Sarah was sitting in front of the fire in her northern English home reading a Harry Potter novel. The weather had turned suddenly from bright and sunny to wet and miserable. "How very English, but we can't complain," she thought, "as rain is what makes this the green and pleasant land. Look at those photos of Australia with vast areas of dry red soil stret...
Renwa was standing in front of her house. "What should I do with THIS?" "Look, if I have Tyrande purify it, can I please keep it?" "We'll discuss it." He sighed. "I feel compelled to apologize to you for being so harsh. My decree still stands." "Nah. I guess I was just more shocked that you'd actually yell at me." "You do realize that you just scared ha...
Chris was nervous. He had been with his girlfriend Jordan since they were 18 and their relationship had survived everything that was thrown at it, including Chris being let go from his job. They were in a really good place. It didn't matter, though, he was still nervous. When Jordan came home from work that night she walked into the house to soft jazz and...
This is the story about how someone fucked up my life and I didn't even realise until it was too late and I was left with nothing but bittersweet memories and a real burning hatred for him and the worst part is I know he got away with it. To understand my story, I will go back to when I met the bastard at teacher training college in the 1980s. I am Francis...
It was only when Jordan stepped off the plane into the balmy warmth of the early morning sunshine at the Cote D'Azure Airport in Nice that the reality finally hit her. She was in the south of France and about to embark on a crazy adventure of fun and utter indulgence. It had all started as a bet; a silly wager that had happened in a flirty and competitive...
Around five p.m. one evening my cellphone rang, I looked and saw it was my wife. I picked up and said, "Hey Honey, what's up?" "Hey Babe, I'm really sorry, but I won't be home tonight. We've got a really big deadline and we're going to be pulling an all-nighter," she replied. I told her it was okay, we told each I love you and I hung up. I knew there was n...
Copyright May 2011 John Carter This is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to any person or persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. Meredith was sitting so close that Jordan could smell the conditioner she had used that morning. The scent stuck in his nose like cotton. He loved that smell. It reminded him of when he was a child and his mother woul...
On the drive home from the airport, Gwen received a call from Amber Stahl. They spoke for quite a while before Gwen placed her phone back in her purse. "Amber wants to interview us about our trip to DC. She was upset last week when we told her about our trip and her station wouldn't send her to cover it. They felt that the heavy hitters, like Bill Hardy wou...
*Author's note: Insecurities seem trivial, and many are. Sometimes though, an insecurity is based on something real and gets so deeply internalized, it becomes a part of us, and occasionally, it can be debilitating. It could be anything from a lazy eye to unsightly teeth to morbid obesity to something as horrific as severe facial burns. Or it could be someth...
Jordan felt a buzz in his pocket as he slung his laptop bag around his shoulder and shut the locker door with his foot. He waved to a passing friend and fished out his phone. New Message : Sorry J, meeting got cancelled. Mr. hart didn't show up so student council cant meet today -- Reply/Ignore He groaned and leaned against the wall to respond. Thanks for...