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Library of Speculative Fiction | Supernatural Shenanigans
Summer 2025 Updated 7/05/25
Welcome!
If you’re looking for fiction, you’ve come to the right place!
Here, you’ll find genre-blending micro-fiction, flash fiction, short stories, and serials by S.L. Stallings.
Whether you have five minutes to kill or you’re committed to following your favorite characters while I develop their stories, there’s always something to read.
Use this page to explore these stacks by S.L. Stallings:
Sharon Stories - First Draft Fiction
Micro-fiction and Mini Zines
Ghost Stories
Opt-In
Sharon Stories - First Draft Fiction
Flash Fiction 500 - 1000 words
Read these tales on your lunch break. Free until September!
Test Group 1
Tech Horror
A restless young woman joins an exclusive nightlife app promising nonstop fun, curated memories, and the freedom to party without limits. The thing is, some experiences come with a cost you don’t see until it’s too late.
MuseConnect
Tech Horror
When a struggling artist signs up for a mysterious creative app that promises inspiration, she unlocks more than just her imagination.
Screen Time
Tech Horror
A lonely boy just wants a friend to talk to, but when he tries a strange summoning ritual he found in a YouTube video, he conjures something that is looking for more than conversation.
Born of Chaos
Speculative Fiction
An ancient force awakens to reclaim a world pushed to the brink. What was taken will be returned, and the cycle will begin anew.
Short Stories
1000 - 5000 words
I usually break the reading into 1000 words or less.
SŌSH
3-Parts | Tech Horror
A brilliant but misguided hacker unveils a next-gen virtual assistant designed to adapt to your every need.
As the line between user and product begins to blur, one question lingers:
Who’s really in control?
Opt-In is the one-stop place to find Tech Horror by S.L. Stallings. New stories coming soon!
Summer Serial Freebees!
The Truth About Sadie Wilkins
Coming of Age | Supernatural
A girl caught between the living and the dead must claim her gift, or be consumed by the ghosts no one else sees.
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
The Shift: Agents of Chaos
Tech-Thriller | Cyberpunk
What if AI agents started working together to create a new world order where humans were no longer in control?
This is the story of how that happened.
Writer’s Process
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Micro-Fiction
500 words or Less
While some of these stories are one-offs, I tend to expand on ideas. Readers can use the microfiction stack like a map to navigate to larger stories.
Look for an ever-expanding collection of mini zines that connect by QR code.
Ghost Stories Substack
Everything on this Substack is free to read!
Ghost Stories is for lovers of the supernatural, haunted houses, and things that go bump in the night.
Discover real-life encounters with the otherworldly—
whispers that aren’t just in your head, figures that don’t disappear when you look twice, and the chilling histories behind some of the most haunted places on earth.
Here you’ll find unsettling tales of ghostly apparitions and paranormal adventures—
fiction that feels disturbingly real, where curiosity leads to places you might not want to go.
Do you dare step into the unknown?
Something is waiting in the shadows to greet you. I cross-post horror stories and welcome collaborators. If you have supernatural skirmishes to share, get in touch!
Sections
The Antique Trading Post
A Haunting We Will Go
Stories By Dead Authors
Short Films
Polaroid
Micro-Fiction | Supernatural Horror
A prop run in an antique shop takes an unexpected turn.
For Whom The Phone Rings
Micro-Fiction | Supernatural Horror
An antique rotary phone brings back more than memories—its ringing echoes from a past that refuses to stay silent.
The Cost of Magic
Flash Fiction | Supernatural Horror
When Alice casts a carefully plotted revenge spell under a blood moon, the ritual delivers, but at what price?
A Haunting At Vanity Theater
2-Part Short Story | Supernatural Horror
Every theater has ghosts.
On the eve of dress rehearsal, strange phenomena unfold at the crumbling Vanity Theater—
props move, voices echo from nowhere, and the ghostlight explodes.
Abby’s not sure what’s real, but something is taking center stage…and it isn’t finished yet.
Serials
The Ninth Harmonic
Magical Realism
When Alice, a prop master with a scarred past in magic, discovers an antique Victrola and séance recording for a horror film shoot, she unknowingly awakens something long dormant.
These recordings emit more than sound.
Haunted Locations
Although many of these stories are non-fiction, I've included fictional elements that enhance their effect.
Fort Columbia
Haunted Objects
This post inspired The Antique Trading Post newsletter.