Tag: literally stories

All Stories, Horror, Humour

A Cryptic Night for Halloween by  Tom Sheehan  

literallystories2014

Bang! It went. Bang! Bang! Bang! A whole series of bangs, like gunshots at a shooting range, echoes coming atop one another, full of alarm and the awful promise of  consequence. Eleven-year old George Pearl, twelve before you’d know it, his birthday but an hour or so away, ducked his head as he walked down the dark center road of Riverside Cemetery. Shadows of stones moved around him, angular blocks of darkness set upon darkness, the ground and the shadows giving up other noises steeped with night and night things. Sounds swelled like thermals, unseen but known, catching up what was loose in the air, broadcasting strange messages that he could identify in a split second … fear, catastrophe, disaster, strange hands reaching to touch his backside, strange sounds at his ears. All around were strange things that boomed or blasted or bellowed in the night.

Continue reading “A Cryptic Night for Halloween by  Tom Sheehan  “ →

All Stories, General Fiction, Short Fiction

Chairs by Barrie Wayne Sherwood

literallystories2014

“The planning of a new chair can take much longer than the actual construction,” Shinji said as he laid out his sketches. “No other kind of furniture has a purer function.”

Around the table stood three rows of sixteen year-olds dressed like old men in once-white shirts with the school crest on the pocket, ill-fitted black trousers with frayed hems, and green sandals. They jostled and pushed and muttered insults at one another.

Continue reading “Chairs by Barrie Wayne Sherwood” →

All Stories, Literally Reruns

Literally Reruns – He Died by A. Elizabeth Herting.

literallystories2014

Leila has sent in another Reruns choice, this time with a little reminiscence of her own. He Died was, I believe, the first story that we published of Ms Herting and this is what Leila Allison said:  Continue reading “Literally Reruns – He Died by A. Elizabeth Herting.” →

All Stories, Writing

Week 199 – Dwindling, A Bloody Hole And Wanting To Be Quoted

gwencron

Here we are at Week 199

Next week will be our four year anniversary but more on that next week.

I wrote some stories this week. Well I wrote two and tidied one that had been lying about for a while and I hadn’t got round to editing it.

Continue reading “Week 199 – Dwindling, A Bloody Hole And Wanting To Be Quoted” →

All Stories, Fantasy

Christine-Ann Corbin by Arthur Davis

literallystories2014

The last time Christine-Ann Corbin wore a dress was two months ago when she turned twelve. Her parents had a small birthday party and celebrated with a few friends and neighbors. The conversation quickly turned to the unrest in Europe.

Continue reading “Christine-Ann Corbin by Arthur Davis” →

All Stories, Science Fiction

Five Years by Roger Ley

literallystories2014

In September 2212, the artificial intelligence running the Near Earth Object Observation Program at Big Pine, announced impassively that it had discovered a new asteroid that would impact the Earth in about five years’ time. It estimated its size to be similar to that of Australia. I’ve often wondered who it told first, and how they reacted.

Continue reading “Five Years by Roger Ley” →

All Stories, General Fiction

Rags By Tom Sheehan

literallystories2014

Rags, her son Greg’s dog, was a mutt who came home one day with her 12-year-old son, probably after being lost or dropped off by some callous owner and most likely hungry and attracted to Greg’s demeanor, soft voice, gentle hands, and a whistler, and that for much of his days when permissible.

Continue reading “Rags By Tom Sheehan” →

All Stories, Fantasy, General Fiction, Short Fiction

Grendel’s Pouch by David W. Landrum

literallystories2014

The baby had gone to sleep and the boys and Eva, her daughter, had gone to watch Manton drill with the other men in the exercise/muster the village held each month. She cherished the silence. It reminded her of the quiet of the convent—not a pleasant memory, but she did experience some beautiful moments in the years she lived there. She hurried to the kitchen table, wiped it clean, dried it, and spread out the fine linen cloth she had spent too much money on, opened a bottle of ink, got out a stylus, and began to write.

Continue reading “Grendel’s Pouch by David W. Landrum” →

All Stories, General Fiction, Short Fiction

The Tall Man by Mark Joseph Kevlock

literallystories2014

It was in the eighth year of her life that Becky truly became obsessed with The Tall Man. His coming, his arrival, was all she had to fear in the world. He could be upon her at any moment. Becky turned her mind away and sat Indian-style on the floor, playing with her dolls. She wondered if she would ever feel safe.

Continue reading “The Tall Man by Mark Joseph Kevlock” →