the Bear when he was…
The following story is a guest post by author Francesca Baker. If you like this story, you can find more on her work at her blog “And So She Thinks” or you can follow her on twitter @andsoshethinks. Tap, tap, tap…an apple drops from its pink foam encasement and rolls away down the pavement. The stark…
The following story by Frances Howard-Snyder was the 1st Place winner of the Becoming Writer Story Contest. Frances Howard-Snyder teaches philosophy at Western Washington University in Bellingham, WA, where she lives with her twin sons, Peter and William, and her husband, Dan. She is fascinated by philosophical themes like faith, love, and hypocrisy and especially enjoys exploring them through fiction. You…
The following story by Joy A. Burke is the 2nd Place Winner in the Becoming Writer Story Contest. Joy is a short story author, developmental editor, story consultant, and novel attemptee. She also makes up her own words. She has published four books of varying genres and has work appearing in an upcoming anthology. When…
The following story by Al Rutgers is the 3rd Place Winner in the Becoming Writer Story Contest. Here is a quick note from the author: “I am a storyteller. I have always been a storyteller. Even as a young boy I could convince my siblings of buried treasure of cases of coca cola in our…
The following story by Jonathan Payne is the 4th place winner of the Beyond Writer Story Contest. Jonathan is a British writer based in Washington DC. He writes psychological thrillers and magical realism. His short fiction is published at QuarterReads, Down In The Dirt, Fiction On The Web and Beyond Imagination. Follow him at jonpayne.org and…
The following story by Bethany Gotschall is the 5th place winner in the Becoming Writer Story Contest. Bethany hopes one day to publish a novel. In the meantime, she has been collecting a list of random jobs to put in the dust jacket bio, which currently includes library book repairer, speed reading instructor, UPS delivery…
The following story by Shelagh Grieveson is the 6th place winner of the Becoming Writer Story Contest. Shelagh is from Liverpool in the UK and has lived in Australia for twenty-five years. She is an emerging writer of short fiction, poetry and memoir. Please find the link to Shelagh’s blog below: www.sojournwithshelagh.com Richard leans over the desk to…
The following story by Ryan Benson is the 7th place winner of the Becoming Writer Story Contest. ———- There was once a man—a man of his times—named Donald Nibbler. He meant to share his stories, his visions, his musings with the world—ideas so strong he felt them coursing through his veins. However, Donald was not…
The following story by Norah Jansen won 8th place in the Becoming Writer Story contest. Here is a note from Norah: “I’m Irish woman living in New Zealand. My feet were built for wandering. We moved into house number 5 just before my sixth birthday and far from putting me off the idea of moving…
The follow story by Jesael David won 9th place in the Becoming Writer Story Contest. Jesael David lives in Sacramento, CA, and is working on her first novel. She can be found at facebook.com/jesadavid, at jesadavid.wordpress.com, vilepress.com/e-book, and on Twitter @JesaDavid. ———- I can see it now for what it is: buying the house was a last,…
The following story by Jonathan Ramsden won 10th place in the first Becoming Writer Story Contest. Jonathan Ramsden is a 27 year old human male currently residing in the county of Kent, England. Jonathan works for a charity dedicated to the welfare of animals and spends half of his free time daydreaming and the other half…
