Author: Carolyn Holbrook

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This story is about obeying your mom, staying safe and the importance of friendship among woodland creatures. …

This is a short story about a woman who is in a horribly abusive relationship. Her husband is manipulative, and controlling, and has threatened to harm her if she ever tries to leave him, and when al …

This is a humorous micro fiction story about an unlikely partnership in which a human has asked a ghost to show him the ropes in the area of sex, but by allowing the ghost to enter him, he has unleas …

This is a short flash fiction story about a happily married couple who take a ride on the now antique carousel on which John originally proposed to his wife, Marta, in 1935, which is now housed in a …

This a short flash fiction story of a woman who has all she can take from her abusive husband. She resolves that she has cried her final tear as she faces her abuser. …

This is a short story of a distressed teen, deep into heroin addiction, who prays to be saved. She overdoses and finds herself dropping into Hell. Her prayers are answered through a Divine interventi …

This is a horror short story about a hard-headed, down on his luck writer who is befriended by a Russian gypsy. The gypsy is sure the writer’s life is in peril, but the writer doesn’t believe him, ev …

This is a humorous short fiction story of pet cats who design a clever plan to keep their owner home to play with them, by hiding something of hers that she would not dare to go out of the house with …

This is a exciting short story of interracial love, when two writers from the United States meet in Paris at a Writers’ Salon and Retreat and sparks ignite. They fall in love at first sight and first …

This a fictional short story of a black family on vacation and traveling by trailer in 1958. On the home stretch of their trip back to Dayton, Ohio from Mexico City, they stop off at Paris Landing St …

This is an intriguing short story depicting some of the horrors of slavery: A large cotton plantation, a cruel slave owner and evil overseer, a dutiful wife, a beautiful mulatto house slave, a loving …

This is a way-out, short, suspenseful fictional story about an evil clown who escapes from prison to leave behind his evil past and his evil clown brothers to go "Solo." He is also searchin …

This is Part I of a short, general fiction tale about a beautiful maiden who lives in the magical Kingdom of Epania, A Land of Dragons. She is a very selfish and very lazy young lady who only thinks …

This is a short fantasy fiction story involving a young woman who is a human trafficking victim bought by the leader of the Satan’s Hellhounds MC. He feels that women and nature are to be used and ab …

This is a short, stranger-than-fiction story about getting locked inside a large cemetery. It has a hint of humor, because humor lightened the stress I was feeling in my gut with the prospect that da …

This is the continuation of the trilogy, A Dragon to Love. This tale introduces Part II: Prince Trilaine’s Story. It shares the life and adventures of Prince Trilaine, with his loving parents, Queen …

This is a short fiction story about an interracial couple who encounter the traditional Dutch Christmas character, Zwarte Piet or Black Pete, who is St. Nick’s menial helper, on their vacation to the …

This is a short, action-packed, science-fiction story of a 19 year old young man who’s a geek and whose mother is urging him to get a job…telling him that there is more to life than playing video g …

This is a short fantasy fiction story of a young woman who finds herself mesmerized by a handsome man in a pub. She leaves her drink to go to the ladies room to compose herself, thus committing a maj …

This is an exciting short fiction story about a young girl who was referred unknowingly to a training school for young witches, about a cult extractor assigned to rescue this young girl to expose the …

Read this scary short fiction story about former college roommates who are gifted a collectible, but warped, vintage Ouija Board. They are warned to fix the warped board before they play the game or …

This is a short fiction story about townspeople being lured to a new restaurant called Old Scratch. The devilish hook to get the people to come to the Grand Opening is based upon the sins of greed an …

The Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (Anzac) remain at the heart of Australia’s national story. But standing firm on the other side of the Anzac enthusiasts is a chorus of critics claiming that …

The legacy of war is complex. From the late twentieth century as we moved closer to the centenary of the start of World War I, Australia was swept by an ‘Anzac revival’ and a feverish sense of …

The Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (Anzac) remain at the heart of Australia’s national story. But standing firm on the other side of the Anzac enthusiasts is a chorus of critics claiming that …

In Lessons from History leading historians tackle the biggest challenges that face Australia and the world and show how the past provides context and knowledge that can guide us in the present. Does …

In Lessons from History leading historians tackle the biggest challenges that face Australia and the world and show how the past provides context and knowledge that can guide us in the present. Does …