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Happy Effing New Year

Happy Effing New Year

January 1, 2018 by Alice Nelson Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Drama, Holidays, Humor Tagged With: Drama, Flash fiction, Holiday Theme, New Year's, romance, Short Fiction, short story

a.m.

June 26, 2016 by Jared Hines Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Poetry Tagged With: haiku, Hell, loss, love, night, poem, poet, poetry, relationships, romance, romantic, travel, writer, writing

Remember Me

April 9, 2016 by Alice Nelson Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Drama, Flash Fiction Tagged With: Love Story, romance

Blistered Feet (A Valentine's Sonnet)

February 14, 2016 by Jared Hines 1 Comment

Filed Under: Poetry Tagged With: loss, love, nature, poem, poetry, rhyme, romance, romantic, sonnet, valentine, valentine's day, writing

Butterflies and Whiskey

Butterflies and Whiskey

January 29, 2016 by Guest Author Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: romance

Robotics, Part II

December 15, 2014 by Ann Stanley 2 Comments

Filed Under: Science Fiction, Thriller/Suspense Tagged With: fiction, romance, science fiction, short story, technology

Robotics, Part I

December 8, 2014 by Ann Stanley 7 Comments

Filed Under: Science Fiction, Thriller/Suspense Tagged With: betrayal, fiction, romance, science fiction, short story

A Multitude of Convicton- Part II

December 2, 2014 by askdelta8 3 Comments

Filed Under: Historical Fiction Tagged With: Ancient Egypt, Egypt, Exodus, Michelle McGill-Vargas, romance

A Multitude of Conviction: Part I

December 1, 2014 by askdelta8 1 Comment

Filed Under: Historical Fiction Tagged With: Ancient Egypt, Exodus, Michelle McGill-, Nubia, romance

Itchy Green Carpet

July 10, 2014 by kayladean Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Romance, Uncategorized Tagged With: Drama, romance, young adult

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