www.storymania.com
Storymania Logo

 

 

Short Stories




Hunting The Ghost Lion by Wolfa An African poacher stalks a trophy lion through the savannah and encounters a strange an... [2,146 words]
When Machines Bleed by Mark Brittan All season long, the Sterling Heights Stevenson Titans High School football team had been r... [3,286 words]
Northern Lights by Cathleen M Doug moved to Alaska for adventure, but at what cost? [3,009 words]
Two Guys, Two Dogs And Me by Ivana Milakovic A girl likes a boy. She also likes dogs. He likes dogs, and he likes the girl. So wha... [1,915 words]
The Perfect Snow Angel by Wolfa - [1,754 words]
Hooked by Richard Koss A short short story originally started as a poem, about a man's obsession with a special kind of woman. ... [323 words]
T�ayl Ever-Cold by Fermin Moreno Gonzalez Norstrilia-style. [2,791 words]
They�re Coming by Fermin Moreno Gonzalez Horror short-story. [341 words]
The Ravine by Shawn Petersen Three men find themselves in an unusual perdicimate when the truth is revealed. [994 words]
The Gorgeous Ganges by Sreenivasa Murthy Govindaraju To fulfill the last wish of an old land lady, who died, the tenant carries her ashes to VAR... [2,266 words]
My Inter-Continental Friend by Sreenivasa Murthy Govindaraju A tourist's illusion and strange and similar experiences in two continents. [1,828 words]
Motorways On Mars by J P If there was a war between Earth and Mars sorta thing. It's funny, not Sci fi, really. [1,063 words]
Liber Beneficiorum
Idolatry In Zalahar by Fermin Moreno Gonzalez Weird story Klarkashtonesque. [2,701 words]
I Am No Exception by Sreenivasa Murthy Govindaraju A tourist from India on his maiden visit to United States undergoes strange experience at the... [1,838 words]
Caged Emperor by Fermin Moreno Gonzalez Fantasy story. [288 words]
The Second Coming by L M Long About the long awaited return of "God" only to find out it isn't who we were expecting at all... [4,896 words]
The One That Got Away by Matt Tracy Mark has a weird experience after a night of memories and heavy drinking. [1,427 words]
The Irish Cinderella by Stills An adaptation of this classic tale of Love through Adversity but don't let the message of ... [1,201 words]
Spooks: Chapter 4 by Jan And Smokey Back to basics, the confrontation between Tammen and Black will be resolved. What will happen... [1,949 words]
Spacesuck by Steven K Mitchell Avant-garde sci-fi. [3,206 words]
Eye's Of A Bad Man by Albert Davis In a world of violence why are we so surprised by the violence we encounter? This is a depi... [5,180 words]
Deathbed Wishes And Lifelong Dreams by Catherine Bartnik - [1,557 words]
Billy by Albert Davis Life has possibilities and options and the possibilities sometimes don't follow our options. [2,061 words]
The Letter Of Elijiah by Ashley Burdett This is a story about a girl who finds a lost book of the Bible and attempts to find Jesu... [3,101 words]
The Journey by Ivana Milakovic - [183 words]
Street Smarts by B. P. Skinner Missy, a mentally ill homeless woman with intuitive powers, tells how her circumstances change th... [2,504 words]
Spooks: Chapter Three by Jan And Smokey Mr. Black and Tammen finaly have the showdown they've been waiting for...but who will sur... [3,340 words]
Quiet Escape by Cathleen M Looking at the life of a homeless man, Dave, through the eyes of passerbys, and then through his o... [4,138 words]
Or So He Thought by Mark Brittan What happens when you lose the love of your life? How do you go on after you've been betrayed... [1,727 words]
No Such Thing As Stage Fright by Megan Swope A young girl joins a friend's band to become famous and learns how important frie... [1,394 words]
My Vision Of Hell by Letitia Murphy This is my vision of hell [1,889 words]
Going To The Opera by Susan T Fisher The perils that can happen when you are having "one of those" days! [1,940 words]
Bethlehem In Berlin (A Christmas Story) by Glyn Norman This is a re-telling of the Christmas story, set in 1990's Berlin, wher... [645 words]
Another Night At The Club,,,,, by Kristina Tonic How much would a person do for one moment of power, for one brief second of exhi... [651 words]
The Ransom by Jesse Olson - [1,858 words]
Searching For Sleep by Alberto Pupo Sometimes one cannot find the remedy or solution to the situtation... [536 words]
Man's Best Friend by Glen Pearson A so-called hard man describes his relationship in no uncertain terms with his Rottweiler dog... [3,521 words]
Desires Fulfilled by Alberto Pupo Desires burn deep within the human mind sometimes to have them fulfilled can be lethal. [516 words]
Spooks by Jan And Smokey An expirienced spy teaches a new recruit about the world of Industrial Espionage on his first mission. T... [2,577 words]
Spooks: Chapter 2 by Jan And Smokey Mr. Black watches the events that occur due to to his pupil's hasty tactics. Tammen takes con... [1,932 words]
Pound Of Fruit by Michael David West What family means to me. [2,051 words]
Bleeding Entropy by Oleander Myst A woman spends her last days in a hospital with her partner by her side as he contemplates how... [8,483 words]

Go to page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 [45] 46 47 48 49 50
TITLE (EDIT)
Liber Beneficiorum
DESCRIPTION
Short-short story.
[375 words]
TITLE KEYWORD
Science Fiction
AUTHOR
Fermin Moreno Gonzalez
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Fan writer having published at the Eldritch Dark and Poetry DownUnder, among other magazines.
[August 2006]
AUTHOR'S E-MAIL ADDRESS
ferminmg@ micorreo.cai.es
AUTHOR'S OTHER TITLES (26)
A Volte Penso A Te (Foreign) Another little poem in Italian. [25 words]
Acr�sticas (Poetry) Poemas acr�sticos. [181 words] [Romance]
Ante Costas De Otro Mar (Foreign) Mournful poem. [110 words]
Antes Que Muera El Milenio (Foreign) Poema. [177 words] [Spiritual]
Ballad Of The Two Stakes (Poetry) Horror epic poem. [605 words] [Horror]
Caged Emperor (Short Stories) Fantasy story. [288 words] [Mystery]
Cantiques De L�Abysse (Foreign) French horror poem. [93 words] [Horror]
Cual Batir De La Marea (Foreign) Poema. [67 words] [Spiritual]
Ebony And Ice (Poetry) Fantasy prose poem. [463 words] [Fantasy]
El Viaje A Ti Debido (Foreign) Spanish poem. [81 words] [Romance]
Farewell, Love (Poetry) Farewell poem. [124 words] [Spiritual]
Grim-Winged Meeting (Poetry) Short-short poem. [28 words] [Horror]
Idolatry In Zalahar (Short Stories) Weird story Klarkashtonesque. [2,701 words] [Horror]
Les Larmes Coulent (Foreign) French youth poem. [34 words]
My Vaulted Love (Poetry) Gloomy poem. [182 words] [Spiritual]
No He De Querer A Nadie (Foreign) Poema. [93 words] [Spiritual]
Offrande (Foreign) French horror poem. [155 words] [Horror]
Sogno Di Te (Foreign) Little poem in Italian :). [21 words]
T�ayl Ever-Cold (Short Stories) Norstrilia-style. [2,791 words] [Science Fiction]
The Hermit (Poetry) Mystical poem. [127 words] [Mystical]
They�re Coming (Short Stories) Horror short-story. [341 words] [Horror]
Tidal Purgatory (Poetry) Mourning poem. [119 words] [Spiritual]
To The Lady I Loved (Poetry) Mourning poem. [113 words] [Romance]
Versos Sangrientos (Foreign) Poemas torvos. [253 words] [Horror]
Wherein Dwells My Love Of Yore (Poetry) Mournful poem. [94 words] [Spiritual]
Worm�S Feeling (Poetry) Bizarre poem. [199 words] [Literary Fiction]
Liber Beneficiorum
Fermin Moreno Gonzalez



Juan reposes. Elbowed upon the viewpoint, he is contemplating the sea. Below, where there was a beach yesterday, some cliffs have risen, and a shark challenger yells his defiance from a tiny islet like purpose made, brandishing a ridiculous lance more fitted for a videogame. When the challenger turns his back on, the shark springs in the air, catching him in flight between his mandibles.
-Good meal! �exclaims the shark before plunging back into the water, as if aware of having onlookers. Not many, only a couple a little apart from Juan, is watching dully.
The couple kiss one another, and Juan gazes at the sea. Sirens zigzag among the dead�s reincarnations. Apparently mangrove-men don�t care. They just keep on staring at the shore. Through the fibrous wood the faces whom they were can be made out if one pays attention to it. Its position hasn�t changed; at least the Book respects some things.
A few stifled footfalls make him turn his head. His father is approaching, his appearance a mash of clots, tumefaction and worms. It doesn�t seem he goes further from that. He has become stabilized for three months. Nor he notices it seemingly. Juan isn�t going to tell him.
-You ought to look for a woman �his father says � one that can cook and is home-loving.
Juan doesn�t answer. He has seen Laura twice. First, looking at him with eyes as lifeless as mangrove-men�s. Later, stalking fishes. The Sorcerer might do it again. Loosing a sermon is sufficient. Difficult though it may appear, with all TV channels broadcasting it, but all the time there are those attached that fall asleep, forget it or whose TV is broken. And that ends up by affecting you.
Babies, for instance. They undergo changes continually. Juan knows one who tried to repeat his college trick, assenting from time to time and thinking of another thing. Now he has five legs and Janus� head. People are starting to carry their TV receivers to Churchs.
Juan draws the revolver from his pocket. Maybe his corroded tin head isn�t as strong as it looks. He opens his mouth, levels his tongue sticking it to his lower jaw with a metallic tinkle. He presses down the trigger.


 

Submit Your Review for Liber Beneficiorum
Required fields are marked with (*).
Your e-mail address will not be displayed.

Your Name*     E-mail*

City     State/Province     Country

Your Review (please be constructive!)*


Please Enter Code*:

Submit Your Rating for Liber Beneficiorum

Worst     1     2     3     4     5     6     7     8     9     10     Best

COPYRIGHT NOTICE
© 1999 Fermin Moreno Gonzalez
STORYMANIA PUBLICATION DATE
April 2001
NUMBER OF TIMES TITLE VIEWED
2417
 

Copyright © 1998-2001 Storymania Technologies Limited. All Rights Reserved.