short stories – Page 35 – Tale Told

A Sound, a Fright, a Ghost

8 Jun 20257 Jun 2025

We walk together, at times, but still, I walk alone, a shadow in the night. We passed a lifeless stone made like life, like a dead man who rots within…

Got Him

The spiney fin rises over the murky surface of the pool for an instant before the monster dives back into its swamp. Click. "Did you get it?" "I think so,"…

A Choice

There comes a time, I think, where a man becomes his decision. As such, in the retrospective, what other choice could he make? So, I say the choice has made…

Focus

I stepped softly over the mossy stones while the ever-wailing winds rushed through the ruined arches of this fallen monastery. As my jacket flapped in the gale, I couldn't help…

Beyond My Grasp

Wonder not. I think no hand of man may touch the vision in this glade. Though you may reach, you'll never reach. Always just beyond your grasp, the elusive, ruby…

Dreams | Disney Songs & Shrooms

I had a very strange sort of dream. I knew I was going to go on a road trip with my sister. We used to sing together all the time,…

Something I’m Working On | The Spheres

1 Jun 202531 May 2025

"Very well," I said to my friend. "I suppose I owe you that much, but…" I looked furtively around at the shadowed glade. "I want to bring you," I continued…

Recursive Suicide of the Soul

"I slept with a ghost," he whispered. We were old friends. I'm sure you know the kind. A friendship you can count on. You can recount the faded memories of…

Ghost of Zeraphone

The first morning on the planet Zeraphone gave me hope. The night I landed, all I saw was a sandy, lifeless waste, my home and my tomb, but then the…

After All

27 May 202527 May 2025

The angel weeps in the rain. What dreams the carved stone? Is there sight in those eyes? May those wings spread and soar? Silent, the rain runs down the smooth…