Read Some Short Stories
If you love stories that capture a lifetime in a few pages, you’re in the right place. Screaming Eye Press brings together free short stories from emerging and established writers. Every tale delivers a complete world — one you can step into anytime, anywhere.
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Soot Scamp By Laura Nettles
In the soot-choked depths of an underground labyrinth, Damian—an outcast soot scamp—has survived by staying silent, staying hidden, and keeping his heart from betraying him. But when a mysterious, brightly dressed girl crashes down from a higher level, her presence draws the labyrinth’s horrors straight to them.
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Insanity by Thomas M. Malafarina
For the first time in months, the sun breaks through a season of endless gloom—just long enough for Tad Dresden to witness a nightmare that defies sanity. What begins as a rare peaceful lunch break in the park spirals into a horrific chain reaction of self‑mutilation, madness, and death as ordinary people suddenly lose their grip on reality.
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Time to Cash Out By T. Fox Dunham
The streets of South Philly don’t forgive mistakes—and Zack just made a big one. When a rookie dealer steals from a mob-run poker game, his crew must choose: help him fake a robbery or get buried with him.
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The Vampire’s First Rule by Deborah Drake
Meli came to Paradise Caverns to end Paul once and for all—her old rival, her tormentor, her past. But after spilling his blood and breaking the most sacred vampire law, she learns that killing a vampire may not be so simple… or final.
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Since the Sky Blew Off
By G. Wayne Miller He was only a kid, seven, maybe eight years old. We never did get his name. He arrived at dusk, and when no one answered his cries, he finally fell into a restless sleep in the dust and half–dead weeds along the front perimeter. Well before the sun was up, I
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Astride Twin Seas By E.S. Wynn
In a future teeming with technology and noise, one pair escapes it all to live in harmony with nature on a forgotten planet—an echo of Earth.
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The Man Who Could Not Stop Spitting
In a backwoods corner of Virginia, a man roams the land with one uncontrollable urge: to spit. He spits on everything—children, cops, lovers, even fate itself. Cast out of society and eventually imprisoned, he finds strange solace in a grotesque, gooey companionship.
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The Sinkhole by Scarlett Stratten and Mark Slade
When Charlie begs his father to check out a strange hole behind their house, the last thing either of them expects is something real—something unnatural—lurking beneath their backyard. As steam rises and clicking echoes from the depths, their quiet life begins to unravel into something far more surreal.
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The Winter Garden Murders by Svensj
When the snow finally melts in the quiet village of Viremoor, five bodies lie in its wake—each murdered with eerie precision inside the decaying grounds of Winter Garden.
What Makes Short Stories Special?
Short stories capture the essence of storytelling — sharp, emotional, and unforgettable.
They’re perfect for readers who crave depth without the commitment of a novel.
In just a few pages, you can laugh, cry, travel worlds, and see yourself in someone else’s shoes.
