Novel excerpts: Death of a parent 9 Articles

by Frostany Starr

Outside the snow was coming down in huge flakes, the roads were iced over and slippery, and not all the streets had been plowed, but Haley's mother didn't even really noticed. She was too worried about Haley to be bothere...read more

by Ginger Voight

I don't know how long I've been overweight, but I can tell you how long I've been fat to the very day. It was Christmas Eve, 1980. I was barely eleven, and like most kids that age I was looking forward to Christmas and a ...read more

by MAC Vicchrilli

Mom made me read constantly. The books varied all over the place; raunchy romances, young adult fantasy's, heavy religious or philosophical discourses- but the books she loves to make me read the most were in that genre pe...read more

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by Lucas Van Gober

Bam! Bam! Bam! the shots of a gun rang through out the entire house. Mr. Jefferson, a young boy's father, is screaming at some punk to stay off his lawn. Mrs. Jefferson comes in and tells the boy named Karl and his frie...read more

by Roberta Lee Small

The gang of raiders had taken the horses and what little livestock they had. The tepees had been ransacked and knocked over. Anything they thought they could use or sell they had stolen, but for some reason had not ta...read more

by Grace Brentley

I don't remember much about the funeral. It was a big crowd, but I was unsure if a well-attended funeral was a good thing. What if everyone there was glad Daddy was dead, secretly wishing he would burn in hell? He had a...read more

by Mary Alonzo

My father died at age 49 of a massive heart attack when I was 18. Some times I think I wonder if I was the cause of his death. You see my dad was a mean, manipulating, greedy, self centered man when he drank ed. He treated...read more

by Aisling MacLlaran

It was almost two years ago when I first had the feeling I was going to lose my mother. I was actually mad at her and going to take it up with her but to my disbelief God in an audible voice told me. "Do not waste what l...read more

by Robert Wagoner

As a child my prayer would be.GOD,don't let my mother or daddy die. If you need to take someone take me. Simple as that.Didn't all kids feel the same way? I guess I was wrong. Not all felt that love for their parents. ...read more