Summer Thriller Short Stories

The power line was severed clean, leaving the metal box to bake in the August heat.

Toby kicked a rusted gear into the weeds, entirely unbothered by the fact we were currently ruining our lives.

The refresh icon spun, a mocking little circle on a cracked screen, while the tree line quietly ignited.

The server hummed in the dark, blinking green, while the man on the porch screamed at the wood.

Miles digs through the summer heat at a remote garden program where the soil holds more than just roots.

A retired captain fights a record-breaking hurricane to save his family as the sea swallows their coastal hometown.

Jada scrubbed the dark stain from the jacket, wondering if love was supposed to taste like battery acid.

Her life was a neon lie, but the blood on the plastic laundry basket was entirely real.

Paul swiped right on the soft launch photo while a man named The Dentist hunted her.