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On this fine Father's Day...

In art class, my daughter's assignment was to make a Father's Day card. After presenting it to me during today's Father's Day breakfast, she proceeded to explain why there was whiteout under the letters 't' and 'h'. Her art teacher disagreed with my daughter's use of artistic license, and strongly suggested that 'Happy Farter's Day' did not fall within the essence or spirit of the...Read On

Added: 16 Jun 2019 | Category: Musings | Avg Score: 5 | Words: 99 | Tags: humor  gift  father's day  laughter   | 8 Comments

AnnaMayZing

The Warrior Princess. Chapter 6.

“Princess Anna!” she cried, “it is you!”

Rather than gallop out of the end of the tunnel and risk death after startling my people I halted and dismounted, leading Fleet-Foot slowly through the archway and out into the main cavern, As I looked around a lump formed in my throat and tears welled in my eyes, I had only been away for a few days and now the scene before me broke my heart. The store cavern was full of sick and dying...Read On

Added: 15 Jun 2019 | Category: Fantasy | Avg Score: 5 | Words: 4,006 | Tags: fantasy  seige  dismay   | 2 Comments

An3a online

What People Don't Realise

A short story by Andrea Snyman. Some stories begin where you think they end.

What people don’t realise is that death isn’t what they think it is. ~ You find yourself in a waiting room…Sitting comfortably on the couch. It’s not too cold, it’s not too warm…It even comes complete with old school elevator type music. They probably figured a setting as familiar as a doctor’s office would be calming, but then they never met my orthodontist. He is still very much alive...Read On

Added: 12 Jun 2019 | Category: General | Avg Score: 5 | Words: 2,414 | Tags: musing  introspection  life  death  friendship  universe  regret   | 4 Comments

Kavyansh

Springtime is for Lovers

A chance meeting on a Paris street in Spring leads to lifelong love and commitment

When we first met it was entirely by accident. Even now I remember it clearly, although almost four decades have passed by since then. It was one of those lovely bright sunny days that are so typical of Paris in the springtime. I was strolling along the Boulevard Haussmann, just outside the Magasin au Printemps where the pretty girls were selling their bunches of lily of the valley as...Read On

Added: 11 Jun 2019 | Category: Romance | Avg Score: 5 | Words: 1,209 | Tags: accidental meeting  instant attraction  adulterous loveaffair  blissful happiness   | 3 Comments

fuzzy1954

Lest We Forget

Those who about to die I salute you

We all have sat in our history classes as children. and studied and read about D-Day. June 6th  1944.To honour the ones that climbed into their landing crafts, rode across the channel to drop behind enemy lines, and ferried troops and equipment ashore.  Images that have been burned into my soul.  Here is a short  story to read    As the weather broke on June 5th, we mustered with our...Read On

Added: 05 Jun 2019 | Category: Flash Fiction | Avg Score: 5 | Words: 195 | Tags: honour   | 3 Comments

Survivor

Distress Flag

May I comfort

Added: 03 Jun 2019 | Category: Micro Fiction | Avg Score: 5 | Words: 100 | Tags: micro fiction  distress flag  pride flag  pride month   | 10 Comments

Brian2101

2101 - Nothing New Under the Sun Chapter Five Health Care

Health Care

Health Care TODAY While a number of changes have occurred, many of the issues of the early 21st century plague health care in 2101. Five things continue to drive health care in 2101. They are the attempts at governing particularly the Medical Insurance Act of 2046 and the Social Reorganization of 2082, robotics/transhumanism, genetic editing/designer DNA, AI and instanet’s impact on...Read On

Added: 03 Jun 2019 | Category: Science Fiction | Avg Score: 0 | Words: 1,622 | Tags: future  fiction  historical  prediction  

MzHartz

Terrainer – Diaries

A woman looks for her place at the end of the world.

  Dear Bryce, I've come to realize, three things that should never be withheld from being said are, "Please," "Thank you," and, "I'm sorry." Please, don't take this letter the wrong way.  This isn't an attempt to reestablish contact with you or rekindle our friendship.  Although, I would like to talk to you again, see how you've been, and possibly even become friends again, I don't...Read On

Added: 31 May 2019 | Category: Drama | Avg Score: 5 | Words: 3,353 | Tags: love  apocalypse  death  loss  sad  

AnnaMayZing

The Long Road Home. Chapter 7.

“Look at you,” she said. “I am not used to seeing you so grubby."

Rome. September 4 th 1943   Maria stared in horror at the scene of devastation ahead but wasted no time in getting the ambulance to a safe place. Quickly, she jumped from the cab and ran around to the rear to check on her charges. To her distress, Anneliese was still not conscious. “Keep an eye on her,” she told the two airmen brusquely. “Make sure she keeps breathing and...Read On

Added: 31 May 2019 | Category: Drama | Avg Score: 5 | Words: 3,537 | Tags: ww2  history  terror   | 4 Comments

Lev821

Prototype

In trying to build a clone robot, what does Charlie have to do to get it to work?

Archie stared at the equipment and apparatus before him. Something simply wasn’t connecting, literally, as what lay on the table was his prototype, his robot. With synthetic skin peeled back around the humanoid form before him, he was attempting to create a human-like automaton, but it was failing. He knew he had all the parts; there was nothing to salvage, buy, or bribe from anybody. ...Read On

Added: 28 May 2019 | Category: Science Fiction | Avg Score: 5 | Words: 900 | Tags: fiction  short-story  science fiction  general   | 1 Comment

LauraDanielle

Don't Care, Grumpy Bear

I was watching, amused, as two girls had a tiff over one of the activity boards. One of the girls stood up and made to walk away. The other girl said something I couldn't make out. The girl who was standing turned around, put her hands on her hips and declared loud and proud, "Don't care, grumpy bear!" then she stormed off in dramatic four-year-old fashion. That's a great line. I'm using that...Read On

Added: 21 May 2019 | Category: Musings | Avg Score: 5 | Words: 159 | Tags: kids  work  early childhood  funny  humour  children  tiff   | 8 Comments

MikeStone

How Will I Know When I'm an Adult?

Daniel said, "Sure, everyone my age wants to be an adult already."

"How will I know when I'm an adult Saba?" the boy asked his grandfather. The grandfather looked into his inviting blue eyes, pools of clear water, careful not to fall into them. "Do you want the answer all adults give to their children or do you want my answer?" the saba asked his eleven-year-old grandson, whose name happened to be Daniel, but this saba did not believe in chance. Daniel...Read On

Added: 21 May 2019 | Category: Flash Fiction | Avg Score: 5 | Words: 468 | Tags: daniel  saba  grandfather  adult  children  whiskey   | 2 Comments

chippihc

Dirk's Destiny

A dream with awakening realization.

Dirk was born ambitious, although to common folk. He grew up in the '50s but the calendar shows different. In adulthood he found himself a professional. One day he dreamed he gave up all to be a lone wolf; the educated said he did not exist. He needed no moon in which to howl, no pack in which to alpha-batize. He wandered where he wished; he poked where his curiosity took him. Dirk found...Read On

Added: 19 May 2019 | Category: Flash Fiction | Avg Score: 5 | Words: 196 | Tags: flash   | 3 Comments

Survivor

An Echo in the Shell

How does a loner fit into a team

Added: 18 May 2019 | Category: Micro Fiction | Avg Score: 5 | Words: 100 | Tags: micro fiction  wondering  wandering  alone   | 9 Comments

AnnaMayZing

The Warrior Princess. Chapter 5.

"The two unsuspecting hunters appeared just in front of me, so close I could hear them breathing."

The company rode steadily through the dark hours, pausing only briefly for sustenance and comfort. We were not troubled that night and we made good progress and as the darkness gave way to light on the third daybreak since setting out, the mood was good and camp was made before the sun appeared over the horizon. As I prepared for rest I noticed that the Eagles were high in the sky,...Read On

Added: 17 May 2019 | Category: Fantasy | Avg Score: 5 | Words: 3,796 | Tags: fantasy  battle  dragons   | 3 Comments

Brian2101

2101 - Nothing New Under the Sun Chapter Four Robotics

Robotics

Robotics TODAY Robotics performs much of the daily maintenance of most things.  They are programmed into most life functions such as home repair and cleaning, transportation, personal items, food acquisition and preparation, etc.  One can choose to do those things or allow the programming to complete them.  Some have chosen industrial looking robotics to complete specialized tasks...Read On

Added: 16 May 2019 | Category: Science Fiction | Avg Score: 0 | Words: 2,025 | Tags: future  fiction  historical  prediction  

Brian2101

2101 - Nothing New Under the Sun Chapter Three Education

Education

Education TODAY Most individuals and families enjoy a self directed education.  As far as academic requirements, the purpose of our 18th and 19th century education is nearly defunct.  Education programs are more designed to learn how to survive in the 22nd century with significant emphasis on socialization and appropriate means of personal interactions.  The need to prepare youth for...Read On

Added: 14 May 2019 | Category: Science Fiction | Avg Score: 5 | Words: 1,285 | Tags: future  fiction  historical  prediction  

Rumple_deWriter

Schemers Scheme

A girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do.

Newly polished toenails safely propped on the crowded coffee table, Darlene Barnes let out a long plume of cigarette smoke and waited for her friend to come back from the kitchen. Waiting in silence, however, had never been her 'thing'. The thirty-something bottled-blonde looked around at the empty doorway to the kitchen. "You know it's hard for me to believe you're this messed-up....Read On

Added: 13 May 2019 | Category: Young Adult | Avg Score: 5 | Words: 990 | Tags: girl talk  love talk  historical1970  cigarettes  red toenails   | 3 Comments

Brian2101

2101 - Nothing New Under the Sun Chapter Two Changing Climate Change

Changing Climate Change

Global Warming TODAY The topic of global warming is still regular news, but the focus has changed somewhat. The LB, Lens Bank, has produced the effect of reducing warming, but the two issues surrounding its creation come up every few years. When a permanent member or two of the UN Security Council attempt to flex their muscle the LB sometimes comes up in the conversation. But more often it...Read On

Added: 11 May 2019 | Category: Science Fiction | Avg Score: 0 | Words: 977 | Tags: future  fiction  historical  

Obituarius

Memories

Growing up, we had fried chicken on Sunday. Now we have chicken nuggets without bones. Where do boneless chickens come from? A butcher gave my mom soup bones. Now they come in a package. Three for four dollars. Granny snapped green beans. Now they have no snap. Just in a can with a flap.     Succotash was corn and lima beans. Now it's an expletive from a damn cat. Jello came in powder to...Read On

Added: 11 May 2019 | Category: Musings | Avg Score: 5 | Words: 206 | Tags: musings   | 2 Comments

Brian2101

2101 - Nothing New Under the Sun Chapter One Introduction to Brian

Introduction to Brian

Chapter One Finally arriving at my STOP (Short Term Overnight Place) I open my link to our weekly group cast. I joined late today, so had to join the conversation in mid stream. Steve: With both Bill and Sarah going to spend several weeks in Biloxi, Mississippi in September, I would like to stop there for a get together. Is anyone else willing to make a trip there? B^GJo#: I would like to...Read On

Added: 10 May 2019 | Category: Science Fiction | Avg Score: 5 | Words: 793 | Tags: future  fiction  historical   | 1 Comment

Obituarius

Conductor

The elder mummy foretold me, as I was entwined in gauze and stood in the sand to my knees; “Don't be exorcized by a two-faced omen.” The pain engulfed me as I withered, then was reborn as dead. As I craved the womb with a pearl in its oyster bed between thighs. Like gypsy moths in caravans, a brethren of the damned. Moving across Europe when present-day England was nothing but a rock....Read On

Added: 10 May 2019 | Category: Flash Fiction | Avg Score: 5 | Words: 339 | Tags: erotic   | 1 Comment

Dreamcatcher

More Doc Johnson-isms...

Why is it that when you order items to be delivered from your local lumber yard for a home project, the missing item is always the one you needed most to do the project. Does anyone else think that porch pirates work in conjunction with certain drivers of package delivery services? Why is it that when the instructions say “No Tools Required”, you always need tools? Do you ever wonder why...Read On

Added: 08 May 2019 | Category: Musings | Avg Score: 5 | Words: 517 | Tags: old guy wisdom   | 4 Comments

Brian2101

2101 - Nothing New Under the Sun

Brian in 2101 looks back on the history of the world and describes how we got to life in 2101.

  This is the beginnings of a multiple chapter story of what life could become in 2101.  Brian tells the story as he looks back on life from 2101.  Chapters are usually written to cover some aspect of life providing some details of what happened historically and what it means for today (the year 2101).  The chapters will be presented in random order as I have written them or writing them. ...Read On

Added: 08 May 2019 | Category: Science Fiction | Avg Score: 0 | Words: 1,064 | Tags: future  fiction  historical  

maryruth

Lean on me

Ask.

Lean on me Ask your heart's desire A broken limb Never heals perfectly And hurts in the cold Silent tears of the heart Sadness so great Is not a weakness  But a love so great With support and love Whatever you need I got you Lean on me  ...Read On

Added: 07 May 2019 | Category: Musings | Avg Score: 5 | Words: 48 | Tags: trust. ask believe   | 9 Comments

Lev821

Out of this world

The search for aliens is answered here. Or is it?

Altering the frequency of the radio he had built himself, the noise of static could be heard once again, but turning the tuner further, he came across a voice that he was expecting, as he had been here many times before, trawling through the fm, am and medium wave frequencies to try and discover a signal, sound, or even voice, that did not come from this world. The voice he heard now was...Read On

Added: 30 Apr 2019 | Category: Mystery | Avg Score: 5 | Words: 688 | Tags: fiction  story  aliens   | 2 Comments

DenimAngel

Scamp's Adventure #5 Easter at the Farm

Easter on the farm what fun to be had

It was Easter Sunday on the farm... Scamp, the monkey, and her friends were very excited. They loved the holidays. They were excited about the plans for the day . Miss Emily had every animal a basket filled with goodies that they loved. She opened the front door to go out to the barn. She almost tripped over a huge basket that was holding a pair of fluffy bunnies. They looked to be about...Read On

Added: 29 Apr 2019 | Category: Micro Fiction | Avg Score: 4.78 | Words: 332 | Tags: scamp  friends   | 8 Comments

Survivor

I Just Want to Help

This will make it all better

Added: 28 Apr 2019 | Category: Micro Fiction | Avg Score: 5 | Words: 100 | Tags: micro fiction   | 12 Comments

AnnaMayZing

The Long Road Home. Chapter 6.

“They have big stars under the wings with stripes either side. What else could they be?”

Rome. July 19 th 1943   The visit to the Vatican seemed to have a profound effect on Hanna. As soon as she passed through the great doors and entered the Basilica, she became calm and appeared to be at peace. Maria took the lead, Katarina not having been inside a church for many years. Taking her arm, she led Hanna to a row of pews immediately opposite the confessional boxes....Read On

Added: 28 Apr 2019 | Category: Drama | Avg Score: 5 | Words: 3,488 | Tags: ww2  history  rome   | 3 Comments

anthonychansa

Backwards (Part 1)

Adjusting the clock backwards

Added: 23 Apr 2019 | Category: Flash Fiction | Avg Score: 5 | Words: 281 | Tags: mystery   | 2 Comments