Stories by XerxesRah, by newest first

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  • by XerxesRah 700 words, on Nov 26 10:17 PM 2006. In Dark, Horror
  • Voices. I could hear voices. Perhaps it was they that roused me from the unconscious sleep into which the hammer had sent me so abruptly?
    by XerxesRah 2000 words, on Aug 22 5:29 AM 2006. In Fan fiction, Horror
  • by XerxesRah 3100 words, 3 comments, on May 21 1:59 AM 2006. In Horror
  • "The disappearance of eight-year old Ami Wong marks the disappearance of the thirteenth child in Erie, Pennsylvania. Police, who are searc
    by XerxesRah 800 words, 1 comment, on May 7 4:26 PM 2006. In Horror
  • by XerxesRah 1100 words, 3 comments, on Feb 28 3:32 PM 2006. In <200 lines, Adult, Horror
  • Scarlet Stitches slumped wearily onto the parkbench, his brain throbbing against the walls of his skull from a hangover, and his arm aching terribly from a poor heroin injectio
    by XerxesRah 1000 words, 4 comments, on Feb 17 7:53 AM 2006. In <200 lines, Other
  • Ratchet had been drinking alone on Valentine's Day - he always drank alone, but there was something about Valentines Day that made his favorite activity a little less then enjo
    by XerxesRah 1400 words, 4 comments, on Feb 16 10:08 AM 2006. In <200 lines, Other
  • That inveterate fog unnerved me almost as greatly as the grisly scene of slime and larvae I'd left behind: it seemed to welcome me, to draw me within itself.  The moisture
    by XerxesRah 1600 words, on Feb 14 3:57 AM 2006. In <200 lines, Horror
  • I stood in the shower, my eyes closed and my head tilted back, letting the hot water whisk away the polluted life of the thing left on my doorstep.  I knew that the longer
    by XerxesRah 1200 words, 2 comments, on Feb 8 8:44 AM 2006. In <200 lines, Horror
  • I was roused, quite rudely, from my sleep with the sound of my dog barking furiously at the back door.  With sleepy eyes, I looked towards the alarm clock, 12:00 blinking
    by XerxesRah 900 words, 7 comments, on Jan 28 1:39 AM 2006. In <200 lines, Horror
  • In Twilight, there existed a small club, standing near the forest.  It never attracted much business, the Nevermore being the most popular (and most notorious), but it ade
    by XerxesRah 4600 words, 4 comments, on Jan 12 2:35 PM 2006. In 200-1500 lines, Horror
  • “Good-bye, Darling,” Ken Ritsuka said to his wife as he planted a soft kiss on her cheek.  Feeling playful, Ken gave his wife’s breasts a playful grope, and she giggled, g
    by XerxesRah 500 words, 8 comments, on Nov 11 4:07 AM 2005. In <200 lines, Crime, Horror
  • by XerxesRah 2600 words, 7 comments, on Oct 26 3:47 AM 2005. In 200-1500 lines, Adult, Horror
  • Vultures hung lazily in the air, encircling the unclouded sun, as they  spiraled around the corpse of a man lying face-down on the torrid sand  of the Sonoran Desert.
    by XerxesRah 1300 words, on Oct 5 3:18 AM 2005. In <200 lines, Crime, Fantasy
  • He had no idea where he was when he'd opened his eyes.  The room was black, cold, abyssal.  The all-consuming blackness felt as though it would tear his breath from h
    by XerxesRah 1100 words, 2 comments, on Aug 23 7:04 PM 2005. In <200 lines, Horror
  • The City: a stoic, emotionless place, built of symmetry and shining steel.  The buildings, the roads, the grass, all constructed of shining, cold steel untarnished by time
    by XerxesRah 700 words, 3 comments, on Aug 23 7:00 PM 2005. In <200 lines, Other, Science fiction
  • Strange things have been happening all night.  I find things moved in rooms I had just been in minutes earlier.  I hear voices outside my house, but when I pull back
    by XerxesRah 300 words, 2 comments, on Aug 23 6:57 PM 2005. In <200 lines, Horror
  • Jane let out a tired sigh of contentment when she finally got back into her own home.  Work had been a bitch today, and she was bushed.  Now, it was time to run herse
    by XerxesRah 300 words, 3 comments, on Aug 23 6:56 PM 2005. In <200 lines, Horror
  • A cold wind swept through my soul.  The icy tendrils carried away all that was good and wholesome within me, leaving me cold.  My soul ached and, ultimately, died awa
    by XerxesRah 700 words, 4 comments, on Aug 23 3:45 PM 2005. In <200 lines, Horror
  • The newspapers of recent had in them tales of insignificant and peculiar items being stolen from homes: yarn, bells, and cream.  They were known to be stolen because the c
    by XerxesRah 400 words, 6 comments, on Aug 23 3:43 PM 2005. In <200 lines, Fantasy
  • She said she wanted it.  She said it would be the ultimate thrill.  She said that she would live through the death to enjoy every vicious moment.  She was right.
    by XerxesRah 600 words, 15 comments, on Aug 23 3:41 PM 2005. In <200 lines, Horror
  • Things hung all around me.  Scraps of rotting flesh clung to the walls by the organic slime on the underside, and limbs in varying states of decay hung on orange-rusted ho
    by XerxesRah 1400 words, 2 comments, on Aug 23 3:39 PM 2005. In <200 lines, Fan fiction, Horror
  • The Japanese swordsman stood in the center of a vast field neighboring a small mountain village, the pale light of the full moon illuminating his battle-scarred, pearl-colored
    by XerxesRah 700 words, on Aug 23 3:38 PM 2005. In <200 lines, Depression, Romance
  • My name is Dantae di Visdomini, and I have a terrible curse.
    It began when I was a child of four, growing up in Messina, Sicily.  It had been an absolutely gorgeous day
    by XerxesRah 3800 words, 6 comments, on Aug 23 3:35 PM 2005. In 200-1500 lines, Horror
  • Warm, dark midnight waters caressed the beach with its gentle tide.  A cool breeze was in the air that smelled faintly of salt.  The sky was blue, lit by the glow of
    by XerxesRah 700 words, 2 comments, on Aug 23 3:28 PM 2005. In <200 lines, Horror
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