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Halloween Trick-or-Treaters Disappear – Short Story

September 16, 2019September 19, 2019 Phyllis Doyle Burns 1022 Views 4 Comments halloween, Martians, Phyllis Doyle, short story, spaceship, trick-or-treaters

Halloween Trick-or-Treaters Disappear … The excitement was busting out all over the neighborhood and kids started gathering at Norma Jean’s

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Wrong Ride

May 10, 2018May 11, 2018 Phyllis Doyle Burns 689 Views 2 Comments double agent, fear, short story, van, warehouse, wrong ride

Wrong Ride … Carol waited for the van that would take her to her Monday appointment. When she was able

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Canoeing Challenge Legend of Bad Ass Clyde and Omar Bolene

March 9, 2018August 10, 2020 Phyllis Doyle Burns 874 Views 0 Comments badass Clyde, canoe, canoeing challenge, Phyllis Doyle, short story, treacherous river

Canoeing Challenge … You can read the introductory story about Clyde at ‘Bad Ass Clyde – Don’t Even Go There’

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Wilted Roses

January 30, 2018January 30, 2018 Phyllis Doyle Burns 989 Views 6 Comments disappearance, grave, Phyllis Doyle, short story, sinister, wilted roses

Wilted Roses Justine had been out of work for over a month and things were getting tight. She had already

Creative Writing Halloween Short Story

Devil’s Manor

October 27, 2017October 27, 2017 Rasma Raisters 1123 Views 6 Comments devil's mansion, halloween, scary story, short story, the devil

Devil’s Manor Fall had come to Oakdale in all of its colorful glory. The town of 1,000 people lay in

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Memories, Like Shattered Glass – part 1

October 27, 2017November 4, 2017 thebluestar 1011 Views 2 Comments confusion, dementia, family, life, short story

Memories, Like Shattered Glass … Introduction Working for some time as a care giver in the community, I came

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Eerie Sense of Being Watched – Conclusion

October 16, 2017October 16, 2017 Phyllis Doyle Burns 2986 Views 4 Comments eerie sense, ghost, halloween, short story, terrace, watched

Please see Eerie Sense of Being Watched – Part One for the beginning of this story. Millie knew for sure

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Eerie Sense of Being Watched – Part One

October 16, 2017October 16, 2017 Phyllis Doyle Burns 1106 Views 4 Comments eerie sense, frightened, halloween, short story, watched, wrong door

Eerie Sense of Being Watched Millie Jenkins carted out all her Halloween decorations from storage. She stopped by the front

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Beastly Nights in Gloomdown Heights, Conclusion

September 29, 2017September 21, 2019 Phyllis Doyle Burns 934 Views 5 Comments beastly nights, Dreaming, halloween, hotel, short story, vampires

Please see Beastly Nights in Gloomdown Heights, Part One Willis glared at the hotel for several minutes. “Well, are you

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Beastly Nights in Gloomdown Heights, Part One

September 28, 2017September 21, 2019 Phyllis Doyle Burns 978 Views 6 Comments ancient hotel, beastly nights, ghost, halloween, short story, strange man

Beastly Nights GLOOMDOWN HEIGHTS, ONE MILE Next Town, Twenty Miles Willis Eden read the highway sign and decided to take

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An Old Woman’s Thanksgiving- In Memory of My Mother

September 28, 2017November 10, 2017 Tammy Poague 1307 Views 11 Comments family, loved ones, old woman, short story

Thanksgiving is a time when many families come together for a celebration. Mine was no exception. But, as we have

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Old Haunted House on Cleeves Farm

September 19, 2017September 20, 2017 Phyllis Doyle Burns 1936 Views 4 Comments farm, halloween, haunted house, pitchfork, short story, skeletons

Old Haunted House … The old haunted house sat far out in back of the property of Monroe Cleeves farm,

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Immigrant in the Land of Promises – A Short Story

August 7, 2017August 7, 2017 Emese Fromm 3092 Views 7 Comments fiction, immigrants, short story

I wrote the original story of the Immigrant for Hubpages, as a response to a writing challenge issued by Bill

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River Full of Tears

July 20, 2017July 20, 2017 Phyllis Doyle Burns 1529 Views 11 Comments goddess, mountain, river, short story, sorrows, tears

River Full of Tears The river flowed swiftly after the heavy spring melt. This is when Aisling liked it best.

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The Eye of the Heron

July 11, 2017August 5, 2017 John Hansen 1214 Views 7 Comments crime, fire, heron, short story, supernatural

The Eye of the Heron The Eye of the Heron JOURNAL ENTRY: THURSDAY 21 JANUARY 2016 My name is James

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Sinister Curse Mystery , Conclusion

June 22, 2017August 30, 2017 Phyllis Doyle Burns 909 Views 3 Comments mystery, nemesis, short story, sinister curse, sorcerer

Sinister Curse Mystery Part One: Sinister Curse This Side of Dawn, Winds of Hell Part Two: Sinister Curse, Paranormal Investigators

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Sinister Curse, Paranormal Investigators

June 18, 2017June 3, 2018 Phyllis Doyle Burns 974 Views 2 Comments flames, mystery, short story, sinister curse, sorcerer

Sinister Curse Please see Sinister Curse This Side of Dawn, Winds of Hell for part one of this story. Paranormal

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Just Who’s Insane in an Asylum? Part 3

May 14, 2017May 14, 2017 Tony DeLorger 814 Views 2 Comments asylum, ghosts, Jake, murder, short story, sinsanity

Jake awoke in his bed, but there was little light and he looked toward the curtains; they were in tatters.

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Just Who’s Insane in an Asylum? Part 2

May 14, 2017May 14, 2017 Tony DeLorger 1163 Views 2 Comments asylum, delusion, ghosts, insane, murder, short story

Jake slept, a dark and numbing sleep that kept him out until the following morning. Doctor Standish had even given

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Just Who’s Insane in an Asylum? Part 1

May 13, 2017May 14, 2017 Tony DeLorger 3224 Views 2 Comments asylum, atrocities, ghosts, insane, revenge, short story

What fear can do to disarm all thought and process, when darkness feeds the very essence of a soul and

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Cliff Dwelling People, Ancient Life at Montezuma Castle

May 11, 2017May 12, 2017 Phyllis Doyle Burns 1272 Views 4 Comments ancient, cliff dwelling, hunters, short story, Sinqaua, warriors

Cliff Dwelling People, Ancient Life at Montezuma Castle is a fiction story about a girl named Nayeli who would have

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Max, A Roland Short Story

April 22, 2017April 28, 2017 Ronnie Sowell 1122 Views 3 Comments Cowboy, fiction, short story, western

Roland sat in the bar sipping an expensive whiskey, smoking the best cigar he’d ever smoked and

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Howlers

April 22, 2017August 30, 2017 Phyllis Doyle Burns 1145 Views 6 Comments creatures, frightened, howlers, howling, Sheriff, short story

Howlers Sheriff Jebediah Clancy received yet another call about the howlers. Only six families lived just outside of town up

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