Bizarre Inspirations

Gloria stared out the window of her fiancée’s childhood bedroom; she noticed the fog cling to the houses and trees, creating an opaque blue screen over the entire landscape. With only half an hour left for the sun to set, nightfall appe…

The Tricked Treaters Charlie stared inside his dented, plastic pumpkin, which was filled almost to the brim with candy. His eyes skimmed over the Snickers, Three Musketeers, and Tootsie Roll. He frowned and dipped his small hand to fish it out. The…

Zombie Walk   Catelyn scanned the walkers as more and more of them showed up dressed in zombie-ware. The remaining light of day revealed the ripped clothes, dark eyes, and special effects make-up that shuffled between the old cemetery’s…

The New Lucky restaurant   Yolanda was unimpressed by the decor of the restaurant; she was expecting it to be dark and gothic in tone. Instead, stark lighting, made more garish by the night, greeted her as she surveyed the small eatery with i…

The Duffel Bag   Anthony stared across the bustling street towards the old man sitting on the bus bench at the edge of the park. The man wore wrinkle-free trousers and a button-down top with a fedora resting on the top of his thinning hair. O…

I recently moved into a Victorian house and had thoughts about the history it may have and of haunted houses. I also thought about how it's always a child that gets possessed while living in a haunted house and I thought what if it was a dog instead…

I guess for this tale I was influenced by Catwoman from Batman Returns, but instead of my character being bitten by a cat; she is merged with one through lightning. 

I was inspired to write short stories by a lesson that I watched from Brandon Sanderson’s class. If you don’t know who that is, he’s a Fantasy writer who’s been on the bestseller’s list multiple times. He’s also a…

I was inspired by watching the Twilight Zone and a book I read then titled Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia. I was intrigued by the strangeness of the Twilight Zone and by the folkloric references from the novel. As you can see by hea…

For the Hidden Beast short story, I was inspired by a snow hike I did in Breckenridge, Colorado. It was a beautiful hike, yet I couldn’t help but notice how eerily quiet it was, except for the crunching of the snow underneath my snow shoes. So…