Showing results for "Vignettes" in Literature & Fiction

A child's memory, a shadowed path, a glimpse of something that should not be. In A Vignette, M. R. James offers a final brushstroke of quiet terror—intimate, elusive, and disquietingly real. This short, unsettling piece lingers like a half-remembered dream, evoking the moment when the everyday slips into the uncanny. With masterful restraint and emotional undercurrent, James reminds us that the most chilling hauntings are those born in the mind—and never truly forgotten.

A former superhero, cast down from glory, finds himself stuck in a town whose gaze remains fixed toward the past. A priestess in another realm journeys onward, uncovering troubling secrets about both her world and her summoned champion. A camp for newly turned meta-humans must cope with a siege from a nigh-endless army of unusual creatures, as a handful of campers battle their way toward the source of the danger. Between grand adventures, what mishaps may occur in the world of the Villains’ Code? These are the smaller selections, short sagas within the greater story.

A town of magic and danger, where what one dons becomes who they are. A desperate priestess in another world calling for a champion, only to receive an unstoppable monster.

The greatest short stories never told.

This is the unabridged audio recording of M R James' excellent ghost story "A Vignette". Read by David Collings, this is sure to scare and delight in equal measure.

Cepheus Vignettes, is a collection 50 science-fiction vignettes based on the worlds and rules of the 'Cepheus Engine' role-playing rules (which is a derivative of Traveller system). Each vignette is a stand-alone story that highlights an aspect of the Cepheus Lore, or plays in the darker, often ignored areas of the universe. Colonists in trouble, xeno-archeologists finding the impossible, stowaways, raiders launching topedoes, fighting monsterous aliens, Cepheus Vignettes covers a lot of ground.

Welcome to 'Veiled Vignettes', where every shadow holds a secret and every tale is a journey into the unknown. Behind each veil, a dark tale awaits, ready to transport you to realms of the supernatural, the eerie, and the arcane. Curated by Lysandra, the Supernatural Scribe, our stories draw from ancient lore, whispered legends, and chilling contemporary encounters. Delve deep into atmospheric narratives, where the line between reality and the otherworldly blurs. Subscribe and lift the veil, if you dare, and let the mysteries of the dark embrace you.See more of us at Veiled Vignettes

Provocative shorts stories about life in modern America.

The Sad Fortunes of the Rev. Amos Barton, through vignettes of his life, portrays a character who is hard to like and easy to ridicule. Many people do ridicule as well as slander and despise him, until his suffering shocks them into fellowship and sympathy.