Frozen: Family is Forever

“This party sucks, Kristoff.” Anna of Arendelle normally loved social gatherings, but this one was a particularly dull affair. It was supposed to be a lively dinner party to celebrate her older sister Elsa’s first year on the throne as Queen of Arendelle, but the 22-year-old queen was, so far, failing to make an appearance. … Read more

HOMELESS–Part 4

Part 4—the rest of our NYC trip; two great new friends. CHAPTER 11 It was almost 3:00 a.m. by the time the police and hospital were finished with us. I suggested that Charlie and Toni stay over at the Plaza as my guests. I thought it was the least I could do after all they … Read more

The Changeling Ba

“Come away, O human child! To the waters and the wild With a faery, hand in hand, For the world’s more full of weeping than you can understand.” -WB Yeats, “The Stolen Child” *** William didn’t tell anyone that the baby spoke to him. Who would believe it? Instead he ran away. His parents would … Read more

Share the road part 4 (last)

Jill beamed. He turned to me. “Mr. McLoughlin, you did an excellent job as well. I’ll call you the next time I need an engineer.” “As long as the State’s not involved. I learned my lesson this time. These enforced separations are no fun at all.” “Well, I can tell you what I did when … Read more

Reapers

1 Anne yawns softly as she rummages through her closet “Mom!!” she cries as she goes into the hallway and walks down the stairs “I can’t find my ceremonial crown!! The princess never makes an appearance without her-” she stops and stares at the handsome man in the foyer. “Anne, this is Kail. He’s going … Read more

One Night, One Chance

In the fire light she danced as the flame, spinning countlessly into the cold brisk night air. Damien gazed upon her bronze skin and watched her long dark hair flow behind her. He thought of nothing but the rising temptation to rise from his seat and to take her by the hips, tugging her into … Read more

I Fucked My English Teacher #2_(1)

  The next day, I walked into my Media Lit class and sat down. My back still hurt from the day prior. I waited for my friend Jackie to come in.   “Woah Meg, are you okay?” she asked me when she sat down.   “Jackie…I need to tell you something but I don’t know … Read more

A Family Betrayal Chapter 24

The rest of the day was full of all my kids pulling me here and there to see all that they could see. Even though they all wanted to ride the adult rides they had to deal with the kiddie ones. As the afternoon grew to evening it was time to meet up with the … Read more

Help wanted part 3

“But still.” “It’s a different business, and if we have to I’ll sub-contract that type of work out to any number of shops that can do it. So if we had say, a thousand tee off blocks to do. Yeah, we’ll sub it out. Even if I just make two bucks a block, it’s just … Read more

The two of them: chapter 15

I n our last chapter we discovered Sam was afraid of thunderstorms. Hopefully not as much after we try to calm her down and show there was not much to be afraid of. But I got a feeling every night there’s a strong thunderstorm Sam will be sleeping on my chest, not that I mind. … Read more

The Ten of Them: Chapter 21

The Ten of Them: Chapter 21 For whatever reason, Sam hadn’t experienced a Christmas in her life. Most parents love the excuse to spoil their kids that Christmas gives them. After Sam’s visit to her grandmother’s home I think I understand why Sam hasn’t had a Christmas. Her grandmother appeared to barely make ends meet … Read more

Forever And Always_(0)

Hadley Ann Evans sat on the edge of her bed, putting on her running shoes for her morning jog down by the beach. She got up grabbed her keys and checked her phone… one new message. She opened it – Hads can’t make our run this morning. Sorry loves x – it was so like … Read more

The DReAMers part 3

The Northern night sky slowly rotated above us inside the great astronomical dome of the Magellan Planetarium as the audience sat listening to the Astronomer in residence as he talked about all things Universal and our place in it. The auditorium was packed for his monthly lecture and I had been lucky enough to get a … Read more

Sibling’s Nightly Indulgence

Jonathan jerked to attention when he heard the creaking of his door. He stared into the darkness and saw a silhouette of a person. His heart raced. This was not happening, he told himself. Was this a home invasion? He picked up a book from the nightstand and almost wanted to throw it to the … Read more

Neighbor_(1)

Fbailey story number 484 Neighbor I live outside of a small urban village on a dead end road. I own the last two houses on that road and rent one out. The lady that rents it was just recently divorced. She has her teenage son ever other weekend. During the first two weeks that she … Read more