Drama: Pain from love

by Kim Ethridge

Logic Takes a Vacation The house is quiet except for occasional humming and the twitter of the finches in their cage. Heart wanders into the kitchen and sits at the table. She has an amused expression and is holding a sm...read more

by Laura Romero

HE THAT GIVETH The first rays of sunshine begin to coat the humble town of El Capire Michoacan. It is a cold somber morning in the middle of spring. As the land awakens, Esperanza Cardenas, my grandmother, is bus...read more

by Nicholle Holmgren

The sheets are damp with my own Bacardi flavored soil. A pounding river is carving through my swollen head as I spill out of bed into what feels like the unbearable closing hours of a graveyard shift. Plodding against the ...read more

by Wendy Pettit

I ache for her, yet there is nothing I can do. I see the scars; I see the pain in her eyes, but I stand helpless. I offer protection, but it is unwelcome. Her fear takes the place of logic. She gives her love willingly to ...read more

by Gabriel Fin

From the moment he proposed, she dreamed of this day all her life. Could it be that at last, this day had finally come? She awakened from a restless night, and began to get ready. She smoothed her dark hair neatly with a b...read more

by Tiffany Wynn

The church bells' echoing cries rang in my ears, as I hurried along the church pews. Soft pattering of feet, and the hurried, rhythmic beating of my heart calmed me, while i cast my eyes down the corridor ahead. He was t...read more

by Joe Buccellato

"My Darling Diana" Diana, Diana. My darling Diana. I've given it my all but that never mattered. How ever hard I've tried to keep the peace alive. You seem to have it timed to make it run and hide. ...read more

by Andrew Montana

One More Last Chance The courthouse, as usual, is crowded and noisy. There are too many people and too many problems bleeding into one chaotic mess. Everyone is pushing and shoving. No one is smiling. Trevor Daniels has...read more

by M. Nehama Rosenberg

So,I thought we worked this out along time ago, but your back here now. Why? You, like the others, come back periodically to relive what drove me away in the first place. Is it some karmic healing that you needed ...read more

by Dan Cartwright

Love was one feeling that could grow stronger inside a person while eating away at them. In his thirty years, Darren had received a broken heart before but not to the same degree. Seeing his daughter in hospital was a prof...read more

by Shawty

The Philly Boys It was April 2001, I was waiting for NaJae to come get me. I was looking out the window in my bedroom, and I saw a guy walking a pitt. She was huge, black and white spotted, like a cow, she had a nose...read more

by David Newman

THE DENOUEMENT An one act play based upon actual events. The names were changed to protect the guilty. Cast of Characters Rod- The man who loved Denise Denise- The young woman who loved Rod Oscar- Denise's ...read more

by Nicole Doutaz

Just to let everyone know, this is the beginning of a story I'm writing. It's chick lit, so bear with me. The door of the cherry red hatchback squeaked slightly as Anna Spencer climbed out. She paused once, her had on...read more

by Alan Nguyen

"I love you Richard", "I love you too Emily and I always want to be with you forever....." I've always dreamt of having a boyfriend, a guy who is trustworthy and who will protect you from whatever danger there is. My ...read more

by Melvin Robertson

How would you know if you truly love me if pain was never given and heartache was never felt, how could you play this game called love if the game just started and I'm writing down our names and the cards were never dealt,...read more

by Christina Argentine

Love can bring pain in more ways then you can believe.She loves him and he loves her.Their unhappy but who's to blame.It's not their fault they didn't want it to end up this way.Who knew love would cause pain.It stings and...read more

by Gary Davis

He comes out of his room and plops down on the chair at the computer. He's the age of a man but he still leaves clothes lying around and forgets to take his dishes to the sink. There are times he talks brilliantly, yet, ...read more

by Brittany Rose

Seriously, it makes me so sick to think that I actually thought I did something wrong. It makes me so sick to think that I thought it was my fault that our relationship failed and that I was a bad person and messed everyth...read more

by M. Hell

The First Date Joanne and Cameron are on their first date at an elegant restaurant. Joanne is a self-centered cow. Cameron is an insecure oaf. Neither of them have had luck in dating; Joanne is talkative and pushy; no d...read more

by Erika Fazzone

You Just don't know How it hurts To hear you lie to see you cry To watch you as u lay on the ground and Slowly die And Yet I stay.. Why? You ask Full of tears years to come I'll be here suppo...read more