Short Stories

A collection of my short stories which I have created over the years.

A City of Bad Souls

The first drops of rain began to fall. Otis looked up at the dreary skies and enjoyed the few droplets splashing against his face. It felt refreshing...
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Max's Break-up Part One: Switchblades and Infidelity

He sat alone in the café. His gaze mindlessly wandered across the establishment. Busy workers quickly making all manner of caffeinated drinks for...
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Max's Break-up Part Two: Secrets from where the coats hang

Liz clung tight onto Max, her mind flourished with ideas to rebuild their relationship. The tight she embraced him the worse Max felt about his...

'Til Death, Part 1: Haley's Journey

Sam stood at the top of the church. His suit felt tight and the butterflies filling his stomach didn’t make it any easier. A solitary bead of sweat...

'Til Death, Part 2: Heaven

Haley opened her eyes once again. She got a sense of serenity similar to the one she had when she woke up before but this time it was different...

'Til Death, Part 3: Struggles of Love

Haley couldn’t believe what she was seeing. In a utopia where anything was possible it seemed to her that the impossible had just unfolded itself...

Stalker Love Story, Part One: Beach

Some called it obsession. They were right, I was sick. His name was Arthur. To most people he wasn’t much to bat an eye at but he was the apple of my...
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Stalker Love Story, Part Two: Cardboard Heart

Sunday afternoons always moved a bit slower than the other days. It was the only day of the week when Arthur didn’t do much. He would sit, watch...

Stalker Love Story, Part Three: Down, but not broken

It had been almost a week since I last saw Arthur. It would be weird going back to him, like the anxious feeling when you miss a week of school...

Epit, Part One: Third Time

Aleks slowly began to regain his consciousness. His body was still and his eyes were heavy, he didn’t want to open them yet. He just wanted to lie in...

Epit, Part Two: Letter

Aleks, once again, emerged from his unconscious state. He felt drowsy and was very unwilling to get up even if it was a Saturday. Once he coerced his...

Epit, Part Three: Meet the Doctors

Aleks stepped out into the hallway. Now he was definitely sure that he was not in a typical hospital. Firstly the hallway was lined with a soft and...

Epit, Part Four: Finale

The door swung open with a bang and the man in the blue mask re-entered the room. The bang was loud and woke Aleks. “Are you almost ready?” Said the...

The Pennyfeathers, Part One: History

“Oh crumbs!” With her hand pressed against Master Bruce’s door, Ms. Doreen Pennyfeather glared down at the sandwich she had made for him...

The Pennyfeathers, Part Two: Ewart

Doreen screeched in pain as the bread knife sliced into her thumb. Her wrist seized up and her hand froze in a claw position as blood started to drip...

The Pennyfeathers, Part Three: Fortune

“Oh Crumbs!” In the midst of her conversation with Ewart, Doreen had completely forgotten about the bloody mess she had made, as well as the sandwich...

The Key

Four friends, on their way downtown to grab hold of their youth and utilise the vivid life within them. Their energy, their spirit and their belief...

The Key: Theory One

“So here’s what I think is gonna happen. We go to the hotel but we don’t say that we found the key, instead we just go straight for the room...

The Key: Theory Two

“Okay well that story is all well and good but the idea of a politician getting caught doing something dirty on their spare time isn’t very realistic...

The Key: Theory Three

“Okay well, I’d like to start off by saying, holy crap, what the hell. Is there actually something wrong with your head that would lead you to...

The Key: Finale

“Look you guys are just being drunk and stupid. None of those stories make any sense. First of all if the politician lost the key when bringing back...

Theft

“Male, late twenties maybe early thirties, about five foot ten, brown hair, brown eyes sort of thick build. If anyone is to describe this guy it...

Future?

The year is 2037. In the sultry, dimly lit basement of a local community centre, a gathering of individuals listens intently to the woes of a poorly...