Tag: horror stories

  • “Screaming Fan” by Mike Pihlman

    “Screaming Fan” by Mike Pihlman

    Introduction: Standing in line last night at the Brantley Gilbert concert in Stockton, CA we met a couple of really cool people.  This idea came from one of them.  It was a GREAT concert! —- Young Woman screams at the Brantley Gilbert concert. Man standing in front of her feels his legs wobble when she […]

  • “Nurse” by Mike Pihlman

    “Nurse” by Mike Pihlman

    Nursing is a tough profession. Death, gore, and filth are normal. What is also normal is politics and vengeful head nurses. Day-after-day the Head Nurse was mean to her subordinates. While the nurses worked diligently and cared about their patients, the Head Nurse demeaned them. One day her head was found in the garbage outside […]

  • “Ricin Raisins” by Mike Pihlman

    “Ricin Raisins” by Mike Pihlman

    Sorry it has taken me soooooo long for another micro-horror story…. — Brian loves raisins.  His friend does not. His friends wife makes lunch everyday…including raisins. One day Brian was found dead in his green-doored office. One wife is happy, the other not. — Copyright January 29, 2014 by Mike “TracyReaderDad” Pihlman.  This is fiction, […]

  • “We Three” by Mike and Kristen Pihlman

    “We Three” by Mike and Kristen Pihlman

    In early 2001 we went to DisneyWorld in Florida.  Kristen was 9 years old at the time.  One day, she and I were sitting near the lake at Epcot when we conjured up (what we thought was) a great story plot.  We thought of several titles as well, one being “Me, Myself, and I”.  It […]

  • “I Can Fly!” by Mike Pihlman

    “I Can Fly!” by Mike Pihlman

    S-P-L-A-T – Inspired by this months National Geographic cover. Copyright Sept 8, 2011 by Mike “TracyReaderDad” Pihlman.  This is fiction, I think.

  • “Rapture” by Mike Pihlman

    “Rapture” by Mike Pihlman

    Genre: Horror Paul spent his last week preparing for the rapture everyone said was coming. He quit his job, told his nagging ass wife to stuff it, picked up with a particularly attractive hooker, and drove to Yosemite to hang out until 6 PM PST May 21. He was ready. As he was walking a […]

  • “The OFF Button” by Mike Pihlman

    Genre: Horror Jake is a micro-biologist interested in discovering the frequency (some call it “resonance frequency”) of the human body for a Department of Defense project. A complicated task since the human body is a complicated machine. One day in the lab, Jake picked up the TV remote they had been using to control some […]

  • “Dead Red Wings” by Mike Pihlman

    “Dead Red Wings” by Mike Pihlman

    Genre: Horror Recent news reports are telling us that thousands of birds have fallen from the sky….dead.  Thousands of fish are suffering the same fate. In the last few hours of 2010, the alien species in control of Earth made a few software changes. The birds and fish are victims of a bug in the […]

  • “Photo Shoot” by Mike Pihlman

    “Photo Shoot” by Mike Pihlman

    Genre: Horror Everyone at the company was happy to receive their Christmas bonuses.  Everyone but Sergey, that is. It turns out that Sergey is not afraid to tell Boss that he was wrong.  He is not afraid to make product suggestions that others were too afraid to bring up.  Boss did not know it, but, […]

  • "Alarm System One" by Mike Pihlman

    "Alarm System One" by Mike Pihlman

    Genre: Horror Tom is a dog lover.  He lives in a nice part of town which, unfortunately, has seen its share of burglaries in the past few years. Tom’s chihuahua is his primary alarm system.  Whenever anyone comes within 100 feet of his house, alarm system one is activated and the barking commences. One day, […]