Novel excerpts: Life 130 Articles

by Chris Pearce

The months drifted past. Henry often spoke of moving, but he wanted to further improve their financial position so they could buy the best country mansion. Benjamin and Charlotte could barely afford to rent a house of any ...read more

by Skylar Taylor

I sat waiting for a certain phone call, one that I hoped for with great anticipation and one that I also awaited with great dread. It was about nine thirty a.m. and I had been awake since about four a.m. It had been a very...read more

by Emily Gee

Not many people would consider a letter informing them of a death in the family as a gift from God, but Molly Ranger did. Of course she thought it was just terrible that her poor Aunt Grace had died, aged 86, with no other...read more

by Angelia Mahaney

I brought my finger up to my face and watched as the small, ivory snowflake slowly melted into a drop of water. I wiped the drop of water on my black pants, and kept walking through the deserted pathway on Christmas Eve. D...read more

by Gareth Winstanley

Life Post-Mortem. Recently I've been suffering from what I call Talent gangrene', and now I've effectively got no limbs left that aren't rotting slowly in their own juices. I've been told my writing is suffering from so...read more

by Marietta Gribben

Emily sat in her chair. Her big emerald eyes were locked on the musical Faberge egg he had given to her on their wedding night. It was a beautiful shade of light green with little pink roses painted on it. It opened to rev...read more

by Jael Gardiner

"Have you awoken yet?" asked my best friend, Amanda. "Well, I seem pretty awake, don't I?" I asked her. "That isn't what I mean," she snarled,"I mean have you awoken your energy?" Amanda seemed weird. Energy? What...read more

by Gigi Baros

I hate this! I walked to the bathroom took off my clothes and gave a big sigh. Right foot first then left foot. Now exhale, I don't want to incur anymore weight than I have to and air may have some weight to it..I think...read more

by Nicki Orser

Carolyn had spent several hours in the bathroom during the past few weeks. At first, she blamed it on the pack of sun-sweetened prunes she had snacked on or the new Korean restaurant she had sampled during her lunch break...read more

by Peta Cameron

The year was 1939, when Betty was born the World War would be in full swing. A year was to be synonymous with the troubles of the generation to come. Born into a family of seven, which would soon enough become eight. The e...read more

by Natasha Levy

Grace sighed. The pain was so deep the bones in her toes ached. Outside, the day had begun without her. The newest residents to her busy London apartment were perched in the tall oak tree shading her window. Each da...read more

by Elizabeth Reeves

Once in a life time, I believe, everyone gets a chance. It may be the opportunity for greatness, or a chance to change and become a whole new person. Sometimes we get that chance by turning to the past and seeing the futur...read more

by Gene Liu

Dashan lay restlessly on his back, eyes wide open. At times, he gazed at the moonlight beams that slanted across the bed he lay on through the cracks and holes of his aged wooden windows. One by one, he counted them. There...read more

by Dwayne Johnson

This is the story of an unknown hood deep into the heart of Atlanta Georgia. It's a white looking town but there aint nun nice about it .They say that you have to black to survive these streets, at least that's what the...read more

by Robin Postell

UNDERBELLY by Robin Postell . . She had been having the flight dreams since she was a small child. The first dream had confounded her and she had struggled in the waking moments following the dream to will herself int...read more

by Michael Nielson

While lying in a hospital bed at the end of his life and knowing full well that death was at his doorstep, Dad expressed no fear over what was impending and no regrets over what was past. He concerned himself only with us,...read more

by maddie rose

The White House; life for Lizzie Lizzie Lopez is a fifty-ish woman living on the outskirts of a town, called Daphne, Alabama. This is located on the Eastern Shore of the Mobile harbor in Alabama. A nice, small, coastal...read more

by Kristol Jones

Today I've decided to get on with living my life. Not just living it, but enjoying the life that I'm living. You see, I am a certified control freak. No, really. My way or the highway, and yet, I can't say that those d...read more

by Donald Courtney

The Showdown: Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane were seated at a table in Hadi's Cafe when Sheriff Jed, Laura, Curly and Anne Oakley entered. Bill pushed out another chair and stood up. He pushed another table up to th...read more

by John Graham

Su would be glad when her boss closed the door of the store. It was a jewelry shop in Hankow Road in Kowloon and this Friday there had been a lot of customers and it seemed as if they were all difficult but, nevertheless, ...read more