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The Irreverent Mandy Jack

by Egmont0409 on Sep 16, 2017
Romance

CHAPTER 1 Mandy Jack had another of those useless thoughts: Why had she given up smoking? For health reasons you useless dope, she sniffed, waiting for coffee. She wished she could have thought useless slut but a guy hadn't popped her for close to a month and so the word slut was inappropriate. Also why give yourself a bad name? God she was bored. She had...

Susie Ch. 18

by Susie_O on Sep 15, 2017
Romance

Advice Columnist My name is Susie O'Connell. Near the end of my first semester at the local community college my English teacher, Ms. Richards, asked me to stay after class. A girl came in and Ms. Richards introduced her as Darlene White, the editor of the school paper. Darlene told me that the paper needed an advice columnist and that I had been recommende...

The End of the American Way of Life

by Bakeboss on Sep 16, 2017
Reviews & Essays

I wish to pose the question, 'Will the Internet be the end of life in America as we know it?' I find this a difficult subject to write on with an unbiased eye, as I am a big fan of the Internet and find myself on it daily. We see institutions of the American way of life collapsing around us every day and most due at least in part to the Internet. As a long...

Susie Ch. 19

by Susie_O on Sep 15, 2017
Erotic Couplings

Confrontation My name is Susie O'Connell. At the time this story begins I was a freshman at the local community college. My English teacher and the school paper advisor, Ms. Richards, and the editor of the paper, Danielle White, had asked me to write the advice column for the paper. I agreed hoping that the experience would help me realize my desire to beco...

Seduction at College

by Golden Pen on Sep 16, 2017
Mature

I guess you might say that I was one of the youngest student advisors and professors on campus. I teach "Journalism" at a university in northern California. It is a tough ladder to climb when you are a female. At age 30, I was among many seasoned and tenured professors that were just waiting for me to make a mistake, so I made sure I walked on the straight a...

An English House Party Ch. 09

by AMY_Monaco on Sep 19, 2017
Romance

Author's Note: Thanks for reading everyone! And remember to vote! *** The morning they were due to attend a ball Emma woke very early. Before breakfast was served, she took a short ride in Hyde Park. She thought the morning air would clear her head, but not a half hour into her ride, her thoughts turned to the one man she was trying to avoid. "Morning, E...

Sharon's in Love

by Egmont Grigor on Sep 16, 2017
Romance

CHAPTER 1 Hostess Helen Horsely watched intently the new recruit who had been introduced to her as Thomas Thom walked away. Her husband Hudson was managing partner of HBW, Certified Public Accountants and Advisors, and this was the Horselys' bi-monthly cocktail party for people on the HBW payroll along with partners to foster goodwill and togetherness. He...

Rev. Thomas, Matchmaker

by EgmontGrigor2020 on Oct 13, 2020
Romance

Chapter 1 Bridesmaid Gael Hemmings, already bored from the dreariest church wedding that she'd ever attended, listened to her friend and the chief bridesmaid Ruby Evans, struggle to say uplifting things about the bride, their unspectacular fringe-friend, Betty Smith. Betty's father had abandoning the family thirteen years earlier and the bride's mother, a...

The Not so Secret Agent Ch. 03

by Edscribblings on Sep 16, 2017
Novels and Novellas

Chapter 3: Calling Home Arthur really couldn't read the Danubian newspaper, but to pass the time before trial he started looking through the pictures. There were photographs of floods and fires as well as weather forecast graphics and comics like any other newspaper. But when Arthur found the front page it made him cringe, below the bold headline was a cri...

In the Beginning was the Word

by kathyd on Aug 18, 2017
First Time

After tossing her long blond hair over her shoulders, and then positioning her sunglasses over her eyes to cut the intense glare, Becky lay back comfortably on her beach towel. It was the end of August, and although the late-afternoon sun was still warm and bright, the beach was sparsely populated. Becky had one week of summer vacation remaining before she...