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Szent Johanna Gimi - I. A kezdet | by Jasmin Fath March 04, 2012 | 95603 words | Read a sample |
| EZ egy magyarra fordÃtott könyv | ||||
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I Earn My Keep | by Lon Maisttison March 03, 2012 | 35805 words | Read a sample |
| "I Earn My Keep" is a story about a smart, beautiful and very successful business lady who wins a three billion dollar contract after being kidnapped by a rival competitor and rescued by Air Rescue. But, love awaits her when she goes to Mallorca to pay for her rescue. | ||||
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Naively Irrelevant | by B.M. Hodges Feb. 24, 2012 | 12508 words | Read a sample |
| Naively Irrelevant is an ode to the anguish of infidelity, a small morsel of bitter fiction. | ||||
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Fling: A Short Story Collection | by M Koleosho Feb. 22, 2012 | 17839 words | Read a sample |
| Fling is a collection of short stories centered around relationships and interactions that rarely turn out the way they should. | ||||
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The Favour Men: Lost & Found | by Firas Janabi Feb. 22, 2012 | 11127 words | Sample 30% |
| The Favour Men find a scarred and damaged baby in an alleyway after a hard nights drinking. The discovery sends them off to find out what happened and those responsible. Harry begins to question his own history as unanswered questions of his past are resurfaced. | ||||
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Lost | by Graham Alder Feb. 21, 2012 | 3302 words | Read a sample |
| 'But this is the centre of Bangkok. How can you be lost?' Harry asked incredulously. How can a man lose his pregnant wife, luggage and find himself lost without an idea where he is in the centre of Bangkok with only a couple of hours left to find his wife and get to the airport for their connecting flight? | ||||
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Mil | by Björn Björkegren Feb. 18, 2012 | 104 words | Read a sample |
| Låt inför Eurovision Song Contest 2013? Yeah! (Ur "Takt&Ton" på Förlaget Oktaven) | ||||
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The Absolutely Boring Life of Mya | by Dora Okeyo Feb. 15, 2012 | 6172 words | Read a sample |
| Mya's special, sweet, and bored out of her mind with what happens in her life-that's before David, Clive and Wayne all show up-and she realizes that love though beautiful is complicated and all she does is run... | ||||
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Not thirsty for This | by Dave Riessen Feb. 14, 2012 | 768 words | Read a sample |
| This was just a dream, more like a nightmare. But it was laughable, until it started to unfold. Would you cross the street? | ||||
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Big Bad Wolf Stories: The True Story of Little Red Riding Hood | by Stephen Connor Feb. 12, 2012 | 3587 words | Read a sample |
| The Truth About Little Red Riding Hood or The Shape of the Axe [translated and modified from the original spanish in tribute to Jorge Luis Borges and his immortal tale ‘La Forma de la Espada’] | ||||
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Ethan And Richard | by Dora Okeyo Feb. 09, 2012 | 3244 words | Read a sample |
| Richard walked out on his son, Ethan, eighteen years ago-and now he's back. He has a month to live after battling Lung Cancer, and he wants to set things right, he wants Ethan's forgiveness. Ethan does not want anything to do with him.But Richard is persistent...will he win? | ||||
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The Last Story I Will Ever Write About Her | by Shane Grey Feb. 08, 2012 | 2563 words | Read a sample |
| Have you ever been in love with a co-worker? Been obsessed with one person? Ever had a craving for potato chips while you ponder life? The unnamed main character in this tale... | ||||
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Lydia | by Björn Björkegren Feb. 08, 2012 | 497 words | Read a sample |
| Undergång. | ||||
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An Irish Love Story | by Russ Durbin Feb. 07, 2012 | 35622 words | Read a sample |
| One Irish Spring (circa mid-1970s) An American businessman on his first trip to Ireland meets Maggie, a brash red-head who has a low opinion of Yanks. Despite her attitude, he invites her to be his tour guide after hearing her passionately describe Ireland's beautiful beaches and mountains. They start out for the beach and wind up lost in the mountains. | ||||
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The Night One-Ten Conquered Two-Eighty | by Shane Grey Feb. 07, 2012 | 1679 words | Read a sample |
| Preston Thomas hates his job. But he does it anyway. As a functioning alcoholic working at a psyche hospital, but on this night things go particularly bad. | ||||
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Afternoons on the De Keyserlei | by Jeannie van Rompaey Feb. 07, 2012 | 4812 words | Read a sample |
| Two women past their prime sit on the terrace of the Café Hulstkamp on the De Keyserlei in Antwerp, sipping coffee. They have known each other since schooldays but have never been friends. They sit at separate tables hoping that, for the price of a few whiskies, they can buy the company of an attractive young man for a few hours. But how dangerous is the game they are playing? | ||||
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Kiskutya - A Musician's Tale | by Robert James Tootell Feb. 07, 2012 | 11499 words | Read a sample |
| Set within the 'corner-cafes' of Budapest and across the Great Hungarian Plain, a musician scores the preludes of loss in search of the woman who called herself 'atheist scorpion'... | ||||
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Gridiron Follies | by M Koleosho Feb. 03, 2012 | 14852 words | Read a sample |
| Two football stars. Two tragedies. Gridiron follies explores the world of football and the pressure that comes with stardom, the bright lights often blinding those that stare into it for too long. | ||||
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Ripped my heart out by RavenWatson ©2012 | by Raven Watson Jan. 31, 2012 | 2504 words | Read a sample |
| A young boy, Eli, goes to high school. He constantly has to deal with the pain of a heartbreak and deals with the troubles and pains of it. | ||||
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When All is Lost! | by Suzanne Readsmith Jan. 30, 2012 | 6636 words | Read a sample |
| When all is lost for one particular guy there is something he needs to do! His woman has gone and she is living the high life with ‘Mr Successful’ himself! He tries to take stock of his life! Someone ought to help him to pull himself together and help is at hand from a trusted source. | ||||
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5 NANO-Noveller | by Björn Björkegren Jan. 28, 2012 | 94 words | Read a sample |
| NANO/Nanoismer är extremt korta noveller på MAX 140 tecken utan blanksteg. Testa! (Antal tecken får ni fram så här: Skriv in texten på Word, klicka "Verktyg", sedan "Räkna ord", kolla in siffran på "Tecken utan blanksteg". Lätt som en NANO-plätt!) | ||||
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Secret Admirer | by Matthew Stephens Jan. 26, 2012 | 2756 words | Read a sample |
| An attractive woman finds herself in a sticky situation when the police show up at her door to inform her that someone has been intruding on her privacy and has intensions of causing her harm. | ||||
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The Breakout | by Matthew Stephens Jan. 21, 2012 | 3788 words | Read a sample |
| When Steve observes a line of army tucks pulling into town and taking the lives of his neighbors, he hooks up with two friends in order to attempt an escape. | ||||
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Cab Driver | by Matthew Stephens Jan. 20, 2012 | 1821 words | Read a sample |
| A quick story about two women who find themselves in a world of trouble when they hop in a cab driven by a raving psychopath. | ||||
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Płaskowyż | by Jacek Twardowski Jan. 20, 2012 | 76892 words | Read a sample |
| Malarz (artysta malarz) z byłego NRD przeprowadza się do Ameryki Południowej, gdzie planuje spędzić resztę swojego życia. Tak jak przewiduje, podróż ta zupełnie go nie zmienia. Nadal jest takim samym b... | ||||
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Pushed | by Sam Smith Jan. 18, 2012 | 4455 words | Read a sample |
| A short story focusing on 18 year old Chris Kenny and the troubles he goes through after his boyfriend leave's him. This is a prequel to an unfinished novel. | ||||
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The Comeback | by Russ Durbin Jan. 17, 2012 | 1701 words | Read a sample |
| The odds are stacked against him, but Jim Roberts, once great pitcher, is determined to make his comeback to the Major Leagues from a devastating injury and an alcoholic limbo that threatened to end his career permanently. | ||||
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Wistful Thinking | by Suzanne Readsmith Jan. 15, 2012 | 8001 words | Read a sample |
| Who knows what is going to happen next in any relationship? Can a woman ever relax & simply enjoy what is hers? When trouble hits home for one loving couple neither of them can escape the pain nor anguish that follows. Breaking up is hard to do especially when you've been together for thirty years. One woman thinks hard about freeing her man to jump straight into the arms of another loving woman. | ||||
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Wild Duck revisited | by John Fajo Jan. 12, 2012 | 27496 words | Read a sample |
| It all starts with an old friend, Gregers, returning home after a long journey. His arrival leads to unprecedented turmoil as the main character, Hjalmar, has to decide what to make of his life. This is not easy as things have changed a lot in the north since the age of Ibsen... In fact, everything has changed. | ||||
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Once A Woman | by Kathryn Allen Jan. 10, 2012 | 2082 words | Read a sample |
| Ellie reads the letter her mother has left for her and discovers a woman she barely knew existed. | ||||
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Confessions | by Alexandra Batson Jan. 10, 2012 | 2601 words | Read a sample |
| A wife reveals a painful secret to her husband. | ||||
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Me & Joan (of Arc) | by Karen Sunde Jan. 09, 2012 | 17642 words | Read a sample |
| Suicidal stand-up comic Lili meets Joan of Arc; and, playing her side-kick, makes war on "the Fathers of the Church" exploring sexuality, love, guilt, faith, and the place of women. Though almost Banned In Philadelphia, a Catholic priest cheered: “a very authentic interpretation of St. Joan of Arc…renders more clearly than [Shaw or Anouilh] her religious faith…relates Joan to modern feminism. | ||||
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America Finding Her Way | by Karen Sunde Jan. 09, 2012 | 53837 words | Read a sample |
| Sweet Land of Fire: Rebellion. New York, 1970. the 24 hours before the “Weatherman house†on 11th street explodes. Native Land: Rejuvenation. The rebirth of a family to serve their nation by following their delinquent child’s dreams. Tracking Blood White: American magic: A dying red-neck town’s struggle with its Native American neighbors and the killer bear that haunts the mountain they share | ||||
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Chekhovs At Home | by Karen Sunde Jan. 09, 2012 | 28022 words | Read a sample |
| Please God, No Wedding Or Shooting At The End!- Chekhov strives to write The Seagull, while characters from it, his own life, and Hamlet swim in his head. Anton, Himself - Writing a love story after The Seagull flops, Chekhov darts between passion, family, and disaster. Masha, Too - Irrepressibly seized by love, Chekhov's sister wrestles with whether to leave her brother's exciting life to marry | ||||
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The Girl With No Name | by Suzanne Readsmith Jan. 07, 2012 | 3244 words | Read a sample |
| Have you ever wondered what love is? Some people think that they already know. They feel they are in love, perhaps. Suddenly by chance they get a glimpse of what it is for real! If your life is already mapped out, what can a person do? | ||||
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Caught on the Hop! | by Suzanne Readsmith Jan. 07, 2012 | 2785 words | Read a sample |
| What can a woman do when she hears from a trustworthy source that her husband is having an affair! Not only that - it is happening in her very own home as the bearer of such bad news speaks? Deciding to act first and worry about the consequences later she acts upon instinct! Is there a funny side? | ||||
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They Walk Among Us | by Roger Dale Trexler Jan. 04, 2012 | 1904 words | Read a sample |
| A piece I wrote for a benefit for the Women's Center in Carbondale back in 2009. I am posting this free, but hope you will donate time or money to the causes the Women's Center in your town represent. Thanks, Roger | ||||
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Letting Him Stay | by Suzanne Readsmith Jan. 02, 2012 | 7557 words | Read a sample |
| How do you cope with the discovery of your husband's long term infidelity when there is no one to turn to? How much more can you learn about someone you think you already know? What choices can a couple make when they feel all is lost? Can a marriage survive the aftermath of a devastating coming to terms with the truth? | ||||
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In Your Dreams: A Stage Play in One Act | by Steven Ayckbourn Dec. 30, 2011 | 4540 words | Read a sample |
| Margot and Reginald have decided to celebrate their many years of marriage by spending the night at the exclusive Royal Court Hotel. Greeted by Brian, the Porter and Elaine, the maid, all proceeds swimmingly until Margot has a hair problem and Reginald becomes a little too engrossed in his book. Characters: 2 male, 2 female. Hotel room. One act lasting approximately 30 mins. 2011. | ||||
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A Way Out | by Robby K Dec. 29, 2011 | 800 words | Read a sample |
| A man asks a pretty big favor of his dearest friend. A really short story for those of you who'd rather get in and get out... fast - really fast. | ||||
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My Angie (FREE) | by Lorena Covrett Dec. 26, 2011 | 1703 words | Read a sample |
| A story about the bond between human and pet. | ||||
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Mine Eyes - Struck By Lightning | by cyd webster Dec. 20, 2011 | 4126 words | Read a sample |
| (Language warning, adult theme... although I believe that some teens might benefit from reading about how tragic and devastating life can be if you have low self esteem.) Mine Eyes is the 8th story in the book, Struck By Lightning and other bolts of reality. It is a short story about a woman who recklessly searches for love, and men who take the opportunity to satisfy their desires at her expense. | ||||
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Cherries | by B. Handy Dec. 18, 2011 | 394 words | Read a sample |
| Letting a child's imagination run wild can sometimes lead to trouble. | ||||
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The Rain That Bathes the World | by Faircloth Kirk Dec. 18, 2011 | 3457 words | Read a sample |
| The story of a young cynic's struggles with life, told through three vignettes. | ||||
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Change - A Short Story | by Robert Belie Dec. 15, 2011 | 4477 words | Read a sample |
| Americans have settled into a predictable style of living, ignoring the turmoil in the world, and how fleeting freedom has been in the human experience. Change is an eye opening fictional bridge from 2010 into the near future of the United States speculating on where success, excessive consumption, political intrigue, inertia, and lack of appreciation for freedom come home to roost. | ||||
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Ruined Childhood | by Beth Connolly Dec. 11, 2011 | 1367 words | Sample 30% |
| Suzy knew that something was wrong. Greg was staying late at work. There was a new ranch hand. What else could it be other than an affair? So they fight. They always fight but this is the last time. With her daughter to protect Suzy doesn't know what to do but Greg made up his mind a long time ago. He doesn't love Suzy anymore and it doesn't matter if he hurts his daughter in the pro | ||||
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I Love You | by Beth Connolly Dec. 11, 2011 | 1109 words | Sample 30% |
| Saying goodbye is hard but she never thought she would have to endure it again. Now she has to say goodbye to her love, the only guy that has ever loved her and seen past her outward appearance. | ||||
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Addict | by Beth Connolly Dec. 11, 2011 | 932 words | Sample 30% |
| Falling in Love with someone can be dangerous but loving an addict, that's got to be the worse. She needs to make a decision. Her baby's life is on the line and if she doesn't make the choice now she may never. Will she stay with her crack-loving beer-drinking husband and hurt her baby's chance at life or will she choose to go and make a better future for her unborn child? | ||||
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Båge av ljus | by Björn Björkegren Dec. 09, 2011 | 133 words | Read a sample |
| Som livet är ibland. (Ur "25 Novelletter" på Allmänna Vägens Förlag) | ||||
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Sixten Stjärngosse | by Björn Björkegren Dec. 08, 2011 | 538 words | Read a sample |
| Om att kämpa, inte ge upp och hoppas. (Ur textsamlingen "Fröjdefull Jul" på Förlaget Russin&Mandel&Glögg&Ännu Mera Glögg&Häll Renat I Glöggen För Fan!&Skit I Russin Och Mandel!!) (Omslag av Dylan Tate) | ||||