Butterflies

by Rob Shepherd

A young woman finds herself lured to a park on a blind date hoping to meet the man of her dreams. She is about to give up when something magical takes place and she is forced to rethink all she knew.

5 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 21, 2015

About the author

Author of:

My Girl
Semianimus
Dark Worlds
& more..


- Published in poetry books: Forever Spoken and The Best Poetry and Poets of 2007 published by Poetry.com
- Awarded a fellowship of The International Society of Poets by Nobel House Publishers. Has appeared in several anthologies including Dark Light 2 horror anthology, Thirteen 2: The Horror Continues, Tales Of Horror On Halloween Night, A Picture is worth 1000 Words, Unleash The Undead, as well as numerous online magazines including "Liphar" Magazine and their subsequent anthology Liphar Short Stories Vol.1.

Has written several short film scripts as well as several forthcoming feature film projects.

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Reviews

[Working Man Reads · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great short story

This is an awesome short story. Not a horror story, but a journey into the mind of a young woman. I don't want to spoil anything due to the stories length. But I believe it was a story taking place in her mind or maybe a fantastical land. The writing was great, could tell the author takes his time with his craft.

[OldBird · Rating 4 out of 5]

A strange, lilting magical realist short story that muses about emotions and expectations. It may be (only) 5 pages and won't make sense right until the last second, but when it does it's really quite beautiful.

[Michael · Rating 5 out of 5]

A surprisingly delicate tale of love and mysticism from Rob Shepherd, a master of the macabre. In this short, Mr. Shepherd focuses on beauty instead of dread, but explores the depths of humanity and raw emotion just as well as in his darker tales. Our heroine's burning desire bring to mind the manic despair of Charlotte Perkins Gillman's The Yellow Wallpaper. The striking touches of magic realism in Butterflies perfectly highlight the poignancy of this story. Rob Shepherd always surprises me and continuously moves me with his fiction.

[Debbie Barr · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting

It wasn’t what I had expected it to be. It was a sweet story though. I wasn’t sure where the story was going. Still, an interesting read!

[Katie J · Rating 5 out of 5]

A dark beauty

A story to be interpreted more than one way, a dark beauty at the least.
Each time I read it, I will wonder at its many meanings in the authors depths.