StoryChuck - Fiction by Chuck Heintzelman
Everything
Here's a complete list of my available fiction.
The Babysitter
When Emily Stillman babysits for a new family she discovers a horrific secret that causes her to doubt her sanity.
Wizard Lottery
When a simple farm boy wins the lottery and becomes the next wizard he discovers the previous, dark wizard is in his head, controlling all of his actions.
Pact of the Banshee
When the Banshee returns, the cycle of murders start again. Young Sean Collins sets out to find and destroy the menace, but will he succeed when his friends and family turn against him?
Strange Perceptions VOL 1
A collection of six short stories (and a couple short-shorts, or flash fiction)
Voice Mail
A very short story told entirely through voice mail messages.
2:03am Check-in
Martin tries to discover why he's at a hotel he has no memory of arriving at.
Slacker Dreams
Conner enters a contest and dreams of winning.
Trunk of Caramel
Jeremy works as the night manager at a motel. An ideal job for a college student. One evening when a creepy guest with strange trunk checks in, Jeremy's life is changed forever.
Cleopatra's Medallion
A story about an ancient queen, an underwater king and bare-breasted maidens; a tale of mind-control and mystics and creatures of the sea; it's about a shipwreck and a treasure and murder most foul.
Fantastic Goulash in the Streets
Favel only wants to stay out of the way of the City's upper class. But when her friend gets involved in a revolution against the City, she's thrust into a conflict she wants no part of.
Freshly Ghost
Being dead was unlike anything Chance Phillips had expected. When he learns a friend, a live friend, is in danger will he and his Ghost friend Jeremy be able to save her in time?
The Train Bandits
A boyhood adventure with bank robbers and dynamite. What sacrifices are true friends willing to make for each other?
The Sinister Smile
A little snippet showing a man making a deal with the devil.
Strange Perceptions VOL 2
A collection of six short stories, including the Novelette Cleopatra's Medallion.
3 Wishes and a Bath
When Ellie Goldstein's mother gives her a present that turns her life upside down, a strange little doll that forces her to make a wish. If she could have anything in the world, what would she wish for?
The Death Gerbil
Dean Weathers discovers a small black gerbil mysteriously appears in snapshots of animals about to die. But seeing the gerbil in his latest photo is both unexpected and unnerving.
Memory Fades
An elderly woman sees something which causes her to doubt her senses.
In The Closet
A short story about a different type of monster in the closet.
Mad Goldilocks
A girl spins a wild tale to her psychologist about the time she spent camping in the woods with her family and became lost. She claims she's the real Goldilocks ... but is she?