Stories tagged “based on true events”

  • The House

    The house was a one-story bungalow with drab gray siding and a massive front porch. The lack of ambient light that night lent a dismally foreboding air to the house, which was only intensified by the front porch itself. The furniture looked as if it ha...

  • The Truth of Our Assumptions (Mature)

    “Is he misbehaving again? Let me talk to him.” A man in the next booth over spoke loudly into his cell phone. I looked at him surreptitiously. He was ropy and disreputable looking- dirty jean jacket, stubble, and hard eyes. “What̵...