Short stories tagged with Magical Realism

Listing 15 stories.

A Kentucky community gains national attention when bears learn how to start fires. A curious man attempts to learn more about the phenomenon while caring for his nephew and aging mother.

A girl ponders the rightness of her ancestors' decision to stop the government from taking their land—by destroying their land.

In wake of the father's death, a family tries to pull themselves together, but a strange garden only seems to bring them apart.

A spirit, once stranded on earth, finally returns to his realm–but ponders the rightness of his choice.

After infested kudzu cover the field surrounding a boy and his mother's house, the boy discovers a horrific secret laying within it.

When a woman meets a strange seed salesman one day, she endeavors to create a magnificent—and unexpectedly magical—herb garden.

When three women are stranded on their way to a spa retreat, something terrifying comes to visit them instead.

A boy discovers the truth about his chronic hallucinations.

Through conversations with his great-great aunt, a man learns the history of a formerly enslaved family matriarch. His brother’s recent arrest gains new meaning as he learns more about his ancestors.

A woman who can see the deaths of others struggles to cope with her power amidst her loved ones.