 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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| Rachel |
Spider Song (Part 1)
A girl who can do anything saves the world from cloned spiders. She can travel through time. Part 1
| (1. Aug 2003) |
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| Carl Rafala |
Soul Solution  (3 ratings)
Stranded on a frozen moon, two women come face-to-face with death, and life...
| (11. Feb 2003) |
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| Igor Raffaele |
Way of the Warrior (20 ratings)
In this story, Igor Raffaele takes us to the distant future where we get to meet his crimefighting hero who is a Knight of the Temple of the Flame.
| (17. Apr 2000) |
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| Alicia Raine |
Sea Goddess  (1 rating)
A man, without name or title, comes to the shores where crystal blue waters meet the land of mortals - a beach that you or I may happen upon at any time. But here he sees a woman of divinity, a Goddess of the deep that has come to take him from this world...
| (4. Apr 2003) |
Somewhere Out There
A man. He always stands atop of a hill at night, wondering if his wife might truly lie amongst the stars in her death. And every night, he lies down beneath these stars to live in a dream which he never remembers.
| (4. Apr 2003) |
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| Holly Raiphenel |
Nogitsune (4 ratings)
Mayoke, a shinto miko in training, has been left alone for the weekend at the family shrine. What she doesn't know, is that she's going to have a few visitors: an angry kitsune, an angier kitsune, and a whole, whole lot of rain.
| (4. Jun 2002) |
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| Bhavna Rai |
D and the art of learning  (4 ratings)
This is a personal story about making friends, losing them and yet gaining from the experience.
| (9. Mar 2001) |
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| Monica Rana |
Orange Revelation (2 ratings)
I come from Nepal (Asia), and this short story takes place in Nepal. It explores the intricacies of Nepali society and the human heart. Hope you enjoy it.
| (12. Dec 2002) |
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| Victoria Randall |
Sandwich
Aliens are invading! Hand me the mayonnaise!
| (30. Nov 2003) |
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| Ravi Ranganath |
Overlords (10 ratings)
They thought they had engineered the ideal servant race, but little did they know it would all come crashing down on them.
| (4. Apr 2003) |
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| Ryan Rapp |
The Joy of Contradiction (7 ratings)
It said: "Enter into my perception of the universe. It's much more pleasurable than yours. The glory of civilization has rendered you useless. Life as a wisp is simple and secure.
| (27. Aug 2000) |
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| Ravenspirit |
A Twist of Fate  (6 ratings)
From within the slums of a city came an assassin. Who knew he'd become one of the best killers at such a young age? Who knew that he'd have to save the infant prince of the nation who hated him so much?
| (10. Jun 2002) |
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| Joanne Rawson |
Silent Tears (1 rating)
A quiet young man is huanted by what could have been, and grief leads to tragedy.
| (11. Jul 2001) |
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| James Read |
Surface Seems So Peaceful  (2 ratings)
A distopic view of the not so distant future where women dominate over men. This is a story about two sisters and how their relationship is put to the test in an absolute matriarchy and the social implications that affect them.
| (13. Oct 2002) |
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| Bruce Reasoner |
High Country (1 rating)
Grandfather from grandson's view. A strong bond built on tension.
| (8. Jul 2002) |
Learning Fall  (2 ratings)
I am a 23 year old college senior at California State University Hayward. I am an English Major with a Creative Writing Option. This is my first story.
| (8. Jul 2002) |
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| Lisa Redders |
The Attack of the Light Monsters (3 ratings)
Light Monsters provide light for humans, humans abuse it, send letter down, attack all humans, leave two on earth to start again after they have been brain washed.
| (26. Feb 2002) |
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| Chandrahasa Reddy N |
The Question (5 ratings)
He had it all and then nothing.
| (11. Feb 2003) |
Me and My Friend (1 rating)
In a strange city and the only person He know, He don't know what happened to him.
| (4. Apr 2003) |
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| Kenneth Reed |
From Out Of Nowhere, Chapter 1: A Dying Ember, A Raging Fire
This first installment of the story depicts the origin of the saga's main villain - an intelligent and innocent boy who is overcome by hatred when his mother is burned at the stake for using magic to bring him back to life.
| (20. Jan 2004) |
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| Zachary Reese |
Force Majeure: Part 2 - Grave Digger
In this chapter, Kitsune finds a town that was massacred before he even arrived. After burying the bodies, he is approached by four men who was there when his town was destroyed. How will he get out of this mess?
| (15. Feb 2004) |
Force Majeure: Chapter 1 - Bereavement
Tells the story of a young man who loses his parents after a gang of criminals destroyed the entire town he lives in. Now he must go to the city that is home to these individuals and get his revenge.
| (15. Feb 2004) |
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| Ceirion James Rees |
Friday 29th June (5 ratings)
Think about life and all that surounds you. Think about the simple things. Think about the things you hear and the things you don't want to hear
| (27. May 2002) |
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| Mick Reilly |
The Lycanthrope  (3 ratings)
The Baron, racked with guilt & pain, questions his existence when confronted by the Doctor & his daughter in a veiled salute to Hammer Horror.
| (17. Feb 2002) |
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| Dallas G. Releford |
Surface Trap
A young woman moves into a new house but has a hard time keeping what she finds in her back yard secret from the neighbors especially the one next door.
| (19. Oct 2003) |
March of the Oppressors
Getting old is not a lot of fun but in the far future the alternative can be horrifying. Several ladies attempt to change things.
| (19. Oct 2003) |
The Gestation Factor
A scientist brings several eggs back from a Martian expedition but now something or someone wants them back and is willing to kill to get them.
| (19. Oct 2003) |
Sometimes They Do Come Back
Friends who drown in a mysterious farm pond end up in a strange world during a war.
| (19. Oct 2003) |
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| Jack Remington |
Daemonblade
A man with an unknown past brings horror with him when two cops pick him up. They have no idea what they're in for.
| (30. Nov 2003) |
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| A. Rice |
The End
A thirteen year old girl, in love, happy...Then the unthinkable happens....
| (18. May 2003) |
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| Dave Richichi |
Reccolection
A man is taken care of by a good samaritan after a road accident and struggles to regain his memory.As it slowly comes back to him he starts to realise what he is.
| (30. Nov 2003) |
The Nature of the Beast
short story about the discovery of a mythical creature made by two hunters in the himalayan valleys with a twist in the tale.
| (30. Nov 2003) |
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| Cara M. Rickard |
The Phone Call (10 ratings)
To escape her oppressive home life and begin her acting career, Rosemary White moves to California. Shortly upon arriving, she discovers things aren't as they seem.
| (4. Apr 2003) |
The Best Life (7 ratings)
A well-to-do man discovers his perfect life is not all it appears to be.
| (4. Apr 2003) |
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| Guy Rider |
Tumol Town Terror (4 ratings)
A normal, everyday teenager and two Special Forces Members must help each other to survive a horrible attack of zombies in Tumol, Arizona
| (19. Jul 2002) |
Demon Hunter 5 (2 ratings)
The Black Pearl is getting stronger, and these five late-teen Demon Hunters are on a mission to destroy it!
| (3. Aug 2002) |
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| William Alan Rieser |
Token of Esteem (3 ratings)
A military police investigator gets trapped on Mars by aliens planning to steal one of the pyramids on the Cydonian plateau.
| (18. Dec 2001) |
Modal Sojourn (4 ratings)
A time technician falls into the caption field. To salvage him, his doctors must enter the temporal continuum.
| (26. Feb 2002) |
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| Joseph Rietdorf |
From That Old Green Park Bench
This is one spiritual story of a compassionate drifter who roams the corrupted cities of America. He is murdered, then comes back to earth in spirit. In this sequence, his adventure is in an eastern metropolis. His "restless soul" continues to wander the country to this very day, feeling the pain and happiness of the town's inhabitants.
| (2. Mar 2001) |
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| Hannah Riley |
Abigail and Elana's Trail Journal
The trail journal tells of 2 friends' experiences on the Oregon Trail in 1844. One goes crazy .
| (9. Mar 2001) |
Sold Out (4 ratings)
Amelia has just found out the truth of her background and has a wonderful new life. But in a quest to find her mother, she finds that her mother has agreed to give her up in return for freedom.
| (9. Mar 2001) |
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| Jon I. Ringstad |
Emancipation (1 rating)
A story depicting an unuasual father/son relationship. They are about to have their worst fight yet.
| (12. Dec 2002) |
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| Ryan Ritchet |
Gavel That Built Civilization
Pizza delivery boy who gets revenge.
| (11. Feb 2003) |
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| Steven Rivers |
The Ryvern (2 ratings)
An archeologist researching a long dead species encoutners one of the seven mythical Ryverns. He then begins to learn of the creatures amazing powers.
| (22. Aug 2002) |
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| Matt Rixman |
Mistforms
Fog can play tricks on you, the again, so can creatures. A story of a "gifted" boy on watch for his party.
| (11. Feb 2003) |
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| Kevin H Roach |
Sparky
This is a true story of an adventure I had as a young Native American man. I found a strange beast while living in the city and eventually return home to the reservation with it.
| (18. Apr 2004) |
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| J.B. Roberts |
Legends of the Dark;Scion of Darkness;Prologue
The travels of the planes walker-orc, Ishaak Hlobarron, have led him to a land of great striffe. He takes it as his personal mission to correct this.
| (30. Nov 2003) |
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| Ben Robinson |
The City of Steel (3 ratings)
The story takes place on a distant planet divided into three regions. All three regions are at war with one another. The main goal of two of the regions is to return the planet to the way it was and destroy the city that is made of steel.
| (25. Apr 2002) |
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| Graham Robinson |
Billy Bo Bob and his Redneck Adventure (11 ratings)
Billy Bo Bob and his eclectic family clan attempt to seek revenge on the world for years of abuse and Redneck jokes.
| (19. Jul 2002) |
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| Matt Robinson |
The Cold Calm Beneath The Waves (9 ratings)
A man wanders the world in search of the creature that killed his grandfather.
| (15. May 2002) |
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| Rynyon Robson |
Boy Racer
Mel's new house holds a terrible secret. He faces the past death of a joyrider in his front room.
| (30. Nov 2003) |
Renewable Resources
The delegate to the conference changes places after an encounter by the river
| (30. Nov 2003) |
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| J.L. Rogers |
Cracks (1 rating)
Story about a man named Mark. He is finishing his latest novel in his winter cabin. He is also dealing with a personal loss, and discovers life is not always what it seems.
| (11. Feb 2003) |
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| Marcus Rogers |
The Barking Dog (5 ratings)
In this story a man who kills stray dogs will find that sometimes the howl in the night, could be the call of death. Sometimes the Bell's Toll may sound like a bark on the wind.
| (4. Mar 2002) |
Immortality At Last (12 ratings)
Sometimes we ask for immortality. We ask to live for all times to see so much to experience all that we can. Once that day comes we may find immortality a thing of terror and not pleasure.
| (4. Mar 2002) |
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| William St. Romain |
A Dreaming Journey (9 ratings)
When Andrea sleeps she is a different person. Every time she dreams she becomes a different person, living a life upon a different world.
| (28. Dec 2000) |
Child of Fear (1 rating)
A group of human space travellers is stranded on a primitive world. One of their children wonders off and becomes injured. She must face the fear of the natives who view her as an evil demon.
| (19. Feb 2001) |
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| Pryce Rook |
The Devil in the Den
A young oblivious man, an old miserly uncle and a mysterious den...
| (30. Nov 2003) |
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| Aldo Rosado |
Big Sur (1 rating)
Scott is an investigator that looks into a love, murder, romace and suspense mystery to solve.
| (13. Oct 2002) |
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| Reagan Rothe |
Veiled Enigmas (5 ratings)
Veiled Enigmas is a twisted, turning mystery that leaves the reader stunned after each part. Surprise lurks around every corner and the outcome isn't known until the very end.
| (11. Feb 2003) |
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| Daniel Victor Rotin |
Disconsolate Hearts (1 rating)
A Timeless tale of the struggle against the ominous prospect of a eternity living under the tyranny of an ancient emperor.
| (12. Dec 2002) |
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| Nathaniel Rowe |
Average (4 ratings)
Terry Toodles, a average, Curbish lifeform, has crashed into a strange world known as Earth. This is a story of one alien's struggles to get home.
| (3. Dec 2001) |
The Tyzee (1 rating)
Sharisa, a young girl learning magic under the Master, is attacked by the Shadows, a group of evil spirits. Taking on responsibility beyond what she should, Sharisa tries to destroy the enemy and save her family.
| (17. Feb 2002) |
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| C.J. Rule |
The Journal
A man trapped by ghosts in his own apartment
| (30. Nov 2003) |
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| Dawn Rusho |
Travels; A Cockroach's Story
Dico is a cockroach which hails from Puerto Rico. A twist of fate, and he finds himself in New York. The biggest cockroach of the bunch.
| (4. Apr 2003) |
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| RVB |
Walking with Shadows (3 ratings)
A ghost, murdered in the mortal world, trapped in the spirit world has just lost her one chance for peace.
| (3. Jan 2001) |
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| Ryan |
The Shadow Master (Chapter 1) (3 ratings)
This is the opening chapter of a story based around a man who has lost his memory in a dark, futuristic city.
| (27. Jan 2002) |
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| Amanda Ryan |
Out to Sea (10 ratings)
This story is about a man who works for a shipping company in Rhose Island. His boat capsizes, and he encounters many "Strange" things
| (17. Jul 2001) |
The Magic Of Elan (2 ratings)
This is the first chapter of "The Magic Of Elan" The story is about a 17 year old girl (Kristie Williams)who finds something life changing in her dead brother's sock drawer, and is transported to a land of wonder
| (8. Jul 2002) |
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| Shannon Ryan |
Snooks and Snarks (4 ratings)
Snooks and Snarks plays on the differences between races and the role of religions in causing conflict.
| (4. Jun 2002) |
The Creation Archives
I received this story through a psychic link that I experienced with Lord of All Toasters who lives in a black hole in a distant galaxy (very close to the giant fruit salad).
| (30. Nov 2003) |
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| Saphron R. |
The Time Notfall Almost Collapsed
Its about a girl named Abigal and her planet,Notfall almost falling apart.Abigal's father is the Zorg of Contingale, city in Notfall.
| (1. Aug 2003) |
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