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Category: Drama

The Lake House

The Lake House

January 4, 2016 by Alice Nelson Drama, Fantasy 1 Comment

The Church at the Crossroads

December 22, 2015 by Jeff Elkins Drama 5 Comments

The Night of Amanda

December 6, 2015 by Jeff Elkins Drama 1 Comment

Truth

November 27, 2015 by Phil Town Drama, Horror 4 Comments

First and Last

November 19, 2015 by Guest Author Drama, Romance 3 Comments

The Second Law of Thermodynamics

November 15, 2015 by Alice Nelson Drama 11 Comments

Hill of Beans

November 13, 2015 by Frances Howard-Snyder Drama 2 Comments

Hands

November 9, 2015 by Phil Town Drama 0 Comments

Watershed

November 3, 2015 by Victoria Norton Drama 3 Comments

An Empty Nest

October 26, 2015 by Guest Author Drama 4 Comments

The End or The Beginning

October 16, 2015 by Christine Jacobson Drama, Flash Fiction 2 Comments

The Event

October 15, 2015 by Guest Author Drama 1 Comment

Wren’s Song

October 14, 2015 by Guest Author Drama, Poetry 4 Comments

Labor and Delivery

October 4, 2015 by Jeff Elkins Drama 5 Comments

Blitz

October 1, 2015 by Guest Author Drama 1 Comment

The Last Ride

September 29, 2015 by Guest Author Drama 13 Comments

THE APPLE ORCHARD #1

September 27, 2015 by Guest Author Drama 5 Comments

Once

September 25, 2015 by Phil Town Drama 6 Comments

Birth Order

September 16, 2015 by Christine Jacobson Drama, Existential, Flash Fiction 2 Comments

Failure is not an option

September 11, 2015 by Frances Howard-Snyder Drama, Flash Fiction 4 Comments

Fade to Black

September 9, 2015 by Alice Nelson Drama 10 Comments

Psychotic Break

September 7, 2015 by derekailes2003 Drama, Horror 4 Comments

Cut-Loose

August 21, 2015 by Bishop Garrison Drama, Humor 2 Comments

Rooftop Resolution

August 20, 2015 by Guest Author Drama 8 Comments

Horse Dreams

August 13, 2015 by Guest Author Drama 1 Comment

Giving Up Sarah

August 3, 2015 by Christine Jacobson Drama, Existential 1 Comment

Dust

July 28, 2015 by Guest Author Drama 0 Comments

The Other Day

July 13, 2015 by Mirel Abeles Drama, Science Fiction 6 Comments

A Babe in the Mirror and Another in the Woods

July 7, 2015 by Guest Author Drama 6 Comments

This Is The End

July 6, 2015 by Alice Nelson Drama, Thriller/Suspense 2 Comments

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