Category: Original Short Stories
First Rain Clouds
By Amanda Pizzolatto (alias Aurora Mandeville) Word Count: 386 Rating: G Summary: A tale of how rain clouds came to be. Many eons ago, before the lands were populated by the peoples, the elements were…
The King of the Dry Waterfalls
THE KING OF THE DRY WATERFALLS By Dominic de Souza Word count: 1194 Rating: Summary: A moralistic fairy-tale. A series of short, fairy-tale stories to illustrate points of Christian Faith and the Sacramental Life, to…
Black Milk: A Myth Retold
By Ruth Asch Word Count: 1849 Rating: PG (Discussion of kidnapping) Summary: Hecate, the goddess of night mourns for her daughter Scylla. A flaming torch in either hand to light the way, Hecate found Persephone…
Little Swift
By Ruth Asch Word Count: 4556 Rating: PG (Discussion of euthanasia) Summary: A fairy tale of freedom and life. If you happen to pass along a country road in a land far away, at that…
William Windson
WILLIAM WINDSON By Ruth Asch Word count: 1740 Rating: G Summary: A cat makes friends with a wind. When William was a cat, he was a fine looking animal. Smokey blue-grey with a silvery sheen…
Lonely Places
I stood in the center of the room, closed my eyes, and breathed deep of the dusty smell. The room was empty, but the walls remembered, and I wondered about the lives that had passed…
Adoration Chapel
My leg is bouncing up and down, acutely aware that I will be silently sitting here for an hour, trying to keep the blood flowing. Someone sneezes softly, but they may as well have screamed…
A Fireside Tale
They say this was elvish land once. Hollin, it's called on the maps but folks round here ain't much into maps . . . too busy scratching life out o' this cursed thin land. Course,…
Garments of Red: A Story of the Christian Martyrs
By Dominic de Souza Word Count: 1963 Rating: PG for implied red martyrdom Summary: A hotheaded young Christian tries to escape martyrdom without renouncing his faith. “Why can’t Christians fight Romans?” “Juvid, listen to me–”…