List: Phantasmagoria | Curated by C. L. Nichols, Author

Jan 12, 2025
33 stories
PhantasmagoriaMicro stories, vampires, time travelers, shadow people, dystopian worlds, sci-fi, thrillers, suspense, horror stories and other real & imagined scenes from the macrocosm.
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Phantasmagoria: Jump! — a short storyA utility worker trying to restore power in a storm works in a high bucket in the gusting wind.
Sep 11, 2024
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Sep 11, 2024
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Phantasmagoria: The Silent ChatterSpecial deliveries of the dead? Manic missives from deep space? Creepy crawlies through some rupture in the fragile membrane of reality?
Sep 1, 2024
Sep 1, 2024
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Phantasmagoria: Childhood EncounterI barely hear the brittle grass crunch under my feet as I cut across my front yard, but I’m fully aware of the panic that climbs my throat.
Aug 14, 2024
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Aug 14, 2024
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Phantasmagoria: OrbDirectly above her prone figure on the bed, a white ball puffed into existence.
Sep 7, 2024
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Sep 7, 2024
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Phantasmagoria: SILENCE, She ScreamedSande is a loner. Call her a survivor.
Sep 16, 2024
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Sep 16, 2024
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Phantasmagoria: Walking the WastelandBradley walked the highway, stopping at every town in the barrenness of West Texas.
Jan 1
Jan 1
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Phantasmagoria: Primate Penmanship Projecta Brief 7-Act Play
Dec 5, 2023
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Dec 5, 2023
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Phantasmagoria: Armageddon ChessSalassa moved her knight, her gaze flickering between the board and the distant mushroom cloud.
Dec 7, 2024
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Dec 7, 2024
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Phantasmagoria: Till Death Do Us PartVampire hunter? Paul Hutton looked mockingly into the rearview mirror. Like you have a lot of experience in that line of work.
Sep 22, 2024
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Sep 22, 2024
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Phantasmagoria: RevenantThe glowing hand pulled back and the foot disappeared into the closet.
Jan 12
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Jan 12
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Phantasmagoria: InvasionThis would be the extinction-level event to end them all.
Jan 8
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Jan 8
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Paula’s Plight — a microstoryCivilization’s grasp was tenuous, the toeholds of lowly primates with an upside-down view of reality.
Dec 25, 2024
Dec 25, 2024
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Phantasmagoria: The New KingUpon the concrete floor, dried fluids created a modern mosaic.
Dec 14, 2024
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Dec 14, 2024
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Phantasmagoria: SproutsStarship colonists began to notice vines and leaves sprouting from metal joints near the top of bulkheads throughout the ship.
Nov 22, 2024
Nov 22, 2024
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Phantasmagoria: U.F.O.The alien ship overhead was locked in position and entirely motionless…
Nov 14, 2024
Nov 14, 2024
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Phantasmagoria: ClairaudientCrouching next to the makeshift grave, Billy looked at the detective standing across from him on the other side of the hole.
Nov 8, 2024
Nov 8, 2024
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Phantasmagoria: HazMat“I’m sorry, Ma’am. You might have it too, now.”
Nov 1, 2024
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Nov 1, 2024
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Phantasmagoria: CascadeRain had beat down all morning.
Oct 27, 2024
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Oct 27, 2024
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Apotheosis — a microstoryHad there been a military attack while they’d been gone, or perhaps a terroristic one?
Oct 20, 2024
Oct 20, 2024
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Phantasmagoria: Harry & SueOn a stormy evening in the aftermath, Harry comes upon Sue’s bungalow.
Oct 14, 2024
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Oct 14, 2024
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