Mario V. Farina

• Aug-1999
• / General Fiction
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This book is a collection of stories, poems, puns, and a word game named Rhyme-O-Grams. All the material is authored by Mario Farina.

The stories have much the flavor of Alfred Hitchcock and Twilight Zone. Most of the stories have a surprise or un...

• Mar-2014
• / General Fiction
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Broderick Ramsey was running for reelection. He had said something off-the-cuff that was sure to have him lose. He found someone who would turn back time so that he could change what he had said. The consequences of this action had not been predictab...

• Aug-2014
• / Christian
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Lauren Holbrook has found her life's calling: matchmaking for the romantically challenged. And with the eclectic cast of characters in her world, there's tons of potential to play "connect the friends."Lauren sets out to introduce Nick, her carefree ...

• Sep-2014
• / General Fiction
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• Oct-2014
• / General Fiction
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• Sep-2016
• / Romance
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This book contains six other Ebooks, available free, published by Smashwords. Those books are Let's Try Again; A First Date on a Windy Day; What's That About Eloping?; I Married a Ghost; We're Too Much Alike; A Hit Or Miss Match. There is a price of ...

• Dec-2016
• / Christian
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Mr. Davis, my employer, asked me to do something confidential for him, After being convinced that what he was asking was not illegal or immoral, I agreed. He wanted me to watch one of his other employees. He did not tell me the reason. I did what he ...

• Jan-2017
• / Fantasy
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I had met Mitra in India during World War II. I was a soldier in the U.S. Army, age 20 at the time. I'm a very man now. Mitra and I had met at a USO function. She and I would meet many times to talk about life, the U.S.A., and India. When the war...

• Jan-2017
• / Christian
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Tim and Angie had been married that afternoon. Tim kept asking a question that Angie was afraid to answer. She dreaded the evening and what was to come. She finally revealed what it was that she feared. This story tells about a suggestion Tim made an...

• Jan-2017
• / Romantic Suspense
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This is a collection of the author's best short stories written over a period of time. Upon opening the book the reader has the option of choosing a story category for which he or she is in the mood. The categories among which a choice can be made ar...

• Sep-2018
• / General Fiction
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Millie Morgan had come to be interviewed by Sophie Winters for the job as Design Manager. Somehow Sophie had confused her with a different person. Though the conversation they had with each other was a little confused, she was hired. This story tells...

• / Science Fiction
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Yippee Techno-Products developed an app that would allow the recording of sensations as well as videos. People could now enjoy the actual emotions they had felt when they experienced an enjoyable event as many more times as they wished. This new meth...

• / Christian
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This story presents several years in the life of Archie and Jan Wilcox from engagement days to the years when they were married. There are many adventures they had, some humorous, some sad. The experiences of this couple even extend to an aborted voy...

• / Dark Fantasy
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Alana Porter had always believed that everyone had a twin in Heaven because she had met and talked to hers. Her mother told her that her twin had died in the womb before Alana was born. But to her, Alana's twin sister was real. An incident that happe...

• / General Fiction
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Though it had been thought that it was Nostradamus who originated the amazing predictions, it was really a parrot named Claudidamus who had been the author. When the parrot could not longer do this, Nostradamus continued with clumsy imitations. All p...

• / Dark Fantasy
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Though only ten years old, Angie was a guardian angel. She had suddenly been assigned to attend to an emergency. A picture of Angie is on the front cover of this book. You'll love reading about Angie and how she handled the assignment....

• / Dark Fantasy
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The writer of this piece has discovered that almost everything is fake. When one finds a parking spot for his or her car, someone always appears as if by magic to take it before the person does. That person is created out of thin air as part of an Ar...

• / Thriller
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My name is Robert D. Fatheringham. I'm Chief of Police in Deyville. There was a fire in 1998 that I helped investigate. Its outcome was important to me. This e-book tells the story and asks you to determine who done it. I think you'll make an incorre...

• / Contemporary Romance
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Vic was meeting Marie for the the first time. They agreed that finding someone new after being divorced is difficult. Marie said she was a good catch and had an offer for men that could not be refused. How would Vic feel about the offer? He found out...

• / Christian
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There was a problem on Earth. A relationship that had been meant to be from the beginning of time was in trouble. God asked Colleen, an angel to assist. She took a hand with the couple and worked with them. Success was, of course, inevitable. This st...

• / Science Fiction
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The President announced that an asteroid had been discovered headed straight for Earth and would make impact in October. Life on Earth, as we know it, would be destroyed. World leaders were at a loss knowing how to avoid having this calamity occur. F...

• / Christian
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This is a love story about a young couple that married in Biblical times and the marriage has remained happy to this very day. When they married the bride was 25 and the groom was 50. She was half his age. The parents predicted the marriage would fai...

• / Science Fiction
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NASA had been convinced to launch an atomic powered voyage to Mars. An atomic bomb was to be the source of the necessary power. A huge building was constructed in which to safely explode the bomb. Detonation Day (D-Day) arrived and the GO Button was ...

• / Science Fiction
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There was a black hole headed for the Solar System Within a few days it would be devoured. An unknown force stopped its advance. A message emblazoned in the sky indicated that the force would be directed by A Rector. But who or what was A Rector? The...

• / Dark Fantasy
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Aunt Glenda had died but, somehow, her nephew had gotten an e-mail from her after her death. He thought it was somebody mean playing a prank. But then, he saw additional evidence in her handwriting suggesting she might still be alive! He went back to...

• / Dark Fantasy
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Mr. Allison was a well-respected actor. Suddenly he was rushed to the theater to give an urgent performance. The problem was he couldn't remember his lines in the play and had to ad lib his way. At the end, he was told that he had given an outstandin...

• / General Fiction
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This is a true story. My name is Judge Austin. I was presiding over a murder case. A Mary Lambert came into the courtroom and I asked to speak to her. She claimed she had been the murdered person! Back in the courtroom, when the accused spied her, he...

• / General Fiction
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Elaine and I had sold the house we had lived in for many years. We purchased a new home. After a couple of years, a question arose whether we should do some remodeling. We discussed it and finally began doing some work in the basement. The worker got...

• / Contemporary Romance
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Alfred had dated several women and had treated them badly. He went from girl to girl as she tired of each. The women discovered that they had been treated badly and determined to punish him. This story tells how they did this. Judge Judy is mentioned...

• / Christian
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I had a dream of Patricia, my wife, who had died twenty years earlier. She had been the only woman I had ever loved and I missed her greatly. As I dreamed, I heard the lovely strains of the song, Beautiful Dreamer, by Stephen Foster. What did this mu...

• / Thriller
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My wife, Melissa, was missing from our home. We had been married only six months and this has never happened before! I called the police and Officer Jenkins said he was sending a detective to help me. When he arrived, he began insinuating I had had s...

• / Law Enforcement
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I'm a detective and sometime writer. Several years ago, my wife had been brutally murdered by the worst kind of deviant one can imagine. The police had little to go on until the killer wrote a taunting message that gave his name in disguised form. A ...

• / Contemporary Romance
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Edward was at a teachers conference in Albany. Belle, his wife, and Jill, a friend, were talking about what he was doing. It seemed possible that he was up to no good. Belle was very concerned. It is true; there was a lot going on. This story tells e...

• / Contemporary Romance
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Elizabeth Wilson and I were each looking for a new partner. She asked me to call her Betty. We were meeting for a date arranged by a dating club. I asked her to tell me her story and she did. This is Betty's story. What would be the outcome? Read thi...

• / Science Fiction
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Professor Hamilton at Union College in Schenectady, New York was challenged by the President of the school to build a computer that was aware of its own existence. He built a team of extraordinarily competent individuals and was able to fulfill the c...

• / Science Fiction
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Walking home from work, I saw a black hole hovering about one hundred feet above Erie Boulevard in Schenectady, NY. As an engineer at GE, I knew what it was and called 911. After a while I was believed and a helicopter was dispatched. I gave the pilo...

• / Literary
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My wife Bessie took it upon herself to fix 3 failing marriages in our midst. She got us together and told us about her bold plan. She ordered the couples who were badly matched to live with those they loved better for a week. She and I constituted on...

• / Horror
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Robert Alphonse Moore was ill and told he would die within six months. The only way that he could continue to live would be to have his brain transplanted into the body of a healthy person. Benny Harris, was willing to provide his body - at a price. ...

• / Contemporary Romance
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This story was written for me by an author friend. I had broken up with Jason Alexander but we were talking about a reconciliation. We had a frank, but bitter phone call about our relationship. He told me about events, having taken place, that hurt m...

• / Romantic Suspense
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Wendell Bradson was seeing Ron Massaro, an attorney concerning a divorce he was seeking from Margaret Lindsey his new young bride. It seems she had cheated him because of his being so oblivious. The attorney listened to his story then made a decision...

• / Science Fiction
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Professor Krisbin has taken the brazen act of starting a series of events with Jupiter's moons that could only be described as criminal. He has initiated actions that apparently endangered the planet's existence. By what monstrous procedure had he be...

• / Contemporary Romance
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Ronnie and Jane had been having a quiet affair. One day, Jane said she wanted to chat with Ronnie about a divorce with his wife Madeline he had promised her. It was taking so long, Jane told Ron she gone to see Madeline and told her what had been goi...

• / Christian
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Robert Drake was enamored of Wanda Fisher but was too shy to let her know. Harry Collier, an associate at work, agreed to help him reveal his interest. But, it was Mrs. Collier who was responsible for the advice that Harry gave. This story tells why....

• / Christian
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Dave and Kathleen had been happily married for years when a dreadful illness afflicted Kathleen. The doctor told David that medicine had done all it could; Kathleen did not have long to live. She had hoped to live until Christmas, which was also her ...

• / Science Fiction
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Professor Kozlov had formed a team of two students, Claudia and Henry to assist him in experiments dealing with the miniaturization of matter. Experiments had been successful and it was now time to miniaturize a human. Claudia volunteered. It appeare...

• / Fantasy
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An alarm clock named Big Ben, made many years ago, had dreamed of becoming a rooster so that he could serve the world better. His wish was heard by a fairy queen in Scotland and she granted it. Big Ben had not known how to crow but he learned. You'll...

• / Amateur Sleuth
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Underwood was up to something. He needed a programmer and codebreaker on the sly. I didn't know anything about computers or breaking codes but was hired to do this for Mr. Underwood. Find out how a little pretending allowed the uncovering of serious ...

• / Dark Fantasy
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For a long time, I had thought that I was the only real person in the world, that everyone was fake, the purpose being that some being high up wanted to test me to see how I would react under certain conditions. I had never experienced any extreme ev...

• / Christian
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Julie and I had been married a little over a year and she was now pregnant. One day she told me something that upset me greatly and I called her a counterfeit wife and decided to get a divorce. Bruce, a divorce attorney, discussed my case with me. He...

• / Christian
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I was in love with a movie star, but she didn't know it. Unexpectedly, I had an opportunity to work with her in Hollywood on a project of benefit to her. I was overwhelmed with the prospects that, somehow, this endeavor might increase my chances of g...

• / Science Fiction
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In 2015, I was sent back to 1837 to prevent Wild Bill Hickok from being killed. History tells us that this happened when Jack McCall got the drop on him and shot him in the back of the head. Wild Bill usually sat with his back to the wall but on this...

• / Christian
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When Annette and I had our fateful talk in the park, I was an instructor of math at Hudson Valley Community College. She taught English there. We were just conversing when both of us had bouts with déjà vu. We began realizing that there was...

• / Horror
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I'm a psychologist. I had an appointment with a young woman named Laura Lindsey. She told me a story that was almost beyond belief. She had been brought to a house that promised benefits to the mind, soul, and body that sounded miraculous! But the ho...

• / Mystery
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There had been a poisoning at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Trumble. Detective Edna Godfrey from the 16th Precinct had been assigned to investigate. The crime had occurred during a dinner party. Detective Godfrey solved the question of who had apparently ...

• / Christian
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Michael admitted to his wife, Adele, that he had been unfaithful to her. This presented a problem for her about what should be done about it. She sought advice from a psychologist. She told Adele that she needed to decide for herself whether to use t...

• / Contemporary Romance
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Susan wanted time off from dating me so she could do some thinking. I feared she had gone to see a new individual she had just met. She left her home and I wanted to see if I could find her. With some phoning I did! When she came back home I was curi...

• / Dark Fantasy
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Mr. Fuller was accused of having murdered Vincent Waldron and he did not have an alibi. However, a Ms.Vera Manchester claimed she had witnessed the murder through an ability called viewing from a distance. That is all the defense had to prove the inn...

• / Contemporary Romance
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Había estado recibiendo algunas cartas terrestres de alguien desconocido para mí. Dijeron cosas horribles sobre mi esposa, Alice. Además, estaba la acusación de que le había sido infiel. Necesitaba averiguar quién estaba...

• / Dark Fantasy
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The writer of this story found himself having a conversation with St. Peter. It appears he had arrived in Heaven without proper authorization. There was great confusion concerning what needed to be done. Read the intriguing details of what had caused...

• / Dark Fantasy
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Dr. Jekyll used to turn into Mr. Hyde. Robert Louis Stevenson told us the story of this in 1886. However, he left out the part of Dr. Jekyll turning into a fly. This story may be your first knowledge of this. Yes, he would take a potion and turn into...

• / Christian
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I was in a dream. Estelle told me she loved me. She was beautiful and I fell in love with her. It seemed that I could only meet with her in dreams. Neither she nor I could accept that idea. There was also the question of whether she truly loved me or...

• / Dark Fantasy
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Jeffrey Wynnward was seeing Dr. Allen Brown because of a recurring dream he was having. The picture shows the elements of his dream. The doctor was making attempts to find the cause. In the meantime, much was happening to Jeffrey in real life. It was...

• / General Fiction
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Mr. Arcos of the company, Far Out told an audience of reporters and important citizens that his company was drilling a tunnel from Chicago to Kunming China to allow individuals to travel from one point to the other using the shortest route. His compa...

• / Science Fiction
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With Fred's help, Professor Hardisty was scheduled to make a monumental announcement and perform a demonstration. He had invented a way to put the entire Earth in motion. Without the professor's knowledge, Fred decided to make an initial test run wit...

• / General Fiction
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This book contains 18 Stories with a touch of humor. The Titles of the Stores are: Who's Shirley? Thou Art A Witch How Jeff Lost The Job Terrible But I Loved It Twenty-Four Home Groan Puns A Rolls With ESP The Woman In The Diner Fifteen Minutes Of Fa...

• / Contemporary Romance
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• / General Fiction
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Andrea Fisher and I struck up a friendship because she was interested in English literature. But her spoken English was atrocious. I started teaching her correct English speaking and she responded well. In the meantime, she became a sort of house kee...

• / General Fiction
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Barb and I had found an old junky typewriter on the plot of land upon which we planned to build our Dream Home. It had been manufactured in a foreign country and was said to be bewitched. It might spontaneously type wise advice! We thought it might b...

• / Contemporary Romance
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I had been married to Peggy for some years when she went on a trip without me. She was lost at sea, and I was devasted. I hired an au-pair to take care of the children and eventually married her. My love for her was light, but it became strong with t...

• / Christian
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Margaret Smith and I had a conversation that had been fated through times. My daughter had brought us together for this purpose. She and I exchanged details of our lives. There was an amazing realization at the end that had a life-changing effect on ...

• / General Fiction
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Frank Desmond owned a company that was doing well. The future seemed bright. Then he had the dream. It was horrifying and about Friday the Thirteenth. He was told that when he saw the date Friday the Thirteenth, he would die. What precautions could h...

• / Dark Fantasy
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Michael Butler was told that his time for redeeming his fifteen minutes of fame had arrived. He submitted a sagacious remark that caught the attention of the multitudes. This story reveals Michael deeply wise remark and how it was received....

• / Thriller
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Fifteen Stories of malfeasance with titles: Judge Me Fair; A Meal To End All Meals; I'll conjure You up A Fortune; Introducing That Damn Little Bocce Ball Planet; Time After Time; The Mistrial; The Ghost Town Trap; A Chaotic Scrambling Of Jupiter's M...

• / Romantic Suspense
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Matthew was in love with the lovely Glenda Robinson. He wanted to make a good impression on their first date. But he wore a hairpiece that had a penchant for blowing away when he was driving a sports car. He feared this would happen at the time when ...

• / Law Enforcement
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A small newspaper in Minnesota was receiving clues about a homicide that was to occur a few days in the future. The Editor of the paper and the Chief of Police of the town were stymied as to what the clues meant. They were FAXED to a student at RPI i...

• / Christian
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Ellen Waters had formulated a theory about how relationships start from ground zero. She had decided to test it on me, her employer. Hal, she had asked, How would you feel if I told you I like you? The question was perplexing, but it led to further p...

• / Science Fiction
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Fred Harris was disobeying Professor Hardesty again. He was in the Field House at RPI's campus and was waiting for the professor to start an experiment with time. Fred was to assist. But he took it upon himself to try the experiment with the professo...

• / Horror
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Suddenly the twelve-year-old boy found himself in the Psychiatric Ward of a hospital at age 92. There was no easy explanation of what had happened. The doctor was pessimistic about restoring his memory, but even if she did, she would not be able to r...

• / Dark Fantasy
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I had won the lottery and had been able to purchase a mansion. It needed work which Tricia and I were attending to. Everything was going well until we were ordered to Get out of this house! You'll like this story if you're into orbs and ghosts....

• / Law Enforcement
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The Law Enforcement Forces went to unprecedented lengths to apprehend a much wanted killer. Just how unprecedented were the methods will amaze you as you read this story. The vicious criminalwas captured, and that was the important thing....

• / Dark Fantasy
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• / General Fiction
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William found a photo in a book that haunted him. He needed to follow up and was finally able to talk to a person who could tell him who were the people in the photo and under what circumstances it had been taken. You'll find yourself thinking about ...

• / Christian
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I introduced Dave Turner to Gina Lopez at my birthday party. I'm the girl in red on the cover of this book. They fell in love and became engaged to be married. Dave was hurt in an auto accident and lost his memory. After Gina failed to bring it back,...

• / Christian
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As I took a daily walk in a rest area, I saw a young woman viewing the splendid scenery with binoculars. I was immediately attracted to her and wanted to meet this attractive person. I couldn't marshall up the courage to introduce myself. I scolded m...

• / Christian
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Wendy had been a student of Tom in his computer class. He had formed an affection for her but had kept it in check for ethical reasons. Also, he was fifteen years older than she was. When she left the area to go help her father run his business, he w...

• / Christian
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Robert Stanton and Angela Fuller married. Had enjoyed only one night of bliss before Robert's leaving to serve in the U.S. Army on the following morning. Angela never remarried. During their courtship, the couple had loved a favorite tune in common, ...

• / Law Enforcement
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I was Warden at the Correctional Facility. Mr. Deperon was scheduled to die the next day by lethal injection. A problem had arisen at the last minute. The convict was claiming he had lost five years of life. The last thing he remembered was only the ...

• / Dark Fantasy
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Major officials in Hamlet City were misbehaving in several ways; however, they were denying that it was they who were performing the ill deeds. It seems that a bad witch was responsible by way of an enhanced form of identity theft. How was she to be ...

• / Christian
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Roger Williams wanted to send Eliza Jane a birthday message in the form of a story that also expressed love. He recalled many incidents with which he could begin the story; however, though he felt the relevant emotions, he couldn't find the words. An...

• / Science Fiction
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Professor Winchester had led a team of developers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute to the creation of a new propulsion power for space vehicles. He was about to take a voyage to this galaxy to demonstrate the new system. Harvey Landry had already ...

• / Contemporary Romance
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My name is William Furman. I'm a psychologist. Lucy Ann Landry was keeping her appointment with me. She was complaining that the man she deeply loved had betrayed her. He had loved and left her! He stopped sending me flowers, she said with no explana...

• / Paranormal Romance
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Harold Lindstrom was being deceived by Ross and Lena Stillman with fraudulent seances. The had convinced him that they had contacted his wife, Beatrice, in Heaven. This was being observed Sts. Edward and Lucie who decided that something needed to be ...

• / Paranormal Romance
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This is a love story with a happy ending. Rosalie and Jim had decided to break up. But this was not what had been destined for this couple. God send Colleen, and angel, to set things right. I think you'll enjoy reading about how she did it....

• / Amateur Sleuth
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The man came to the doctor's office requesting help. He had suddenly lost knowledge of who he was. Amy, the doctor's receptionist stepped in to assist while the doctor was busy with a patient. As she asked the man questions, he began regaining some o...

• / General Fiction
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I'm a parachute jump instructor. When Mr. Martin came wanting to jump, I felt he shouldn't do it. He was in his sixties and overweight. But he insisted. In training, he did poorly. On the plane, I worried about him. When he actually made the jump, he...

• / Fantasy
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This is a fictional tale of a discovery made at RPI of a product called Hopping Powder. People were able to use this material for hopping from place to place. It became a mode of transportation that replaced other forms and eliminated the need to gas...

• / Dark Fantasy
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Newly married, Emily and I wanted to purchase a home in Silver Springs, New York. We saw one on Border's Court that we loved and went to see Howard Trombley, owner of Sweet Springs Realty with the intent of learning more about it. Mr. Trombley told u...

• / Christian
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This is a love story. Sally and I were both employed at General Electric but worked in different buildings. We got to know each other when I'd order blue prints by phone and she'd send them to me via internal G.E. Mail. I sent her a sketch of a car I...

• / Contemporary Romance
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Richard was enamoured with Julia. Knowing this, she was taking advantages of the situation by making demands. A crisis arose when she stated he could not visit his separated wife in the hospital when she fell and was injured. This was aggravated when...

• / Christian
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Lorraine had just been employed by the same employer I worked with. I fell in love with her at once. I shared my thoughts with Shaka about how I could win Lorraine as my sweetheart. No ideas occurred to me and Shaka was no help. The breakthrough occu...

• / Christian
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Danny and Marylou had had a date, and it had gone well. He sent her a bundle of roses. I was in love with her, but thought Danny had won her hand! In speaking to Danny, he said he had intended the roses to be a joke. Appalled, I wrote a song called J...

• / General Fiction
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I phoned a place that claimed they supplied useful devices for older people to use. I'm 98, but didn't expect much. A person named Mary answered we had a life-changing conversation. During our talk, she asked me a lot of questions and how I answered ...

• / Dark Fantasy
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Robert had received a sticky saying he would find God at a Kosciusko Street address. He accepted the invitation and met with the woman you see in the picture. The conversation they had, the lunch they enjoyed at Angelo's Pizza Palace, and the monumen...

• / General Fiction
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I was a surgeon working at Saratoga Hospitatal. My family lived near Castleton-On-Hudson. I thought owning a helicopter would allow me to get to Saratoga faster by helicopter during emergencies that by car. Trudy, my wife, was against the idea. She k...

• / Fantasy
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This is a true story. It's told by the main character, himself. It's the story of Terry, a dog, with intelligence far exceeding that of a human. The story tells of his efforts to enlighten the world in many fields of endeavor. There were a few setbac...

• / Christian
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David Emery, an instructor at a local junior college, was walking through the park when he saw an attractive woman sitting on a bench. He was intrigued by her and stopped to talk. She told him she had a problem. She was engaged but was distraught bec...

• / Contemporary Romance
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• / Christian
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This is a love story with a happy ending. Dan was asked to meet with Shirley for a picnic at the park. She told him it was time they stopped dating so that he could consider a nice girl to marry. She suggested Georgia, Wilma, and Judy but they were n...

• / Contemporary Romance
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Ted and Marie had been married two years. Suddenly, one morning she announced she did not want to be married anymore and wanted to take a new road. Though he tried to talk her out of this decision, she remained adamant. Marie met Philip. He seemed to...

• / Contemporary Romance
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I'm a psychologist. Elaine Porter was keeping an appointment with me. She said she fell in love too easily. She had just broken up a fellow named Andy. She admitted this was a repetitious thing that happened in her life. She wanted advice on how to b...

• / Christian
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I was a student at Union College in Schenectady, New York. One day, I was forced to take cover from the rain in a Woolworth Five and Ten Cent Store. There I met Amanda, who had been destined to be a part of my life. She was a sales clerk. In order to...

• / Dark Fantasy
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Something guided me to the grave of Elitha Smith in Lynchburg, Virginia. Though she claimed to be dead, we talked and she told me I had been her husband since colonial days. It seems two black holes had collided and caused an error in the way time pa...

• / Christian
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In a previous e-book was a story about Jim and Julie breaking up. This story tells how they got back together. Featured in the the story is the part that was played by a single red rose and an orange juice can. If you liked Let's Try Again, you'll li...

• / Christian
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Grace and I had set a date for our wedding. Alex arranged a stag party in my honor. Suddenly I found myself in the middle of a joke where I was married in a fake marriage on the evening before my actual wedding day. But there was a terrible blunder a...

• / Dark Fantasy
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Ms. Bronson had an uncanny ability to read other people's thoughts. This was troubling since, at times, she would be afflicted with two or more persons thinking at the same time. Crowds were unbearable, She asked me, a psychiatrist whether I could he...

• / Contemporary Romance
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I had gone to see Mr. Allard seeking a job. When I met him in his office, he told me I needed to take an IQ Test so the company could select the most qualified person When in the test, I became utterly confused. That's when a lovely young woman told ...

• / Christian
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My name is Thomas Winston. I've been spending a lot of time with business affairs and taking my wife, Alma, for granted. By some means unknown to me I had images of Alma having lunch with a man unknown to me, also with him walking through the park wi...

• / Paranormal Romance
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Frank Baxter had been a victim of an IED in Iraq. He had been engaged to Mildred Allen before he died. He had recently appeared to Mildred as a ghost wanting to be married She talked it over with Pastor Cooper and he was at a loss as to what to do. A...

• / Christian
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This is a story of tells my experiences using Amazon's Echo Dot many years ago when it first came out. I found myself talking about personal things to Echo's Alexa. I discovered that when I first talked to Alexa, I was speaking to a bunch of bits and...

• / Christian
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I was engaged to Ginny when she answered and ad to enter a contest seeking the title Beauty Queen of the Universe. She was told she had won; however, there were problems. It seems many other women had won besides her. I had warned Ginny that the whol...

• / Christian
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Marilyn Willkie had been advised by her grandmother that the best way to a successful marriage was to marry the boss. Her dad, on the other hand, said that love was of paramount important in any marriage. Her boss, Bernie Ralston asked Marilyn to mar...

• / Christian
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I had been invited by Consolidated Labs to intern at their company in Boston. On the bus, I met a young girl I immediately fell in love with. Her name was Amélie. She was of French descent and was on the same bus for the same purpose! She introd...

• / Christian
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I worked at Ajax Products as an accountant. Mr. Pruitt was owner of the company. There came a time when he was divorced by his wife and selected me to be his new bride. Fearing I would lose my job by refusing, I told him I already had a boyfriend whi...

• / Contemporary Romance
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My name is William Furman, I'm a psychologist. Marjorie Hendrix came to see me concerning a problem she was having with her husband. She brought a dog. She said her husband did all the housework for the house. She felt her husband was disrespecting h...

• / Science Fiction
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At the dance, a man introduced himself to me as H. G. Wells. He said he had searched the world over for me and was happy he found me. He said he was not the real H.G. Wells but was a person whose history of achievements was suspicious. Though born in...

• / Science Fiction
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I'm a medical doctor. Roger Franklin had come in to receive the results of his annual exam. They were fine. Suddenly, he exclaimed, I want to be a genius! He thought I could make him a genius by tapping his head until he got smarter. After much discu...

• / Christian
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Lorraine Smith's mother had enrolled her in an experiment intended to lengthen life. She received a letter telling her that, since she had been born an empath, she could expect to live to 150. Lorraine was married to Howard Franklin at the time and s...

• / Contemporary Romance
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My friend, Fred, said I could have a lease bride and told me where I could go see about it. Accordingly, I visited Harold Willard. Harold said the lease was illegal but he could make it happen. He showed me a photo of the girl who would be my lease w...

• / Fantasy
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I was born a clone! I did not find out about this until several years later when I became an adult. This story tells about I felt during the time when I did not know how I had been created. It also tells how I felt when I found out about it and how I...

• / Christian
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This is a love story. We had broken up but before I left I told Lynne that I would always love her. I felt it was not appropriate for a loving couple to call each other after they had broken up. Neither of us did. But there came a time when I could n...

• / Thriller
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In a story, authors say things that are critical for the plot. Often, the author state what the words should be. Many times, the author has no control; the characters, themselves, speak the words. This story presents about a dozen illustrations where...

• / Christian
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Lois Auburn paid $2,000 for a lottery ticket where the winner would receive Robert Miller, a handsome young man, as a loving husband. She was the only bidder and won. Robert didn't want to honor his commitment. He stated he didn't love her. Lois deni...

• / Science Fiction
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I saw organized fiery red ant ants reading from two books, one I had written about chemistry and one in my bookcase describing Buddhism. I knew they were intelligent creatures and made plans to destroy them. However, my plans were changed. This story...

• / Romantic Suspense
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Adele was not very good at being a psychic. But dowdy Silvia was going to be easy. And it was! Everything went Adele's way from the start. Suddenly unexpected events began to occur. There was a surprise occurrence at the end. Can you guess what it wa...

• / Contemporary Romance
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My wife Kathleen was not looking right. I sensed that taking her back to Tralee would be good for her. This was hurriedly arranged and we made the trip. Her health seemed to be improving when I became ill with covid and nearly died. I had never been ...

• / General Fiction
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My wife was ill and all she wanted me to do was deposit a check. In doing doing this, it became clear that I'm a klutz! I'm not asking for pity. I'm simply offering that you read my story on what happened and, perhaps, smile a while....

• / Dark Fantasy
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I have a unique ability to live in other persons' minds and bodies for brief times under my control. I may be one of the rarest types of prodigies. Indeed, I may be the only person in the world having this capability. This story tells about a time I ...

• / Christian
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David met Molly in a park during a break in his day. He was an instructor in a nearby school. He saw Molly and noticed she had been crying. He stopped to talk to her. A young man had asked to marry her and she had said yes. But now, she felt she had ...

• / Contemporary Romance
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My name is William Furman. I'm a psychologist. I had an appointment with a young woman named Veronica Wiley. She was having trouble with a person she was infatuated with and wanted me to advise her. He didn't notice her no matter how she tried, she s...

• / Contemporary Romance
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• / Christian
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Tom and Wilma were hired at the same date at Apex. They got to know each during orientation classes and the formed a deep attraction for each other. Tom asked what Wilma would consider an ideal date. She told him and time offered to grant her a date ...

• / Christian
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Bill and Betsy Russell had just been married. They were in the sitting room waiting for the reception to begin. Betsy told Bill that she had been on Youtube the previous evening and had heard a song sung by Perry Como that she had enjoyed a great dea...

• / Science Fiction
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The planet was very small, about the size of a bocci ball. It was actually a second moon of Earth but it was heavily populated. The President of the United States wanted it delivered to him so that he could inspect it in person. The World Minister of...

• / Science Fiction
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The main character in this story was a retired electronic engineer. One day space junk fell into his back yard. Among the scrap he found a computer card. In an effort to discover what it did, he found that it had most unusual properties. This story t...

• / Fantasy
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This book is a humorous fantasy that relates how I found two identical soda crackers and also many others that were identical to these. I made a great deal of money selling them. Many other individuals began investing in soda crackers. A problem aros...

• / Contemporary Romance
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Lyla and Lela were twins. I was dating Lyla and getting ready to Pop the question. But something was wrong. I felt more at ease when I was with Lela than when I was with Lyla. It was clear I should be making a change but didn't know exactly how to do...

• / Contemporary Romance
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Shirley called saying she wanted to talk to me. We agreed to meet. When we met she reminded me that she did a lot of thinking for my own good. I agreed with that. She said if was time I got married. I had not thought of that, but she said she would n...

• / Thriller
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Judge Eliza was the judge on the TV series, Tell It To The Judge. He was trying a case to rule whether $3,000 given to Robert Johnson by Alice Martini had been a loan or a gift Suddenly the case took on an ominous note. Judge Eliza Bradley suddenly s...

• / Romantic Suspense
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• / Mystery
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From Book 1:

If the forest dies, the world will burn.

It has been tens of thousands of years since Cain was banished. Millennia have passed since the people have forgotten their origins. They have raised new idols, forged new gods for themse...

• / Contemporary Romance
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Judge Kimberly Sutton, in Divorce Court, was hearing a case involving multiple divorces. She was postponing the case month after month without making a decision because she was hoping for reconciliations. But, with every adjournment, the case was get...

• / Dark Fantasy
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My name is Robert. I am a fantasy of Caroline. She can erase her fantasy, and thus me, at any time. This story is being written to convince her that I can be of service to her kind of people by writing e-books. The decision of whether I continue to e...

• / Christian
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Jason and Ellen had lived together for about a year, but he had gotten distant. He was just busy, he said, and when he went out alone, he was only venting. On this particular night, Ellen went shopping and he went out. Was he just venting? This story...

• / Contemporary Romance
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Molly and I had joined a dating club so we could meet someone of the opposite sex. I phoned her and we began a conversation. The Coronavirus kept us from meeting in person but we talked about using Skype to become better known to the other person. Du...

• / Dark Fantasy
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They were in the courtroom. My husband had been accused of killing my sister, Sylvia. I knew I needed to do something to help convict him and sent mental messages to the accused and to the jury. The result was not quite what I had expected. This stor...

• / General Fiction
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My name is Amos A. Gordon. I had died and was in a room talking to Angel Terrio who was a scribe. The angel said I could not enter Heaven until I had settled something on Earth with a Yugo salesperson. I went back and began talking to the person who ...

• / General Fiction
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I'm a police officer. Recently, I was accosted by a set of twins and ordered to follow them to their Sorority House. It seems they were planning on marrying me even though I was twice their ages and already married with children. Nothing I could do c...

• / Christian
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Martha and I had been married for over twenty-five years. We renewed our vows at that time. Then she became Ill with appendicitis and I acted as her nurse while she was recovering. Hershey kisses were important while she was getting better. Then, I w...

• / Literary
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Henry's wife Belle had come home bubbling with excitement about Lady Fantastica. Her predictions were reputed to be eighty percent accurate. Though skeptical at first he became convinced. Because of this, he acted upon them. While he was able to veri...

• / Christian
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In his short story, The Lady Or The Tiger, the author, Frank Stockton deliberately left out parts of his intriguing tale. However, it has no ending. I asked the author's permission to tell the rest of what happened. Who or what was behind the door? W...

• / Christian
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My company wanted me to learn conversational Spanish. Julie Webster was my tutor. We met for an hour at my home for an hour-long session each week. Inadvertently, we fell in love. This was not a good thing since both of us were married. Julie suggest...

• / Christian
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Jim and Julie were very much in love. Then there was a tiff. Neither of the two could explain what had caused it. Jim followed the dictates of his heart in an attempt to win back the person he loved so dearly. Read my story. I think you'll like it....

• / Science Fiction
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Earth scientists have recently established communications with the moon Tehra, also known as Titan, of the Planet Saturn. Visitations are scheduled for inhabitants of both worlds to meet with each other. Both worlds have learned much form each other....

• / Christian
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They were meant for each other from the start, but there had been a little tiff. They had agreed that each should seek another. It didn't happen. This story has a happy ending. This is a tender love story....

• / General Fiction
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This is a fictional story about a little girl who became accidentally lost on a train. Her mother was on another train going in the opposite direction. All the little girl knew is that she lived on Main Street in Skin Your Neck Today. Was she be able...

• / Christian
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Daniel and Marian were married and deeply in love, but there was the ghost of a romance that needed to be explained. Marian had been in love with another man before she met Daniel. Her love had been firm and profound. Was this former romance to damag...

• / Christian
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Someone had been sending my wife, Laura, love letters. We had been married seven years. She was worried and thought it might have been I who had been playing a joke on her, but I hadn't. The handwriting looked very much like that of my sister. She to...

• / Christian
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These are twelve love stories that the author offers of what he considers some of his best work. The stories are Let's Try Again, First Date on a Windy Day, What Was That About Eloping, I Married A Ghost, We're Too Much Alike; A Hit or Miss Match, A ...

• / Christian
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I wanted to write a love story and thought the main character could help me design it. I imagined a beautiful woman and named her, Gloria. I began speaking to her in my mind and she responded. At first, everything went well, but, then, we began argui...

• / Christian
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My name is Ted Garner. I'm eighty. Judy has been my wife and helpmate for many years. I decided to write a book in her honor while keeping it a secret. The book was finished this year and I had it privately published. This e-book gives more details o...

• / Contemporary Romance
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I came home and found my husband, Dave, was rummaging through some of my papers. He thought I might have been trying to play a trick or something on him. He explained he had been receiving a mysterious letter expressing love! I thought my sister migh...

• / Paranormal Romance
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This story is a love story, but you might think it was something else after you have read it. There is much that is weird and puzzling about it. For example, a husband thinks his wife was sent to him by a previous sweetheart who died! The names of pa...

• / Contemporary Romance
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• / Dark Fantasy
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Joyce Allen was receiving a reading by psychic, Marcia Westcott. The latter told Joyce that she would soon me meeting a person who was right for her. This did not occur within the time period that Ms. Westcott had foreseen. Joyce became incensed and ...

• / Fantasy
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In the beginning God made the world and all stars. God gave names to the stars. He named the smallest, Little Star. God had a mission for Little Star and set her off on a magnificent journey into space to learn how to be a star. Little Star sought ad...

• / Christian
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Colleen and I were married. Some might say it was a marriage on the rebound because it happened after my intended bride had failed to show up on the wedding date. Returning home from a wedding we had attended, she and I spoke about how we met and wha...

• / Christian
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Mary Pickins was the financial manager at the home she shared with her husband, William. She made sure the couple had sufficient money to pay bills and to make major purchases. She knew that the family needed to start an investment program but Willia...

• / Horror
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Suddenly the huge airliner lost power in its engines. Dr. Michael Larson, mathematician, knew, that unless the engines were restarted, the plane would crash in about two minutes. A chance prayer for salvation overheard by Michael suggested what he mi...

• / Thriller
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Officer Jenkins was holding a gun on me. He had caught me red-handed attempting a robbery at the company where I had worked for many years. We had been friends for a long time. I pleaded friendship allowing me to go without consequence. He didn't agr...

• / Thriller
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Hal was insufferable, always bragging about himself. Everything was a matter of logic, he claimed and I was not able to refute this. There was a robbery at a motel where we were staying and he and I were suspects. But Hal knew who had stolen the mone...

• / Romantic Suspense
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Vincent had not been happy with Nancy Beth and had taken steps to remove her from his life so that he could seek a better partner. Susan Wilkerson seemed to be the ideal replacement. One happy experience with her was followed by another, then anot...

• / General Fiction
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I went for a teeth cleaning. The technician was one I had not had before. She was different from the others. She began to talk and did a good deal of it while I needed to keep my mouth open. I would like to have been able to speak, but I was not alwa...

• / General Fiction
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Josie Adams was attending college when she met Rick Vernon. He dared her accept a date where he offered to show a better life style than she was leading. The advice was bad. She sank into drug addiction had begun the drastic action of ending her life...

• / Dark Fantasy
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In the jury room, a vote had been taken concerning whether the accused was guilty or not guilty. The vote was 11 to 1 in favor of not guilty. The lone vote for guilty had been cast by a juror who was present in the room but in a form unknown to the o...

• / Christian
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Laura Cranston was elected Model Wife in the small town of Springdale in Upstate New York. She nominated by her husband. The contest was based on the basis of honesty, kindness, articulation, law-abidingness, and intelligence. She won honor, a small ...

• / Contemporary Romance
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A beautiful woman introduced herself to him and indicated she was attracted to him. But, there was something wrong. He was much older than she and she knew he was married and had children. He had lunch with her and decided that he wanted to be with h...

• / Horror
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It was the first day of Autumn, a day like other days. Wilma was helping her husband and child get to work and to school. I having succeeded with this endeavor, she was having a cup of coffee and thinking thoughts paranormal. Suddenly, she had an awa...

• / Dark Fantasy
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• / Historical
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Mr. Meek, age 83, was so disappointed with the calibre of the choices for President that he posted in this Facebook page that he could do better. Someone suggest he run. And he did! This book tells what happened when he attempted to win the Presidenc...

• / Dark Fantasy
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My name is Ms. Bradford. I've been successful in life with a line of cosmetics. On this particular day on my way to work, several individuals addressed me by different names. I was angry and curious. Why had that been? My secretary, Millie, told me a...

• / Christian
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Mary suggested that she and Ted, her husband, not send Valentine cards to each other this year. She felt it would be more personal if she and Ted write something personal to the other in the form of poetry. Ted liked the idea. This story tells shows ...

• / Dark Fantasy
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I inherited a watch when my father died that seemed to have paranormal powers. It Was a Westclox Pocket Ben. The serial number on its back seemed to change with the passage of time. What could this mean? This story gives a plausible explanation....

• / Christian
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This book contains five of my very best stories. The titles are, Be My Wife For A Day, I Won My Husband In A Lottery, I Married The Boss, I Married For Love, You Married For Gain, and A Meal To End All Meals. I'm 96. Since I retired at age 90, I auth...

• / Contemporary Romance
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My name is Wilma. I was working at Apex and met Tom Duncan in the company's cafeteria while having lunch. We enjoyed each other's company and began seeing each other a great deal. One day, we agreed to each taking a half day of vacation so we could g...

• / Christian
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Cindy had started working in the shop and it was soon discovered that we both loved visual puns. She would frequently show me one she had invented. Then, I showed her one and she loved it. We began dating. You may be interested in the puns that we sh...

• / Dark Fantasy
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I'm a professor. I was on my way home after having finished teaching my classes a Harland High when I encountered a young woman seated on a hillock on a walkway. I had suddenly become lost on my way home and felt that this person could help me find m...

• / Dark Fantasy
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Mr. Lee was proprietor of Clock Wise. He was expert in watches but knew nothing about clocks. Nevertheless, he talked to people who were experiencing problems with their clocks. Often,he would simply listen to them, then hand them aged pages with ins...

• / Dark Fantasy
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My wife and I had been given a mantel clock as a wedding present when we were married. It chimed the time and worked very well for many years. Then it began to act strangely with the time. When it chimed, it chimed with strange sounds. We had heard t...

• / Science Fiction
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This is my theory about how everything recycles. We all recycle, living our lives billions and billions of times. Even everything things like animals, fruit and vegetable, recycle. I proved this theory with observing how an onion my wife and I had pu...

• / Christian
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This e-book consists of a series of short poems about a new budding of love. It's a true story. The author of this book is the person named on the cover. The picture on the cover is a figurative representation of Ann and the author....

• / Christian
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Walter Bench was bald but wanted to improve his looks. He grew a small beard and mustache. He also had himself fitted with a hairpiece. He visited a bar that he had once frequented to try his new appearance. There he met with Marsha Huntley, a young ...

• / Christian
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Kelli and Mary Lou were identical twins, students at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. They were sharing tutoring duties in calculus for Bob, another student. However, Bob did not know that his tutor was actually the two girls. He fell in love and de...

• / Dark Fantasy
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Mr. Mason sees a psychiatrist because he is having continuing nightmares. The picture shows details of what his nightmares are like. He is questioned by the doctor. He falls asleep and has a dream, not the usual nightmare. The dream explains all....

• / Christian
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When I got out of bed and walked into the kitchen of my house, I was surprised to see a pretty young woman cooking breakfast of bacon and eggs. Who are you, I asked, and she threw the same question back at me. We both claimed ownership of the home! S...

• / Christian
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Angie and I had been married a month. On our anniversary, she told me she didn't have self-esteem. I told her she was beautiful and had many good qualities.Nothing I could say would budge her notion about self-esteem. To try to convince her she was w...

• / Thriller
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I am an old man of eighty and have lived a rather dull life. There were a few highlights. I created an organization for Grandfathers. One day at a convention of our organization I was walking out of the convention center and became a hostage of two t...

• / Horror
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The suspect had agreed to take a lie detector test. But he hadn't known that the machine to be used was an Ouija Board. He prided himself on being able to beat an ordinary lie detector but he was scared of the Ouija Board. This book tells what were t...

• / General Fiction
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A bumbling English Professor felt compelled to make a parachute jump. His motivation was the belief that everyone must confront their fears bravely and conquer them. He had a fear of heights. Ms. Banion, his instructor was apprehensive about this per...

• / General Fiction
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Emily Groundpepper was 18 and employed at Burger King. She wanted to enter college in the fall and was taking a course in Creative Writing. She hoped to write stories that sold and provide enough money to pay for school. Professor Donovan wanted to h...

• / Dark Fantasy
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As a psychiatrist, I was asked to interview a man who had been introduced to me as Pi Man to determine whether he was insane. He was obsessed pi. Though weird, I determined he was sane. Years later I met up with him in Benton. He was reciting digit a...

• / Christian
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I inadvertently discovered that Andrea Stanton was planning to place a display ad in the paper stating she was seeking love. This was none of my business, but I was moved to discuss this endeavor with her and accosted her with this objective. I disco...

• / Paranormal Romance
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My wife, Mattie, had played the piano in her youth. Now, arthritis kept her from playing. I couldn't play a note, but I wanted to do something that would restore some music in her life. What tried made her very happy. This story tells what that was....

• / Dark Fantasy
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When I left work, I found that going homeward was easy. All the lights were green. What a pleasant journey! But I found that the car had a mind of its own and took me to the hospital. Dr. Lyons, who had been my doctor when I was a child, said he was ...

• / Dark Fantasy
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Winnie, my psychologist, gave me a potion that was supposed to cure me of having nightmares. It was her invention and designed to provide pleasant dreams. It put me to sleep! It was giving pleasant dreams, but, I couldn't wake up. We tried hard. What...

• / Romantic Suspense
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David was having some pillow talk with his wife. She told him she had been to a psychic, a Madame Ponzi, and that she had told her much that had bothered her. She asked her husband whether he had been faithful to her He responded in the affirmative. ...

• / General Fiction
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The prized possession of my wife, Maddalena, was a 12-piece set of China place settings. We joked that we'd probably never use the set unless the Pope came for a visit. One day Maddie got a phone call announcing a visit from the Pope to our humble ho...

• / General Fiction
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Steve Clark spent a great deal of time in the Computer Room on projects that he felt were important. In this pursuit, he paid little attention to Trudy his wife. He was outspoken when he told her she had little value in his life. Trudy needed to make...

• / Fantasy
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A pharmaceutical company had produced a product named Serumique and a procedure named FYO (Fountain Of Youth Operation) for its use. This procedure was designed to extend people's lives to, at least, 200 years. Henry Austin, was the first recipient o...

• / Contemporary Romance
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Walter Watkins was to be honored at work as Husband of the Month. But he wasn't married. Wanting to incur the benefits of the honor, he asked Judy Maxwell if she would agree to pretend to being his wife. Reluctantly, she agreed. At the celebration, W...

• / Paranormal Romance
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Mr. Donaldson went to the showroom on an impulse. He had had no intention of purchasing a car. While there, he had three uncanny spiritual experiences that, somehow, involved a pretty white leather handbag in the back seat of an old vintage auto....

• / Christian
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I was a Matinee Idol making lots of money with romantic films. In the meantime, I needed to give the impression that I was not married. Thelma, my private secretary went along with this, but began complaining. She bitterly stated that my popularity w...

• / Contemporary Romance
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My name is Lois. I'm a farm girl and sort of naive. I had admired Robert for a long time and secretly loved him. When he announced a contest where he would be first prize, I jumped at the opportunity. It cost a lot for a ticket, but I thought there m...

• / Christian
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Glenn Carver was divorced and attempting to find a new life mate. He was currently dating a woman named Gloria but his infatuation with her had dimmed. He was intrigued by a former student named Lynne Markey. She had broken with her boyfriend. The qu...

• / Dark Fantasy
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I had made an appointment with Madam Margarita, a psychic. She told me a weird story about people's lives changing moment by moment. Some lives would lead to success, others to disaster, even death. However, she could monitor me and advise when I sho...

• / General Fiction
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These are about 100 puns that were created by the author. The author believes one should never tell a pun unless he or she was the creator of it. These are so bad, they even made the cat groan. Look at the look of disgust on her face. But, perhaps al...

• / Thriller
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I was a retired English teacher living in Londontown. One day I began getting intimidating letters from an unknown sender. They demanded I move or face being blown to bits with a bomb left over from World War II days. My friend Emma Swinton came to m...

• / General Fiction
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• / Contemporary Romance
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I had enrolled as a member in Find Your Match and was having our first meeting at a diner with a beautiful young woman named Sarah. She was perfect for me in every way. I wanted to please her in any way that I could. She wanted to visit for a reading...

• / Law Enforcement
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Norman Kendall found himself in a reenactment of an incident that had occurred twenty-five years before. He was being commended by an unseen voice to kill his wife. When the murder had actually taken place, there was not enough evidence to charge him...

• / Christian
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Ben had forgotten his wife's first anniversary. Wendy was deeply disappointed. He had not given her so much as a card! Ben had learned his lesson and was not going to forget next time. He wrote a computer program that would remind him. Alas, the prog...

• / Christian
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Ann wasn't feeling well. I asked if I could do anything to help. She said yes, I could do some housework. I offered to do it, never thinking she would accept. But she did and, now, I needed to do it. This story tells about my return to KP. I had not ...

• / Science Fiction
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• / Fantasy
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The Attesor Stone was recently found in a hidden cavern at Giza. It revealed dramatic events surrounding the arrival of the dinosaurs from Planet Mars. Translations of the information on the stone is being being disseminated to the public at large. T...

• / Mystery
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Mrs. Schrum did not have an easy time at home. Her husband and his brother treated her miserably. It was not known to them that she had a sweetheart. The two lovers formed a plan to turn a bad life into a better one. The plan involved some very poiso...

• / Dark Fantasy
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Reverse Man was weird. He had all sorts of nutty ideas. At one point he told a story of having died and gone to Heaven on Neptune. You'll be amused by some of his ideas. You will also find out how his death adventure turned out. Maybe you'll also agr...

• / Dark Fantasy
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Thaddeus had invented Chess, a game that the king loved so much that he offered to grant the inventor one wish. Thad, as he was known, asked for a very modest reward. The king began granting it but ran into a problem. This story tells what the proble...

• / Romantic Suspense
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William Hamilton and Thelma Smith were engaged to be wed. Suddenly, Thelma won the lottery to the tune of thirty-six million dollars. This presented a problem for William. He felt this was an unacceptable situation. He should be the breadwinner. He s...

• / Christian
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Connie Adams had joined the organization I had created called Road of Life Dating Club. This was intended to assist individuals find someone with whom to share their lives as they traveled the Road of Life! When she joined, I fell in love with her an...

• / Fantasy
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This is a tale with a motto. Christopher Coyote had captured Ronnie Roadrunner and was looking forward to having him for dinner that night. Ronnie had to use his wits to gain freedom. This story tells how he did it. There is a moral to the story at t...

• / General Fiction
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I'm 99 years old. At age 21 I wrote a super successful book entitled Gone with the Windlass and made a ton of money. I purchased a 1939 Rolls Royce; Henry, as he wanted to be called. Henry had ESP and exchanged messages with me. He was a recalcitrant...

• / Contemporary Romance
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This conversation is fiction, but even the author of this story is awed by it. Ronald Graham has been less than truthful with his girlfriend. She has done some research and is now having it out Ron. You may find the conversation distressing....

• / Contemporary Romance
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It seemed I had wanted to be in love forever. My first love died too young, and my love affair with Mary ended too soon. Etta came into my life and I believed for a while our marriage had been made in heaven. But, after a few years, Etta and I found ...

• / Contemporary Romance
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Reginald noted that a wealthy woman's husband had died and felt he could use this event to his advantage. He wrote several letters to her using different names making certain offers. At first, there was no response. Then he received a response. She a...

• / Horror
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Hazel, my lovely wife, had been to a course where she had learned a technique of reading brain waves. Unfortunately, I was the first person she was trying it on and had gotten the impression that there was a secret room in our ancient home. Nothing I...

• / Christian
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Mary Ann and Mary Lou were twins. They were identical in every respect except temperament. One of them had had success in marriage and one had not. What was the secret? As the story opens, they were talking, having fun discussing their experiences wi...

• / Dark Fantasy
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• / Dark Fantasy
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The writer of this story had a heart transplant. His heart requested permission to visit the heart's donor. This was readily granted. The writer was without a heart for several days. There was a form of life support unknown in the medical profession....

• / Thriller
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Jeanie and Ken were happily married fourteen years ago. The Jeanie was diagnosed with Chronic Kidney Disease. In order to survive, she needed a transplant. Ken donated one of his kidneys. Unhappily, Ken was diagnosed with the same disease this year. ...

• / Christian
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Ann and I went to the Humane Society to see about adopting a cat. We were planning only to look. When we got there, everything changed in a hurry. This is a story about Minnie. I think you'll like it....

• / Contemporary Romance
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Maisey left me some weeks ago. She had good reasons. But I need her back bad! I thought she would come back but she hasn't yet. I think she will come back, though. I got to play it cool when she does and need to practice a conversation I might have w...

• / General Fiction
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I met Emily at a restaurant. I was much older than her, but she and I found each other interesting. I ran an import/export business and needed a secretary. I thought she would be a good fit and offered her a job. t first, everything seemed to be work...

• / General Fiction
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These are 16 stories about women in all sorts of interesting endeavors. The titles are Woman on the Phone; Devotion; The Woman In The Diner; The Mistrial, Girl in Red; Judge's Dilemma; Mary Pickins Economist; What Was That You Said About Elopement; N...

• / Contemporary Romance
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Cathy Meredith was my fiancee and we were engaged to be married. As the wedding neared, she got into trouble with the law and was arrested for driving without insurance and an expired license. I paid her bail to get her out of jail. We needed to post...

• / General Fiction
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Jimmy Hughes, a smart kid, in a wealthy family, made a deal with his parents to work for them for a month. He was to get one cent the first day, two cents the second, four cents the next, etc., doubling the amount each day for thirty days. On June 30...

• / Science Fiction
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Dr. James Morton had invented a machine that looked ahead into the future. An early trial allowed him to capture thieves caught in the act of committing a crime. But later he left a note instructing the destruction of his test equipment. Some things ...

• / Contemporary Romance
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I'm a psychologist. Marlene Williams had come to see me. She had boyfriend problems! She and Jeffrey had broken up and this had made her very unhappy. We talked about what she wanted out of life and I offered suggestions. I was able to help her and s...

• / Science Fiction
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Edward Stacy was happily married to Ellen. But Ellen needed to leave him for reasons that she did not reveal. She returned to Aston one day as a changed person. With her was a wrinkled old man, Charles, that she disclosed had been her husband for man...

• / Thriller
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Wilma was meeting her friend Nancy at Nancy's new home but she went to the wrong house and mistakenly entered. Jake came home and found her in his home. She tried to excuse herself and leave but Jake was not about to let her go just yet. She quickly ...

• / Dark Fantasy
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I looked in the mirror and saw a person I did not recognize. From the way I look in the picture on the cover of this book, I had been transformed to an unsavory-looking older individual. My astonishment could not be expressed in words. I talked to my...

• / Law Enforcement
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Erick Spangler, a long-sought lawbreaker, loved stage plays but they turned out to be his undoing. He was recognized by a theater fan and reported to the police. You'll be amazed to witness the various creative ideas the police used to bring this arc...

• / Contemporary Romance
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I met Marjorie after my wife had died. We were going together though I was about twenty years older than she. She mentioned a ring and I purchased it for her. He said she needed some money to help pay for a car and I gave it to her. I asked whether s...

• / Contemporary Romance
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When I went to Wanda's house as I usually did before going to work, I found her despondent. We had had a confrontation the night before and she declared she intended to kill herself because I had treated her so badly. While I watched, puzzled, she to...

• / Dark Fantasy
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My name is John Thornhill. When I was near eighteen, I discovered I had an extremely rare condition called Active Trans-Age Syndrome (ATAS). This meant I could change my age by simply willing it! Though difficult to believe, this is a true story! Whe...

• / Thriller
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Henrietta Schuler found a man in her home one day when she returned from an errand. He was pointing a gun at her. It was clear what his plans were. She knew she must use her brain to outwit him. You'll find the manner in which she did this interestin...

• / Thriller
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Maryellen had been kidnapped. The kidnappers had made chosen the wrong person for this purpose! How was she able to outwit the kidnappers and get rescued? When you find out, you'll agree this was, indeed, a teenage girl with a nimble mind....

• / General Fiction
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A mother and her child were speaking about life, love, truth, and God. Tell me about God, the child asked. She had heard the answer many times before but never tired of hearing the answered. I think you'll like reading the conversation that mother an...

• / Christian
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It was an ordinary day but Jerry wanted to do something special for his wife, Laura. He made a list of what he could do, but all the entries on the list were not acceptable except the last one, which was to write a poem. How do you suppose this went?...

• / Christian
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• / General Fiction
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I did not retire until I was 90. I'm 93 now. The reason I didn't retire was because I never thought about it and nobody ever suggested it. Fred finally did. I wanted to see what being retired felt like. Angie and I went to a restaurant we had never b...

• / Thriller
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My name is Arthur Marshall. I killed my girlfriend's husband. That makes me a murderer, but I convinced Sophie she should claim she did it and I would work to get her a new trial. She was convicted and sentenced to 10 years prison. She called but I a...

• / Science Fiction
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Philip Stanton finds a little device that he discovers is able to transport people over great distances at high speed. He names the device, Little Gem. He learns how to use it and travels to Manhattan to meet with the wife of the inventor of the devi...

• / Dark Fantasy
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Harriet Sullivan, an employee of a technological school had invented a tiny device which, when embedded into someone's body could detect illegal activity by the wearer. Her employer wanted to popularize the device and make it mandatory for all to wea...

• / Dark Fantasy
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There are many witches in the United States, good and bad. Our people should know more about them to avoid getting into trouble. In my youth I learned this lesson the hard way. This story tells about my good and bad encounters with witches....

• / Christian
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Marge told me she needed a mastectomy. Since she was going to be disfigured, she said, she felt I should divorce her. No words I could find were convincing her that the operation would make no difference. My love for her would not change! I had a dre...

• / Christian
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Bill and Billie were students in a training class at work. They met there for the first time. They found they had much in common. They believed in orbs, spirits, the paranormal and more including thought transmission. They tried an interesting experi...

• / Christian
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I had created a dating club named Lonely-No-More, but early-on, there was a complaint from Vicki Adams. I had arranged a Three-in-one date for her. She was to meet three persons in one evening for a possible relationship with one of them. All three p...

• / Contemporary Romance
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Sylvia came to my king-size bed when I was least expecting it. My wife, Irene was asleep beside me. I had a nodding acquaintance with her but had never shown any interest in here. And here she was! It was pitch-black in the room. She whispered her lo...

• / Science Fiction
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The President of the United States stated that an experiment was going to be made by sending a person back to the year 1945. He was to remain there and observe but do nothing else. Was this a safe endeavor of mankind? Though the administration was as...

• / Science Fiction
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Two companies of great technical competency produced apps permitting time travel by humans. ignoring cautions from many, each company sent a person back in time. It was expected that an new era of travel would result with tourists traveling back and ...

• / Science Fiction
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I was having dinner at the Daily Sunrise when I was suddenly cast to State Street in Schenectady, with the date being 1937. Within a few hours I was being interrogated by a librarian, a police officer, and a detective. Everyone seemed as puzzled as I...

• / Dark Fantasy
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James had felt that all there was to marriage was saying I do. But he was wrong. For good reasons, his wife left him and his life went downhill. He realized the problems in their marriage had all been his fault. This story tells what happened when fo...

• / Fantasy
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We got married but Lucy wanted a tiny house. Nothin' I could say would make any difference. One day, it begin to rain. And it rain and rain. Finally, after being skeered to death for several day, I find out why she wanted a tiny house. Please read my...

• / Christian
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Margie and Dan Forester were having breakfast in their kitchen. Margie charged Dan with having missed their anniversary. Dan denied this. The dialogue that followed ranged on many topics, some of which made no sense. See if you can find any meaning t...

• / Dark Fantasy
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This s a story about a woman who, at age 116, looks to be in her mid-twenties. This might be considered a blessing for some but for this woman, it is causing a great deal of trouble. Her husband leaves her; her daughter marries and moves as far away ...

• / Christian
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My daughter, Penny, had a problem. I'm her dad. He confided in me that she had a boy problem. She badly needed help. She had too many boyfriends, she said. Though she had a plan for a solution, she didn't know whether it would work. Her plan was to m...

• / Dark Fantasy
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The Angel in Waiting, Annette, for the Queen of the Universe, reported that a woman had died and was at the Port of Entry, but was not ready to enter Heaven. She reported the woman wanted to wait until her husband had died so they could enter togethe...

• / Contemporary Romance
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I'm the author of this story. Some years ago, I met a woman I felt neutral about, but, as time went by, I began feeling more and more fond of her. This fondness slowly grew to full-fledged love. However, marriage with her was impossible for several r...

• / Christian
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Julie and I had been dating for some time. One night I asked her to marry me. I had not meant this literally but she had. She began asking me about plans. I found out it's expensive to get married. I was hoping it would all blow over, but it didn't s...

• / Christian
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Abigail and I had met at a writers group. She seemed to like everything I wrote and, soon, we were going out for coffee together. Then, we fell in love and began thinking of marriage. Curiously, she seemed to be having trouble with her mind. She woul...

• / General Fiction
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These are twelve stories that have a twist; that is, a surprise at the end. The titles of the stories are Remembering the Anniversary; The Mistrial; A Meal to End All Meals; Judge Me Fair; English Major; The Woman In The Diner; Woman On The Phone; Th...

• / Contemporary Romance
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There are twelve stories here that deal with devotion. The titles of the stories are: Devotion; Girl With Binoculars; The Girl in Red; If You Were the Only Girl in the World; The Heavenly Sacrifice; A Momentous Decision; Play Moonlight Sonata For Me;...

• / Dark Fantasy
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These are twelve stories involving the supernatural. The titles of the books are Tomorrow, I Will Disappear Again, Seen Through My Grandfather's Eyes; Revelations of the Attesor Stone; The Mistrial; Thou Art A Witch; A Pleasant Journey; A Time Travel...

• / General Fiction
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On March 14, 2016, I published book of puns in Smashwords entitled Read My Best Puns To Boggle Your Mind. In this book you'll find twenty-four more. As with the last batch, these puns are originals, ones I invented. The last batch treated you nice; t...

• / Contemporary Romance
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I had been receiving some land letters from someone unknown to me. They said some awful things about my wife, Alice. Further, there was the charge I had been unfaithful to her. I needed to find out who was making such outrageous accusations. I called...

• / Christian
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Amy Jordan, I, and several others were working on a project in the Wilson Building for the FCC. I was enamored over Amy at once. However, a person I was speaking to by phone for the first time captured my affection also. Af first there had been no sw...

• / Christian
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Tim and Peggy had agreed to meet for a first date and he had driven to her home to pick her up. But there was a snowstorm in progress and this did not happen. They ending up talking all night. A romance had blossomed. This story tells about that memo...

• / Thriller
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This was more than a triangle of relationships. It was a quadrangle involving John and Mary, Michael and Donna. It's gets a little complicated but it's all made clear in the story. There is also a prayer that was made. Sadly, it was not answered. Why...

• / Thriller
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While Elsie Hudson was puttering in her living room, the front door opened and an unexpected visitor entered her home. She knew Broderick Morgan. He knew she kept her door unlocked and had merely come to chat, he said. But his intentions were more th...

• / Christian
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Ruby and Ted were playing a word game named Splinters. Ted decided to pop the question. He did it in a novel way with the word game. He asks the question and Ruby responded in like fashion. You'll enjoy seeing how Ted asked Ruby to marry him....

• / Science Fiction
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The President announced that a program call the Utopia Plan was going to take over the financial decisions made by Big Brain and other other supercomputers in Washington, D.C. The Utopia Plan proved to be a wonderful program designed by the famous ec...

• / Science Fiction
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Rex and Lucille Snyder were on their way to Mars. The ship, Mars One, was large and luxurious. The trip would be controlled by computer with no landing planned. The ship would orbit, then return. The trip had been NASA planned and everything was goin...

• / General Fiction
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I found myself suddenly seated on a couch in a huge carpeted room. How I had gotten there was unknown to me. I and my family had been watching a parade when I was suddenly transported to this room. It seemed to be a waiting room. But for what? Finall...

• / Dark Fantasy
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Roger Brockhurst started a walk from Scotia in 1946 and ended it in Troy in 2016. Something on the road had taken him to the future. What was the explanation and the purpose. Roger sat with Ed Brockhurst, Editor of the Trojan in an effort to discover...

• / Science Fiction
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This story takes place in the future. The great leader of the country has assigned the commander of the exploration team to travel to the end of the Universe and report what he sees there. The command does as ordered and reports there is a wall at th...

• / Dark Fantasy
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The old Pocket Ben had been handed down for years. It was believed that the owner of this watch was protected from death so long as he or she owned it and it was ticking. This was never proved unequivocally. However, the President of the United State...

• / Christian
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The couple had been opera singers. Vittorio began the romance with a song. Francesca replied with one of her own. The romance blossomed, then ran into trouble. It was saved by another song. They married. This is the story of this couple's lives, thei...

• / Christian
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Rita and I were on our way to dinner and having a frank discussion about our marriage. It had been rocky lately and I wanted to explore what might be causing the problem. We said much to each other in the car to air our differences. At the restaurant...

• / Fantasy
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A genie named Jeannie came unexpectedly into my computer room offering to grant me a trillion dollars if I wished to accept it. I did so wish, and it was delivered to me with 10,000 bills each worth 100 million dollars! At the last minute, I felt I w...

• / Christian
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Ellen and Phil had been matched by a dating system and they were having a first meeting to discuss whether a marriage was right for them. Ellen thought they were too much alike for a successful marriage. Try as they might, they couldn't find a signif...

• / Historical
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Harriet Wilson is giving a first class in English to the newly formed organization, DA, Dumbbells Anonymous. She is giving instructions on the correct ways to express the past tense for the words see, do, and come, as well as other topics in English....

• / Paranormal Romance
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I found myself sitting beside Helen Strindley in her home. She said she had brought me into her Dream World and was wishing me welcome. She needed to tell me, she said, she loved me and was planning on marrying me. I hardly knew her and informed her ...

• / Science Fiction
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Harriet Sullivan had invented a device that could be embedded in humans under the skin what would collect and analyze all thoughts of the citizens of the country. This could lead to their highest level of safety. The president of the technical school...

• / Christian
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Rita had come home wanting to talk to her parents about an engagement. When they heard about this, they became excited and began making plans for whom she might marry. Most of the plans were intended to benefit them. Rita agreed with what they were s...

• / Contemporary Romance
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Susan and I were engaged to be married. She was utterly beautiful and I could not have made a better choice. One day she told me she had seen a lovely ring at a jewelry store and was planning on purchasing it. I offered to buy it for her and did. The...

• / Christian
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Jeannie Gray and Ted Wroth were having a conversation about their upcoming marriage. Jeannie asked, What will annoy me about you if we wed? Ted was surprised by the questions but he did admit to faults like splashing water over the floor, making a me...

• / Dark Fantasy
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Janet Carson bought a cup at a rummage sale that was supposed to have special qualities. She brought it home and showed it to her husband, Jerry. The couple discovered that the cup had the ability to predict an event on the following day. One of the ...

• / Contemporary Romance
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I'm a psychologist. Franklin Rooney came to my office complaining about what he called the many faults of his wife and asking what was the matter with his wife. I did not know his wife and asked questions about her. I did not see that his wife had a ...

• / Dark Fantasy
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At the race track an old man sold me a copy of Today's Predictions but he didn't tell me how to get the big payer's name. Nevertheless, I figured it out and was winning every day. One day I decided to make it big an bet all I had on the sure winner. ...

• / Dark Fantasy
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I had had a dream and needed to have it explained. Madam Ursula Marie told me there was a fortune waiting for me if only I spoke the correct words at the appropriate time. I knew Madame Ursula to be sincere; she had a marvelous reputation. But I didn...

• / Science Fiction
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When I took pictures of the students in my class, I had expected to see Abbie in one of them. She was not present. The picture had been taken to show the students three months into the future. I thought she must have died during the next three months...

• / Contemporary Romance
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My boyfriend, Dan, and I had been dating for a long time. He should be thinking of getting married. But he was making no moves in this direction. I decided to take an assertive stance. I suggested we have a picnic date at the local park. There I aske...

• / Christian
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Marilyn and I were very much in love. We loved playing with words. Marilyn loved playing tricks and she saved a very good one for our wedding night. Read this story to find out what it was. I think you'll find it, not only humorous but also very lovi...

• / General Fiction
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I'm a 12-year-old girl living in an orphanage in Billings Montana. Tomorrow, January 1, I'll be 13 and a teenager. On my birthday I, along with the Director of the orphanage and a social worker will be visiting three families with the objective being...

• / Romantic Suspense
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My girlfriend and I went to see Madame Lucy Teasdale, a psychic, for readings. She told us much that was unpleasant to hear. She told me that Sylvia was not right for me! I was angered by what I was being told but was forced to believe it. This story...

• / Dark Fantasy
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James Bentley was dead. He knew he would be in for a rough time because he had not lived an exemplary life. He was led to a heavy hauling truck and told to fill it with gold coins. These were to be his and there were more where those had come from. H...

• / Contemporary Romance
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Arlene and I were having a tiff about computer passwords. All the while, her eyes were devouring me! She said she could break any password and was proving it. She claimed she was a psychic. I thought she might be looking inside me! From her apartment...

• / Thriller
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Rob had won the lottery. Twenty-three Millions Dollars. In a phone call from his daughter in law, she advised him to Do the Right Thing! and she made a suggestion as to what that should be. At age 77, Rob knew he was not competent enough to use the m...

• / Dark Fantasy
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In this country, there are good witches and bad witches. If you say something nasty to a bad witch, he or she will cast a spell on you. Good Witches will never cast a spell on you, but they can take away spells. One day, I had the bad luck to be turn...

• / Christian
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Harold and Rose were celebrating their second anniversary. In the discussion that followed, the couple were talking about what had convinced Rose to say yes when Harold asked her to marry him. You may find what she said rather sweet....

• / Christian
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I had started a dating service called Prime Date Introductions. One of our clients called and said she wanted to talk to me. She came to see me and told three horrible stories about the men she had met. She suggested I should interview my candidates ...

• / Christian
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This is a love story. I was thirty and had let time drift by. I needed to make up for wasted time. Then, I saw her, the woman in the diner. She captured my thoughts. I needed to meet her. I'm not demonstrative. Was I able to do it? Read my story. It'...

• / Contemporary Romance
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Mildred's husband, Gerard, had admitted that he had had an affair with another woman. She wanted a divorce. She asked Hilda, her friend, for the name of the lawyer she had used. She made an appointment with the lawyer. Mildred made several phone call...

• / Law Enforcement
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I was at the police station identifying an individual I observed at the scene of a crime. Here, for the first time, I revealed I had a talent the police could use in apprehending lawbreakers. It was decided I should demonstrate this ability. The issu...

• / Dark Fantasy
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Jane Reilly had received a pretty red umbrella as a birthday present that surprised her when she learned that this was a talking umbrella named Tricia Umbrella. Tricia requested that Jane write a poem for her. This story tells about the request and w...

• / Christian
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I'm a new attorney. I had hired Wilma Meadows as a legal assistant. At first, the going was hard but then began to improve. My relationship with Wilma was initially all business. Gradually, it began to change. Wilma worked hard in helping me succeed....

• / Contemporary Romance
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Mary Ann and Mary Lou were identical twins. They had grown up together and had enjoyed their lives as twins. However, they have come from poverty-stricken homes and each of the women strived to better their finances in different ways. Mary Ann marrie...

• / Christian
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Mr. Davis, my employer, asked me to do something confidential for him, After being convinced that what he was asking was not illegal or immoral, I agreed. He wanted me to watch one of his other employees. He did not tell me the reason. I did what he ...

• / General Fiction
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I had a dream three nights running that I couldn't understand. My sister advised that it might be karma speaking to me. There was a lovely woman singing a beautiful song, You Were Meant For Me. I felt she might be the woman in my life! I went to a ps...

• / Christian
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I met Ginny at the company clinic where I had gone to be examined as part of my job orientation. She was lovely and I fell in love with her at once. She loved having fun by constantly playing pranks on me. This bothered me so much, we needed to see a...

• / Dark Fantasy
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I am a General Electric Engineer. I was walking on Erie Boulevard toward State Street in Schenectady when I glanced in the sky. What I saw greatly alarmed me. I contacted the police and told them there was a black hole hovering over this street and s...