12 min read
The Queue
Nobody knows what the queue is for. It has been there since Tuesday. It is now the third largest employer in the district.
Moods: Dark Funny
Dark short stories
5 stories tagged dark, each with its reading time so you can pick one that fits.
9 min read
Night Shift at the Observatory
Four hours of cloud, one thermos, and a colleague who has been dead for six years and still leaves notes in the log.
Moods: Cozy Dark
10 min read
Salt
The village preserves everything. Fish, memory, grudges. Especially grudges.
Moods: Dark
11 min read
The Substitute
Year 9 had been through four supply teachers in a term. The fifth one did not seem worried.
Moods: Dark Twist ending
8 min read
The Inventory
The job was simple: list everything in the house. The house had other ideas about what counted as everything.
Moods: Dark