Skip to content
literally stories

literally stories

Short story fiction from around the world

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Submission Guidelines
  • Content
  • Editors
    • Diane Dickson
    • Hugh Cron
    • Nik Eveleigh
    • Adam West (Retired)
    • Tobias Haglund (Retired)
    • Leila Allison
  • Your Thoughts
  • Anthology
    • e-book: Literally Stories – The Anthology
    • The Book Bus
  • About

Tag: supermarkets

General Fiction, Humour

Seasonal Angst: High Drama in the Diorama by Bud Pharo

March 5, 2026October 8, 2025 literallystories2014

“I hate this fucking job!” Rob, the disgruntled night security guard, muttered to himself as he did his rounds in the empty department store.

Continue reading “Seasonal Angst: High Drama in the Diorama by Bud Pharo” →
Tagged Christmas, free reading, Halloween, literally stories, Short Fiction, supermarkets4 Comments

Search For Stories & Authors

Recent Comments

Diane's avatarDiane on Seasonal Angst: High Drama in…
Steven French's avatarSteven French on Seasonal Angst: High Drama in…
gwencron's avatargwencron on Seasonal Angst: High Drama in…
James McEwan's avatarJames McEwan on Seasonal Angst: High Drama in…
chrisja70778e85b8abd's avatarchrisja70778e85b8abd on A Thousand Vultures by Christo…
chrisja70778e85b8abd's avatarchrisja70778e85b8abd on A Thousand Vultures by Christo…
DWB's avatarDWB on A Thousand Vultures by Christo…
DWB's avatarDWB on A Thousand Vultures by Christo…
DWB's avatarDWB on A Thousand Vultures by Christo…
chrisja70778e85b8abd's avatarchrisja70778e85b8abd on A Thousand Vultures by Christo…

Browse By Category

  • All Stories (3,201)
  • auld author (22)
  • Christmas Crime Week 2025 (7)
  • christmas hellweek (3)
  • Crime/Mystery/Thriller (271)
  • Editor Picks (106)
  • Fantasy (387)
  • Frederick K Foote week (6)
  • General Fiction (2,040)
  • Historical (73)
  • Horror (202)
  • Humour (152)
  • In conversation with… (4)
  • Latest News (398)
  • Literally Reruns (229)
  • Romance (37)
  • Science Fiction (120)
  • Short Fiction (1,014)
  • Story of the Week (50)
  • sunday whatever (46)
  • Sunday whoever (16)
  • Tom Sheehan Week (6)
  • westerns (1)
  • Writers Reading (8)
  • Writing (214)

Story Archive

Visitors

  • 1,518,440
Follow literally stories on WordPress.com

The Anthology

Now Available in Paperback and ebook.

Please note - We are a free service and no-one should have to pay a third party for submitting.

Nothing on this site may be used for the training of AI

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
Blog at WordPress.com.
  • Subscribe Subscribed
    • literally stories
    • Join 2,414 other subscribers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • literally stories
    • Subscribe Subscribed
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar