Short Stories
#ShortStory
Short stories, here you'll find concise prose fiction on a range of subjects. Small self-contained stories to make you think and feel.
Vision_of_insanity
Poem Published
Yesterday 10:07pm
Yesterday 10:07pm
One night at the bar
A man minding his own business is sitting in a bar.
Enjoying some downtime after a hard days work.
Sometime later, a drunken, loud, brash man comes stumbling in.
He's causing a raucous all around him.
He sits his ass down right near the quiet man.
This drunk stunk of sweat and booze.
The drunk fuck turned to the quiet man and said, "What's your issue? Why do you look like that? Why do you look troubled?"
The quiet man said, "No issue, just minding my own business".
The drunk didn't like that answer and continued...
Enjoying some downtime after a hard days work.
Sometime later, a drunken, loud, brash man comes stumbling in.
He's causing a raucous all around him.
He sits his ass down right near the quiet man.
This drunk stunk of sweat and booze.
The drunk fuck turned to the quiet man and said, "What's your issue? Why do you look like that? Why do you look troubled?"
The quiet man said, "No issue, just minding my own business".
The drunk didn't like that answer and continued...
#alcohol
#anger
#bullying
#ShortStory
#violence
33 reads
4 Comments
NP_NP
Poem Published
20th Mar 2025 4:00pm
20th Mar 2025 4:00pm
Blue Eyed Demons
I never want to see another man
with blue eyes.
Though, sadly, it’s always been my type.
Jumping on my aunt’s trampoline,
I’ve always been a big kid at heart—
forever stuck in that place where I can’t escape
the men with ocean eyes
who make me,
and the women in my bloodline,
weep.
It started with a soldier—
a Spanish man invading Mexico,
a tale that has twisted through my veins,
generation after generation.
Was he just doing his duty,
or did he delight in the carnage he left behind?
Did he...
with blue eyes.
Though, sadly, it’s always been my type.
Jumping on my aunt’s trampoline,
I’ve always been a big kid at heart—
forever stuck in that place where I can’t escape
the men with ocean eyes
who make me,
and the women in my bloodline,
weep.
It started with a soldier—
a Spanish man invading Mexico,
a tale that has twisted through my veins,
generation after generation.
Was he just doing his duty,
or did he delight in the carnage he left behind?
Did he...
#confessional
#dark
#prose
#sadness
#ShortStory
36 reads
0 Comments
msbellepoetry43
Poem Published
18th Mar 2025 4:25am
18th Mar 2025 4:25am
SCANDALOUS: Petty Betty (Episode 3)
PETTY BETTY
CRIES and WHINES,
in a WHIRLWIND
can't get by
Not so HAPPY,
skies are GRAY,
ENRAGED she
can't get her way.
MEAN, and TEMPERED,
FRUSTRATED,
on the edge of
IRRITATED
NOT OUR FAULT,
THAT YOU'RE ANNOYED,
When we see you,
We AVOID,
HAVING NEGATIVE
things to SAY,
You and your ISH can
GO AWAY!!!
Doing PETTY THINGS,
makes YOU FEEL GOOD!!!
Messing stuff up
AS IF YOU WOULD!!!!
PETTY BETTY LIKES
TO PLAY,
PETTY BETTY WILL
LEARN ONE DAY!!!!
...
CRIES and WHINES,
in a WHIRLWIND
can't get by
Not so HAPPY,
skies are GRAY,
ENRAGED she
can't get her way.
MEAN, and TEMPERED,
FRUSTRATED,
on the edge of
IRRITATED
NOT OUR FAULT,
THAT YOU'RE ANNOYED,
When we see you,
We AVOID,
HAVING NEGATIVE
things to SAY,
You and your ISH can
GO AWAY!!!
Doing PETTY THINGS,
makes YOU FEEL GOOD!!!
Messing stuff up
AS IF YOU WOULD!!!!
PETTY BETTY LIKES
TO PLAY,
PETTY BETTY WILL
LEARN ONE DAY!!!!
...
#fiction
#ShortStory
#WritingPoetry
51 reads
0 Comments
Vision_of_insanity
Poem Published
16th Mar 2025 12:09pm
16th Mar 2025 12:09pm
No big loss
Seymour Butts lived quietly at home with his mother in Nebraska. The 22 year old's social circle consisted mostly of friends with whom he visited daily via webcam on the internet. While drinking vodka and smoking pot one evening in 2002, his chat room buddies encouraged him to keep popping tranquilizers and other pills he had handy. Butt''s mother Shelly found him the next afternoon. She didn't notice anything out of the ordinary and spent the previous evening doing crossword puzzles in the next room.
#ignorance
#satirical
#ShortStory
52 reads
8 Comments
Vision_of_insanity
Poem Published
15th Mar 2025 11:05am
15th Mar 2025 11:05am
A Cryptic Illness
Bring your beauty onto me
Mysterious and distant
I can only imagine to see
We discovered our magic together
Mileage should never stop our love
Your valued more then any buried treasure
One day i will arrive, when you least suspect
Surprise!! Surprise!!
Let's make love, take off your dress
Your looks and appeal are stunning to my eyes
Your body, so beautifully developed
So sexy honey, I tell no lies
Days & weeks go by
Personality isn't what I like
A few more days, I'm saying goodbye
She...
Mysterious and distant
I can only imagine to see
We discovered our magic together
Mileage should never stop our love
Your valued more then any buried treasure
One day i will arrive, when you least suspect
Surprise!! Surprise!!
Let's make love, take off your dress
Your looks and appeal are stunning to my eyes
Your body, so beautifully developed
So sexy honey, I tell no lies
Days & weeks go by
Personality isn't what I like
A few more days, I'm saying goodbye
She...
#FallingInLove
#revenge
#rhyming
#ShortStory
#support
68 reads
10 Comments
Vision_of_insanity
Poem Published
12th Mar 2025 7:33pm
12th Mar 2025 7:33pm
The Ghastly Baby
Once up on a time there was a baby
Most babies are cute but this one was out-and-out ugly
The baby wasn’t morbidly obese
It was totally swollen and lumpy
One of it’s feet had 3 toes
One of its hands had 7 fingers
It’s hands were two right ones
It’s head looked oblong and distorted
Dark rings were underneath it’s beady eyes
Possibly because it never slept
It was consumed by misery
Which in this case was perfectly acceptable
A few noises came out of its mouth
Both were revolting
One...
Most babies are cute but this one was out-and-out ugly
The baby wasn’t morbidly obese
It was totally swollen and lumpy
One of it’s feet had 3 toes
One of its hands had 7 fingers
It’s hands were two right ones
It’s head looked oblong and distorted
Dark rings were underneath it’s beady eyes
Possibly because it never slept
It was consumed by misery
Which in this case was perfectly acceptable
A few noises came out of its mouth
Both were revolting
One...
#birth
#dark
#fiction #ShortStory
#fiction #ShortStory
94 reads
6 Comments
Vision_of_insanity
Poem Published
8th Mar 2025 12:07pm
8th Mar 2025 12:07pm
A Whole New Way to Love McDonald's
A man by the name of Ron was the owner of a McDonald's on the outskirts of Green Bay, Wisconsin.
Sometime in March 2010, he was driving North on Interstate 43 when he crashed his car.
There was a decent snowfall occurring with icy conditions.
His vehicle had crossed the median and into the southbound lanes before hitting a guardrail.
Ron was able to climb out of the burning wreckage, pulled off all of his burning clothes and stood naked in the middle of the road.
In a matter of minutes, Ron was plowed down and killed by an oncoming tractor-trailer. ...
Sometime in March 2010, he was driving North on Interstate 43 when he crashed his car.
There was a decent snowfall occurring with icy conditions.
His vehicle had crossed the median and into the southbound lanes before hitting a guardrail.
Ron was able to climb out of the burning wreckage, pulled off all of his burning clothes and stood naked in the middle of the road.
In a matter of minutes, Ron was plowed down and killed by an oncoming tractor-trailer. ...
#satirical
#ShortStory
97 reads
10 Comments
Vision_of_insanity
Poem Published
6th Mar 2025 11:39am
6th Mar 2025 11:39am
Charlie & His Lions
Charlie was a handsome, cultured young man who liked being outdoors
His interests were rock climbing, hiking & acting
When he wasn't outdoors he kept a colossal, very detailed diary
Charlie eventually went into the motion picture industry
With his sudden wealth, be bought a chic house on endless grounds
He began to raise lions, two to be exact
One Male & One Female
Soon he was being mobbed by people in the street for his autograph
One day at the studio he became tense & edgy
With the suggestion from his agent, Charlie fled to Africa,...
His interests were rock climbing, hiking & acting
When he wasn't outdoors he kept a colossal, very detailed diary
Charlie eventually went into the motion picture industry
With his sudden wealth, be bought a chic house on endless grounds
He began to raise lions, two to be exact
One Male & One Female
Soon he was being mobbed by people in the street for his autograph
One day at the studio he became tense & edgy
With the suggestion from his agent, Charlie fled to Africa,...
#fiction
#lion
#nature
#ShortStory
#success
101 reads
8 Comments
Vision_of_insanity
Poem Published
5th Mar 2025 1:04am
5th Mar 2025 1:04am
The Caboose
She was on her way to the quickie mart
Picking up grape soda and some pop tarts
Would you believe she has no money
Figures, she works for a pimp named Sunny
She takes her earnings and blows it all away
Another Friday night, time to get laid
Two weeks later, Sunny is getting fed up
Time is money, she's taking a piss in a cup
Sick and tired of all the abuse
Her ass is referred to as "The Caboose"
How will she know when the time is right
Keep her in the dark, she's a fugly sight
Hopping on the train, leaving far...
Picking up grape soda and some pop tarts
Would you believe she has no money
Figures, she works for a pimp named Sunny
She takes her earnings and blows it all away
Another Friday night, time to get laid
Two weeks later, Sunny is getting fed up
Time is money, she's taking a piss in a cup
Sick and tired of all the abuse
Her ass is referred to as "The Caboose"
How will she know when the time is right
Keep her in the dark, she's a fugly sight
Hopping on the train, leaving far...
#abuse
#rhyming
#SelfDiscovery
#sex
#ShortStory
90 reads
13 Comments
wallyroo92
Bumped 1st Mar 2025 5:42am
6th Oct 2019 8:36am
6th Oct 2019 8:36am
The Window in the Third Floor
He feels a chill down his spine as he walks through the door. The music is loud, the air is warm and everyone seems in a trance as they dance into the night.
He has keen sense of smell and yet amidst the alcohol, the mix of colognes and perfumes that fill the air there is something different about this club. Almost everyone seems Goth, but that’s ok with him, last month he had visited a place that was country and the month before that an all 80s retro club. But he still can’t put his finger on about this place. Everyone was beautiful, dancing as the bass from the speakers...
He has keen sense of smell and yet amidst the alcohol, the mix of colognes and perfumes that fill the air there is something different about this club. Almost everyone seems Goth, but that’s ok with him, last month he had visited a place that was country and the month before that an all 80s retro club. But he still can’t put his finger on about this place. Everyone was beautiful, dancing as the bass from the speakers...
#scary
#vampires
#ShortStory #werewolves
#ShortStory #werewolves
672 reads
2 Comments
Vision_of_insanity
Poem Published
28th Feb 2025 1:15pm
28th Feb 2025 1:15pm
Wouldn't you do the same thing?
If I was going to do it, I would do it right
I would take some guys wife and kids
Do the whole torture and mutilation thing
Kind of like the film "Henry, Portrait of a Serial Killer"
You know what I mean
Really party down with them and then the real fun begins
They'd be in for some wild sex and humiliation
Throw in some agony and mayhem
And then they'll be wishing for death
And I'm the guy who will grant their wishes
While this is happening
I'll be documenting the whole thing
I would have the sex, the torture and death...
I would take some guys wife and kids
Do the whole torture and mutilation thing
Kind of like the film "Henry, Portrait of a Serial Killer"
You know what I mean
Really party down with them and then the real fun begins
They'd be in for some wild sex and humiliation
Throw in some agony and mayhem
And then they'll be wishing for death
And I'm the guy who will grant their wishes
While this is happening
I'll be documenting the whole thing
I would have the sex, the torture and death...
#death
#family
#horror
#ShortStory
#violence
109 reads
8 Comments
Vision_of_insanity
Poem Published
26th Feb 2025 1:25pm
26th Feb 2025 1:25pm
Feeding time at the zoo
#animals
#fiction
#sex
#ShortStory
#violence
145 reads
9 Comments
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