 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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| Donnie Lamon |
The Collector  (7 ratings)
A curious visitor is invited to the home of a renowned collector, only to find that his collection is far more complex than he expected.
| (10. May 2002) |
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| Amanda Lam |
Foresight  (2 ratings)
A young woman with the ability to see future possibilities works with her partner to make the future turn out the way she desires.
| (30. Jun 2002) |
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| Tobias Landis |
The Comet Within
There is a comet headed for earth. It is roughly the size of Alaska; but it isn't the problem.
| (30. Nov 2003) |
Dragonslayer
A couple of traffic cops are about to rise to the challenge. A Dragon has arived in their town.
| (20. Jan 2004) |
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| Jesse Landon |
Last Words
A futuristic Sci-fi, about an orbital cruise ship.
| (15. Feb 2004) |
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| Ryan Lark |
Transition
The end of the world is triggered by a vengeful Russian soldier, as we launches a nuclear payload out of spite.
| (15. Feb 2004) |
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| Rachael Lasher |
Challenge
Short story about the joining of two army's and the challange faces by the leader of one.
| (30. Nov 2003) |
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| Latosha |
Dream World  (7 ratings)
My story is about a young woman who has to confront her fears to understand what's going on. Each night she is summoned to what she believes to be an awful place with a strange man, but he turns out to be just what she needed.
| (19. Jul 2002) |
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| Jennifer Lau |
Charon
An intimate look at Charon, the ferryman of the dead. Charon is released from his duty as ferryman.
| (18. Apr 2004) |
Cult of the Halogen Lamp
A short exploration of the spiritual life of a ladybug.
| (18. Apr 2004) |
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| D Lloyd Lawler |
Excitement of Renewal (5 ratings)
A young man, and his group of roommates, find a lost life at a late-night rave.
| (17. Dec 2001) |
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| Lawrence |
The Secret Slayer  (1 rating)
A group of friends become devestated from their choices about each other.
| (11. Oct 2002) |
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| Dave Lawrence |
The Ghost of Brother Patrick  (2 ratings)
Brother Patrick and his associates assumed a sense of superiority that was unwarranted. Brother Patrick's death, however, could prove to save other lives - and souls.
| (20. Jun 2002) |
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| Jesse Lawson |
The Leaves of Summer
A story about a child who befriends an African-American. Set sometime during the fifties.
| (18. Apr 2004) |
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| Autumn Leaf |
Alara's Redemption (4 ratings)
A sword woman traveling around to redeem her self from her father's sin.
| (9. Jan 2002) |
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| Patrick Leblanc |
Worshiping the dead  (14 ratings)
A necromancer's obsession with his father's death and the means he uses to ressurect him.
| (18. Dec 2001) |
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| Donald Ledford |
Cydene (10 ratings)
Cydene looks into my eyes...
| (27. Jan 2002) |
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| Daniel Lee |
The Equestrian (3 ratings)
A story about a man and his horse. Or is it about a horse and his man?
| (14. Jun 2002) |
The White Rose (4 ratings)
A manned mission to Neptune goes horrible wrong, stranding a lone astronaut on one of the planet's frozen moons.
| (20. Jun 2002) |
The Innocence of Dogs (4 ratings)
War can make a monster of a man. And jealousy... rage... has a way of bringing that monster out.
| (26. Jun 2002) |
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| Mel Lee |
Jack Trip's Last Experience
A young timid man grew up in a country side, champions the life of peace but was one day called to fight for his country.
| (20. Jan 2004) |
A throne found in a shepherd's heart
A neglected boy who found favor in the sight of his Creator, and offered a throne because it is compatible with his humble heart.
| (15. Feb 2004) |
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| Robert S.P. Lee |
8Ball (Yattsu Tama) the Assassin (1 rating)
A human assassin, in a world where humans aren't the dominant species. His past, unknown to him, except for memory flashes that come, whether he wants them or not.
| (11. Feb 2003) |
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| Stephen Shiyuan Lee |
The City
A young man living in a place both alien and familiar to our world, jarred from his placid existence by the appearance of two strangers, learns what it is to appreciate, rather than accept, life. This is the first of an upcoming series of short stories set in the many worlds that humans live in, from the physical to the metaphysical.
| (1. Aug 2003) |
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| Leighas |
Miyara: A Schoolgirl's Story (5 ratings)
The short story is about a young, female she-demon named Miyara. She's a schoolgirl with a bad attitude that is causing her to get into fights at school. She has one more incident before the school board decides to expell her. And though she has her caretakers to help her show her, it is up to her to decide her own destiny.
| (16. Feb 2001) |
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| Penny Leigh |
Dress Rehearsal (4 ratings)
A rehearsal takes on a decidedly real feeling...
| (4. Apr 2003) |
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| Christopher J. Levinson |
The Religion of Death (Part 2) (3 ratings)
Part 2 of the story.
| (9. Feb 2002) |
The Religion of Death (Part 1) (4 ratings)
The Religion of Death is a story of morals set amongst the stars. It is a story of how far a man will follow his beliefs when they demand something undeniably close to murder, and how far he can extend his trust to a stranger who has hated and mistrusted his fellows his whole life simply because he knows nothing else.
| (9. Feb 2002) |
Phantasm 1: For the Light of the Stars (one) (4 ratings)
For the Light of the Stars is the first part of the five story Phantasm Saga. It is a journey into the heart and mind of a young woman as she faces her coming of age amongst the stars and discovers beauty, friendship, love ... and betrayal.
| (22. Mar 2002) |
Phantasm 1: For the Light of the Stars (three) (2 ratings)
The third and last part of the first installment in the Phantasm saga (chapters thirteen through eighteen).
| (7. Apr 2002) |
Phantasm 1: For the Light of the Stars (two) (1 rating)
Second part of the first story in the Phantasm saga (chapters five through twelve of eighteen)
| (7. Apr 2002) |
Phantasm 2: In the Shadow of Iniquity (one) (1 rating)
The first continuation in the five-story long Phantasm saga. Twenty years have passed since Laura Wilcox fled the Chosen. The galaxy has descended into dark times. The Shurukian Star Empire is threatening to invade the core-worlds of the Commonwealth of Races. Laura Wilcox is journeying to the mysterious world of Minarth where a discovery awaits her that will change everything she has ever believed...
| (3. Aug 2002) |
Phantasm 2: In the Shadow of Iniquity (two)
The second part of the first continuation in the five-story long Phantasm saga.
| (3. Aug 2002) |
Phantasm 2: In the Shadow of Iniquity (three)
The third and last part of the second installment of the Phantasm Saga.
| (3. Aug 2002) |
The Drug of Fear
This story explores the idea of being numb in life, in soul, and the extremes people use to feel alive.
| (18. Apr 2004) |
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| Ben Lewis |
Crushing a Rose
A rumour is passing noisily through Marrakesh: the Queen is having an affair! The news reaches the King, with devastating consequences.
| (18. Apr 2004) |
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| George Liebermann |
The Only Survivor (4 ratings)
Peter hopes he finds survivors, he does on the Red Cross list, a cousin. On the way to find him he is shot.
| (9. Jan 2002) |
Capsized  (3 ratings)
Sailboat capsized, in danger of colliding with yacht; husband abandons wife to her fate; saved by yachtsman; disappointing sex encounter; she decides she hates men. Man she meets in a park, he courtships her, she plays a practical joke on him: walks away lame.
| (13. Jan 2002) |
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| Norman Lieberman |
The Cloaks of Deception
A treasure hunter discovers his treasure on a mythological planet.
| (15. Feb 2004) |
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| HweiLin Lim |
Law (7 ratings)
Before you become a Lawyer for your Drow clan, there are some things you must settle. Like goodbyes.
| (4. May 2001) |
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| Colin Linder |
UnDying Attempt (10 ratings)
William Golden is immortal, and he is tired. Tired of a thousand years of existence, and all he wants now is to die, to achieve closure on a life to long. But how does an immortal kill himself?
| (3. Jan 2001) |
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| Calum Lithgow |
Janus
Following the life of the human-like creature Janus and his never ceasing struggle for survival in the strange world that he exists.
| (15. Feb 2004) |
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| Patrick Littlewood |
The Abandoned House
I wrote this as a piece of homework, and really enjojed writing it. I hope you enjoy reading it!
| (4. Apr 2003) |
Bunac
No, I didn't know what Bunac standed for when I wrote the story, I just heard the word and wrote the story around it.
| (4. Apr 2003) |
The Terrible Discovery
Again, written for a subject in school, my fourth story adresses the matter of cloning.
| (30. Nov 2003) |
The Terrible Discovery
What if eternal life were possible? What if it meant the death of others?
| (15. Feb 2004) |
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| Tiffany Little |
Enaurakain; Land Foresaken, rewrite (5 ratings)
Fantasy battle story, a work in progress. Its only the intro and the first chapter but i could really use the feedback. Follows the story of Maya and an elven child, but i havent got to the elven boy yet.. . .
| (18. May 2003) |
A tale of creatures of the night (1 rating)
Umm, the beginning of a horror story about Vampires, grrrrrr! heh heh heh
| (18. May 2003) |
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| Bob Lock |
The Dirty Washing Monster (6 ratings)
Do things that go bump in the night really just your imagination?Is that shadow in the corner just your coat on a hanger?
| (4. Jun 2002) |
They're Not My Knees!! (3 ratings)
Sometimes things have to be seen to be believed,as Maisy and her nurses discover.
| (20. Jun 2002) |
Do We Not Bleed? (4 ratings)
Ever wonder why you wake up with a metallic taste in your mouth? Is that floater in your eye really a floater?
| (20. Jun 2002) |
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| Anthony Lopez |
Megaopolis (4 ratings)
| (23. Mar 2000) |
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| Jon David Loraditch |
The March Men (1 rating)
In an unknown suburb sometime during the 20th century, a centuries-old battle between good and evil is raging just underfoot. Beneath the lilies and behind the picket fences, something waits in silence.
| (4. Apr 2003) |
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| Rolland Love |
Author, The Watch
A young boy's father is killed by a falling rock. After the funeral, he goes into the deep woods where the accident happened and and not only finds and has a conversation with his decessed father, but also his uncle who died 5 years earlier. At the end of the story he sees where he will be going in the future.
| (20. Jan 2004) |
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| Mari Lowd |
A Vacation for Eric Creel (13 ratings)
Eric Creel's life is forever changed when he goes on a vacation into another world.
| (17. Sep 2000) |
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| Steve Lucas |
Indebted (1 rating)
A bailiff's encounter with a debtor. As he prepares to remove personal effects from a house, will his own debts get him into trouble?
| (18. May 2003) |
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| Miker Luneright |
The Sacrifice
The story of how a mage, with the most horrible childhood managed to live through his horrors and stay in the light, not forsaking those that forsook him but instead helping them and sacrificing his life for them.It is a sad story of one man's sacrifice to save humanity, and his close bonds to the world and the Gods.
| (4. Apr 2003) |
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| Tom Lupas |
Row 12, Plot 14 (8 ratings)
A nameless cemetary worker, alone with his thoughts gets more than he bargains for when strange goings in provoke his interest.
| (17. Jul 2001) |
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| Mike Lynch |
Stranger
A man follows a woman who he swears he met before, and she leads him to a horrible nightmare.
| (8. Mar 2004) |
Stranger
A man follows a woman who he swears he met before, and she leads him to a horrible nightmare.
| (8. Mar 2004) |
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| Emily Lynn |
Out of This World
A teenager finds himself in a land of prehistory. With no clue how he got to this place he must adapt to a world very unlike what he knows. In this world there are no people, cars, or technology. There are only strange creatures that can make life easier, or in some cases, harder.
| (18. Apr 2004) |
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| Dani L. |
What the aliens found out (2 ratings)
aliens invade a human civilization, causing them to make life changing decisions which have multiple effects
| (11. Feb 2003) |
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| J L Jr. |
For Virginia
Short story that chronicles the life of a child in foster care. Virginia has lived in foster homes her entire life, and the last one may very well be the... last one.
| (15. Feb 2004) |
The Problem With Teachers
Young man thinks his teachers are out to make them miserable. One day, he sneaks into the teacher' lounge and discovers something that may change his mind.
| (18. Jul 2004) |
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