Rob's Short Story Junction

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Lost Souls and Tickled Trout - a fishing and halloween short story from the Rob Hopcott fishing short stories

Painting Pictures of the mind by Rob Hopcott is a creative writing story about the countryside, paintings and art that uses anthropomorphism, personification and the pathetic fallacy and shifting realities to create a free short story full of inventiveness and intrigue.

 Short stories and Legends from talented Exmoor and West Somerset writer Jacqueline Marchplane. Checking out 'The Curse of the Yeth Hounds' is a must... especially if you thought that you would never again be afraid of the dark ..

 Advert for Alice Alice goes travelling after reading a curious advert in the free paper for a job with some danger - another short story by Rob Hopcott ..

She walked into Smokey's Bar like the breeze that sometimes caresses your face on a grey day. 'Kingfisher Blue' by Rob Hopcott 

'Holiday to Murder' by Rob Hopcott - my latest FREE online mystery novella featuring the ever popular Alice who puts herself at risk trying to find out what happened to a friend.  

 'What is art?' is a thought provoking short short story by short stories writer Colin Ferguson.

 A Walk in the Woods by Tony Gathercole is an excellent short story about the powerful emotions and dilemmas that are aroused when places that hold fond memories are threatened by the march of progress.

 Words written on butterflies A beautiful short romantic love story by Amir Saleem - a writer whose gentle poetic prose always provides a beautiful read ...

'Unwelcome Paradise' by Rob Hopcott - my latest FREE full length online novel.

 A Favor at the Gates A short story of love and death nicely written by Jericho J.Mused ...

Living Icon by Rob Hopcott. A short humor story about a seductive female who pops up in the Purchasing and Procurement Department - You may copy this story to your friends (with the copyright statement). Just drag to highlight, copy and paste into an email.

 Dearest Graf  A short romance story of horror and dark love - beautifully written and delightfully menacing ...

Hut-hut is short story of love, soccer and childhood games deftly created and fluently narrated by Jericho J.Mused

Educating the Ignorant by James Lewis, is a neat and fast moving story with simmering tension and a nice twist in the tale as ethnic tension stories explode in a short confrontation.

Adam and Eve  a humor story by Colin Williams, is one of the most hilarious humorous short stories I have read ever - but for the discerning reader there may be some deeper philosophical insights here too ...

 Killing Time  A highly recommended action & adventure short story by Michael McPartlan. It has pace, tension, subtlety and a superb ending - brilliant!

 The Learning Stamp A good short story intrigues and draws the reader inexorably through to an emotionally satisfying end - Jericho J Mused has this knack ...

 Rule of Ten A breathtakingly simple yet powerful shorter short human interest story by Jericho J Mused

 The Man in the Mist by Ian Ferguson (Peregrin). Like unexpected and unexplained tales & short stories? Draw up your chair and try to relax - you won't!

 My Dreams, My Clouds, Your World A short story about New York, dreams, life & desire by Amir Saleem

 Thinking Men A short story about justice, life & desire by Amir Saleem. . calling out to our hearts for action

 ALIEN 8  A humorous short story which is a science fiction (sci-fi) story by that true maestro of humour Colin Williams!

 Short short zany humorous stories (storys) by Eudaman - indeed exceedingly short stories - but tasty ... with a dash of golf

 Tales of heroes, the strange & unexplained - 'Pennies & Ice' - Ken would like feedback ... but I think the story is great already ...

 'Conspiracy dot com' is an intriguing and spine chilling story by new short stories writer Colin Ferguson.

 'Wandering Minstrel' by Rob Hopcott - otherwise called 'The Musician's Story', this short musical story is about the power of music and of never giving up ...

 The Crocodile by Tom barker - Humorous poems are not my usual cup of tea but this humorous poem had me in stitches - well done Tom!

 Retribution by Rob Hopcott - a friend and fellow writer tossed me a challenge - a story in 500 words and this was the result and I've become quite attached to it. I hope you like it too ...

 Drowning Sorrows. A short ghostly story full of humorous twists by a sparkling writer new to Short Story Junction Colin Williams!

 Stories from the Heart Lyrical, poetic ... I think the ladies might like these stories ... and the gents might like to hide their ladies ...

 Sparky Blake's Diary A humorous short story with an unexpected twist in the tale by MatFlat

 'Tapeless' A short story by Matthew Green a regular contributer to Short Story Junction - modern ladies susceptible to high blood pressure please skip this - or send the emails to Matthew (not me).

 Lest we should forget by William Emslie. Nostalgic, whimsical and evocative ... a talented professional

 Ariadne by Cailean Darkwater - a writer with a twinkle in the eye who skilfully blends fantasy with reality ... and comes up with something else ...

 New York Stories by Mark Kelly. Nonchalant, terse, gripping - you read them to the end ...

 The Fury by Rose Edwards descriptively chronicling the power of nature

 Original short short humorous stories that have more than a twist in the tail. You'll keep reading on and on ... by Matthew Green an author to watch out for ...

 Two Lone Bullets by Mike Spera is a beautifully written and poignent story about love and a gun ...

A long short story by Allison Galusha a fascinating young Canadian writer whose emotion literally boils off the page ...

 'The Visitor' is a gentle spine tingling tale about moving into a new home - from new writer Pamela Morrey.

 'An Italian Dream' is a travel story set in Italy blended with strange experiences of a different time: by bright new writer Rose Edwards

 'Sophisticated Lady' is a chilling tale from the'Tom's Tales of Truth and Terror'series by Rob Hopcott.

 'Angel's Journey' is a touching tale, both sad and uplifting by Catherine Armstrong.

 'The Funeral and the Football Game' is a haunting short story by Darren C. Sullivan.

All stories and other material on this site unless otherwise stated is copyright Rob Hopcott, 1999 - 2006, all rights reserved.