Read Stories

Here, you can find links to read many of Nicholas Conley's stories.  Enjoy! 

 

Late Delivery - Published in Short Story Library (2010)

Genre: Literary, Flash Fiction

I take the pizza box out of the bag. I hand it to Man #3. He opens up the box. He looks at me suspiciously. He ordered pepperoni and pineapple and if it isn’t just how he likes it, he’ll blame me. I know the type.

Read HERE.

 

Red Light at the End of the Tunnel - Published on MicroHorror (2010)

Genre: Horror, Flash Fiction 

The glowing red, mechanical eye is fixed on me. It never looks away. It never blinks.

I crawl down the metal tunnel, its circular walls decorated by an intricate series of pipes and wires. I’ve been crawling down it for days, weeks, months, years...

Read HERE.

 
Red Light At The End of the Tunnel - By Nicholas Conley

Behind the Glass - Published on Associated Content (2010)

Genre: Horror, Flash Fiction

I turn the lights out. I'm exhausted; I've been working at the factory all day and the only thing my aching body desires is sleep. I just want to wrap myself in the covers and pass out.  However, the cold sweat sticking to my skin won't allow that.

If I go to sleep, I'm going to die.

Read HERE.

 
Behind the Glass - By Nicholas Conley

Slash - Published in NVH Magazine (2009)

Genre: Horror, Short Story

Carl’s corpse was lying on the floor in front of me.  The flies hadn’t discovered him yet.  The blood seeping from his throat was still fresh.

Carl Doppeltes was a man in his early thirties.  His Caucasian skin was hairy and rough, which was an interesting contrast to his sensitive, artistic face.  Carl had always been the life of the party, the center of attention and the one that everyone loved.  He had a smile that spoke a thousand words.  He was my older brother.

 

Read the free E-book HERE.

 
Final Irony - Published on Gravediggings.com (2008)
 
Genre: Horror, Short Story

Jake stood in the rain like a dark shadow outside the house he’d once called home, homicidally furious at every drop that fell on him.  He almost wanted to grin at the ridiculousness of his anger.

The rain wasn’t intentionally trying to get to him and amusing as the image would be, it wasn’t some deity up there pissing onto him from the skies. Again, Jake almost grinned. Even in this situation, his sense of humor refused to die.

Read HERE.

 

Alien Emaciation - Published on Gravediggings.com (2009)

Genre: Horror, Short Story

The horrible things crawling inside me bulged out from beneath the surface of my skin.  The creatures wriggled up and down my veins as effortlessly as a fish in water. In rhythmic motions, they pounded their tails against my innermost flesh and worked their way up my bloodstream. Those familiar thin textures on the exterior of human skin molded like clay to their movements.

Read HERE.