Weird Fiction

Tales of Suspense as Short as they are Sizzling!

#101 Damsels

Hank was a hero, sure. But he knew that for every tied-up damsel he rescued from a train-track, there were ten that weren’t so lucky.

#100 Intrigue

His expertise in safe-cracking and document forgery, and her ability to make the perfect pina colada proved a profitable, and lethal, combo.

#98 Heavy Meadow

The meadow was beautiful. He threw down his backpack and sank into the summer grass. He kept sinking. A terrible scream was cut short.

#97 Ingredients

The plague had killed off all plant life. Luckily, by then, mankind had learned how to produce food using exactly zero natural ingredients.

#96 Spree

“I’ll take a Coke,” said Jack. “Pepsi ok?” It was how the waiter said it, more statement than question, that triggered the killing spree.

#95 Hobby

He loved chucking ice cubes at skunks from his balcony. When hit they’d make this terrible screech. It was ok cause they were skunks.

#94 Gumption

He was tired of making excuses. If he ever wanted to achieve his dream of becoming a gelatinous, amorphous blob, the time was now damn it!

#93 Hope

For many, a fatal diagnosis leads to a crippling depression. Not for Steve. He immediately started crafting a list of people to haunt.

#93 Active

He set up his office inside an active volcano. It was that risk-taking spirit that got him to the top of the Internet consultancy game.

#92 Look

She looked at him. Then she looked at something else. Back at him. Then something else. Then she ordered hash browns and looked at those.