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Evangeline Uriyu is a full-time professional freelance writer, whose work has appeared in both print and electronic media. She is a Short Story Channel Manager and offers help and guidance to newcomers. Evangeline wrote her first short story about

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Relationships & Family > Friendship Issues & Advice Can men and women be "just friends"?: 1 of 68

“Love is friendship set to music.” This quote was spoken by Joseph Campbell an American professor, writer, and orator. Friendship is indeed a prerequisite to love. No relationship can go the distance that isn’t built on a strong foundation of friendship that includes mutual re...
Creative Writing > Memoirs Testimonies: The unconditional love between dogs and humans: 1 of 55

The Long Good-bye l refer to Bear’s slow decline as the “Long Good-bye.” He started his final journey two years before it ended. This was partly due to my herculean efforts to provide him with the best care money could buy, but mostly because our great bond with each other kept him fighting. He d...
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Addiction: 1 of 45

I'm afraid of living. I've been afraid of living for as long as I can remember, and that spans at least 49 years. I really can't say what inspired this fear, whether it was a single event or a gradual build up of events. I only know that at some point in early adolescence, I knew I needed a friend to help me bear the painful...
Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: The other woman: 3 of 124

Sandy was the other woman. She was not proud of it; it is not something she shared with very many people. It is one of those secrets kept buried deep down in a dark secret place. Cast in that role only once in her life, it happened many years before. She never set out to find a married man to have an affair with, but s...
Pets & Animals > Dog Care & Health Cold-weather tips for dogs: 1 of 31

Cold-weather tips for dogs Did you know that dogs suffer all the discomforts and potential dangers from the cold that we humans do? Never assume that because he wears fur, he is going to stay warm and doesn’t need protection from hypothermia and frost-bite. There are also other cold weather dangers for dogs...
Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: The fortune teller: 1 of 28

“No you’re wrong! That can’t be my future, I don’t accept it! There’s no future for me without Pete in it!” Anne wasn’t what Mia expected a fortune teller to be like in so many ways. First, she didn’t wear caftans, turbans and lots of cheap gold jewelry. ...
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: The wind: 5 of 125

Bending With the Wind The young tree bends with the racing wind, its sap runs swift with life. It sways and bows dancing to the beat, knowing no other way to survive! The tree in full maturity now, has lost its will to bend, instead stands firm, refusing to bow with the racing wind, it uses rather… strength to stop wh...
Creative Writing > Memoirs My true story about gardening with my parents, grandparents, or children: Anecdotes: 1 of 22

In my grandmother's gardens I learned that love should be gentle, patient, nurturing, and a source of great joy akin to tending a garden. I was very young when I learned this important lesson from my paternal grandmother who I called Yiayia, the Greek name for grandmother. She was my most important and lasting role model. As...
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Grandparents: 3 of 52

The memories of my fathers' parents are so woven into the fabric of my life, that to try to separate them would be an impossible task. The telling of this story is the telling of my childhood. For I grew up under the tutelage of loving grandparents in a beautiful garden. I was born into a Greek family. Maybe that explains th...
Creative Writing > Humor Humor: Childhood: 5 of 78

The Throw-up Spot If you have never experienced carsickness, you cannot possibly begin to imagine how incredibly awful it is. It is similar to a bad hangover but without the blunted edge of numbness. One gets to experience every roll of the stomach singularly and without mercy. I got to experience this affliction...