Novel excerpts: Love 56 Articles

by Jacqueline Sanders

The u-haul was packed to the ceiling and the green Bronco was stuffed to the brim, everything that meant anything was packed. A few toys littered the back seat along with books and blankets. A young boy stood saying good...read more

by Vanessa Alyse

Desire, Took over as soon as the slightest bit of flesh was visible. Love, Had slithered into my heart, leaving a stinging sensation (strangely far from painful). A boy, Had found some cloying way to have m...read more

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by John Sarkis

CHARGE IT! CHAPTER 1: Once upon a time (no dragons here, this takes place in the 80's.) lived a man named Max Weber. He was a simple man (not in the way this world thinks), with a very good nature. He was a "Sears, C...read more

by Amee Hamburger

Coming home after everything that had happened was the best decision she has ever made. The last three years haven't necessarily been the best of her life. She was beginning to relax while sitting outside on the porch of h...read more

by Susan Roark

Leonidas Montgomery was just leaving the Caf' when he noticed the cab pull up to the front of the hotel across the street. He stopped to appreciate the slim shapely legs that appeared as the door was opened. They had to be...read more

by Lori York

The small dark club was packed with at least forty sweating, drunken bodies that were radiating their body heat. I was sitting at one of the service tables in the corner of the place. This had to be one of the most uncomf...read more

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by Thor Flatmore

BE PROACTIVE, NOT REACTIVE You take the initiative, or someone takes it for you. If your intentions are good, you will be un-stoppable in all that you do. Your body is nothing more than a tool to teach your mind ...read more

by Raydia Osborne

Somewhere there are two teenagers sitting under a great oak tree in the middle of a field, hiding under its shade in the sweltering heat, stroking each other's hair and giggling in each other's ears. Chewing on honey suckl...read more

by Asia Sanchez

One Last Feeling The strain on the pins in Mrs. Wilshire's hair was too much, and as she sat in her favorite spot on the edge of Clara's Cliff, her dark brown curls broke free and tried to fly away with the wind. Sudden...read more

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by LongHorn

It was the wildest thought that sadie ever had to leave home without telling anyone. It was a day that sadie made up her mind to leave. Sadie took a small suitcase out her closet trying to be as quite as possible not to wa...read more

by Audra M. Whelan

The wind blew around the trees and in the distance, leaves parted and in the space she stood; the same as always. She had been gone for a year already, yet she looked the same as she always had. Her strawberry- blonde ...read more

by Alissa Black

I was listening to Scott McKenzie today when I decided to go out back andput wildflowers in a jar for you. I wrestled with boxes of dusty canned foods and jars of your blueberry preserves before I found a nested stack of e...read more

by Jesse Jeffery

"Why do I have to look so manly?" Because Shel sounded more like she was talking to herself than to him, like she commonly did, Eadwold didn't respond and continued to shave. She flexed her formidable bicep at the mirr...read more

by Raven Madd

I used the key card that was given to me by the most intriguing man I had ever met. Normally I wouldn't meet someone in a hotel room, but there was something about him I couldn't resist. Mike was different; He was so deb...read more

by CG Walters

"There is a legend," Katerina began, "that every so often the life-force of the Collective begins to weaken because true bonding between couples-and people in general-is not being practiced throughout the infinite parallel...read more

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by LK Hunsaker

from "Rehearsal: A Different Drummer" (Fugue, 25 April) ISBN 0-7414-3267-6 ~~ ~~ ~~ Susie stepped out of her final pose, her harder breathing making her chest rise and fall. "What do you think?" Duncan's thoughts ...read more

by Natasha Glanzman

"Chapter 1: Meeting Micheal Montgomery" A stranger once told Eric Goldburg that redemption is a purpose. If there were something wrong that needed to be fixed, then it would never be too late. That someone continued his...read more

by Rachelle Tritinger

Casey met Matt at work. Their eyes met in garden department of the home improvement store and there were fireworks almost instantly. Now, like most of her boyfriends, I met him almost immediately and my first impression wa...read more

by Effie

In the beginning Arthur returned from Vietnam in 1970. He had suffering from reoccurring nightmares, resulting from the death of his brother in Vietnam. During the battle his brother Adam was bringing forward the radio ...read more

by Lucy Rucker

"Good Night Irma" Irma and Earl had a son, Danny. Danny was their only son, they were lucky they had him, after the miscarriages, Irma suffered through. They thought the world of their son. The summer before Danny went ...read more