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25 Most Recent Mainstream Short Stories

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Maggie's Legacy by Laura Berry
Maggie's parents are struggling in their lives. Will their daughter's legacy help them to find peace?..
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Mama's Black Sheep by Mitzi Jackson
I've had just enough love in my life to soak my insides dry...I wanted real love...A love that would climb inside me and awake and caress my soul...A love that would climb inside me and make me move and dance...A love that would open me up to new things and old times...A love that would change my pe..
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Read excerpt from Maria Maria by Deanna Jones
A woman gets ready for an evening of dancing...
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Marissa's Story: Life Never Slows Down by Michelle Kidwell Power In The Pen
Hmm maybe someday I will be a famous Author LOL! Seriously though I am grateful for all the chances I get, it is not cheap keeping two kids in clothes, book bags, toys and of course food. I could not be more blessed...
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Married Status by eileen knowles
Short story for a magazine..
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Mary's Tears by Brett Moore
This is re-write of an old posting...
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Masturbatory Dream by Mark Lichterman
Holding it tightly, he moved his hand down, forcing the dangle of foreskin to glide over the glans… then up again, and down again, and each time he did the head of a rabbit popped through, and it looked so funny…And it felt so nice. _______________________________________ If embarrassed ea..
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Material World by azlina zubair
It is hard to raise a child ..
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Meatloaf by Mark Lichterman
“Wow,” Loading the last of the bags into the back seat because the trunk was full, “that sure cost some dough!” “Sorry, Mitch, but when you don’t have anything, you need everything.” “Yeah, I know. It’s not your fault things cost so much. But, Jesus, almost fifty bucks!” (A "..
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Meatloaf Two by Mark Lichterman
Now, in a round-about way, the bare beginning of the ‘I know you better than you know yourself’ myth was perpetuated on yet another unsuspecting novice husband when, “Oh, I knew you couldn’t stay away from me very long,” she said, “and that you’d be upstairs any minute, starving.” (A "Be..
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Medical Records by Beverly Houck
Medical Records..
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Meeting at The Crossroads - an excerpt from 'Over The Wall' by Trisha FitzGerald-Petri
"Over The Wall" will be available from www.wings-press.com from October 2007..
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Memories Not Forgotten by Tony Nerone
Thoughts Of Jean Burton..
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Read excerpt from Men . ....... Men . ....... by daniel crocker
From my short story collection, Do Not Look Directly Into Me...
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Mental Giants by Tom Hyland
As William Shakespear's character Puck so aptly put it: "What Fools these Mortals be!" Also, an old adage comes to mind: "If it ain't broke - don't fix it!" Read on MacDuff......... ..
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Media Takes Notice of Kids Needing Business Skills by Jennifer Bouani
How excited I was to see USA Today columnist and author of Grindhopping: Build a Rewarding Career without Paying Your Dues, Laura Vanderkam embracing the concept of KIDS learning entrepreneurship. In Tuesday’s article (Feb 6th) titled “Get a Job? No, make a job”, she says to prepare our children for..
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Mikaela's Story - Episode One by Miki Rogers
"Rayvon, your girlfriend is a lesbian." "No she's not, she's just a little confused." "She came on to me." "She told you you were pretty." "She kissed me." "You kissed her back." "I was drunk, besides it was my first..
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Read excerpt from Miss Blue Miss Blue by Micah OBrien
A retired bus driver sits and waits. He waits in a nursing home at the end of his old line for Miss Blue to someday walk down the street to find him...
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Missing Pieces Part Two: Chapters Thirteen and Fourteen by Michelle Kidwell Power In The Pen
Lord keep Gracie safe, and let her come back to me soon. I miss her more with every passing day, she is growing up and I am missing it, and Lord wherever Heather is, bring her back as well, I need my family together. It has been a long time, and I don’t know how I have gotten this far, but I know ..
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Read excerpt from Mr. Matsumoto's Labor Mr. Matsumoto's Labor by Adam Cole
Mr. Matsumoto, hotel manager, must fire one of his employees for doing his job too well...
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My Beautiful America? by Mary Lynn Plaisance
It's been a long time coming. I saw it coming back in the early 90’s. Unfortunately, not too many others did. If you keep your head buried in sand, you’ll smother. I didn’t feel like smothering, so I began to read and question. object width="425" height="344">param name="movie" value="ht..
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My Boy by Jerelyn Craden
Living fiction...
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My Daughter - The Drunk by Harold Hester
Title is self explanatory. Story is fact based..
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My Eternal Love by Pamela Faye
Pamela Faye's latest story is now unfolding from the hushing sigh of rolling waves that carry whispers from the sea. My Eternal Love is the voice that forever calls the sailor to the sea, it is the heart that understands a sailor must be free to ride, forever changing winds of time. ..
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My Father's Trunk by Beryl McMullen
A few months after my father's death mom and I opened his trunk ..
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My Neighbour's Wife by Brenda Townsend Hall
i>We were such good friends.../i>..
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My Old West Virginia Home by Stephanie Murray
A walk back in time brings back fond memories, and hope for the future...
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My Sister Maureen by Marie Wadsworth
This is the prologue for my Malan and Lathal series novel. I've not worked on this novel in a while, but I started it in a summer a few years ago. I've been working on this series again so I may be revisiting this novel sometime soon...
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Mystical Beauty in Hues of Blue by J Howard
Enjoy a fun story where the lines between reality and myth become a bit blurred. (170-03/30)..
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Nadine 2: Geriatic Romance by Mark Lichterman
Oh, yes, I did know the basics, but I was at a complete loss as to how to go about what I was supposed to do with this lady that up until about ten minutes ago was my customer... A lovely customer that I had fantasized over, but still, only a customer nonetheless. ..
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Nadine 2: Geriatric Romance by Mark Lichterman
Following Nadine my mind was shifting from, do we get undressed? Do I treat Nadine like...? Frankly I couldn’t remember the last time I was being led by the hand to a lady’s bedroom. ..
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Nadine:Geriatric Romance by Mark Lichterman
Nadine? Nadine is one of those older women that maintains the shadow of her youthful beauty while her elder beauty, at least to me, shines through the wrinkles on her face and the thickening of her body as one that, easily to see, Nadine was a raving beauty in her earlier years. ..
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Nadine1:Geriatric Romance by Mark Lichterman
Her eyes on me again, my eyes meeting her eyes, “I miss a man,” she said emotively, “I miss being held by a man and the feeling of a man’s body next to me, and....” Her eyes shifting away, looking onto her lap, onto our three hands, then up again, into my eyes, “Maybe I’m being forward, ..
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Name TBD by Linda Titus
After many years away, Eli returns to Bishop's Island to find his childhood friend back in the area. But the small town doesn't seem quite as peaceful as it once did...
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Necessary Mileage by Susanne Bridenbaugh
A woman takes a road trip across the South with her Joshua tree sapling, leaving behind the only world she has ever known. *Upcoming issue of Short Stories Magazine--see my website for date..
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Never Alone by Jennifer Holly MacDonald
Short Story..
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Never say Oops by Harold Hester
This is a must-read if you have teeth, vote Democratic, Republican or Independent, have a few patriotic bones and a couple minutes to reflect, grin, wonder and grimace all the while your mind is telling you about decisions made and not-made. You really need to read and reflect on how this short sto..
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Next Phase #2: Father&Son by Mark Lichterman
Not fully realizing what the National Guard was since the end of the war, somehow thinking of it as a grown-up extension of the Boy Scouts, “Walter,” Myra said, “Mitchell has joined the National Guard.”..
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Nothing To Laugh About by John Martin
A not so funny joke. But this one is going to kill yah! The real punch line is spelt out within...
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Noxious Thoughts by Victoria's Poetry & Voices of Muse
A Dark Story Like Poem......
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Nudist 3 by Mark Lichterman
Though he'd done it spontaneously, without thought, other than as a sign of affection; when he had, “platonically” kissed Sandy’s breast... Could Mitchell Lipensky ever kiss a woman’s breast "platonically?" When he had kissed Sandy’s breast he knew the moment would return to him, and... br..
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Nudist 4 by Mark Lichterman
Although, truth be told, standing with ones erection poking onto one’s thigh could tend to make friends of strangers rather rapidly. “Your husband’s ‘fooling around’, that’s why you’re here, at Elysium?” I asked...
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Next Phase #3: Martinez by Mark Lichterman
CAREFUL, SOME ROUGH LANGUAGE HERE ______________________________________ “You know,” Martinez said, “it’s really tough shit when my two best men are a couple’a Jews.” Taking a deep drag on the Lucky, he exhaled through his nostrils. Fascinated, Mitchell watched the sergeant’s nose h..
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Next Phase #4: Korea by Mark Lichterman
Careful! Lots of very coarse laungage here ________________________________________ The broiling sun shone in a cloudless sky. Countless swarms of gnats circled in mindless formations and the oppressive, mid-afternoon air fairly steamed with humidity and seemed to be alive with the urge..
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Next Phase #5: Taps by Mark Lichterman
Careful, some coarse language here. ____________________________________ Looking beyond the long rows of stainless steel steam tables, Mitchell saw a half-dozen men sweating over the scouring of huge pots and pans and the mopping of the linoleum-covered floor. Must be regulars, he stupidly t..
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Next Phase #6: Skorupski by Mark Lichterman
Careful, very coarse language here! ______________________________________ “Yeah, sure.” Going to the sink, Norman took a tray, went to the steam table and fitted it into the opening that Skorupski was pointing to, but the boiling water moved the buoyant tray off the retaining lips and turne..
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Next Phase #7: Popping by Mark Lichterman
Caution! A bit of coarse laungage here ______________________________________ “Don’t know, Normie. Every time I do this…” leaning closer, he flexed first the right… pop… then… pop… his left wrist and his bones made a popping sound. “Maybe it’s because of the way I’ve been holdin’ the peeler’..
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Next Phase #8: Sound-Off by Mark Lichterman
Careful! Very coarse language here ______________________________________ “You look like a bunch’a goddamn pussies!” Walking the double column from end to end, Martinez looked at each man individually. “Okay, do it right this time! Right shoulder, arms!”..
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Next Phase #9: Chocolate Pudding by Mark Lichterman
Careful! Very coarse language here! ________________________________________ Scooping a heaping ladle of pudding from the serving tray, “Here, Lipensky,” Skorupski purposely dropped it, half into the empty compartment and half onto the cauliflower. “Whoops, sorry ’bout that, Mitchie… Next!”..
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Next Phase 11: Cow Plops by Mark Lichterman
Careful coarse laungage here! ______________________________________ “Look, I can’t slug it out with Skorupski, ’cause big as he is, if he falls on me he’ll squish me. Besides, there’s gotta be something in the regulations about fighting a non-com, so anything we do to that fat prick gotta b..
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