Short stories tagged with Suspense
Listing 46 stories.
When a pair of scientists studying the Badlands observe strange behavior in nearby animals, they too begin to fall under an evil influence that turns them against each other.
In a small American town, a man is accused of the murder of a young girl and is sentenced to death. There is scanty evidence to suggest that the man committed the crime, and it is up to the the townspeople and a conflicted sheriff to decide if he really is guilty.
The granddaughter of a revered Princeton genius reaches out to her family's maid to uncover what terrible secrets tore her family apart and resulted in his lonely death many years ago.
A woman flees to St. Martin after encountering a monster at an ice hotel in Finland.
When the devoted wife of a Yiddish writer recruits a young man to translate her husband's work in 1960's New York, the young man must contemplate his priorities and mission in life.
A weathered housewife finds her only purpose in caring for her mentally ill son whom she protects from her abusive husband. When police come around investigating a murder, she fears her husband may be responsible.
When a plane loadmaster is sent on a recovery mission for hundreds of bodies in a South American jungle, the cargo he picks up begins to haunt him and the other crew members.
A gambling miner faces a massive twist of fate when he must gamble for his own life.
A man’s game with his son turns into something more sinister when he finds out that his son is seeing things that he isn’t.
Decades after a woman's marriage fell apart, she watches her home movies and remembers everything that came to pass and her own role in events.