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How do dog parks, Hollywood "has-beens," an Alfa Romeo Spider, KROQ's Armenian Comedian and the San Fernando Valley all combine to equal happiness?
The next part in the jail story with Jeremy.
A Short Story about a couple named Paul and Celine. Two soulmates with complicated histories in a world of intrigue, horror and magic.
Philip is kicking himself for not getting married sooner, or is he just caving into peer pressure?
You never miss what you didn't have.
This is a true story of a woman who decided to become a landlord again and learned a very hard lesson in dealing with her renters.
I only knew her as Momof4inFishers. She passed away last night after battling cancer that had been dxed a month before. 35K moms rallied behind her and her family. My final gift to her, I present how I see her passing.
This is a fiction base on a true story about one of the author's friends. This story is about how a happy family becomes a family that always goes to protests, and how the protests change their lives.
Part one of a story about an unnamed girl and her friend Anne who convinces her to take a rainy walk in the woods.
This is the humorous (somewhat children's) story about a boy named Freddy, who becomes an evil snowman. He then learns his lesson, and everybody around him does as well. We could all learn from their mistakes...
The story follows a teen who watches the people closest to him destroy themselves with drug abuse. The story is crude and is meant to convey realistic situations that a teen may experience.
Chapter 2 of Dream Seeker. Abbie comes in contact with a stranger that sends electric currents through her.
A young girl struggles to survive in a world that has been overtaken by the un-dead.
This is almost like a dream journal and a review of George A. Romero's "Land of the Dead."
This is the story of how Curran got his abilities and what he cared for the most.
A beautiful story of friendship, life, and loss.
A short story based in a post-apocalyptic future.
A Carpe Diem exploration of life and the lessons we learn via our surroundings. A recent trip to an Apple Valley Retirement home provided me with a remarkable new perspective on my traditional views about the world and the time we spend here.
Short story written in first person about how the character finds out nothing is working.
Suddenly, HIV/AIDS snatches Devin's future. Shortly after that his high school girlfriend, Crystal, and four year old son, Jeremiah, (who do not have HIV/AIDS), show up on his doorstep.
A true story of a little girls' monster ending up being no bigger than a mouse.
A look into an interesting night on the town in 1920's Harlem. It includes some of this era's most popular names like you have never seen them before. Also, clear descriptions of music that will make you feel like you are really there.
Eddy is 45 year old teenager, his life revolving around sex and drugs. The piece starts as Eddy and friends leave a bar, ending with Eddy's arrest.
When a man is betrayed by the woman he loves, his heart and temper cannot be controlled. Javier Swareze is a man in that position as he finds his wife is sleeping with another man and his rage is one too strong to contain.
A futuristic story about a grandmother and mother's love set in Alki Beach, Seattle. Can Rusty keep up with her grandson Conan and find the meaning of life?
Soldier Highfill's struggle across the world.
Extended Metaphor of bees and the CCD virus in association with the boy.
As a kid summertime was when I would enjoy exploring the world around me. I still feel that same joy every year when summer rolls around!
A personal narrative describing a weekend after a blizzard. A story showing how a father and son can connect.
A summer short story.
The Summer Of Young Love is a short story I wrote about a Young Boy who was in love with a popular girl from school. He felt his summer was ruined because of being denied his love for the popular girl. Then his whole summer changes by meeting the new girl in his neighborhood.
Alright, so I finally decided to tell this story. I didn't want to seem as though I was flattering it to the world, but people are saying it's a good story and I've enjoyed telling it. We're on our way home from lunch yesterday, and we're driving home on the road trying to get back to work. I hear my two friends in the front seat shout "Is that a wallet in the middle of the road?"
Describes my summer short story, where I was attacked by an Egyptian Camel while riding it. Describing what happened.
A vignette set in a South Indian village.
In light of the upcoming Father's day holiday this excerpt of a much longer piece gives a glimpse into life with a chronic illness and how my father's stoic nature allowed me to learn how to cope.
A glimps into my world when night falls. The things that go bump in the night and the constant debate in my head of "is it real or not" that keeps me up all night.
At the end of the long dirt road was a cabin. Little did I know the horror that lied ahead.
A free-write piece about a fictional soldier in World War II.
This i s an opening chapter to a book i am witing, its about 900 words and is all about a recue attempt from the SAS to snatch some of there hostages back from a terrorist group. please read it and comment.
She's growing and changing. Will there be a place for him in her life?
Right vs Wrong.
Chapter three of my original Batman story.
Chapter two of my original Batman story.
The opening chapter in my Batman story.
Chayla an honey bug finished there work an went back to see Burrrp, part 3 of my book.
Sara helps George with his sore tooth. Miranda, Sara's mother, helps the most.
A strange experiment in short short stories and meta-fiction. Graphic content. No real ending.
A strange psychological tale with a twist ending.
This is a short story, fantasy thriller that involves murder.
People have never seen the dark side of the moon. Is it the same thing as the bright side that we see every night? Or is it completely different than what we would have ever thought.
An assignment from 10th Grade Dual Credit English. The topic was "Write about a long walk."
A boy finally turns away from a life of crime to earn money for a prized object. However, his past eventually catches up to him.
This is the story of a lost little girl named Sara. She is lost in a big store. Told from the point of view of Sara.
Sorley was a bright young man, who was walking on a bright green path, during a bright summer day. His shirt was sheer from sweat, and he didn't really care. His skin was red from the unyielding sun beams beating down on his body. He didn't really care. The path was more important that that. The path was more important than any mere flesh wound or musty drenched clothes. Even the destination was no more important than the blisters on his feet or the dryness of his eyes. The importance was in the journey itself. It was in the heat rising off the ground and warm breeze flowing around his face. The glow of the trees and the bushes and the flowers made everything in the vicinity acquire a soft green hue. This was important.
A glimpse of a man on a summer afternoon.
Apparently her man was the classic workaholic, so she met someone else online. Tonight they would meet in person. She waited for a man with a monkey on his t-shirt to arrive.
A mad scientist must re-establish power to his laboratory before unleashing his robots upon an innocent town.
Rebecca gives kind of a look into her head. This is just a glimpse into Rebecca's heart, and a look at how she views herself.
A fictionalized account of something I went through. (The girl is analyzing her situation. As it turns out, "she" was rescued by "him" and her new allies.)
The warm days of spring and early summer are a wonderful time for watching young families grow.
Summer Fling is about the magical summer fling that is a tale as old as time. A boy decides to skip this part of summer, but fate has other plans for him and his summer. Written and Read by Vonne Skannal.
As Mau and her new pack make their way across the desert on their way to Marida, they encounter some unforeseen trouble, and learn some secrets about their own.
A fantasy fiction story about a young girl betrayed by her brother and cast into the wilderness. She must now learn to survive like an animal, while learning she possesses powers she never knew she had.
Why have the dead chosen to speak to Devlin, and why now? Does he know something about the victim's death?
When a shy newlywed, a Christian cleric, has sex trouble with his shy bride, his sexy younger brother plays sex counselor and gives him play-by-play ways to satisfy her.
Just because Devlin says the dead are speaking to him, doesn't mean Kenny has to believe him!
A fun murder mystery put together by my daughter and her friend while in 6th grade literacy class.
Fiction. Death comes for a nurse's patient but not before she glimpses an image that may haunt her nights forever.
A short story about an impoverished boy who is faced to choose between friendship and financial success.
A short story written April 10, 2002.
This is about a woman who is recounting her most horrifying time on paper. At first she considers showing someone so that they might understand, but she then decides not to expose anyone to what she went through.
A story, of sorts, but short. It describes the details of an imaginary photo.
Just a little story how my dog and I spent our week helping save a little lost robin.
This is a short story I wrote about a Summer happening. It is a combination of fantasy and reality.
A short story about a swimmer who dreams of victory.
Every summer when I was a child, I remember going to Bama park which was across the Tallapoosa River bridge into Union Alabama.
Detective James Knight comes upon a grisly crime scene that is more of a puzzle than a crime scene.
A short story.
A tale illustrating the perverse ways in which love is expressed...
A young girl is confronted with her dark past when she meets her parents--and an unexpected guest--for lunch.
The art of telling a haunting ghost story.
A true story about an unfortunate July 2nd.
A man is on his way to work when something catches his attention and changes his life forever.
A short story about a day in the life of a house cat from the cat's perspective.
A story about a door that closes and locks away people from each other, and also opens anew to every one.
Radell starts the next step in the class investigation: reading the cold case file.
A short fiction story that includes many aspects of the occult.
A short story about a woman's confession.
This is my summary of my book I'm writing called "In Love With A Vampire."
This story takes place in the year 2353. It consists of a space captain's log detailing the desperate battle against the "Flomongos".
Eighteenth birthdays are not all they're cracked up to be. They can lead to lost love, disease, and...DEATH!
A little girls harrowing experience with bobby pined hair.
Walking around out west during the summer.
The story of a busy woman, turned bitter by her missed perceptions. How she came to realize her mistake simply by observing two fawns' reactions to their dying mother.
Instead of spending my time in the pool, I took on my first summer job for the corner market in the summer of 1975, a time when 50 cents was a small fortune for kids like me.
Just remembering a love from long ago that I am glad didn't work out.
Follow the true story of two brothers adventure into the mysterious Willow Creek Canyon as they search for the lost Twin Tunnels. A nearly forgotten story sparks two young boys to take up the search for two mysterious tunnels once used by the military. What will they find?
The ever-clean townsfolk of Tidyville panic when they meet their new not-so-neat neighbor. This story is filled with humorous rhymes and creative occurrences that provide children with imaginative word play through alliterations.
A young gun man joins an experienced killer to shoot down Mr. Were, a widely spoke activist against rising violence in the city.