dark stories and posts
Found 8 stories and posts tagged 'dark'.
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"Skeleton Dance" excerpt
Published Mar 8, 2019 · 402 words (2 minutes) · 58 views
Horror Literary Fiction dark short story family drama excerpt psychological
"My grandmother wanted to kill me..." So begins a dark and disturbing look into a one young girl’s perseverance in surviving the eccentricities of her grandmother.
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So Sorry About Your Loss
Published Mar 5, 2019 · 1,180 words (5 minutes) · 51 views
Horror Science Fiction dark #alien invasion #badbad greeting cards
A rather grim take on greeting cards, inspired by a former colleague's exasperated comment that "there's a greeting card for EVERYTHING these days!"
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Nathan and the Amazing TechnoPocket NerdCoat
Published Nov 7, 2018 · 3,065 words (12 minutes) · 157 views
Horror Science Fiction Strange dark absurd
Nathan Pinkwater is a regular at the Green Horse Café, so regular that server Jiao Ming knows all his weird and unpleasant quirks. So when Nathan shows up inexplicably wearing a magic, transdimensional coat, Jiao knows something is Wrong. Where the hell did Nathan get it? Why is he being so coy? And what awful things has Nathan hidden in its infinitely deep pockets?
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Castles in the Clouds
Published Jul 3, 2018 · 198 words (1 minute) · 228 views
When a civilization is built upon war, peace brings the greatest destruction of all.
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Ashes of Roses
Published Jun 8, 2018 · 495 words (2 minutes) · 244 views
Fantasy fairy tale dark beauty and the beast Love flash fiction
A dark riff on the tale of Beauty and the Beast.
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The Claw in Her Heart
Published Mar 16, 2018 · 3,151 words (12 minutes) · 1 like · 186 views
Fantasy portal fantasy dark Family siblings animals contemporary
A brother and sister discover a fantasy world full of magic and delight—but every world has its secrets. Are those talking animals really as friendly as they look?
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How Mother Rabbit Lost Her Name
Published Mar 9, 2018 · 350 words (2 minutes) · 207 views
Horror Satire Strange anthropomorphic dark animals flash fiction
Can elegant clothes and human manners tame the wild within?
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Horseman
Published Sep 25, 2017 · 2,817 words (11 minutes) · 307 views
Fantasy Horror dark contemporary
A grieving husband tries to find solace in tending his late wife's mare as she prepares to foal. But the mare—and the man—give birth to something monstrous.
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