Short stories: Finding love 161 Articles

by Patrick Miano

Never Let Go The Vanity Fair Inn was a small hotel with a restaurant and pub located atop a small hill in the countryside of Central England. It had twenty rooms on two floors and overlooked the picturesque village of ...read more

by Vassago

I've always been a night person. Maybe it's because the day doesn't have anything to offer to me. Not everyone can be satisfied with the warm rays of the sun singeing the outer layers of skin, and the sun has always had...read more

by Dave M. Jenkins

Every Monday morning on his way to his second hour class, Jeremiah sees her. He leaves his dorm room at 8:47 sharp so he'll pass Desiree on the sidewalk. There she is. Jeremiah took a deep breath. "Good morning" he says w...read more

by Aliyeus

Home I hang up the phone, knowing it's goodbye. I feel the lost inside. I close my eyes and squeeze back the tears. Trey walks through the door, but I barely hear him, until I feel the wind from outside sweep by me. I l...read more

by Bryant Prieur

"If all the world's a stage, then that means people see us when we have sex. I find this rather frightening." I started laughing the moment that came out of my mouth. And considering the rampant sex around Shakespeare's ti...read more

by JRR

Toni had come to a point in her life where love was the last thing she expected to find. From all her experiences with men, she had some to the conclusion that there were no decent ones left. She had vowed she would neve...read more

by Ruthann Miller

Meg set the pitcher of sweet tea down on the table, and dragged her hand across her sweaty brow. With the same motion, she lifted her hair off of her neck, allowing the cooler air in. She looked at the wooden clock on t...read more

by Salli Hollenzer

Flying against dark skies, seagulls appear silver. Chilled by the sudden approach of a spring shower while walking this morning, I wrapped my jacket tighter as I gazed at the glistening birds soaring overhead. The sun, ...read more

by Lola Sodeinde

A Fleeting Encounter I first met him on my way to work, handsome stranger, I was sure I had met him somewhere before. I bumped into him as I got onto the tube, and our eyes met for one fleeting moment. As we claimed our...read more

by Catherine Hodges

Christina knew this trip was a bad idea immediately after she'd confirmed her flight to Naples. The Italian man who'd seemed so gentle when she lived there was suddenly aggressive during their phone conversations. "Make...read more

by Chris Dickerson

"Them New York Cowboy Boots" New York, February, 1995. Was it the East Village or Soho? I used to remember, knowing as well as I knew the soft creases in the palm of your left hand when I kissed it. But I remem...read more

by Lara Everett

Vaughney stands in the warm summer breeze, bright red hair flowing gently, caressing the nape of her neck. She begins daydreaming about the love that she knows, one day, God will send her way. While thinking of a true love...read more

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by Krymzen Hall

Cassie Houghton was never materialistic. All she wanted was four walls and a fireplace. But when she met her husband, George, he could give her much more, so she moved into a mansion with enough room for ten fireplaces. ...read more

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by Eunice Baidoo

Lindsey had always been a dreamer, she believed that every dreams are ways for people to communicate with her ha-ha ha... Funny "humbug.." Said Jenny Jenny is Lindsey's best friend and thought that Lindsey was reading t...read more

by Lamia Divinitas

With this thought spinning in his head, Vitus started to cry. It wasn't a sobbing type of cry but it was enough to shame his family if anyone would have found out. Just as suddenly has his tears started to stream down hi...read more

by Christopher Lovdahl

The warming rays of the afternoon sun begin to stretch across the room, tenderly reaching outwards in long golden streaks, like shining cobwebs in the light. You decided to sleep in today. Tangled in a mass of blankets, on...read more

by James Roy

The New Girl Since they got all serious about youth smoking, the only place a minor can get cigarettes around here is in the little gift shop at the end of the Frensham Arcade the one next door to the cake shop. It's...read more

by Tarah Flicek

While walking down the bustling street I spotted you in the crowd. You looked at me and me to you. I smiled but you disappeared. That afternoon I sat near the window of the coffee shop writing in my journal when I loo...read more

by Holley Robison

I feel her breath around me as I slowly get up in the morning, she is so beautiful when she sleeps. The soft smell of her shampoo hits my nose, and the aroma overcomes me. I see her and she softly breathes in, and then out...read more

by Dossie M Terrell

I was told for as long as I could remember I was a dreamer. I generally laughed at this typecasting, because I knew within myself, I was not simply dreaming; I was envisioning my future, my life. I always believed the sk...read more