I stared at the text message on my phone as my son played alone in the sandbox. 'Having a wonderful time. Thank you for everything,' it read. Innocuous enough if anyone read it, but like an onion there were dozens of hidden layers. The simple truth was that my friend was thanking me for saving her marriage. That's right, without a degree, without any experie...
Call me Sammy, please. I kind of prefer it to my full name, Samirah Taariq. I'm a young woman living in the City of Ottawa, Province of Ontario. The daughter of a Lebanese father and Somali mother. I was raised in the City of Baalbek in Southern tier of the Republic of Lebanon, and have lived in Canada for the past ten years. I'm nineteen years old. My mothe...
I took a little longer getting ready for work this morning as I was going to confront Mr. Green full on about my phone, but more of that a little later. Had a lovely surprise on Saturday I was taken to the hairdresser and had my hair done in ringlets, it's the first time I had ever been to a salon as my mum's sister is a hairdresser and usually did us both...
Hello. Again if you want a story where the cheating bitch is punished and ruined for her indiscretion. please chose another story. If you have taken the time to read my other work. You will know that i do not believe in throwing away long term relationships. * Chapter One: The beginning. My first affair started so innocently. At the time I had been marrie...
A 'thank you' goes out to readers who have checked for updates regularly and gotten in touch. Despite being plagued by a combination of work overload and some doubts over beliefs in creativity after a minor saga (in relation to a sequel posted on this site), outofshadows is back. Inspiration tends to strike at the oddest of times and this new story is my eff...
A.D. 999. In the ancient Continent of Drakoonia, fear for the announced end of the world had taken control in every corner and the same had happened in the small Kingdom of Lombrady. King Lockhard died defending the borders of his realm from the neighboring Kingdom of Swabia and afterwards, taking his place was the pregnant Queen, according to the royal law....
Disclaimer: This material is intended for an adult audience. All characters and situations described in this story are fictitious in nature. The individuals portrayed in this reading are presumed to be of legal age to engage in sexual activity. It was the start of my fifth year at Braxton High School; to say I was nervous would have been the biggest und...
Once again, I'd like to give a huge thanks to rnebular for again taking the time to edit and make suggestions to improve the story. Just a warning that this story has some disturbing content and someone dies -- I promised to give warning after "Dueling" caught people off-guard. The 'insect incident' is inspired by actual events -- at least a local event that...
Tuesday, 5 shopping days to Christmas Lady Barbara Sands did not actually see the news the previous night, so was completely unaware of Daniel Medcalf's broadcast. However, when she walked down to the village first thing that frosty morning, to collect her newspaper and a few groceries, everyone she met stopped her to talk about it. It wasn't long before sh...
** Originally written as Darkeyeddemon, when I lived on the east coast of Florida. In the wake of hurricane Katrina this story takes on new life and meaning for me. I donated blood and gave what money I could, but I still feel this sense of loss and vertigo as if there's something else I can do that I haven't thought of yet. If you know someone who was affec...