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Charmaine's Meaningful Affair

by Egmont0409 on Sep 16, 2017
Romance

CHAPTER 1 Sitting on a stool at the bar in a rowdy group who'd been to dinner at the Comedy House restaurant-theatre, Charmaine Ross noticed the curly-haired guy about her age studying her, thankfully appearing very casual about it. The heart of the bored woman fluttered. She hadn't committed adultery for a couple of years. Unless she did it soon she'd for...

Aspiring Novelist Pt. 01

by egmontgrigor2010 on Sep 16, 2017
Novels and Novellas

Casper and Janice Summers tried to do everything down the middle with Jonas and Billie, their blue-eyed blonde twins, to avoid having a favorite or at least showing favoritism and that policy lasted till college time. The Summer's ranch had been hit by drought two years in a row. As a consequence for the first time in eighteen years of the twins' life, Casp...

Billie's Writing Status Soars

by EgmontGrigor2019 on Jun 4, 2019
Novels and Novellas

Chapter 1 Casper and Janice Summers tried to do everything down the middle with Connor and Billie, their blue-eyed blonde twins, to avoid having favorites or at least showing favoritism, and that policy lasted till college time. The Summer's ranch had been hit by drought, two dry years in a row. As a consequence, for the first time in eighteen years of the...

Artscape

by Cromagnonman on Sep 12, 2017
Romance

Sophie and I have a great life. We compliment each other in every way, and are the envy of our circle of friends, who can't believe that two so dissimilar personalities can co-exist in a harmonious relationship such as ours. Sophie is an artist of some note, having had works accepted into the Archibald (The most prestigious portrait prize in Australian art)...

Aspiring Novelist Pt. 03

by egmontgrigor2010 on Sep 16, 2017
Novels and Novellas

Billie worked on a proposal for the cattle and horse ranch novel and sent it off to Under the Tree Publishing with the working title of 'Into the Saddle." Her editor Jocelyn Winter emailed next day: "Hi sweet young woman. We accepted your proposal this morning. Gary our executive editor pointed out we have a publishing slot four months hence, so it's yours...

Aspiring Novelist Pt. 04

by egmontgrigor2010 on Sep 16, 2017
Novels and Novellas

As soon as the TV crew cleared up and left the real party was underway just as Patricia and Billie returned from taking Mandy to the airport. "Why was Mandy jumping and yelling after being on the phone after closing the interview," Natalie asked. Her mother said, "Mandy told us in the car that was her producer telling Mandy it was her best interview in th...

Anonymous Pornographer

by EgmontGrigor2019 on Jan 16, 2019
Novels and Novellas

Chapter 1 The slightly erotic sound of popping corks from bottles of sparkling wine opened by inexperienced bar staff, was more or less ignored by the crowd, with one notable exception. The disrespectful attack on the wine-makers' craft made Paddy Llewellyn wince. He was aware that while New Zealand methode traditionnelle could not carry the exotic name...

In the Den of the Beast

by Mary_Pankhurst on Jul 10, 2018
Novels and Novellas

Note: The following is a work of fantasy and is not intended to be scientifically or medically accurate. Many of the following scenes are not practical, safe, or even possible to replicate. Open your mind, suspend disbelief, and enjoy. 1: The Invitation We first met working in the library at the tiny university we both attended. On a typical shift I'd be s...

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch

by HansTrimble on Sep 15, 2017
Romance

Chapter one "It was a dark and stormy evening, and we all sat around the campfire." How easily those words paraded across the blank page, as if they propelled themselves with no help from the keyboard. I stared at them, as I had so many times when real words wouldn't come. "Damn it!" I shouted at the monitor. "It wasn't my fault! Not one damned thing I coul...

Finding an Editor Ch. 02

by qhml1 on Sep 16, 2017
Loving Wives

Part one was in Romance, but they married, so I guess this qualifies as a loving wife story. One more segment to go. Thanks for reading. ................................................. I slept, dreaming odd dreams. I woke to the familiar smell of barbecue, the ultimate[for me]comfort food. Benny really didn't talk much as I ate. After we cleared the dish...