Bar stories, books, poems, and more

September 18, 2020

Comments: 4

Shelves: 1

Cover image: pixabay.com. Read More

Tags: town, bar, neighborhood

Bartender Blues

By hullabaloo22

September 15, 2020

Comments: 10

Shelves: 1

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Tags: observation, bar, bartender

Man At Bar

By AngusManOfStone

Article / Editorial and Opinion

September 07, 2020

Tags: man, lonely, bar, businessman, clooney

Closing Time

By annahorbin

June 14, 2020

Just another day at the bar. I think. Read More

Tags: scary, murder, evil, devil, bar

Late night

By sbooky

May 14, 2020

first time writing. Read More

Tags: horror, fear, cannibalism, bar

Her Other Face

By hullabaloo22

May 12, 2020

Comments: 6

Shelves: 2

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Tags: stranger, bar, pick-up

Who's Buy-in?

By JE Falcon

December 10, 2019

Comments: 1

A quick look at a few older men and a night-ship gathering at the local bar. The topic is different tonight. --- I wrote this some time back, but it seems more relative to today. --- Also, I couldn't find it under it's original title, so I doubt that I… Read More

Tags: bar, old-men, the-regulars

Friday night lights out

By dj hundley

Short Story / Memoir

October 30, 2019

A story about Male bonding, friendship and a good bar fight Read More

Tags: friendship, fight, fighting, friends, bar

For All The High Jumpers.

By johngumbs

Poem / Poetry

October 19, 2019

Comments: 1

Watching these professional high jumpers is really great. All the different styles. My poem. Read More

Tags: high, bar, running, movement, arm

Tales From A Dive

By jjman

Short Story / Non-Fiction

October 16, 2019

Two strangers share their life stories and past relationships only to discover that they are polar opposites. Read More

Tags: marriage, life, alcohol, bar, dive

Behind the Catch-kin Eight-Ball

Short Story / Literary Fiction

September 10, 2019

Comments: 2

Some things just happen, other things are sprung on us. This is a story about sprung-ing. Read More

Tags: talk, beer, bar, pool

Ah, Success

By JE Falcon

Short Story / Other

September 03, 2019

Comments: 2

Not sure what this story is about, somehow it just doesn't add up. --- Or does it? Try it and see. Read More

Tags: bar, ears, numbers, predictions

Just Ring Thrice

Short Story / Mystery and Crime

August 12, 2019

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

The year is 2030, a mouse shaped vehicle is traveling on a freeway heading into the most crime riddled area of Los Angeles, California. Who is in the vehicle and where are they going? Read More

Tags: la, bar, spy, vehicle, 2013

The six categories of oberservers

By Aerath

Short Story / Gay and Lesbian

July 25, 2019

A man explains the gay world. There are different categories of men and even more so, six different categories of "obeservers", a special sub-category.... Please, don´t take that seriously!!!! Read More

Tags: gay, homosexual, bar, observer

Yada, Yada, Yada

June 18, 2019

Comments: 2

Shelves: 1

This is the story-line I had hoped for, for the 200 word Flash-Fiction Contest, but it just wouldn't condense into 200 words. So I gave up and changed things. Hope it is enjoyable. Read More

Tags: women, fun, work, bar

Kicked Out of Boogies

By Cathy98

Poem / Young Adult

May 02, 2019

Comments: 1

A poem about the time I was kicked out of my favorite bar. The time where I hit rock bottom. (Explanation at the end of poem) Read More

Tags: poem, party, drinking, bar, club

I Said Medium Rare This is Bleeding

By jbirdy

Poem / Non-Fiction

April 25, 2019

Working as a bartender was hard. Some grown men were disgusting. Many of them. I still don't know how I feel about how I was able to brush things off so easily, because I simply had to. My pay depended on customers giving me tips. I was constantly arguing with… Read More

Tags: poem, poet, service, bar, waitress

The Bell Cracked Blues

By Adam Steele

March 19, 2019

This is a story about a man that came to a place that he had never heard before after a bad breakup. This is place is not what it seems. Read More

Tags: feelings, woman, fright, bar

Doll-Face

By Mythos9

March 18, 2019

A bad break-up sends Jeremiah to the bar with the intent to find a rebound, but what he gets instead is a night full of dolls. Read More

Tags: love, horror, bar, date, short-story

The Corner Bar

By 88 fingers

Short Story / Humor

March 01, 2019

Characters in a local bar that i use to haunt back in the late 80s early 90s Read More

Tags: drinking, people, bar

I Hate Kumquats

By JE Falcon

January 17, 2019

Comments: 3

Shelves: 1

A short tale of a conversation in a bar. Why? I have no idea. Read More

Tags: beer, bar, fruit

Filderbobs - A Christmas Story?

Short Story / Fantasy

November 02, 2018

This is just an everyday story about everyday stuff on Christmas Eve. --- Short and trying to find a point about definitions and how we label things. You say potato, I say, --- well, you get the drift. There are many Christmas stories, but until this one I'm not sure… Read More

Tags: broken, alley, bar, truckers, sliegh

Sam

By Tom Allen714

Short Story / Other

October 13, 2018

Comments: 4

Shelves: 1

I guy goes to a bar and meets an unknown girl, who wants to play a game... Read More

Tags: game, guy, bar, gin

One Stool Away

By Tom Allen714

Short Story / Other

August 03, 2018

Comments: 2

Shelves: 1

A woman sits next to a guy at a bar that he can tell is having a dad day... Read More

Tags: compassion, bar, drinks

Shiver me Timbers

By zgoldenpen

Short Story / Thrillers

July 12, 2018