The Short Story Thread-Promote your short works here. (No Novels!)

[Vera Nazarian]

Here's a couple of my many short stories:


Old Farts (literary, humor) - which is incidentally free starting today, for five days (Jan 21-25).


The Witch Who Made Adjustments (Halloween fantasy)

[jaim101]

Hi everyone,

The Storyteller: A Ghostly Tale For Christmas is available for just $0.99.

It's Christmas Eve. Midnight. Tobias and Loriana are in a deserted car park, talking about leaving their partners and running away together. It's freezing, apparently cold enough to freeze the dashboard clock to 12:03AM. Loriana's phone rings, that too is stuck at 12:03AM. Confused and a little scared, they drive away. Suddenly Tobias cries out and demands Loriana stop the car. They run back to look at the Town Hall clock. It's stopped at exactly 12:03AM. It is then that they notice a side door to the Town Hall is slightly ajar...

The Storyteller is a festive short story which owes a large debt to A Christmas Carol. It is about how we can't always see that what we want may not be what is right for us and that what we truly need might be right in front of us.

[Lisa Scott]

I've got a new one in my Flirts! romantic short stories collection.  I just released Fairy Tale Flirts! 5 Romantic Short Stories (The Flirts! Short Stories Collections) this week.  Modern takes on old tales, and the only magic is the real-life kind.  Stories include "Cindi," "Red," "Belle," "Snow," and "Goldie." 

Have a great weekend of reading, everyone!

[Andre Jute]

		Two Shorts High Fidelity & Christmas Oratorio flash fiction by André Jute
Respectively 1050 words and 242 words. Get them FREE! Click the cover.		Two Shorts (High Fidelity & Christmas Oratorio) are published together. They’re prime cuts from Scenes from a Bizarre Life, my memoirs, unlikely to be published before another quarter century has elapsed. Secretly, of course, one cannot help but be flattered to be asked to write your memoirs, and the interest of readers in my now mainly dull life — I eat, I exercise, I sleep, I write, and nobody credible has tried to kill me in quite a while — never ceases to amaze me. So I’ve started saving a snippet here and a snippet there. Some of them make little flash fictions, short stories. I enjoyed the attention received by The Survivor so much, I decided to publish two of these snippets as flash fictions.

[Andre Jute]

Once upon a time, in manuscript, IDITAROD a novel of The Greatest Race on Earth started out very differently. Over the years, en route to the simple, straightforward novel it is now, huge chunks ended up in the trash as counterproductive or unnecessary to the main trunk of the story. But I saved a piece because it has what it takes to be a shiver-making psychological short story.

A shiver-making psychological short story by Andre Jute Get it FREE! The Survivor Now, a quarter-century later, I’ve remembered to publish it. It was cut because it gave the rest of IDITAROD the wrong tone. So y’all must not view The Survivor as part of IDITAROD but rather as a parallel short story, completely selfstanding, whose connection with IDITAROD as you know and love it is extremely tenuous, six or eight versions away from the novel as published.

[Gertie Kindle 'a/k/a Margaret Lake']

A Slice of Life - a novella for $1.99



Originally published in the anthology, A Walk in the Woods, with six other stories.

Grace Coulter has been hiding in the kitchen of her family restaurant since she was eight years old. That’s when the name-calling began. Stretch, skinny-minny, boy in girl’s clothes, all because of the slender height that had her towering over even the tallest boys in the class.

Now, nearly thirty years later, Grace is head chef of the failing restaurant and still hiding in the kitchen. Like many businesses during the current recession, Coulter’s may have to start laying off employees or even close. But Grace has a plan to save the restaurant and the people she’s known all her life; a plan that will force her to go out into the world and face her fears.

[Shiromi]

Great thread. Can't believe I've never noticed it before.

A dark new spin on the Snow White story told from the huntsman's POV

Follow Becca on her solitary mission to find a new home world for the human race

[Istvan Szabo, Ifj]

Pale Moonlight (7 Post Meridiem #1)
Noir Novelette - Length: 8304 words (Digital Edition only)

SERIES DESCRIPTION
A short novel series, 7 Post Meridiem comes in various genres where only one element connects every story; it plays in all times and space with each happening at seven in the evening. The first issue, Pale Moonlight is a noir short was written by the creator of the Epic Fantasy trilogy, Crystal Shade.

ISSUE #1 – PALE MOONLIGHT
December 1936, New York. Detective Jack Kelly bravely faces harsh daily life to always emerge victorious, but every evening as the clock chimes seven, he prepares for the battle he has always lost.

"I enjoyed it as it took me away to another place and time as it gave me a brief window into mindset of that period." - Amazon US review
"Quick enjoyable read with some beautiful imagery and language. A nice moment-in-the-life type story." - Smashwords review

Digital Edition* ($0.99)


* Also available at Amazon DE, Amazon FR, Amazon ES, Amazon IT, Smashwords, B&N, iBookstore, Sony, Kobo, Diesel

[Ethan Cobb]

Just published my first short story collection!

Ethan Cobb Story Collection One

Which includes:

Among the Little Fishes (with Bonus Story: Help Wanted - Dead or Alive)

Last Rites (with Bonus Story: Neighborhood Watch)

Butterflies and Hornets

Arrest Me, Please

[Elmore Hammes]

I wanted to bump this thread back up, and what better way than to let you know that my short story Bread of Life is on a One-Day FREE promotion.

A short story (approximately 3,000 words) about a mobster who finds a naive and innocent man - a stooge - to transport his drugs. The stooge has an unexpected humanizing effect on the criminal.

So if the 99 cents was keeping you from giving it a try, then download away!

I appreciate any reviews/likes/tags/feedback.
Thanks,
Elmore



P.S. Kevis - thanks again for hosting, I did mention this in an earlier post so no need to add it to the master list.

[Tony Richards]

I have 2 new novellas out on Kindle. One a supernatural thriller:



The other an SF/fantasy story:



Plus a new collection of horror/paranormal stories:

[Gertie Kindle 'a/k/a Margaret Lake']

I wanted to bump this thread back up, and what better way than to let you know that my short story Bread of Life is on a One-Day FREE promotion.

A short story (approximately 3,000 words) about a mobster who finds a naive and innocent man - a stooge - to transport his drugs. The stooge has an unexpected humanizing effect on the criminal.

So if the 99 cents was keeping you from giving it a try, then download away!

I appreciate any reviews/likes/tags/feedback.
Thanks,
Elmore




P.S. Kevis - thanks again for hosting, I did mention this in an earlier post so no need to add it to the master list.

Just read it on Amazon's Cloud Reader. I don't know what to say about it except I'm smiling. 

[Elmore Hammes]

Just read it on Amazon's Cloud Reader. I don't know what to say about it except I'm smiling. 

Aw, thanks, Gertie, you made my day! 

[AithneJarretta]

Kevis,

Thank You for starting this thread.

Here's mine. It's FREE.

[StephenLivingston]

You can see the cover of my short story collection "Kindling" and some individual short stories in my signature below.
Best wishes, Stephen Livingston.

[JGrover]

99 cent short horror stories right here!  

Echo Lake--A Short Story



or

Motherhood



Thanks for checking them out!

[Kenji]

Hi Kevis,

Thanks for kicking off this tread. With my short attention span, I am all about the shorts!

My shorts are Romantic Suspense with a touch of Spy & Intrigue.

		The Spyder and the Spy (A Romantic Suspense Short Story)
		Step Into My Parlor (A Romantic Suspense Short Story)

Thanks again!

Kenji

[Picaquill]

Happy to participate and hopefully find a reader or two.  I have a short poem, three short stories and a novella on kindle and would welcome any reviews.  All books are about ordinary people dealing with the challenges of contemporary life.  Pen name is Norhelm Staren.  Thank you so much!

http://www.amazon.com/The-Reluctant-Warrior-ebook/dp/B0070NBB8K/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1328128191&sr=1-1

http://www.amazon.com/Before-Leaving-ebook/dp/B0070NB9DM/ref=sr_1_3?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1328128191&sr=1-3

http://www.amazon.com/Dead-Night-ebook/dp/B0070NBC52/ref=sr_1_4?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1328128191&sr=1-4

http://www.amazon.com/No-Slave-To-Destiny-ebook/dp/B0070NBAWM/ref=sr_1_5?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1328128191&sr=1-5

http://www.amazon.com/Wheres-Brenda-ebook/dp/B0071NP5N6/ref=sr_1_6?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1328128191&sr=1-6

http://www.amazon.com/Norhelm-Staren/e/B0072202AW/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1

[Beatriz]

I've noticed one sad trend. Short stories don't get enough love. If you've written flash fiction, a short story, novelette, or novella, feel free to share it with our members here. This thread will make it easier for readers seeking short fiction to discover new works. As this thread grows, I'll compile the books mentioned in your posts to the OP List.

Note to Authors: If you want your book added to the index list, please use the KB Link-Maker to add a text-link to your post. Books mentioned in posts without a proper text-link WILL NOT be added to the list.

This is great.  I'm working on a short story now.  Can I mention it here even though it's not finished?

[StephenLivingston]

Here are the text links for my short stories as requested in the OP:

Kindling - Short Story Collection.

The Waster's Tale - Short Story.

The Wheel of Justice - Short Story.

Recycling - Short Story.

Choose Your Future - Short Story.

Best wishes, Stephen Livingston.

[Beatriz]

Here's a couple of my many short stories:


Old Farts (literary, humor) - which is incidentally free starting today, for five days (Jan 21-25).


The Witch Who Made Adjustments (Halloween fantasy)

For all bird lovers, my short story "Jilly, The True Story of an Extraordinary Bird," will be available soon.  I'm working hard to complete it.

[Elmore Hammes]

Nice to see all the short stories, collections and novellas.

Bumping this thread again to mention my short story Porch Swings will be FREE today and tomorrow (February 7-8). It's normally 99 cents, so that saves you almost a whole dollar! I would love to get some reviews for it if anyone has the inclination to do so after reading it.

A short story (approximately 2500 words) about a young woman in New York who comes to an abrupt realization that she doesn't even recognize her neighbors after living in the same apartment for five years. She resolves to do something about it - to bring the feeling of "Mayberry" to her life.



This story first appeared in the August 2009 issue of the nationally distributed magazine St. Anthony Messenger, and is now offered for Kindle by the author.

Thanks for looking, and keep those short stories coming!
Elmore
P.S. to Kevis, thanks as always for hosting it, and this one is already in the master list so no need to add it.

[Heather Parker]

Thank you for coming up with this brilliant idea - and giving us the opportunity to promote our stories here.  Please could I mention my two mini-mysteries? Both are set in English villages - although very different stories.  Best Wishes, Heather Parker

The first is A Quiet Place in the Country published by Wild Child Publishing and is available at $1.47.

Jessica enjoys her work as community copper in a small English village - until a young girl is found dead at the bottom of Lowther Crag. As the policewoman starts to investigate, she finds disturbing undercurrents in her quiet community. With the help of the local doctor, she sets out to uncover the girl's dark secrets, but soon finds her own life threatened...
A Quiet Place in the Country



The second is My Learned Friend published by Untreed Reads and is available at $2.06.

When James Whitman moves to a small village in the English Lake District, he thinks he is leaving the world of crime behind him in the courtrooms of Manchester. Surely folks here wouldn’t find themselves in need of a good defense lawyer – even one of the most highly respected in the land. Yet, when an old lady dies in mysterious circumstances, James finds himself working to protect a young boy accused of her murder. A local social worker, Katy, becomes his unlikely ally, and the pair begin to investigate. They soon discover life in the isolated village may not be as peaceful and innocent as it seems...
My Learned Friend

[Mcoorlim]

First off I've got a steampunk mystery series in the works.

And They Called Her Spider: James is a socially-awkward inventive genius. His partner, Bartleby, is an intuitive savant. Together they run one of steampunk London's finest consulting detective agencies. The Home Office has come to them with a dilemma - the Spider, a mysterious assassin that preys on the powerful, threatens to terrorize Queen Victoria's upcoming Platinum Jubilee. Can the pair track down this mysterious killer, or will the thin blade of a knife throw the Empire into utter chaos?

"She moves, at times, with the fluid grace particular to acrobats and dancers, and at others her motions are sudden and jerky, feral and darting. A sudden tilt of the head, an abrupt twist of the spine, and that's all the warning you get before she changes, switching from entertainer to killer, from elegant to lethal. My pet theory is that when she becomes the perfect assassin she gains a new awareness of time and kinetics, her movements so graceful and quick that the human mind can only process them in sudden still images, like the frames of a camera obscura. My words can barely suffice to convey the purity of her motion. I have to think of her in alchemical terms. She's quicksilver."

Maiden Voyage of the Rio Grande: Murder is afoot aboard the magnificent airship Rio Grande, and James is the prime suspect! He and his partner Bartleby must use all their wits to find the true culprit before his sabotage causes the massive vessel to crash into London below!

I've also got some stand alone work:

Oh Human Child: James's life just keeps getting worse. First his parents have decided to get a divorce, and now his younger brother has been kidnapped by faeries. Unable to convince his parents that his brother didn't just wander away, it's up to James and his best friend Tyler to sneak out and rescue him - but can they resist the faerie's temptations and risk disappearing themselves?


Last Hurrah: It's the end of the world, and all Elizabeth wants is to spend some quality time with her fiance. Instead, George is dragging her out of the safety and comfort of their home to an end-of-the-world party thrown by their friends. Can Elizabeth come to terms with loss on a catastrophic scale, or will she lose herself in hedonism like everyone else seems to be doing?

[winspearj]

My fantasy folk tale 'The Huntress', available via my signature link.
Jonathan