This is a work of fiction, any similarities to persons living or dead is completely coincidental. I hope that you don't think this story is too long and drawn out, I like stories that take you some place in the end, and getting there is half the fun. This is far removed from what I have done so far, I hope not too far, but I love this romantic era. Enjoy! E...
I work as a social worker at the asylum for mentally disturbed persons. Many of the people there are eccentric and unpredictable. There was one old woman, who has been here for over a decade. She was always very quiet and rarely spoke to anyone. Nobody knew why she stayed as most of us thought she was quite normal. I learnt that she was admitted for mental d...
Khaled was 20 years old and living on a farm with his mother and his father. He helped his father in raising the cattle and selling them on the market for money. He finished school but his father did not have enough money to send him to college so he stayed in his parents' farm and helped with the work. Khaled's mother, Najibi, was a beautiful woman. She wa...
This stand-alone story starts the morning after "Dara Is Instructed By Her Husband" which in turn follows "Dara Fishes For A Husband." Reading those stories is suggested but not required, most of the same characters are in all three. For the convenience of those who read the other stories, the chapters are numbered sequentially. Dara has caught Sung Ro, wit...
The Family Ritual -- Ch. 53 DUSTIN CASSIDY AND HOW IT ALL BEGAN By angelface195 ©2013 angelface195 all rights reserved *A note: First I want all of you Family Ritual fans to remember THIS WAS A DREAM! I dreamt the beginning and the end, so none of this is about my own spiritual or religious beliefs. IT WAS JUST A DREAM! This is the last chapter. My fir...
"Tell me." Ian Fraser pulled her body closer to his own, the warmth giving him strength as he sighed, taking a deep breath. The story was a long one but he could not deny her and so he began. ***** Many years ago when times were rough and common folk had to travel from place to place always searching for food to eat and a warm place to sleep, a young marr...
Father Brown had nothing like the famous Chestertonian character. He was quite young yet, he was not an Englishman, and his face absolutely did not remind the Norfolk dumplings. If it remembered something, it was the wind and the sea of the Aran Islands. A place the priest-detective would have found uncomfortable, but he was nostalgic about it. Especially si...
Harold flipped an omelet on the pan. He knew that Cybil had arrived with her husband. He wasn't going to give her a grand reception but then again, for Psyche's sake he would try to be nice. Sighing, he turned off the gas and went to greet his second daughter. Just as he reached the living room, a lithe female body collided against him and hugged his tight...
The news that the only Catholic Church in town was closing was no surprise. For years young people had been leaving the country town and even though there were plenty of Catholics around, it seemed that the only ones attending Mass were the widows, and even then irregularly. It was known widely that Father Brennan would be announcing the closure and on that...
Karim lived with his 39 year old mother Layla and his 52 year old father Elias in a nice home in a nice neighborhood. Karim was 18 years old, still studying to become a business man. His mother was a stay at home mom taking care of her husband and son. His father was a farmer working in the field to make a living for his family. Elias was considered lucky...