Short stories: Soul mates 90 Articles

by John Devera

A Fool and His Wish Fingal was a fool. He knew it because he had been told since he was old enough to ask absurd questions like, "Why do roots grow down while stems grow up? and, "Why is the sea sometimes gray and so...read more

by Amy Lynne

Only he could feel his hand tremble ever so slightly as he signed his name on the dotted line. The trembling came from within him, though his hand looked strong and steady from the outside. He was the image that most peopl...read more

by Maria Lucana

The Ancient Forest Breathing deeply Mike made his way deeper into the forest, as he did so he could feel the tenseness and unease gradually seeping from him as he relaxed and serenity took the place of his troubled emot...read more

by DLehmann

Norah Jones played in my heart and I sang softly to him as he lay near death against my chest. "Come away with me ... in the night ..." He could not hear me, his hearing long since failed. And though his eyes were op...read more

by Brandi Carpo

Two souls destined to be together, separated for thirty years, only to be reunited once again. This is the story of Edgar and Diane, two soul mates who found each other after being separated since they were less than a yea...read more

by Tarra Davis

Adele knew if something weren't done soon she would face a lifetime of loneliness. It had been years since she had let a man into her heart and she wondered if it was even possible anymore. The walls that had been built ...read more

by Lisa Echtenkamp

"Everyday" Just as she did everyday when the garage door opened, Leah felt the little butterflies awaken in her stomach. After a day home alone with the dogs, or out running the errands that kept their little p...read more

by Jane D'oh

Confessions of a Serial Dater You all know me...I am the one you can call in the middle of the night to tell me you are horny, oh and drunk, I am the keeper of secrets, the one who watches your purse while you dance, ...read more

by Candice Smith

"Do you believe in soul mates?" She smiled languidly, her arms stretched out by her side as they lay together on the rolling hills by the river. "Soul mates?" He repeated, his own arms tucked casually underneath his head,...read more

by Heidi Marie Fleetfoot

Deep in the fairy wood, many years ago, lived the tree of life. The tree was a fine, tall oak with leaves of paper thin gold and bark that glistened with amber and obsidian. The tree was wise and knew all that there was to...read more

by Michelle N. Broughton

I dusted the table before covering it with an expensive linen cloth of deep bronze. Golden threads wound through the fabric in an intricate pattern of delicate vines and leaves. Centered atop the table sat my best pewter...read more

by Johnette Loefgren

"Christmas kisses are the best." she said and snuggled into Big Ed's furry jacket . He looked down into Sammies ' face and tears formed in his eyes. Snow flurries nipped at their cheeks but Ed didn't feel anything but the ...read more

by Neville Smart

A MEETING OF LOST SOULS Once there was a man wandering alone down a dark and desolate road. All the land around him was dry and parched and the sky above was cloudy and grey. He appeared tired and weary and his steps se...read more

by Glory Lennon

"Do you believe in soul mates?" Bobby asked casually. Christy didn't answer directly. She never did. She, instead, grabbed the honey jar and attempted to open it. "Well, I know one thing. NASA is wasting time develop...read more

by Maggie Runkle

I never believed in soul mates. I didn't think it was possible that there was one single person in the world that was meant for me. Only me. That there was one person in the world that I was destined to find, and be ...read more

by Todd Kelley

Lying there with you at night I'd watch your eyes slowly close as your words got softer and eventually they were nothing but air. I laid there and watch you sleep thinking about how bad I didn't want it to end. Wondering...read more

by Velvet Brooks

I was recently separate from my husband and had move to Kentucky to live with my parents. My marriage to my childhood sweetheart was a nightmare to say the least. He was a marine when I married him and fresh from Beirut wh...read more

by Sande Waybill

Tessa tossed and turned as she lay in her bed that night. She was upset about the way her first day on her first job had gone, also troubled by the new people that she had met. Her boss, Tony seemed OK; he was not too stri...read more

by Sinead Mckenzie

Tomato-Face "Hey, wait for me!" It was Angry Angus, although why he was nicknamed Angry was beyond me as I don't think I had ever known him to get angry since we had first met. "Are you getting the bus tonight?" He as...read more

by Owain Bury

Wilfred the old man from York was everything you could want your eccentric old man to look like. A white lick of hair on his head sticking upwards like a peacock's plume, delicately presenting a bald patch you could see y...read more