Story Time! Archives | The Astral Wanderer

Flash fiction in which a mother and daughter visit a schoolyard. One looks backward while the other looks downward and upward.

A story of a man who seeks a cure in a deep grotto. The locals call it the most blessed place in the world. Others would call it their grave.

Bill found the time not to his liking, so he changed it. Several times. It got to the point where no one knew what time it was anymore.

They sang many things through words that could only be comprehended by the yielding of one’s heart to the song.

He set his pen to the paper to trace letters he did not know, and through the ink crawled forth the strange things from beyond the pulp.

Unfortunately, there aren’t actually any trains in this story. Which may be just as well if you don’t like trains.

When you get stuck in an elevator with your arch-nemesis, what’s the worst that can happen? Especially when your nemesis is named Clarence.

A nice, perfectly innocent story about a girl and her favorite hobby – popping newt eyes between her fingers.

Having a pair of enormous wings is really more trouble than it’s worth, and not only because you risk becoming a freak show attraction.

A man flies a cuckoo’s nest like a kite high above a storm next to a city for which he harbors some resentment. It doesn’t crash, until it does.