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Welcome
to Dowse Fiction Hub
Here
you will find an array of short stories from the classic to the contemporary,
from writers who've shaped what the short story is today and those who
are just starting to make their mark.
As a short story
writer, I've learned that perhaps the best way to better your technique
as a short fiction writer is to read everything the genre has to offer--from
the old to the new, and everything in-between. Or perhaps you've come
here for the sheer enjoyment of reading good fiction. Either way, you
have come to the right place.
If anyone has a previously
published speculative fiction story or mystery story they would like to
see published at dowse fiction hub please email
me. Likewise if anyone has a classic story they would like to see
published here.
Bonnie Mercure.
A
Note about Copyright
Bonnie
Mercure, your
Fiction Guide at the dowse Fiction Hub,
is a dark fantasy author.
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Classic Short Stories
The
Black Cat, by Edgar Allan Poe (Horror)
A beloved pet takes revenge.
The Judge's House,
by Bram Stoker (Dark Suspense)
When a house is not what it appears to be.
One of the
Twins, by Ambrose Bierce (Suspense)
What happens when you can't tell two brothers apart? An untimely death,
perhaps?
The Trial For
Murder, by Charles Dickens (Suspense)
This literary master shows us a trial we won't soon forget.
The Legend
Of Sleepy Hollow, by Irving Washington (Horror)
Who is not familiar with this legend? A story that has haunted children
for almost two hundred years.
The Tree, by H.P
Lovecraft (Dark Fantasy)
Who else can turn an innocent olive tree into something sinister? No one
other than this master of dark fiction, H.P Lovecraft.
The Lost Ghost,
by Mary Wilkins (Horror)
Two women spend an afternoon knitting. . .and re telling a ghastly tale.
The Greatest
Good of the Greatest Number, by Gertrude Atherton (Horror)
One woman's addiction becomes one man's torment.
The Celebrated Jumping
Frog of Calaveras County, by Mark Twain (Fiction)
A story that made America fall in love with Mark Twain.
The Bell-Tower,
by Herman Melville (Fiction)
A haunting tale from a man ranked as one of the best American authors.
The Lady or the Tiger,
by Frank Stockton (Fantasy)
A semi-barbaric king devises a very unusual method of administering justice.
The Haunted Author,
by Marcus Clarke (Horror)
A writer's worse nightmare comes true.
For the Blood is
the Life, by F. Marion Crawford (Horror)
When a mound of dirt really isn't a mound at all.
The Shadow and the
Flash, by Jack London (Science Fiction))
A destructive rivalry between two brilliant scientists.
The Three Strangers, by
Thomas Hardy (Fiction)
A story from Wessex Tales, where Hardy sought to record the legends,
superstitions, local customs, and lore of a Wessex that was rapidly passing
out of memory
Rocking Horse Winner,
by DH Lawrence (Fiction)
What is better, to be born with luck or money? One boy raises this question
in this classic story.
The Minister's Black Veil
by Nathaniel Hawthorne (Parable)
What lies beneath the black veil? A story taken from Twice-Told Tales.
The shadows of the
dead by Louis Becke (Horror)
"IT is bad to speak of the ghosts of the dead when their shadows may
be near. . ."
The Raven, by Edgar Allan
Poe (Poem)
The melancholy prose of the master of the macabre.
Tobermory by Saki (Science
Fiction/Humor)
What happens when you give animals the power of speech?
An Occurrence at
Owl Creek Bridge, by Ambrose Bierce(Science Fiction)
"A man stood upon a railroad bridge in northern Alabama, looking down
into the swift water twenty feet below. The man's hands were behind his
back, the wrists bound with a cord. A rope closely encircled his neck. .
."
The White People, by Arthur Machen
(Dark Fantasy)
"One of the
best weird stories ever written."
Contemporary short stories
The Rock Hound, by E.L. Noel (Dark
Humor)
An old woman's obsession for rocks turns deadly.
Let the Punishment
Fit the Crime, by Dr Bob Rich (Science Fiction)
When nature seeks revenge....
Whose Little Girl,
by Rita Y. Toews (Suspense)
"The crabs and gulls found her before the kids did so she wasn't a pretty
sight. She was lying face down on the shingle of the beach, the tide sucking
greedily at her thighs and legs, inviting her back in for another lethal
swim. . ."
The Good Book, by Darrell
Bain (Horror)
A book that has the power to save a man's life. . .or destroy it.
Death Mask, by Paul Brandis(Horror)
On a hike through a mountain path a man discovers horrors he will never
forget.
In the Fullness of Time,
by Michael LaRocca (Science Fiction)
A man travels through time to try and save his brother's life.
High Stakes, by Jeff Strand
(Dark Humor)
A gambler loses more than he bargained for.
The Angel and the Ice
Goddess, by Carol Kilgore (Suspense)
"He went around to the alley, and by the back door found Don Vito Ciccone,
or what was left of him. Dead eyes stared at nothing and blood still seeped
from several of the bullet holes. . ."
Dear Mum, by DF Lewis
(Dark Science Fiction)
A man lost in space writes a haunting letter.
A Creative Edge, by Steve
Lazarowitz (Dark Science Fiction)
Sometimes, in order for a writer to succeed he needs a little edge. .
.but at what price?
Elvis Has Left
the Bathroom, by Bonnie Mercure (Fantasy/Humor)
You will never look at convenience store bathrooms the same again.
Residual
Fumes, by Margaret L. Carter(Horror)
What happens when you can't get rid of a certain smell.
Shadow
Lady, by Paula
Blais Gorgas(Fantasy)
A woman sees the unexpected when she gazes into an antique mirror.
Friendship,
by S.Joan Popek (Horror)
A young woman makes the most unique friends. . .deadly spiders.
Chicken
by Dr Bob Rich (Humor)
Perhaps people are more like chickens than they care to admit.
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