Short stories: The American Dream 9 Articles

by Brown Windsor

Janine had never been to Afghanistan before, heck she had never been outside of the United States! , but when those airplane tickets arrived, from an anonymous person who said they had met once in vegas, the mystery just m...read more

by Cat Tackling

Harold stood at the rail of the ship as it motored towards the gray smudge on the horizon that he would later know as New York City. He, along with his siblings, were growing anxious and restless at the thought of starting...read more

by Zachariah Langley

To some, the American Dream is a two story house, white picket fence, dog in the yard, and a beautiful wife pregnant with a son. All the bills are caught up, and there's plenty of money in the bank. Sounds like the perfect...read more

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Bob and the American Dream One day Bob encountered a haggard old man in a blue hat with bullet holes in it, wiping his brow with a blood-stained hanky, his blue coat also filled with bullet holes and smeared with blood ...read more

by Anibal Cabrera

The Popcorn Tale A young man feeling good, a little intoxicated with confidence, walks into a bar. He takes a seat at the bar and orders a beer. He looks around the place and spots a lady, she is serving drinks to some ...read more

by Sylvester Pierpoint (aka John Jeffries)

Searching For the American Dream This is the story of a young girl's experience coming to America. Her name is Helena Sztrnada and she was leaving Munich, Germany to come here to live with her sister, who was her sponsor....read more

by Mona Gallagher

The American dream! That's a laugh. My dreams ended before I was even set upon this earth by invaders from across the sea. They called us savages, but they showed their own brand of savage when they took from us, our land,...read more

by Jesse Shortbull

The War Trophy Boys Upon the sea's of prairie grass the little towns of South Dakota appear as islands in the far reaching sky. Your eyes can see over 100 miles if you squint hard enough and face away from the sun. In t...read more

by Lori Treadway

The American Dream... The very idea of it has eluded me for so long! I mean, I know what the "Dream" is - happiness, success, nice home with a white picket fence in suburban America, great husband, 2.5 even more great ki...read more