Short stories tagged with Modern

Listing 8 stories.

Upon hearing about an upcoming wedding, a former American soldier reminisces about the time he met a young girl who gave him the recourse to survive the war.

When a teenage girl in 1940s New York City finally conjures up the urge to demand some money that a friend owes her, she’s treated to an afternoon of conversation unlike anything she’s ever heard before.

The child of two American expatriates in modern Zambia walks through a party, discovering the secret life that servants lead when she isn’t looking.

An unnamed narrator uses their own flesh and blood to cast evil spells and curses onto those who stand in their way. An unnamed narrator recounts the way they are able to cast spells by tearing off and consuming their own flesh and blood, and explains what has happened to those who have crossed them.

A woman hired to be a caretaker for two Airbnb properties finds herself in charge of an eerie newly constructed condo

When the biggest blizzard to hit Boston since 1935 leaves a recently-arrived young refugee stranded in the cold, he boards a mysterious train and meets a strange, ghostly man.

The owner of an expensive hotel employs a poor musician as his assistant. The owner begins to bond with his new servant and becomes wary when the musician begins to focus his attention on better opportunities.

A two-bit magician seduces a mother who has recently lost her young son in a motorcycle incident. Later, he finds himself back at the gravesite and uses the little magic he actually has inherited from his truly magical father to bring her son back to life.