by
regularguy13
on Sep 26, 2017
First Time
In 1817, a good friend of mine, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, suggested that if a writer could infuse "a semblance of truth" into a fantastic tale, the reader would suspend judgment concerning the implausibility of the narrative.
I've infused some truth into this story (scientists think about 42% of men with sickle cell disease will get priapism at some time in...
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Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Chapter 1
Melody fidgeted anxiously in her seat. She looked back and forth between the comlink processor in her lap, the podium, and the other reporters seated around her. She smiled at the guy sitting to her right. "I've never been part of a Presidential press conference before. I'm Melody. Just graduated from school last year and I'm already here covering...
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by
SisterJezabel
on Jul 6, 2020
Romance
I remember the day before my sixteenth birthday with great clarity. I had been shopping with friends in the city and made my way home on the train. I texted my parents' phones to tell them the train had arrived and there were no busses. The walk home was up a steep hill and took almost an hour. Usually one of them would drop everything and come and meet me p...
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by
TarnishedPenny
on Mar 18, 2020
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
A bespoke story, one for a person with their own set of fantasies.
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I know a place, a place of warm sun, endless beaches and eternal youth, a place of perfect fruit eaten seconds from the vine, of buttery fish, enchanting wine and limitless tranquility, a place free from pests, disease, clothes and trash, a place without politics, breaking news, social me...
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by
Navaura
on Sep 14, 2017
NonHuman
Chicago:
Obsessive: A persistent disturbing preoccupation with an often unreasonable idea or feeling: compelling motivation. (2013, Merriam Webster)
Excessive: Exceeding what is usual, proper, or necessary...(2013, Merriam Webster)
Tavis
Excessive: That's my word for today. Mom said I needed to learn it because she was so tired of hearing me talk about...
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by
carvohi
on Sep 18, 2017
Romance
An apology and an introduction from the writer:
I have three stories on Literotica that I have not finished; two, Love in the Cross Hairs and Allyson, are still active, and will be completed imminently. Please be patient. This story, Too Clever by a Mile, has been finished, and will be submitted, a chapter a week, until it is all on line. So for anyone who...
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by
JakeRivers
on Sep 16, 2017
Romance
Author's Note:
Thanks to Techsan and Lady Cibelle for their great editing assistance – they are the best!
Enjoy!
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WHAT PRICE PARADISE?
"If I commit suicide, it will not be to destroy myself but to put myself back together again."
- Antonin Artaud
I lay there in the tub, thinking how my life had gone bad so fast. Even now, two months later, I was st...
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by
ribnitin
on Nov 12, 2019
Loving Wives
This is a prequel to, and assumes you've read Promises, Promises pt. 1. My thanks to Bad Hobbit for his insightful comments on the original draft.
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She was perfect, and I hadn't expected that. I was looking for something specific: a straightforward explanation of how enzymes use quantum tunneling to transfer electrons. I wasn't expecting to meet the l...
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by
BobbyBrandt
on Mar 2, 2020
Novels and Novellas
"Correct me if I'm wrong," said Tyler, "but isn't Katie's risk pretty much isolated to California? If she no longer lived there, the chance of her ever being identified as the Shoreline Angel would be effectively eliminated, wouldn't it?"
The assembled group, which consisted of Tyler, Katie, Bobby, Patty, JR, Rockie, Jason, Franc, Cile and Joey, all sat aro...
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by
Roytomkinson
on Jul 29, 2019
Loving Wives
Chapter Seventeen
Relating the horror of Tenerife and how the infection had spread to several countries made for a very troubled breakfast. James made Carolyn and John aware of what had happened in the other dimension and what was to follow here if not stopped. "They are desperate for a vaccine, any progress?"
"No, I've been working on it constantly. I an...
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