When the young and ambitious Continental Congress of the United States signed the Northwestern Treaty in 1787, it opened up the lands west of the Ohio and Allegheny rivers to homesteading. The original thirteen colonies had felt the need to expand beyond the eastern coastal area, into the unexplored western lands. By boat or by land, settlers arrived at a sm...
Thanks to all who have taken the time to read and vote! My little story ranks up high and I can't tell you how happy that makes me! I'm still shocked people are enjoying it...but it is certainly incentive to write. A continued thank you to Steve150177 for his pursuit of perfection. He adds clarity and I really appreciate it. Yes, we're working on not putti...
Hello everyone. I so appreciate the comments from the last chapter. I took more time with this one and it is longer. I hope you enjoy it as well. Thank you for voting and please continue to read. This story will be concluding soon. Sultry * Joe could hear the shower running and he slowly took off his boots. He pulled his shirt over his head and threw it o...
This story was inspired by "Tough Love," a 2012 story by graymangazer in which a husband down on his luck lets himself be controlled and eventually enslaved by his wife and her boss. While the initial premise and some of the original set-up is very similar to that story, the rest is completely different, with a different story line, different characters and...
Getting into the house without being heard was easy, all Jerry had to do was go around back and open the basement door. He couldn't go in the front, the alarm system he had installed at his wife Shelly's insisting would go off. She had been a complete nut about that for some reason, bugging Jerry until he finally installed the system. Opening the garage...
I had several requests to add a third and final chapter to Irene and Jack, this is my attempt to do so. ***** The kids arrived early, which was a good thing in my book. They'd been out to dinner. I shook his hand again, Edith introduced me to him properly and we headed into the kitchen. I asked if it was okay to talk there since so many family decisions h...
"He's here!" Ruby Goddard stood wincing at the pain of her swollen ankles. Seeing the massive starship X'Orr looming directly over Eden scared her knowing the truth within. She knew the ship and its inhabitants could not enter without Gaea's blessing but the sight of it blocking out the sky still worried her. Even God, the old man beside her felt the differ...
1969 The Summer of My Life I was doing lunch dishes as I watched him make the long walk up my drive, the dust billowing from under his shoes with every step. It reminded me of when I was a girl and Uncle Clarence would let me take the reins as we rode the hay wagon. I would be mesmerized as I watched their hooves hit the ground, a puff of dust flew each tim...
(Based on a suggestion by Anon. Thanks to a different Anon for the better title!) Chapter 1: Sunday Caitlyn sat on her couch, lazily flipping through the channels, finding nothing interesting to watch. Somehow, her husband had activated the long-dormant V-chip in her television to block all the sexy channels. What a joke! As if he really cared if she playe...
Note: This story was submitted in late March, but has nothing to do with April Fool's Day. Anyone portrayed having sex is over eighteen. This is fiction; as always, all characters and events, etc. are figments of our imagination and have no connection to any living or dead persons, or true events. In other words, we repeat - this is all fiction. Jenny and...