* * * * * Copyright Oggbashan January 2006 The author asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work. This is a work of fiction. The events described here are imaginary; the settings and characters are fictitious and are not intended to represent specific places or living persons. * * * * * The following are 15 fifty-word stories wit...
We were just married and in the car, on our way to the cabin where we would spend our honeymoon. I was nervous -- I felt like I was suddenly sitting next to a stranger and I couldn't think of anything to say. Perhaps Robert was nervous too, because he seemed to be going very fast. Much too fast. I didn't want to say anything and seem like I was wining. I d...
The electric yellow jacket hung in an insignificant corner of the department store, hidden on a rack of clearance items between a family of forgotten and unwanted blouses and skirts that were probably unfit for the tackiest of dressers. Fingering through them, I half expected a family of moths to flutter out. I wasn't sure what drew me to the jacket, and I...
Depression is Some stories on Literotica are hard to read. They may hit too close to home, or describe cruel or violent events, or contain so many errors that the reader is distracted from the narrative flow; No matter the cause, the reader is no longer willing to suspend disbelief (cf. Coleridge, Samuel Taylor). The story fails because the reader is no lon...
Casualty radius is defined as the radius of a circle about the point of detonation in which it may be expected that 50 percent of exposed troops will become casualties. Sometimes the effects of infidelity reach beyond those cheating and those being cheated on. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ He stopped on the steps of the building to allow his body to adjust...
Astrid in Love Free the Dancing Llamas Chapter 9: Guilt ———— Caius had always been the kind of man to stand by his word, If he promised he'd do something - it didn't matter to who - then he would do everything in his power to do it. Even at great personal cost. Even. At. Great. Personal. Cost. Especially when it came to his clan. The Melbourn...
I try to hide the way my breath hitches as we step outdoors once more. It never gets old. The sun is generous and warm and its rays on my skin feel like liquid happiness. I take in a breath for what feels like the first time in a long time. "Humans are easily impressed, hm?" My emotional response to the gardens doesn't go unnoticed by Ashford, whose eyes se...
Veronica Samorn was excited about her upcoming day. Her lessons were on point and she knew it. Introducing students to a new topic was always a thrill. But this class was proving to rewarding. Unlike some other classes she had taught in her tenure this group was able to think on their own, participate when needed and be almost...insightful. College juniors w...
Jake walked back into the other room that Juno was in. The poor man was a devastated wreck the sheer amount of guilt the man felt was clearly etched on his face. "Juno?" Jake asked as soon as he knelt beside Juno. "Juno!" Jake almost shouted when the older man was unresponsive. Hesitantly the man raised his head an extremely distraught look on his face. "I'...
*** From Aveline Erickana Ruben's diary: 8th October 2008, 8.00 AM, my bed. I skipped school. Avvie From Carinelle Hynes Thorn's diary: 8th October 2008, 9.30 PM, the living room. Why did I let Avvie skipped school? With regret, Carrie. From Aveline Erickana Ruben's diary: 8th October 2008, 8.20 AM, sprawled on the bedroom floor. I couldn't take...