Shirley Jackson is the queen of New England gothic horror. Did you know that she also wrote Haunting of Hill House which the Netflix series is based on? That’s right, many movies and even series are based not on novels but short stories. It seems to be the only way to sell stories these days,…
Can you believe it? With the hundreds of stories here on Real Flashbytes, we don’t have any Poe. Not one story. So, no better way to start things off than with the Tell-tale Heart by Edgar Allen Poe, circa. 1843. The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe is one of the best known stories ever.…
the midnight special by philip loyd (from his novel You Lucky Bastard) The Midnight Special is not an original term. It can mean several things. For people from my generation, it was THE TV show to watch late nights if you wanted to see your favorite band. And believe me, back then there weren’t many…
the insanity virus by philip loyd The insanity virus eludes to scientific research suggesting that certain mental illnesses, particularly schizophrenia and multiple sclerosis, may be brought on by viral infections (such as CMV, Toxoplasmosis, or HERV-W) that interact with the immune system. This hypothesis further asserts that infections can oftentimes create chronic brain inflammation leading to…
The Night the Ghost Got In by James Thurber is one of our favorite stories from the man who practically put the New Yorker on the map. That’s right, back then magazines like the New Yorker, the Saturday Evening Post and Colliers were jam-packed with short stories. Today, as Vonnegut often said, you couldn’t even…
by Roberto Dinero… Hi. My name is Roberto Dinero, and I’m from the LA. East LA. The mean streets, where it all goes down. Shit. Okay, so you know who I really am. What gave it away? But that’s not the point. Everybody has the right to use a pseudonym. If Martin Lieber gets to…
Did you know RWM has its own in-house band? Doesn’t everybody? Enjoy…
Great news. We got our very first Goodreads review and it’s a good one. It’s not just 5 stars, but the reviewer actually picks up on some of the best features of the book. I guess this means that it works. Awesome! The reviewer touches on certain key points, like “The curated list…
We love stories that are self-contained. TRUE Flashbytes. In fact, it’s so easy to place it even fits right in on Reddit. The Sudden Walk by Franz Kafka is one of our favorite stories of all time. Translated by Willa and Edwin Muir The actual story itself is only two sentences long, with the first…
2BR02B by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. was originally published in the digest magazine If: Worlds of Science Fiction in January 1962. 2BR02B is a 1962 dystopian short story by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. about a future where nobody gets old anymore. At the same time, there is a max population cap of 40 million. For the WHOLE WORLD!…
