Short stories tagged with Night

Listing 6 stories.

An airport shop cashier sees the shoes of a ghost in the deserted terminal during her shift. She is haunted by the decaying figure during each of her shifts and even after she decides to leave.

En route home from a dinner party with her husband, a woman reflects on the death of their young daughter and the omnipresence of tragedy in their lives.

A woman goes to pick up a neon sign and is entranced by the sign maker. Her husband at home seems to be going crazy as he is obsessed with making wooden dolls.

A crotchety old woman gets off at the wrong bus stop and, to her dismay, is stuck in a town she's never heard of with strangers whose behavior is bizarre and disconcerting.

In 1956, a sister and brother miss a train from Boston to New Brunswick, Canada, because they’ve lost their father’s coffin on the way to the funeral; this delay gives the whole family time to reflect on their distinct relationships with their father.

A neglected little girl conjures memories of her babysitter's tragic past. Just for the night, the two find an antidote to loss in each other.