Stories by “Eli Susman” were written pre-2020, stories by “Eli A. Susman” were written post-2020. (AKA before and after/during college.)
Three other short stories are not posted on this site as I am currently submitting them trying to find a magazine to be their home. They are, in my opinion, my best stories.
They are called:
How I Met Daisy Miller
When They Were Gone
Jews Cruise
What begins as a story of a murderous cop, ends as an exploration of loss, friendship, and the ghosts of our past that will always haunt us.
November 9th, 1938, Kristallnacht, the night of the broken glass. On this fateful day, young Tevla’s life is changed forever. Suddenly, he is an enemy and a foreigner in his own land.
A fun flash fiction story that will have you laughing and shaking your head by the end. Everything was fine, until it fell off…
A sweet story about two hesitant teenagers exploring their feelings for each other. Switching back and forth between the two characters points of view, this piece dives deep into the insecurities of teenage love life.
When Jamie Jax is pulled over on his cross country drug haul, he has to make a decision. Will he buy into his father’s drug empire ways and survive, or will he end up like his father, shot and killed on the side of a highway?
A Kansas farm, a broken family, and a hidden college basketball scholarship. Hayley doesn’t know the slightest of her families past, but soon she will—and she may never forgive her grandfather for what he withheld from the Johnson family.
Lonely Brandon finds himself stuck without cell reception and a broken down car on his way to a blind date. But fate has a funny way of making things work out.
Is everything as it seems? Probably not. A fast paced, and spine-chilling short story following Carlos Rizeh and his loopy journey through his school’s halls.
Michael Dawson, wannabe cop and loser high school security guard is surprised late one night when he finds a man in black robbing his apartment. Rather than notifying the police, Michael undertakes the investigation himself. But when he gets swept into a world of crime, Michael is left wondering where he went wrong.
Gabriel Jacks, the ultimate nobody, is diagnosed with terminal stage 4 pancreatic cancer. Over the last weeks of his life he must find a way to live life to its fullest, but for a man with Gabriel’s luck, that’s easier said than done.
The tragic and horrifying story of a school shooting, and the events leading up to it. This story takes a deep dive into the phycological tolls of such an event through 4 distinct parts. Teenager James Tunney may not be the kind sweetheart that some think of him as.