StoryChuck - Fiction by Chuck Heintzelman
Short Stories
The latest five short stories are in the carousel at the top of the screen, but the entire list of short stories is further down the page.
The Babysitter
Category: Short Story
Genre: Horror short story
Approximately 19 printed pages
(or about 16 minutes to read).
When Emily Stillman babysits for a new family she discovers a horrific secret that causes her to doubt her sanity.
This story is available for free on this web site for a short time.
Trunk of Caramel
Category: Short Story
Genre: Fantasy short story
Approximately 11 printed pages
(or about 9 minutes to read).
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.
A free preview of this story is available on this web site.
Available for 99 cents. Kindle
Wizard Lottery
Category: Short Story
Genre: Fantasy short story
Approximately 22 printed pages
(or about 18 minutes to read).
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.
A free preview of this story is available on this web site.
Available for 99 cents. Kindle
Cleopatra's Medallion
Category: Short Story
Genre: Adventure short story
Approximately 47 printed pages
(or about 39 minutes to read).
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.
A free preview of this story is available on this web site.
Available for $1.99. Kindle
3 Wishes and a Bath
Category: Short Story
Genre: Fantasy short story
Approximately 19 printed pages
(or about 16 minutes to read).
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?
A free preview of this story is available on this web site.
Available for 99 cents. Kindle
All the Short Stories
The Babysitter
When Emily Stillman babysits for a new family she discovers a horrific secret that causes her to doubt her sanity.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.