Novel excerpts: Loss of innocence 36 Articles

by Ashley Heath

There comes a moment in the life of every young girl when she is poised on the brink of one of the most inevitable and vital changes that she will ever experience. The moment, the undefinable and ever unexpected moment, wh...read more

by C M Hegberg

PEN PALS The sky was still washed pink from sunrise as Marie Masterson glanced out the airplane window. When she stretched across the young sleeping boy, she saw Munich waiting to meet her the second time. The medieval...read more

by Catherine - Anne Butts

I wince as I watch my fathers body slam drunkly into the bedroom wall. My eyes fill with tears as the plasterboard cracks and blood trickles down his face where his cheek caught a torn edge. I know that I shouldn't move. S...read more

by Grace Brentley

Aunt Grace was my father's older sister. She was ugly, fat, and scary. I never had much to say to her. She didn't come around often, only when Daddy was desperate for a baby sitter. He told us she had problems, but nev...read more

by Lauri McGill-Galentine

Chapter 1 "I'm leaving, be back later," Sara shouted over her shoulder. Not waiting for an answer, she headed out the back door. It closed behind her with a loud bang, startling her, but failing to jolt the whirling t...read more

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by Thor Flatmore

THINK MORE BY THINKING YOU ARE LESS If you could give me an indian name, it would be "He who fights mind-control". Half of the time, I just like hanging around on the physical plane NOT THINKING what these DORKS tr...read more

by Ida Baisden

Loss of innocence. "Joesph Earl! What are you doing in here?" Leah jumped up and turned to her Mother. She knew that this time her Mother had to know that all she'd been telling through the years was true. She ...read more

by Anita Dresden

The Day She Grew Up Iridescent colors shot across the walls of the darkened room, illuminating the smoke filled atmosphere. Faces flickered into the light and out again as it splayed into vari...read more

by Dan Leo

Her eyes, which seemed suddenly to have grown enormously, looked into mine. I felt as if I could fall into them. So here I was, precariously suspended between being thrust backward out into the stars or falling into this i...read more

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by Suzie Bradshaw

"Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth?" "Yes, I will tell the truth," she replied. "How old are you?" "I'm four years old," and she held up four fingers. How weird to quest...read more

by j. staffeld

It is a period of record cold in Omaha. The Great American Desert is as cruel today as it was during deepest depression era dust bowls. But it is not the land that is cursed. It is the wind the wind that never dies but fl...read more

by Lee Welch

The Odd Job. The madness started on a Friday night in June. I was twelve. I sat crouched in the bushes along the roadside, sweating and swatting away the mosquitoes until Mr. Holland finally walked out of his house a...read more

by Stella Kaye

HOW COULD YOU SIGN IT AWAY? An excerpt from: The Snows of The Innocent It took an hour to get there and then another hour waiting to see you; then fingerprints and non-smiling photos were taken in an atmosphere that co...read more

by Jennifer Pemberton

My sister and I were huddled on the floor of the tiny bathroom that was located between our two bedrooms. Our bathroom was tucked away from the rest of the house and offered the most privacy, so it was often our place of ...read more

by Navieen Lucky

Oh, look at that lucky bastard. He looks like a sixteen-year-old Orlando Bloom, and he's already KING! The only problem he has is that the three hottest chicks on the planet are his sisters. LUCKY! Sorry, nuh-uh. I'm no...read more

by Janet Doggett

Chapter One December It was winter in West Texas, which meant instead of snow and cider, sledding and sipping, the children laid about indoors in the carpet sunbeams, watching Disney reruns and dunking store-bought ...read more

by Ned Burke

"Searching For Eldorado" - Finding Winny A Date Later that night I was three sheets to the wind on the floor in Boomer's basement. This time, in addition to Boomer, Winny and me, other preppies-namely Mooch, Froggy, a...read more

by Isaac Mau

This is the first chapter of my story I am writting. I just wanted some imput on it Ch 1 Survival, is it really worth it to survive. You'll go through more pain if you live to see the next day. Surviving is the only th...read more

by Kim Phelps

"Chase me," I yelled as I ran away. The wind blew back my sloppy red pony tail as I raced through the woods. I knew that Mikey was behind me by all of the cracking sounds. One misstep and I was on my butt. Where did t...read more

by V. E. Steele

It was drizzling, and about an hour before dawn, five years ago. As I started down 6th Street, I noticed that my front right tire felt low. I pulled into a side street and got out to take a look. As I walked back to my car...read more