Father McGillacuty’s got a bun in the oven, and by that I definitely mean someone in the confessional. Also, I made up the McGillacuty part. Come read Joe Shaw’s timely Thanksgiving tale, entitled “Confession” at: Confession – JOSEPH E SHAW If you enjoy the free stories, please check out these blogs for more great stuff. […]
Category: Short Stories
Some short stories I wrote
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Sheila’s Come Undone
Like the monkey pictured above, Sheila likes Thanksgiving a little much. Read Rob Cely’s excellent thanksgiving tale, “The Feast of None” at the following link: The Feast of None – Beyond The Steel Wall (wordpress.com) If you enjoy the free stories, please check out these blogs for more great stuff. Joe Shaw at josepheshaw.com, Joseph […]
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A Woodshop Thanksgiving
Give a little piece of your heart now, grandpa. Hey, it’s Thanksgiving and Paul Bennet wants to spin you a yarn about a grandpa, a college student and a workshop…in that order. You can read this story at the following link: A Fall of Sparrows- Paul J. Bennett pjbenn1972@gmail.com: What Remains Unseen- A Thanksgiving Story […]
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A Lecture for Thanksgiving
Hey, how about some more Thanksgiving stories to whet your appetite for more Thanksgiving? Harold’s a man of simple needs. He just wants a crappy Thanksgiving dinner with his family and to take a leisurely stroll past the colonialized landscape. Is that so much to ask? Apparently so. You can read Jamie Greening’s new story, […]
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The Best Thanksgiving
Frank sat at his kitchen table on Thanksgiving Day, staring at his withered hands, purple veins evident under such thin skin. He glanced once or twice at the old rotary home phone hanging on the wall every couple of minutes, but it lay there, silently mocking him. The whole apartment was quiet as a tomb […]
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Fate in an Elevator
For our final free Halloween tale, guys and ghouls, Joe Shaw cranks it up to 11 with his otherworldly story of fate transcendent. Samantha is about to meet her fate in the company elevator in this fiendish story entitled “The Elevator”, which you can read at the following link: The Elevator – JOSEPH E SHAW […]
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Halloween Story
For my Halloween story, I’m going way back to the creature features of yesteryear. Yes, the yesteryear of the 1950’s, where monsters were made of house-hold material and leading men were stiff actors but had distinctive clefts in their chins. It’s Horrible…. It’s Terrifying…. It’s……… The Thing with a Thousand Butts! Just kidding. I have […]
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Ah, to be Young and Dumb…
Hey, want to live forever and have riches and glory beyond your very imagination. Well, who doesn’t? But what’ll it cost you? Well, now that’s a good question. Ask the guy in the picture above how much it costs. He used to be handsome…Anyway, you can read Rob Cely’s story “Children of the Wild One” […]
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The Alternaween
Have you ever got ripped off by the canceling of something cool only to get something better? Well, our protagonist in today’s story knows all to well the feeling. Check out Kathy Kexel’s Halloween short story, “The Hallowe’en that Wasn’t” at the following link: The Hallowe’en that Wasn’t – Kathy Kexel (wordpress.com) If you enjoy […]
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Lazarus and His Brother
What would it take to avoid being under the infernal sky? In this Halloween treat, Paul Bennet weaves a tale guaranteed to make you consider this world and the next. You can read Under the Infernal Sky at the following: A Fall of Sparrows- Paul J. Bennett pjbenn1972@gmail.com: Under The Infernal Sky- A Halloween Tale […]