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The Rivals by Michael Harris Adrian Belfast, a young and aspiring author, chances upon the works of one Lucas Slaughter, a person... [5,415 words]
Aletha by Randall Barfield . [330 words]
The Loan by Jack Linton Jimmy Camp is about as down and out as he can get until he takes out a loan from Beze's Emporium. [6,026 words]
Burning Sulfur by Michael J Musto Man Kills and old friend. Story is about his actions he takes as the police arrive. The words in... [454 words]
Yonder Ridge by Ramon Collins The Indian Territory (Oklahoma) of the western U. S. in the late 1880s harbored survivors, both Wh... [553 words]
Will It Ever Stop Raining? by Neil Southern Nothing to do with the UK floods [119 words]
Whispers On The Wind. Hopes Quest by Jessi Whispers on the wind, tell stories of many. Heroes, villains, kings, peasants... [577 words]
Waiting For Thetake-Off by Pankaj M Prasad Neale Steade An experience of waiting to take off. [674 words]
Torture On The Tortuous Rode by James L Palagar A young boy encounters trouble after walking home from a trip to the hospital; a p... [4,679 words]
The Way Things Are by Corey Moon a story I wrote recently about how my life is at the moment, and how it was in the past. It ... [452 words]
The Wasp by Antoine Louis A Young Man's struggle against a Diverse Inhabitant of The Insect Population [1,424 words]
The Sun Dried Monogramed Towel by Natalie Pierpont Short story about two people, their relationship, and the beach. [136 words]
The Silk Pajama by Amit Shankar Saha - [1,866 words]
The Sadist's Pain by Matthew Kelly My very first effort. A little vignette into the life of an upper class sex worker. Set in To... [758 words]
The Portal Of Venting by Kelly Tagaban A fun loving story of a day in the life of a wanna be super mom and grand old granny. How... [1,840 words]
The Connexion Of Khayaddi Cura by Nicholas Robb A story about a guy that finally gets to meet his siblings. [1,783 words]
The Caregiver by Erasmus Lion A middle-aged man wakes up in a hospital room under peculiar circumstances to face his own death ... [2,402 words]
The 13th Victim by Heather Burke Sadie May is on the run but from what is the question. When she meets Slade a dark stranger wit... [1,974 words]
Take Care by Matt Lenox Taking care of a dog is not so easy? [2,134 words]
Soliloque by Abhijit Sarma Barua A raalisation of an well established man that it is no use to exhibit luxurious celebration, in view ... [2,702 words]
Soldier & The Insurgent by Kabbash Kidnapped soldier confronts his Abductor [1,147 words]
Singing The Thirteen Year Old Blues....B.B King Ain;T Got Nothing On Me by Kelly Tagaban My youngest daughters journey from grad... [1,129 words]
Sacred Slaugher by Kobra An experiment consisting of poetry elements and a short story. I like the way it turned out. [343 words]
Roll Tide Roll by C L T Clement Le Tallec Steve's teacher offend's his passion for Bama Crimson Tide [255 words]
Return To The Wild by Matt Lenox Civilization takes a few steps back back for one, while it goes forward for the other. [1,037 words]
Remembering Amma by Vaishali Shroff She's fun. She's loving. No one can make pickles better. She's Amma. [617 words]
Reasons To Be Beautiful
Rainbow -Between The Storm And The Sunshine by Jessi Big fat raindrops dripped off my nose. Ew. Well he got what he want... [660 words]
No Child Left Behind by Matt Lenox Lack of attention can be a dangerous aspect in certain situations! [3,747 words]
No Angels Or Devils by Michael Potter A short story about an avenging angel radio play, no angels or devils, just us. [638 words]
Near Miss by Sally Chase Well this is just a piece, of a short story actually. Don't know, how I feel about it, since it's not... [382 words]
Nathan's Last Call by Jake A Potter The title is still a work in progress but i have the main idea figured out i just need some ... [895 words]
Just A Ride by Natalie Pierpont A young girl tries to find herself through rediscovering her childhood. [781 words]
Judged For The Past Am I Cherokee.....I Sure Think So by Kelly Tagaban Delimas we sometimes face as a devided race. Being of Iri... [1,497 words]
If Silence Was Ever Lucky� by Pandian Chelliah - [762 words]
How She Stirs Not At All by Gregory Novak - [319 words]
Home, For A Funeral by Christopher E Nolen - [2,272 words]
Herman Telesco by Bryn Lovitt this is the story of a very very lonely man. [526 words]
Going Home by Giroux a young boy being forced into what his parents think will be a great future decides to take a trip a... [2,240 words]
God Force Reverses Time by Michael Potter A short fable about the end of war. [842 words]
Genie No More by Vaishali Shroff It's not the ice age. But definitely the end before you begin. [612 words]
For Louise by Kay Arnold For, and about, a wonderful loved woman [1,165 words]
Fireworks By The Water by Bk Kinsel - [116 words]
Confessions Of A Sad Mind by KumarR A love story. [1,361 words]
Charlie's Monkeys by Sara E Johnson Charlie buys 200 monkeys for five cents a piece...must read! [500 words]
Brief Encounter Of Love by J E T Riley True love and regret [751 words]
Angel Dolls by Chelsea Schneider - [454 words]
Alexi's Fine Exquisite Meals by Matt Lenox A restauraunt review that no chef wants [707 words]
Again It Begins by Michael Potter Abstract doodle about the end [130 words]
A Childs Story by Harvey Cheatham About a child that was abandoned by his mother [1,474 words]
The White Asteroid by Michael Potter Space miners make a curious find. [222 words]
Wwii: A Soldier's Experience by Wanderer Bass This is a piece of writing I un-earthed from the depths of my room that I wrote aw... [556 words]
Worlds Apart by Gregory Novak A series of piggybacking streams of consciousness, effectively stages of one man's reflection on t... [1,595 words]
Who Will Feed The Cattle? by Fiedler A young man with problems with his town sheriff is wrongfully accused of a crime. [2,333 words]
Unseeing Eyes by Golda Velez Short futuristic 'what-if' about opening the eyes of a young hotshot. [1,714 words]
The Summer by Bk Kinsel A part of a short story that I am writing. [173 words]
The Oddest Couple On Earth by Konstantinos Tzikas Strange, short piece about a dysfunctional couple. [1,440 words]
The National Anthem by Deis Innovant The twelve-year olds of a Primary school are forced to sing their national anthem over and ... [901 words]
The Monsterboys by Jimmy Mason This is a story not to be read by those who are easy to offend. A gritty story of a group of fr... [5,298 words]
The Mad Diarist by Gregory Novak The first fragments of a diary have been discovered buried beneath the dust of an old condemned... [347 words]
The Little Ketchup Incident by Brandon D Christopher This is an excerpt from my just-published first novel, 'Dirty Little Altar Boy.' Av... [1,922 words]
The Crash!!! by Brady Kalt This is a story about when I crashed. [142 words]
The Cat And The Shotgun by Bryan King Just read. its good. [787 words]
Strong Enough For A Man by Eric Bridges Can life get worse when you smell armpits all day? It may when you have a pothead room... [1,066 words]
Stranded At Dusk by Gregory Novak I've labeled this as a short story, although my original intent was to develop this into a lon... [1,690 words]
Something Wrong With Jonny by Mark Evan Dark, twisted tale about a boy with OCD and his bullies. [2,939 words]
Searching For Hope by Jessi She wasnt rich. She wasnt extremely intellect. She wasnt completely beautiful. But she was k... [488 words]
Rochester Love Story by Hoffmeier A walk into the past [1,289 words]
Reverend Mattew by Bryan King Revised and edited. [1,229 words]
Reflections On A Sunrise by Gregory Novak A very old fable I stumbled across that I had written some years ago. I still reading ... [1,037 words]
Pop by Lukas The world goes pop. New Orleans, two possible affairs and a flight across continents brings everything to ... [888 words]
People Aren�T Built For These Lonely Times by Kay Arnold A young couple is drifting in space, drifting apart [1,354 words]
Narcissistic Fairy Folk by Jimmy Mason A tale of the darker nature of fairy folk [1,824 words]
Magnolia by Liilia Morrison A young woman finds out what a magnolia smells like [1,208 words]
Lucky Day by Kay Arnold Revenge- The only excuse for inventing a cell phone with a camera [1,225 words]
Kaveri - A Short Story by Suryaprabha Easwar Dedicated to The Girl Child of India [1,682 words]
Judgment Day In Eden Hills by Jimmy Mason Hell on earth, starting in a small town. [3,733 words]
It's About Time by Liilia Morrison Ups and downs in the world of quantum physics [1,475 words]
Iron Beak by Thomas Lee A crazy duck attacks a person and is sent to prison. Poor Emerald. Inspired by actual events. [2,442 words]
In Search Of The Missing Website by Rainier Wong Felecia was working on her client's website when it suddenly vanished. Joe and... [910 words]
I Think You'd Like Her by Gregory Novak A soliloquy of sorts, we find a young man reflecting on a love now lost. [1,440 words]
I Had Another Dream Last Night by Neil Southern Continuing a quest for reality [147 words]
Hells' Populous by Wanderer Bass This is chapter one of a comic idea that got turned into a story. It's about types of troops de... [439 words]
Guitar Man by Brian J Hankins A wonderful short story about Willie and his flattop guitar. [485 words]
From A Macaroni Of Doubt by Sean Joathan This is an excerpt from a novel. [3,455 words]
Frank's Sports Shop by Scott Edward Clark Walker A man named Frank is just trying to run a small sport's shop in a world overrun by music. [1,479 words]
Ephraim by Randall Barfield - [443 words]
Doctor Trek - Cracked by Ian Kidd When Ian Kidd and Ace are attacked by Ogrons, and Ramsay Street is nuked, Captain Who fea... [10,028 words]
Djinn by Jay Phillips This story is, at least in my opinion, one of the best stories I have ever written. It is a new take on a... [1,427 words]
Curiosty by Kristopher K Starliper Alex regrets his curiosity. [209 words]
Chain Reaction by Aamanrah - [1,473 words]
Bloody Bones by Jay Phillips This story is a new take on many of the old legends which have been passed down to me through the ... [2,257 words]
And The Winner Is by Liilia Morrison A summer camp sports competition has a surprise ending [1,132 words]
A Trip To Grandmothers House by Brian J Hankins A cute story for the whole family. [1,017 words]
A Soldiers Recount by Corey Moon This is a made up story that is based off a battle in WWII. [1,829 words]
A Resubmission Of 'an Audience With The King' by Ann Gordon This is a piece of last years work which seems to been deleted of... [662 words]
20 Dollars To Fear by Jimmy Mason This story hold a special place in my heart. A story of a strange night in a bar [1,437 words]

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TITLE (EDIT)
Reasons To Be Beautiful
DESCRIPTION
"Most men live a life of quiet desparation". Most of us live in our own personal soap opera, a suburban housewife finds herself exploring her own when a woman moves in next door and shows her a new side of herself
[6,094 words]
TITLE KEYWORD
Gay & Lesbian
AUTHOR
Reed Alexander
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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[August 2007]
AUTHOR'S E-MAIL ADDRESS
[email protected]
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STORYMANIA PUBLICATION DATE
August 2007
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