Tag: living
group name: shortfiction
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July 05, 2006 08:01 PM EDT --
Seven days ago I married a nerd. Now, nobody will talk to me. It all started off as a bet. Destiny has a strange way of changing people.
It happened one night at the Sea Breeze Bar where my friends and . . . more
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May 28, 2006 07:57 PM EDT --
Sheila's Night Out On The Town
This was not going to be another lonely Saturday night for Sheila. She had finally summoned up the nerve and decided after eight years to take the plunge. She was . . . more
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June 06, 2006 04:02 AM EDT --
Pure Evil - Stalking Lizzeth
They had a deep seated desire to see her suffer. They malingered at first. They harbored feelings of ill will and sought satisfaction. They carried on secretly, . . . more
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June 27, 2006 10:05 AM EDT --
Agent George Stone
Agent George Stone had been driving all day in the sweltering heat of the Arizona sun. Night had finally came and without warning a thick fog had descended down upon the road and . . . more
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October 03, 2006 10:52 AM EDT --
The Cat's Seat
I love her but damn. Look at her lying there on her back. She takes up the entire couch. She is not a petite . . . more
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August 21, 2006 12:23 AM EDT --
I had been told that longevity runs in my family but I didn't believe it. Although my father lived into his late seventies, most of my relatives surrendered their lives much earlier to the usual . . . more
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April 29, 2006 03:06 PM EDT --
She had been careful with her virginity, as if it were a hundred-dollar-bill she felt unable to spend on new shoes for fear of missing the rent. She had tested her men with wildness, . . . more
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April 13, 2006 04:22 PM EDT --
This is my first attempt at a summary for my novel.
Please proof, review, critique, edit and advise. Thanks.
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"In A Vehicle To Somewhere"
A story about the resiliency, . . . more
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August 05, 2006 05:43 PM EDT --
Fred In Suburbia - Mad Bees Two Word Challenge
At the end of the cul-de-sac in the suburbs of Personal lived Fred Fry. Fred was a 55 year old production of no other kind. His neighbors ostracized him . . . more
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December 19, 2006 04:07 AM EST --
Not the tortuous totters
Of the hairpin bends
The chilly disrespect
Of a November night
Nor the rheumatic horse
On spindly trunks
Will coax my strains into trouble
. . . more
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December 19, 2006 04:24 AM EST --
Many times
We ask questions
Of the blinking bulbs in our soul
We ponder
The cleaving fears
Which rock our pangolo dance
We are
Forced to glimpse our twin-shades
Seeing his . . . more
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June 23, 2006 04:42 AM EDT --
Fireside 10: Goodbye and Hello
Hi, this is the earliest ever that you've dropped by. Why, it's only just on dusk. My, that's a big motor home you've parked . . . more
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June 21, 2006 09:08 PM EDT --
Love Lies…Lelo
Through the luscious green valleys they bolted on their two majestic horses. Coming to a pond, shimmering in the brilliant sunlight, they came to an abrupt halt. Camellia and . . . more
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December 20, 2006 03:35 AM EST --
Another night
And the weaves show signs
Of broken tethers
Another evening
And the weariness of
Ceaseless chatter
Lean heavily on a tired mind
Another day
And the words . . . more
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October 09, 2006 10:36 PM EDT --
This evening I spied with my two eyes
a most wonderous worrysome thing.
Black Vultures and Ravens flocking and circling.
Wingspans of over six feet as they flew from the trees.
What, oh what, could . . . more
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March 23, 2006 10:54 PM EST --
She tried to look inconspicuous. It wasn't difficult. There were lots of tourists in the church, their knit caps poking over threefold brochures. They scuffled through the antiquities of Saint Patrick's . . . more
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September 18, 2006 11:45 PM EDT --
As I read through the dozens of articles and the various views, my own callous remarks and those of others, I ask myself why I must suffer the consequences of my convictions.
For me, it is to help . . . more
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June 20, 2006 11:50 PM EDT --
We sat around in fear, wondering if this would be the time that we were cut. The atmosphere in the workplace was dismal, we were on our 3rd company name, and this one did not seem any more stable . . . more
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June 03, 2006 09:44 PM EDT --
Addison was truly well-named - for every year of his married life he had steadily increased his total progeny so that a regular swarm of sons (and daughters) touched every crease and . . . more
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December 04, 2005 12:40 AM EST --
Today is your wedding day. You are sitting in front of your vanity brushing your long blonde hair. You know that you should be happy but all you can think about are the recurring dreams.
In the . . . more
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