By: Daniel C. Tomas | 2010-06-04 | Short Stories To Between and Back During the years of my childhood, there used to be an old jeep in the park, rusted over from years sitting in the same spot. In the winter there''d be the occasional blizzard and during the spring massive thunderstorms that seemed to never end. read more
By: Lesley Allen | 2010-05-31 | Short Stories Unlike most of her friends, Nadine loved housework. She used it as therapy. Today, once she had finished cleaning the sitting room, she stood quite still for a few moments to relish the homely atmosphere. read more
By: L.E.M.S. | 2010-06-04 | Short Stories "I''m going to go into producing." From there I watched him spend countless hours in a 4x4 foot room in our college''s editing studio, perfecting the tapes that he would send out. Days we would spend writing and re-writing his resumes, cover letters, portfolio descriptions. read more
By: Kevin Lamb | 2010-06-01 | Short Stories Many years ago I was driving a truck over the road, and was gone anywhere from a week, to three weeks at a time. It was very difficult being away from my family for that long a time. read more
By: Zhuoshi Xie | 2010-05-31 | Short Stories In my excitement of leaving the wretched place, I didn''t think about the most important item in my life when I stuffed almost everything I owned into several huge suitcases. In fact, I hadn''t thought about it for more than a year. read more
By: JP Shaw | 2010-06-03 | Short Stories Apple Juice and Coffee * "I can''t wait to meet you." "Me too." "You know I never imagined it would be this way. I miss you. I should be back by the 9th. I think we should meet then..." "Sounds good to me and... I miss you too. read more
By: Milton Johanides | 2010-05-31 | Short Stories Those were days indeed when we were together; a sweetness in the air that I thought we would always have. I breathed it in without noticing. Touching you was like a miracle, yet I took it for granted. I can''t believe now how much we complained. read more
By: Janet Harris | 2010-06-03 | Short Stories I don''t know why Max insisted that we come back here, he''s full of stupid ideas these days. I wasn''t too sure about coming on holiday with him at all because to tell the truth, we havn''t been getting on too well lately. read more
By: Jessica Lynn Lovelace | 2010-05-31 | Short Stories The Legend I stand at the top of the mountain looking down, down, down. To what? What did she see as she raised her arms letting her wish burn the air? Even now I feel the heat of her wish, a young desperate fire slashing at the rain. read more
By: Author Stacey Chillemi | 2010-05-28 | Short Stories Crossing Over What awaits us as we leave the world we were born and raised in? An environment that has taught us everything we know. The topic of death is topic that can be debated for hours on end. read more
By: J. Lee Kenser | 2010-05-29 | Short Stories Kacey the night nurse entered the floor and immediately looked into room 231, “Did the doctor tell him today?” she asked looking at the nurse at the main desk. “Yeah, he has just laid their crying for the last two hours. read more
By: M Pereira | 2010-05-28 | Short Stories Miss Margaret Ferryweather looked out of her window. Her mood was drab, as drab as the mist around their moors. She felt as cold as an igloo, and was sure that her feelings were etched upon her face, and made her look horrid. read more
By: Jocelyn Luk | 2010-05-28 | Short Stories John Fabian I sat there waiting. I was nervous. I could tell. I normally don’t get nervous, but I am now. My hands were sweating, and I seriously wanted something to hold onto. Patricia, at least, had Matty, who slept away, oblivious of the importance of this meeting to him. read more
By: William Cobbs | 2010-06-02 | Writing & Speaking Chapter XIV I was extremely happy to saygoodbye to the Navy and to war and to distances from my read more
By: Dian Ary | 2010-05-31 | Writing & Speaking Having to stay at home due to giving birth to my first child. The image I once had as ''young, active, and busy'' gradually disappeared, taken over by the common social image as a housewife as ''feminine, caring and at home''. read more
By: Nina Cole | 2010-03-30 | Pets Pet Sitters are often asked if there is any so called 'downside', to being a pet sitter, and truth be told, there is very little. However, I am often dismayed by the cramped conditions in which some rabbits, guinea pigs and small furies are kept. It can be the result of ignorance, failure to give appropriate information by pet shops, but mostly, I believe, the fault of the manufacturers, that continue to make such small and inappropriate housing for these animals. read more
By: Sarah Parrish | 2010-05-31 | Writing & Speaking I''ve heard his stories before. I''ve heard the one about saving my sister from a burning building read more