Category: Short Stories

  • The Fortune Teller

    “We are really going to interrogate a fortune teller?  Which one?  Who is she?”  I stared at my partner as she was practically jumping up and down with excitement.  “What are you so excited about?  You have a thing for voodoo?  Spirits?  Think you want someone to predict your future?  Know your secrets?”  I grabbed…

  • Dynamite

    Everyone in my small settlement town had written me off from day one.  I was the immigrant, the outsider, the child.  No one gave me a chance in hell for survival.  With my parents dead from the fever raging through town, I had no choice but to strike out on my own.  I needed to make…

  • The Bandit

    “I just need to meet up with the next caravan and everything will be fine,” I told the stranger.  I just hoped she was really buying the story I had been attacked by a thief instead of being the thief myself.  “But the Bandit!  He has been up and down this road.  He might come…

  • Barbarossa

    I knew what needed to be done when Barbarossa took control of our ship in the middle of the night.  We had done everything in our power to avoid the legendary pirate and his crew, but our precautions had not paid off.  Barbarossa was one of the most recognized and feared pirates because he and…

  • The Magician

    I had been waiting for the magician to arrive for weeks.  Maybe months.  Ever sure it was announced he was going to appear in court, I had been coming every day.  I had long been wanting to become a magician and play tricks on everyone around me so I needed to see the show for…

  • In the Trenches

    “I knew I was in trouble when I came to and nothing and no one looked familiar.  I sat up and looked around, not yet quite realizing the danger I was in.”  I leaned back into the couch cousins and listened to my uncle talk.  I had heard this story hundreds of times before, but…

  • Woman

    “I always knew he was only in it for the power. He was the king of invaders. The leader of fear. The uniter of tribes. A warrior with a spirit of no other.” As I started furthering my research into Genghis Khan and his life in the Mongol Empire, I knew I needed to expand…

  • Alton High

    I had never wanted to be in on the joke. I hated pranks and this one seemed especially horrible. Not to mention dangerous. But since Joe and Charles were the masterminds behind the prank, the show would go on. At eighteen, the two were the Kings of Alton High and no one ever dared to…

  • The Olympics

    When the gunshots started, I thought it was all part of the show. The after effects of the fireworks. But when I saw Jeremiah fall, I knew there was something more to what was going on. Jeremiah was supposed to win a medal. He was going to be famous. He was the only one I…

  • My Roommate

    I always knew my roommate was into some odd things, but I never knew how far she had fallen. It was her charisma, her charm, that pulled me in. I had always been told I was naïve and a little too loyal to those I would blindly follow, but I always thought I was going…