Tag: Friday The 13th

  • A Plague Of Locusts – 100 Word Microfiction Short Story

    A Plague Of Locusts – 100 Word Microfiction Short Story

    A Plague Of Locusts

    “I DON’T SEE HOW ANY OF THAT WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE! I’VE SAT HERE LISTENING TO YOU TALK FOR WHAT FEELS LIKE DAYS, AND I STILL DON’T UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU ARE TRYING TO SAY! SO WHY DON’T YOU JUST SAY IT AND BE DONE WITH ALL THESE GAMES!” he spits venomously, each word dripped in the meat that covers his ever-weakening bones.

    The gale blows violently once more, sending him careening across the room and into the buildings side. But he does not stop there, instead he plummets through the plaster boards and out into the blackness that awaits outside.

  • A Disregarded Gift – 100 Word Microfiction Short Story

    A Disregarded Gift – 100 Word Microfiction Short Story

    A Disregarded Gift

    “TOYING WITH YOU! TOYING WITH YOU!” he bellows whilst his laughter erupts to hysterical levels. “MY DEAR CHILD, I TOY WITH NO ONE! IT IS YOU WHO HAS BEEN TOYING ME WITH! YOU SEEKED ME OUT! YOU WANTED MY GIFT! AND THEN WHEN THE PRICE WAS PAID YOU TURN INTO AN UNGRATEFUL CHILD! PICK A LANE AND DRIVE WOMAN!”

    Without a word of warning she thrusts a left and right jab into the side of Kevin, then rises her left leg and brings it down like a guillotine onto his head, thrusting him to the ground in a forced heap.

  • Balls The Size Of – 100 Word Microfiction Short Story

    Balls The Size Of – 100 Word Microfiction Short Story

    Balls The Size Of

    She smiles nervously while her brothers laugh, “What makes you think you could ever convince me to give you MY empire?”

    “Because it ain’t just yours, it’s all of yours, every single one of you snivelling FUCKS!” he says as he gestures towards the six of them with his hammer while a smile cascades across his moustached covered lips. “And I’ll keep working my way through you all until someone either gives it up, or everyone falls beneath me and my hammer.”

    “CAN YOUR FUCKING HAMMER STOP A BULLET?” Heath cries as he pulls his revolver out from its holster.

  • All In The Wash – 100 Word Microfiction Short Story

    All In The Wash – 100 Word Microfiction Short Story

    All In The Wash

    He looks behind him, then back to the strange man. “A-A-Are you talking to me?”

    The man smiles broadly, “Is there anyone else here?”

    Mitchell shrugs, and looks up at himself and Sarah who scream unheard words at each other.

    “Not those two, they are not like us Daniel. They are on a different causeway, where we, we are by-products of a better time, a sweeter time.”

    “A sweeter time?” he asks as he raises his brow in curiosity.

    “Yes, those times in the void beneath voids. They were times grander than memories forgotten, do you remember our times together?”

  • We Be But Goading Children – 100 Word Microfiction Short Story

    We Be But Goading Children – 100 Word Microfiction Short Story

    We Be But Goading Children

    The smile disappears from his lips, and he stares at her blankly, before leaning back in his chair and stuffing a half-smoked cigarette in his mouth. “You think this is a joke?” he asks as he drags a match along the side of its box which brings the flame to life. He stares at her with unwaveringly disgust while the matches flame licks the burnt end of the cigarette like a hungry child.

    “I-I-I,” she swallows an uneasy mouthful of air that feels like churning cement, forcing her to cough and splutter with a desperation savoured for more desperate times.

  • No Safe Passage – 100 Word Microfiction Short Story

    No Safe Passage – 100 Word Microfiction Short Story

    No Safe Passage

    “I’m s-s-sorry,” she sobs, as she cups his face in her palm. “Every fault and misstep we take endangers ourselves and all those who rely on us to return with supplies, you have sentenced one or both of us to death. I will not bring this darkness home, so make your choice, and make it before the time past time is done.”

    “I-I-I, I can’t do it, I can’t leave you here to die. There MUST be another way!”

    She smiles softly and pinches his cheek with the reassurance of a grandparent. “I am fine with what must be done

  • A Door Removed From Memory – 100 Word Microfiction Short Story

    A Door Removed From Memory – 100 Word Microfiction Short Story

    A Door Removed From Memory

    William raises an eyebrow with intense curiosity. “Hazar! Then it’s decided, isn’t it!” he says with uncontrollable excitement as he slaps his hands together powerfully with thunderous bravado. “You have arrived at my feet not to be part of my story, but because I am an integral part of yours,” he says with a broad smile, as he pulls a key from his pocket and holds it out towards Darren.

    “W-What’s that?” he asks nervously.

    “WHY IT’S A KEY!” William says proudly as he grabs Darren’s and slaps the key into his palm and tightly closes his hand back up.

  • It’s Not All Slight Of Hand – 100 Word Microfiction Short Story

    It’s Not All Slight Of Hand – 100 Word Microfiction Short Story

    It’s Not All Slight Of Hand

    He swallows a mouthful of saliva as it tries to escape his mouth, then drags his sleeve across his mouth, wiping away the excess drool. Then nervously looks up at Roberto and smiles awkwardly. “S-Sorry, when I g-get carried away m-my adrenal glands kick into overdrive and f-flood my mouth with saliva.”

    “Salivary,” Roberto quips back quickly.

    “S-S-Sorry?”

    “They are called your salivary glands, the glass that produce your saliva. It’s an honest mistake that anyone could make,” he says with a broad smile. “See your adrenal glands are in your kidneys, where your salivary glands are in your mouth.”

  • A Fixation On Furnaces – 100 Word Microfiction Short Story

    A Fixation On Furnaces – 100 Word Microfiction Short Story

    A Fixation On Furnaces

    “Why do you push me away? Why do you treat me as if I am the enemy? Was it not you who pursued me? Was it not you who desired a bonding? Was it not you who encouraged a sexual joining? You bore me into this world, then moulded me into this. If you do not desire what I have become, then there is no need for me to be me.” she purrs through her engorged lips.

    “I-I-I, I never wanted THIS!”

    “Then you should’ve been more specific about what you wanted!” she hisses as he starts falling once again.

  • Miles Of Smiles – 100 Word Microfiction Short Story

    Miles Of Smiles – 100 Word Microfiction Short Story

    Miles Of Smile

    Hargrave smiles nervously, biting into his own flesh with a bloody result. He hisses and grabs the side of his face, then snarls like a rabid animal before spitting a wad of blood to the ground.

    “He wasn’t your friend, and neither will I if you disrespect me again!”

    “When have we been friends? You keep me alive because I’m your canary!”

    “My what?”

    “Your canary, the thing you push out in front of you to ensure if there’s any danger, I face it first.”

    Hargrave laughs loudly, “THAT YOU ARE!” he bellows as his smile encompasses his entire face.

  • To Cut Out – 100 Word Microfiction Short Story

    To Cut Out – 100 Word Microfiction Short Story

    To Cut Out

    “What? Where are your words now?”

    “T-THIS ISN’T YOU MARIS, THIS ISN…”

    “Finally it’s all sinking in, have you just realised I am not the girl who gets your cock hard anymore!”

    “W-W-WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO HER YOU DEMONIC BITCH!” he bellows.

    She grins broadly, whipping her lips with her tongue. “I have done nothing that she herself did not ask for.”

    “RELEASE HER! VACATE HER BODY AND GO BACK TO THE BOWELS OF WHATEVER HELL YOU DRAGGED YOURSELF FROM! YOU ARE NOT WORTHY OF HER!”

    “Neither are you, yet here you are trying to win her back again.”

  • The Skin We Live In – 100 Word Microfiction Short Story

    The Skin We Live In – 100 Word Microfiction Short Story

    The Skin We Live In

    “You’re fucked old boy, good a proper too. Why the hell would you try to accomplish something as stupid as what you just did? I thought you were brighter than that.”

    “F-F-Fuck YOU!” he spits as he grits his teeth and lets out an almighty cry of agony as he tries once more to pull himself to his feet. But as before he find himself unable and lets out an exhausted breath as he collapses onto the blood drenched earth once again

    “Son, ain’t no one being fucked here but you, and if I was you I’d consider outsourcing it.”

  • Sanitation Of The Linage – 100 Word Microfiction Short Story

    Sanitation Of The Linage – 100 Word Microfiction Short Story

    Sanitation Of The Linage

    “W-W-We never meant for this to be the end. We never meant for what we did to be so c-c-c-catastrophic. We just wanted what was ours, and we thought we knew a way to make it so. We didn’t mean to hu-h-hurt you,” he says as he cradles Sarah’s bloody corpse in his arms. He brushes her dirt ridden hair away from her face and softly strokes her pale cheek, and as the tears freely run from his eyes he freezes in place, as empty eyes stare back up at him.

    “Oh my god, will you shut the FUCK up!”

  • It’s My Party – 100 Word Microfiction Short Story

    It’s My Party – 100 Word Microfiction Short Story

    It’s My Party

    “I-I-I, I understand, and if I was in your shoes I’m sure I’d be huddled in a hole somewhere crying myself to sleep every night. So please, don’t mistake my frustration for lack of understanding, that is far from the case, the fact you’re standing here and doing this with what you are facing is amazing, b-b-bit I just don’t thi-think I can do this, n-no…” he places a finger on her lips and gently shushes her through the soft smile that now adorns his face.

    “You don’t need to justify yourself, I never asked you to commit to anything…

  • Day 247 – Ride, The Lie – Short Story

    Day 247 – Ride, The Lie – Short Story

    Okay, so, last night, I told you about the not so normal drive home I had with my family, I know plenty of you doubted it, laughed off what I told you as another one of my crazy little short stories, and you know what, I don’t blame you, I would.

    But, don’t tell me you didn’t feel a but was coming. But, none of what I told you was a lie, while, at the same time, none of it was the truth.

    How the hell does that work, it’s either the truth, or, it’s a lie, right? Wrong!

    How so, this so.

    I didn’t tell you everything that happened, and what I told you, I added a few over the top elements.

    It didn’t happen yesterday, or last week, or last month, in fact, I don’t really remember when it happened.

    The woman, when I saw her, she didn’t glow, in fact, it was the opposite, I almost didn’t see her because of how monotone she was.

    I also told you I stopped inches from her, that’s also a lie. I plowed right into her, the moment I first laid eyes on her, there was no second time, no long moments of driving with her image stuck in my head.

    You see, I was caught halfway between being awake and asleep, her dirty, grey image standing in the middle of the road like a possum caught in headlights, registered nothing to me. But, when she stuck my car, or, my car struck her, she hit the hood and windscreen hard and I thrust my foot on the breaks.

    I jumped from the car, that was true, she grabbed me and told me to watch out for the beast, like I told you before. But, in reality, when I turned around, there was t just blood on the exterior of the car, I saw blood, plenty of blood, on the inside of the windscreen, my wife’s door was hanging open, so I rushed to it, and her empty dead eyes stared at me. I dared myself to look in the back seat, it was the only way, but before I could, my heart jumped as I felt the cold knife against my throat, he hissed in my ear, deep low words, words I don’t remember and then darkness took me.

    To this day, I still don’t know why he left me alive, maybe it was a way to thank me for killing the girl, or maybe it was punishment, is that why he killed my family? To make me suffer from taking his kill from him?

    It doesn’t matter anymore though, this part of the story anyway, because, soon, tomorrow, tonight, or maybe in a few minutes, I’ll forget what really happened that night, and I’ll be home again, with them, happy, whole, and not here, alone, old, suffering every time the meds wear off, and I sit here waiting for the new round to kick in, until I can be lost in a world of what should’ve been, and not this horrid world of what is.

    End

  • Day 246 – The Ride – Short Story

    Day 246 – The Ride – Short Story

    I want to take this moment, the one we’re about to share, to tell you about a story that happened to me, just a few hours ago. I know, in all honesty, you’re not going to believe me, because, I don’t believe it myself, but it’s true, I swear to whatever higher being you believe in, it is, for I have no reason to lie.

    First I’ll set the scene, so you’re with me, and I can tell the story correctly. The sun had just set, and dusk was fading from the sky, the stars were starting to take over the darkness, and the moon, large and full, glowed a deep yellow. I was, in my car, my wife, sleeping in the passenger seat beside me, and my daughter, talking to herself in the back seat, slowly slipping into the sweet embrace of sleep as well.

    Did I mention it’s Friday the thirteenth today? Not that it’s relatively important to the story, but, it adds some charm I guess.

    Anyway, soon it was just me, staring into the darkness, as I drove forward, onward, towards home. We had already traveled more than an hour, and had almost the same if not more, until we reached home, a family outing, one that had almost been a waste of time, as we had rushed around, and really never got to experience each other’s  company, the way we would’ve wanted to.

    Anyway, I saw her, at first, standing on the side of the road, her white dress glowed in the cars headlights, or maybe, it was just glowing on its own, I’m not sure anymore. Anyway, I drove past, but, for the next few miles, the image of that woman nagged at my head, I couldn’t stop thinking, if she was okay, lost, or, something to else. That’s when she was standing there, in the middle of the road, staring straight towards me, I slammed on the breaks, and the car slid for a few short meters, coming to a stop, a few feet from her, I leapt from the car and starting yelling at her, all the while, she stood there, quietly, just staring at me. And then, as my heart slowly started to slow, and my anger cooled, she reached out and pointed, past me, past my car and towards a huge black shadow that stood behind it.

    “Beware the beast,” she said.

    I felt the sweat run down my brow, and I turned back towards her, she was inches from me now, and grabbed hold of my arm.

    “WAKE UP!” She screamed.

    My eyes flicked open, and I almost lost control of the car, my wife stirred in her seat and asked me if I was okay, I brushed off her question and literally held my eyes open the rest of the way home. The funny thing was, when we got home my wife asked me what was wrong with my arm, I asked her why she’d ask such a question, and that’s when I noticed the bruise on my arm, in the shape of a hand.

    Now, again, you don’t need to believe me, but, it’s true, I mean, seriously, why would I lie to you?

    End