The Hungry Ghost is a fiction blog by author Mark B. Papale.
Recent PostsLos Angeles, United States “Ladies and gentlemen we will be beginning our decent into Los Angeles shortly the captain has turned on the fasten seat-belt sign. In preparation for landing…” It’s easy to ignore instruction like this, having he...
Carol pressed against the wall in the darkened hallway, careful to stay in the shadows and trying to remain as quite as possible, inhaling and exhaling with deliberate control from her mouth, avoiding the creak in the floor, a mere inches from where ...
Lorena took a sip of absinthe and swallowed, holding her breath. The verdant taste and smell caused her to gag and shudder from the top of her oily scalp to the bottom of her dry, flaky heels. It must be done, she thought, staring skeptically...
Happy April. I apologize in advance, but this month I am a little busy working toward completing a revised draft of a project I am working on, tentatively titled, Soul Kiss. Because of this, I have decided to share a story I posted this time last ...
Characters Tiffanie Sparks: A child star in her late 30’s who hit the big-time in her late teens and early 20s, then fell hard and into obscurity. Pappa Sparks: Tiffanie’s father. Mid 60’s, skinny, and always sweating. Pappa is Tiffanie’...
The story below is an entry for consideration in EndOfThisWorld, a surreal novel whose creators started with an inciting event. Writers are invited to submit chapters that take the lead from the one previous, and ultimately the story leads to a glo...
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Kathleen MaherThanks for finding me. Your stories are real stand-outs and I'd hate to miss out, although I can see there's more for me to appreciate fully at once. The Strangers With Bear Meat changed the atmosphere so much, I need to get up and walk around to reorient myself.
A creative writing blog. Excerpts from books and short stories.
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One of the greatest short story writers out there in the blogosphere. He has a thing for what in movies would be called Film Noir. He's writing is filled with fantastic descriptions and the plots always end spectacular. He's one of my favourite authors.
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