Note from Jake Rivers: This is my sixth semi-annual "invitational." The initial one was based on the Statler Brother's song, "This Bed of Rose's." The second used the Marty Robbins El Paso trilogy: "El Paso" "El Paso City " and "Faleena." The third had stories based on the various versions of "Maggie May" or "Maggie Mae." The fourth invitational was based o...
Do I love my husband? I know I should be able to answer that question in a heartbeat. But I can't, so I guess that's an answer too. I do know that I must have loved him, once. Could I have fallen out of love -- or at least out of thinking I loved him? Many people say you can't fall out of love. If you do, they say, it can't have been true love to begin wit...
CHAPTER 8 Three months of living in New York had made Milly aware she'd changed a little but whether it was for the good she remained uncertain, not having analyzed it in depth. She was pushing thirty-three and now living with a man who loved her who was waiting patiently for her to make a similar declaration. She knew she would; she just wanted a little mo...
Authour's Note: This is part two of Runaway, a story for the Highway Song event arranged by blackrandl1958. To fully enjoy the story, I suggest starting with part one, where Lacey leaves her small town on a quest to find her brother Sean. Along the way, she meets Noah, who appoints himself her guardian as she realizes life outside her small town is a bit mo...
© 2020, All rights reserved -- mimaster ~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Janie sat in her kitchen, her hand gripping the pen tightly. She'd listened to the message on her answering machine at least a dozen times, the pit in her stomach growing each time she heard the soft, sweet, confident voice of the woman that left it. Picking up the note pad off the counter, she stared...
Rebirth. So oft talked about, celebrated in movies and literature. To be pushed again through that amnion and expectorated into life, refreshed and renewed. Was that what he was hoping for? That fateful night where seconds ticked by in acrid droplets that burned through the membranes of his memory. The one where his persona - that richly cerebral being, all...
Oh man...When the time had finally come, and I had actually gotten into college (surprisingly because of MY old grades back in High School). I never could have DREAMED, that things like THIS would soon be happening in my life. I mean I'm just an average kid really. No real redeeming or special qualities, to speak about honestly. Meanwhile the whole time I've...
Author's Notes: Here it is. The finale, the conclusion! This is going up in the Romance category, as, well, Paul and Kat have experienced most everything in the First Time area. Here we get to see... well, you'll find out as you read it. A few disclaimers: names are used as reference points to enhance the plot. This is, after all, a work of fiction. I'...
Author's Note: All the characters in this story are over 18 and completely fictional. That special someone. Once upon a time there was a young girl who believed that friends could be trusted and love waits... No, this isn't a fairytale, but what she believed was. She was called Kelsey but she grew up, so now I'm called Kelsey and I'm a totally different...
Author's Note: Need to lose weight? How about some incentives? That was the conversation I had with DFWBeauty years ago that spawned this story. This is a long Brownwood story about cheating, betrayal and recovery, and isn't much of a BTB. It's more a man's long road to reach a place where he can survive between his fantasies and the real world. It's a long...