This is a re-post of a 2009 story that has been re-edited and lengthened. There is no sex in this story. Linda and I had been married for twenty-three years. We raised two daughters and I thought that we had a good marriage, but what did I know. I tried everything I could to be a good husband. I was attentive. I was not rude or overbearing. I didn't ignor...
********** My contribution to this year's 750-word story challenge. ********** Bright June sunlight streamed through the bay window as he adjusted the branches on the Christmas tree, bending them to conceal any gaps. "Better?" he asked. Elaine nodded in her chair. "From our honeymoon," he said, placing an ornament with an illustration of Niagara Falls...
Day of the sale He stood at the kitchen window, peering through the blinds. He looked past the now empty hummer feeder; "Always a waste of water", he had argued with his wife, and over the now neglected flower beds. Instead, he saw the milling crowd gathered in the driveway and disappearing around the corner as a single line he knew waited at his front doo...
Teo is a young man brought up by a single mother (Leah) and her sister (Evie). He is a very intelligent (a genius level), charming and persuasive (manipulative) man. His mother sent him to study farming in hopes that he would become a farmer with his own piece of land to live on. Teo indeed studied farming and various subjects related to farming, intensively...
LUCKY JACK Being the misadventures of one of life's losers. Chapter One: Jack the Despicable! * WARNING TO NEW READERS- This is a rambling, VERY British story which although being totally a work of fiction is partially based on a true confession told to me many years ago. The theme was made into a short story in the 1990s but has recently been modernized...
"Have you heard anything Tracy?" Mrs. Jones asked her son. Who was busy playing the latest video game on the TV in the living room. "No mom," Tracy said, his controller making the staccato tap-tap-tap his mother loathed. "I've been accepted at several schools, but no scholarships." "I told you to play sports," Mrs. Jones said. "How many times did I tell yo...
A difficult day The men looked at each other nervously, their flatten noses, scars and physical bulk betrayed the fact they were former Special Forces. They never said whom for, but from their accent people would guess Eastern European. Generally at this point people cared more about the gun pointing at them than to inquire further. Used to working at night...
//Hey Everyone. Some of ya'll are wondering when I will finish the series or how many chapters are left. I honestly don't know how many chapters are left. As I said, it's in novel format. So at least 20 or so more chapters full of secrets, thrills...and maybe kills ;P One thing I know for sure is that I want to finish this story by April 2016, so I can send...
'I should know better than to try and change it myself," were my thoughts, 'particularly in the midst of this torrential deluge. I should have waited for help. But damn it! My cell phone battery is dead and it's not like I call for help; on the other hand how hard can it be since the instructions are printed right here on the jack-stand pouch?' I must ha...
Note from Jake Rivers This is my sixth semi-annual "invitational". The initial one was based on the Statler Brother's song, "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 on any...