Tag Archives: Twilight Zone

“Broken Windows”

Posted on July 26, 2017 by fpdorchak

“Broken Windows” is out as an e-short story! Here’s the link! I can’t believe I’d originally started this story twenty years ago, in 1997. I’d only written four double-spaced pages. I rediscovered it last year (2016) when I was revisiting … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Covers, Books, Metaphysical, Short Story, To Be Human, Writing | Tagged Aircraft, Alcoholism, Do The Dead Dream?, Fractured Families, Kansas, Longmont Public Library, Piper Super Cub, Short Stories, Twilight Zone, Windows | 4 Comments

Freefallin’

Posted on August 12, 2016 by fpdorchak

I’ve done three static-line skydives, never done the freefall, but still was intrigued with the possibilities detailed within this story. It still gives me the heebie-jeebies re-reading it. Yeah. My palms are still sweating…. This story originally appeared in Black … Continue reading →

Posted in Metaphysical, Short Story, To Be Human, Writing | Tagged Clouds, death, Falling, Love, Love Stories, Parachutes, Publishing, Short Stories, Sky, Skydiving, Twilight Zone | 1 Comment

Plaything

Posted on August 5, 2016 by fpdorchak

I actually vaguely remember writing this. And its inspiration is the obvious: things that go bump in the night. We’ve all heard the unexplained sounds that always assail us in the weird hours of the night. Was it the house … Continue reading →

Posted in Short Story, Spooky, To Be Human, Writing | Tagged Bedtime Stories, Playful, Scary, Tales From The Darkside, The Night Gallery, Things that go bump in the night, Twilight Zone | 3 Comments

Drive-Ins

Posted on July 8, 2016 by fpdorchak

I love drive-in theaters! We used to frequent one in the town we live in, packed up the truck with sleeping bags, pillows, and blankets—our dog—and drove off to the Aircadia Drive-In. Back the truck in and drop the tail … Continue reading →

Posted in Leisure, Metaphysical, Short Story, To Be Human, Writing | Tagged Aircadia Drive-In, Anthony Pellegrini, Colorado, Drive in theaters, Edward J. Hoffman, Ernie Stautner, Imagination, Lake Placid, McKenzie Mountain Wilderness Area, Metaphysical, Movies, Night Gallery, Route 86, Sara-Placid Drive-In, Saranac Lake, Supernatural, Twilight Zone, upstate New York | 3 Comments

Blondie’s

Posted on June 3, 2016 by fpdorchak

This story originated from a situation when my then-girlfriend and I had to take shelter from a heinous and torrential downpour back in the summer of 1984. Brenda and I had been driving back in separate cars to North Dakota … Continue reading →

Posted in Metaphysical, Short Story, Spooky, To Be Human, Writing | Tagged 1940s, 1944, Back roads, Gas Stations, Publishing, Rain, Short Stories, Storms, Summer, Twilight Zone, Vargas Girls, writing | 9 Comments

The Chain Letter

Posted on April 29, 2016 by fpdorchak

Back before e-mail and the Internet, there were these things called “chain letters.” Actual letters that randomly circulated to the “unlucky” for immediate global dissemination and unheralded good luck upon the recipient. I received the exact chain letter in this … Continue reading →

Posted in Metaphysical, Short Story, Spooky, To Be Human, Writing | Tagged Chain Letters, Hags, Intimidation, Night Gallery, Short Stories, SPAM, Supernatural, Threats, Twilight Zone | 3 Comments

Snow Paper

Posted on April 1, 2016 by fpdorchak

Family tragedies, knives, deserted, wintry forests, wolves, and, well, the stuff of fantasy. This is yet another story I don’t remember writing, and was written in the early years (1989), but as I stumbled upon it, it just captured my … Continue reading →

Posted in Leisure, Short Story, To Be Human, Writing | Tagged family, Fantasy, Forest, Paper, Short Stories, Snow, Tragedy, Twilight Zone, Winter, Wolves, Woods | 7 Comments

The Girl Who Chased Gargoyles

Posted on March 25, 2016 by fpdorchak

The inspiration for this story came from a piece of artwork I’d bought in my single days and no longer have. It wasn’t in oils or acrylic or anything…just a framed poster that’d really grabbed me. It depicted a young … Continue reading →

Posted in Leisure, Metaphysical, Short Story, Writing | Tagged Fairy Tales, Gargoyles, myths, Tales From The Darkside, The Grotesque, The Night Gallery, Twilight Zone | 9 Comments

Bone and Stone

Posted on March 4, 2016 by fpdorchak

This is just the “Bone poem” I’d used in my Civil War short story, “Etched in Stone.” Just wanted a separate posting of it from the story. I’ve visited Manassas Battlefield (aka Bull Run Battlefield) three times. Visiting that battlefield … Continue reading →

Posted in Leisure, Metaphysical, Reincarnation, Short Story, To Be Human, Writing | Tagged 5th New York, Bull Run, Civil War, death, graves, Manassas, Reincarnation, Twilight Zone | 12 Comments

Etched in Stone

Posted on February 26, 2016 by fpdorchak

I wrote this story based on a dream I had as a kid. What happened to me in the dream (and past life) is what happened in the opening scene to this story. I’d awoken from my dream in actual … Continue reading →