 Short Stories by Author
by A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, T, U, V, W, Y
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| Traian Badulescu |
Loneliness (a neverending fairytale)
People always tried to escape from loneliness... What would happen if humankind is be alone in the Universe?
| (20. Jan 2004) |
My City, My Master
What would happen if the building ruled us....
| (15. Feb 2004) |
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| Ryan Bailey |
A War With Humanity
A boy must learn the hardships of war the hard way as the Coalition invades his picturesque home.
| (1. Aug 2003) |
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| Sam Bailey |
Monster (part one)  (13 ratings)
A coming of age atory about 4 friends who come in contact with a real life monster, and through interaction with the creature they learn valuable life lessons on intolerrance and predjudice
| (30. Sep 2002) |
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| Sean Bamman |
Oskar's Inspiration  (6 ratings)
| (15. Feb 2000) |
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| Miquiel Banks |
The Ring of Power (12 ratings)
One man's encounter at a grocery store leads him to join a band of renegade angels guarding the infamous RING OF POWER.
| (15. May 2002) |
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| C.K. Banner |
The Battle for Humanity (Part One)  (11 ratings)
The story of Humankind's war with an Alien Race. The Egaji have destroyed all of Earth's Colony worlds and now have arrived on Earth. This story is set in the first main battle. And seen through the eyes of Lieutenant Swift.
| (4. Apr 2003) |
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| Alex Barber |
True Love (29 ratings)
An old man relates a love story with a shocking twist.
| (18. May 2003) |
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| J.E. Barber |
The Color of the Gods (14 ratings)
A little difficult to describe, the story involves a underground people and their beliefs. A very brief story, but intruiging.
| (16. Aug 2002) |
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| J.D. Barnes |
Chapter 1 - The Execution
This is the first chapter of a Sci-fi/Fantasy hybrid I am working on. It is a work in progress, but I'd like some feedback by anyone interested.
| (1. Aug 2003) |
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| R. Scott Barnes |
The Life and Times of Johnny Plotpoint (17 ratings)
The character of Johnny Plotpoint is familiar to anyone who has ever seen a bad sci-fi movie. He's the character who shows up at just the right time, delivers just the right line to set the main characters on the right path, then disappears without so much as a line in the credits. This story deals with the relationship between Johnny and Lane Edwards -- a writer who, through a suggestion Johnny made to him in 1953, established a successful writing career. Lane, after years of writing, realizes who Johnny is and decides to bring him to life -- to finally write his story.
| (3. Aug 2002) |
Give and Take (6 ratings)
A surreal competition takes place between coffee shop patrons.
| (13. Oct 2002) |
Free Refills (14 ratings)
Andy always wanted free refills... nothing is free.
| (12. Dec 2002) |
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| Robert W. Barry |
Passion's Storm (19 ratings)
A man in a bar meets an unusual companion who tells him a tale about the angel of death for the price of a drink.
| (11. Oct 2000) |
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| Krista Barth |
London Falling  (29 ratings)
This could be the last pages of the diary of Jack the Ripper.
| (25. Apr 2002) |
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| Rutger Bart |
Divine Domain
The search for God comes in many forms, not least of which is the Internet. One man stumbles across God's Domain, and this short story examines the result of "First Contact".
| (19. Oct 2003) |
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| Samit Basu |
The Plasmoids (81 ratings)
Science fiction writer wins online contest, flies to New York and is offered a job as an ambassador for the aliens who run the site...because, as everyone knows, science fiction is not a human invention but an alien means of first contact...
| (30. Jun 2002) |
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| Erzsebet Bathory |
Byberry (Part 2)
A girl starts cutting herself and gets sent to a mental institute. She meets a boy and the devise a plan to escape; death.
| (18. Jul 2004) |
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| Cornelius Batiatus |
The old man hobbled down the road...  (5 ratings)
| (18. May 2003) |
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| Travis Beamon |
Its only the wind
This is a story that is kinda like a, Ghost, that is recollecting what has happened. He doesen't Understand what is going on.
| (20. Jan 2004) |
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| Jason Beirens |
Conversations
All dialogue. About losing something, and what some gain in return..
| (20. Jan 2004) |
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| Douglas Bell |
Total Urbanization  (27 ratings)
| (5. Apr 2000) |
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| James Benjamin |
Three Weeks (13 ratings)
A young man is forced from his home after one long night of disaster. His greatest challenge comes when he searched the corpses of his friends for some small closure.
| (10. Jun 2002) |
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| Briareus |
The Tale of Rex (115 ratings)
A tale of King Elric's encounter with the sorcerer Rex.
| (22. Oct 2000) |
The Tale of Rostefoe (43 ratings)
Sitting quietly by the roadside, Rostefoe becomes witness to many strange happenings...
| (27. Oct 2000) |
Kinetic (43 ratings)
A tale about Katshiro whose girlfriend has got telekinetic powers...
| (24. Nov 2000) |
Cyberman (50 ratings)
A rather disturbing tale about a possible future world...
| (14. Dec 2000) |
Q185 (33 ratings)
An android exemplifies human values in a world where few humans do.
| (19. Feb 2001) |
Lucifer (10 ratings)
A conflict in God's value system leads him to rely on Lucifer for help.
| (6. Apr 2001) |
Aeron (7 ratings)
Short story about the value of individual rights.
| (30. Jun 2002) |
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| Sidi Benzahra |
The Mannequin
A man who falls in love with a mannequin without knowing that she is more than a mannequin.
| (15. Feb 2004) |
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| Vaim Berenson |
Hunting monsters
a detective lookes for a sirial killer,by becoming his perfect victim.
| (20. Jan 2004) |
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| Sarah Berling |
Echoworld
You exist in this universe. And another one. And another one. So what happens if you die in one universe? Give you a hint: you die in all of them.
| (19. Oct 2003) |
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| Pero Bes |
Winds of Change Chapter 1 (11 ratings)
After being saved by a man in the woods, Ned brings him to Windelton and introduces him to his father. The man offers some bad news to Gordd (Ned's father) about Ned, and Gordd faces what must be done.
| (17. Dec 2001) |
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| Arnie swapnil Bhartiya |
Some Day
A scientist descovers a new form of energy that is more powerful than nuclear weapon. but inside the scientist there is a human heart too. adter the death of his friend in an accident he changes his mind and takes a hard disicion.
| (15. Feb 2004) |
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| Maria Biemiller |
Galaxy Joyride (11 ratings)
A teenage girl relates how she was taken from her ordinary life to another planet. This is a short short, 999 words.
| (1. Nov 2002) |
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| Spell Binder |
BILLY STEELE: KID RANGER  (2 ratings)
An epic, superhero Western in which a 12 year old white boy becomes a Native American super god to save the Wild West. Think Harry Potter on horseback/Lord Of The Rings on the American frontier.
| (19. Jan 2003) |
BILLY STEELE: KID RANGER--THE DARK SKULL'S REVENGE (1 rating)
Billy's long lost older brother returns as a hideous, revenge hungry monster. But an even more powerfully evil force vows to stop Billy, his Lightning Warrior alter ego and conquer the American frontier.
| (4. Apr 2003) |
BILLY STEELE: KID RANGER, CHAPTER THREE
The 12 year old Billy Steele saves his frontier home and family of wild west legends from a demonic gang of outlaws and brings his parents' killers to justice in this epic, superhero Western.
| (4. Apr 2003) |
BILLY STEELE CHAPTER FIVE: MENACE OF THE MOLE PEOPLE
The kid ranger discovers the ultimate power of his quest has spawned a race of underground mutants who vow to purify the wild West in the name of God. And Billy is also forced to betray his uniform and family to save the life of his Native American magical mentor.
| (4. Apr 2003) |
BILLY STEELE: KID RANGER, IRON HORSE VS. IRON GIANTS
Billy, and his Native American super god alter ego, must use their magic to protect the newly built railroad and the west from seven killer robots. But the power of a mad industrial scientist overpowers the kid ranger's magic and he must survive an Indian exorcism to return from the dead. Meanwhile, the fantastic power locked in Billy's lost mine changes the destiny of Billy, his family, the frontier and one of the killer robots.
| (15. Feb 2004) |
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| Bir |
Words of a Dragon (12 ratings)
When does imagination end and reality begin to a child?
| (8. Jan 2001) |
Rebirth (3 ratings)
A grandfather and his grandson witness an extraordinary event at the dawn of a new millennium
| (1. Nov 2002) |
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| Elen T. Birch |
The Return of Avalon
The near-destruction of Earth has made it necessary for the mystical isle of Avalon to return and heal the land.
| (19. Oct 2003) |
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| Andrew Bird |
The Boathouse (3 ratings)
The weatherbeaten cornish coast holds more than they know for a father and son who once lived together in in the lighthouse tower. In time it shows them both.
| (12. Dec 2002) |
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| Michael Bishop |
Worlds Apart (22 ratings)
A husband and wife are forced to bale out of a dying starship. The wife lands on a moon in stasis in a life support capsule. The husband lands on the planet which is earthlike. He knows that it may be years until they are united, but they will. Until then they are worlds apart.
| (20. Dec 2001) |
Together (9 ratings)
A story about a pair of lovers in a world in which Celts really can work magic. However, the magic is dying so the lovers leave home after vowing that they will stay together what either happens. However, the fates are against them, but they still keep their vow.
| (9. Feb 2002) |
Barbarossa (28 ratings)
If Germany had won the First World War, what would the world look like today? Or more importantly, how could Germany have won the First World War?
| (4. Jun 2002) |
Price To Pay (2 ratings)
When facing a mortal enemy what has the greatest morality, honourable dealing or black treachery? When presented with this conundrum, a Japanese samurai answers it in his own fashion.
| (4. Apr 2003) |
But Sir Galahad's Dead
A knight of the Round Table reaches the end of a quest only to be denied his prize. So, in order to gain it, he embarks on another quest and learns more than he bargained.
| (18. Apr 2004) |
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| Wren Black |
2023
The year is 2023, and WWIII has been over for 13 years. Ashtan Terek is now a benevolent Dictator of the world. However, he's dying, and his illegitimate son could ruin his family name if he's discovered. He must be killed and quickly. Unfortunately, there's been a mix-up...
| (1. Aug 2003) |
Echoworld
There's the universe you've always known...but there are universes parallel to it, too. You exist in every one of them. What would happen if you met yourself?...
| (30. Nov 2003) |
Crystal Azure
What do you do when the most powerful crystal ever created has gone missing? What do you do when you've found out where it's gone? What do you do about the destruction that accompanies it?
| (30. Nov 2003) |
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| Dire Blade |
A Suicidal Chimp and the Banana Caves - Prologue (4 ratings)
He seeks death, but death has forsaken him. And this cruel fate will go on forever, whatever he says or does. Or will it? He will soon realize that his part to play in fate is much larger than he could ever have imagined.
| (12. Dec 2002) |
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| Blue Blood |
Epitome Of Happiness
The marvelous fall colors of the Japanese Tea Garden in San Francisco evokes surreal dream in the narrator who experiences extreme happiness when he awakes to reality.
| (30. Nov 2003) |
An Allegory Of Chess
Written in first person point of view, the protagonist of this autobiographical fantasy, literally, the king from the famous game of chess, recounts his epiphany and reveals the irony of powerlessness of people in high power.
| (20. Jan 2004) |
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| Mark Bloor |
The Last Train (10 ratings)
Short story of a love lost with nice twist.
| (11. Feb 2003) |
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| Jim Bolder |
Loops (12 ratings)
Instantaneous transportation has been realized. But the implications of that technology go deeper than anyone can realize.
| (11. Feb 2003) |
Turning On (4 ratings)
Logan accepted an odd job from an unknown party. He's about to find out he signed up for more than he thought he had.
| (18. May 2003) |
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| Capt'n BoneHead |
Of Apes and Aliens and the Men who Love Them (14 ratings)
A mad scientist, on a Defense Department contract, develops a new weapon. He experiments on a gorilla with surprising results.
| (10. Jun 2002) |
The Last One Standing (9 ratings)
A man locked in mortal combat will soon face a new world.
| (30. Jun 2002) |
Redemption of a Road Warrior (2 ratings)
True Reflections at the Beginning of a Adventure
| (12. Dec 2002) |
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| Vincent Bonina |
The Lost Letter
Johnathan Barber nerver realized how is life would change by just a simple letter. How the normal timeline of live was changed and then put back in order by a good soul.
| (1. Aug 2003) |
The Lifeguard Stand
Jesse was gone for good, but true love and will of the heart can move mountains. The lifeguard stand always held special memories, but now has new meaing in my life.
| (30. Nov 2003) |
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| Dewayne Book |
Mr. (20 ratings)
Sarah goes for a swim one hot summer night at her parent's lake house. She thinks about her life and future and the nagging problem of her ex-boyfriend. She doesn't think about what else in the lake with her.
| (22. Aug 2002) |
Riley's Last Job (10 ratings)
Riley was about to do his last job. Then he could retire to beaches and cocktails. But before he could do that, he had to do his thing one more time.
| (22. Aug 2002) |
Nightswim (20 ratings)
It started that day in the mine- Tubby and me went exploring. Maybe I shouldn't have gone down there- but it changed me. Now I can do things- special things.
| (30. Aug 2002) |
Hunger Pains (18 ratings)
Katrina knows about hunger. She is awaiting her brother's return to their little cabin in the woods- to bring back food for her and her dim-witted sister-in-law.
| (30. Aug 2002) |
Terminal (12 ratings)
Simon just wants a drink. And he will need one after this morning's walk through the airport terminal.
| (30. Aug 2002) |
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| Logan Booth |
By Chance & Misadventure
This is the opening to a novel I have had flying about for a long time. It sees a group of unlikly heroes thrown from the comfort of their own reality into a world of horror, death and magic, Where they must survive.
| (30. Nov 2003) |
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| Roger Born |
Whatever Happened to the Clones? (13 ratings)
| (3. Jan 2000) |
The Blue Narwhale (60 ratings)
| (7. Jan 2000) |
The Nanite Invasion (11 ratings)
| (7. Jan 2000) |
Slyths are for Symming (7 ratings)
| (27. Feb 2000) |
The Beauty Salon (6 ratings)
| (27. Feb 2000) |
Continuum (8 ratings)
Roger Born takes us to a future where WinTel is the only computer in the world. Stevo, the main character is however part of something else where "Macintosh" is the key word, so where will it end?
| (15. May 2000) |
Gabriel On The Moon (12 ratings)
How is it that the greatest Trumpet Player who ever lived couldn't play a note? Meet Gabriel and find out what happened to this famous Cool Cat! Its better than the Twilight Zone!
| (7. Dec 2001) |
Cathy and Mike (20 ratings)
A bit of a time paradox.
| (15. May 2002) |
The Story Writers - Chapter One
Minimal, cryptic Science Fiction - 1,000 Words. Seedy Pulp Writer talks about his Muse From Hell. (Typos are on purpose)
| (30. Nov 2003) |
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| David. T. Bos |
Death's Scythe (31 ratings)
When Aaron Baker wakes up and an enormous demon stares back at him from the end of the bed, he knows his life is about to change. Drastically!
| (10. Jun 2002) |
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| Todd Bowes |
Down Time (10 ratings)
It's a surreal story about the effects of single acts of violence and the causes of them, how one person cannot save the world, but one can change it, and perhaps just how meaningless that may be.
| (9. Jan 2002) |
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| Elena Dorothy Bowman |
The Terminal (1 rating)
"It's only a machine...an extension of our own intelligence, if you will."
| (12. Dec 2002) |
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| Roger Boyer |
Short story writer
It was a wild nightmare!
| (30. Nov 2003) |
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| Mike Bozich |
Random Sci Fi #1 (7 ratings)
A aging pilot is confronted by a old friend he later regrets he met. Originally meant to be a beginning to a short sci fi novel. My first Sci Fi story.
| (18. Dec 2001) |
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| Erica B.P. |
Curiosity of a Cat
This is a story of a young bellhop who suspects that some guests at his hotel aren't what they appear to be. His curiousity compells him to investigate, and he suffers the consequences of spying on the visitors.
| (18. Apr 2004) |
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| Benjamin Branding |
Al's delusion (3 ratings)
A story of finding sanctuary and escaping from insanity. As far as synapses go Al's lost too many.
| (11. Feb 2003) |
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| Brandy |
The Mountain: The Cliff of time
You ever wonder if there is a mountain that is helpful of saving your destiny. Now for this character... even though it does say that it is 32 I still hadn't got the first one on the internet. Dreams always have a way of coming around. The mountain: the cliff of time
| (1. Aug 2003) |
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| Terra Branford |
"Undecided" (4 ratings)
City life of the degraded...
| (7. Dec 2001) |
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| N.M. Branson |
The Journey (3 ratings)
A woman embarks on journey to end her pain.Her pain leads her to Revenge.
| (22. Aug 2002) |
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| A. T. Brereton |
Perfect (8 ratings)
Eric purchases a painting of a woman who is the most beautiful he has ever seen, and longs for a life with her. When his wish is granted, Eric must choose between life and his dream of it.
| (18. May 2003) |
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| James M. Brewer |
Dog In the City (2 ratings)
Jeri, a freelance consultant for the police department and an ex-cop, is awakened to help the police capture a genetically-enhanced dog that is running loose in a power plant.
| (4. Apr 2003) |
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| Brocca |
Letter from the future (9 ratings)
This is my debut. This essay took the first reward in Getronics company competition " Homo Technologicus" about the society of the future, in Poland.I tried to imagine my life in the year 2100.
| (3. Dec 2001) |
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| Jodie Brooke |
The Listener
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| (20. Jan 2004) |
The Listener
| (15. Feb 2004) |
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| Taylor Brooks |
The Decision (17 ratings)
A girl asked to house sit, finds more than she bargained for.
| (13. Jan 2002) |
Murder (9 ratings)
A murder plot backfires. Read what happens when money is more important than your loved ones.
| (9. Feb 2002) |
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| Joan Brown |
The Bullfinch (12 ratings)
Mythical good guys, Thalia, Mercury and Merlin, in the star ship Bullfinch are paladins on a mission to find Rinaldo, imprisoned by the terrible and hoary Ashtaroth, in order to save the muse Thalia, and therefore all society from roil and toil. They encounter the wizard Malagiggi and his cyclopes who direct them to the whereabouts of the terrible and hoary Ashtaroth.
| (20. Dec 2001) |
Fairy Vivienne (1 rating)
Mythical heroes Merlin, Mercury, Thalia, and Rinaldo on board the starship Bullfinch with it's computer Zaldivar travel the universe in search of Fairy Vivienne.
| (4. Apr 2003) |
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| Gregory Brunelle |
The Forbidden Pool (18 ratings)
Mikel, your average townsman in a midieval world, embarks on a quest to find the only thing that might cure his horrible disease, a pool with an awareness that hates all things on two legs.
| (19. Jan 2003) |
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| Richard Brunke |
The Castle in the Curio Cabinet (13 ratings)
The castle sat on the middle shelf of the curio cabinet, a tangible reminder of happiness forever lost. It was a beautiful sculpture of a fantastic castle that had never existed, nor would ever exist. Towers, turrets, balconies, and arches all blended to form a fantasy possible only in the mind of the sculptor.
| (19. Jan 2003) |
Chameleon (10 ratings)
Chameleon is a story of the how the failures in the quest for scientific advancement may rise up and take control of their lives, despite the best laid plans of their creators.
| (11. Feb 2003) |
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| Marc Buchheit |
Division (9 ratings)
| (3. Apr 2000) |
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| Freddie Bufford |
Elle (4 ratings)
In the distant future a man awakes from a coma oblivious to the crime he has just committed. His memory flashes the moment before it will all disappear.
| (3. Aug 2002) |
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| Ovidiu Bufnila |
What a Wonderful Day! (5 ratings)
A story about jazz. A strange story about a strange whale.
| (4. Jun 2002) |
Moreaugarin's crusade (3 ratings)
Ibhib the Gunner of Longville stormed me up from my den
| (12. Dec 2002) |
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| Astrid Bullen |
La Diablesse
Story of a murdered slave plotting revenge. She is left with a valuable lesson.
| (18. Apr 2004) |
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| Francis Bull |
To be a Wizard
In which Spike nearly gets the girl.
| (20. Jan 2004) |
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| Stephen e. Burkey |
Alone (14 ratings)
A gay man has himself frozen until a cure for AIDS can be found, only to find that the Gay gene has been found, and that all of his kind has been eraticated fron the earth
| (11. Feb 2003) |
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| Todd A. Burnett |
The Key (14 ratings)
Time Travel. The first time machine and its creator on the brink of discovery.
| (11. Feb 2003) |
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| Paul B. Buroran |
KLOKWERK (3 ratings)
A man suddenly finds himself standing front of an old hotel in the centre of a small town. He has no idea how he got there or who he is.
| (12. Dec 2002) |
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| Marc Burrage |
Removing the Wool
A rebel Russian Agent finds out the truth about the death of 2 fellow agents and his wife. Follow on from 2 short films, which will be released in story form soon.
| (18. Jul 2004) |
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| Benjamin Burr |
UPS (5 ratings)
One young girl's tale of her tormented summer experience. She struggles to identify who is part of her real family, and who she can love.
| (11. Oct 2002) |
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| Gary R. Burzell |
A Mother's Revenge (20 ratings)
A Black Widow spider seeks revenge on the man who killed her babies.
| (4. Apr 2003) |
Burial Grounds
A golfer finds out the hard way about breaking the rules.
| (30. Nov 2003) |
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| Ashley Butler |
The Lady in Black
The story is about a haunted Victorian House. Two girls go to the house, to see if it is really haunted.With going there they also discover the murderer, and meet their own fate.
| (20. Jan 2004) |
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