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Rebel's Remorse
A first-person narrator weighs the merits of rebelling against his heritage.
0Literary fiction
The Transformation of Seth Riley
Seth is unsure of himself and his future--until he meets Neil.
5Literary fiction
Coming Back
A writer is asked in a radio interview why he made the absurd choice of returning from exile before the conflict is resolved....
0Literary fiction
Neither Will You
A man, questionably, gives a speech to a hall full of American voters.
0Literary fiction
Last Wish
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0Literary fiction
The Rainbow
A rainy afternoon without rainbow and lots of frustrations for a middle-aged woman
1Literary fiction
little girl and secrets twirl
a mothers love lead to even bigger love, but a secret made her pay.
0Literary fiction
Gospel Redux
All Ever Again
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Another Morning
We resist time, and then we wonder about the promise that was inside.
0Literary fiction
Crossing Kitty-Corner/a midlife crisis
This chapter comes from a memoir I recently finished about how I navigated the midlife transition, coped with social anxiety,...
0Literary fiction
Ages 'n Ages Hence; The Fall of Democracy
The day's world with bare facts, as seen from a better view; through the life of a balloon.
0Literary fiction
Momma's Kitchen
After nineteen years of being alive and Terry is finally going to meet her birth mother but is the mother she's dying to meet...
0Literary fiction
The Summer of the Riotous Walls
The Riotous Walls is a fictionalized memoir of the summer of 1991 in a sweltering upstairs apartment on the outskirts of a small...
0Literary fiction
My two hearts
Twin girls lost their mother when they were four years old. They have never gotten along. That broke the grandmothers heart. When...
0Literary fiction
<Leo> Chapter 1
Leo's in love. At least, he thinks he is. It's complicated. But of course, that's what happens when you fall for Ruby La Rouge...
1Literary fiction
Caldor
The time has come...
0Literary fiction
Racine - Part Two
Continuing the story of Racine. Still at the mercy of Roberto and others, Racine continues with his struggles in the orphanage....
0Literary fiction
The Broch Chapter One
Archaeologist Dom finds modern bones at a pre-historic broch (round tower) he is excavating on Scotland’s western shores. And...
2Literary fiction
kicked from haven
an old man who lost his lover in younge age and she left him a note that she will see him in haven some day and so he saw her...
0Literary fiction
Blessington
Absolutism fuels fanaticism and conflicts all over the globe. From religious to political and scientific treatise, lines are drawn...
2Literary fiction