A very prim and proper family is bemused to hear that the daughter of their wayward cousin is going to come and stay with them. The daughter has been working as a hooker for quite a few years but her cousins are told to treat her with respect and love. As well, their businessmen uncle might find her a job. But what job would that be? And is the girl ever going to be anything but a hooker or a drug addict? She might be only this. Also, she could be a lot more or a lot less as well.

an evening occurrence

by Damp Kitten

Short Story / Literary Fiction

June 28, 2019

Comments: 13

Shelves: 4

The House

Tags: death, afterlife

Summary

Mystery in a hospital

Dreams

by Earnest Long

Short Story / Literary Fiction

March 16, 2019

Shelves: 1

The House

Tags: dirty_jokes, joke_story, dirty_joke, dont_bother_changing, leave_it_be

Summary

A bit of a joke story. If you really could make a scientific discovery just with a PC in your living room when you were an average person without a science degree, could you really post it online and change the world scientifically, culturally and materially? After having a good bath, someone decides whether they should upload their scientific discovery to the Internet. Or could they not just bother when they know they’re not really a scientist.

A Different Way

by Earnest Long

Short Story / Literary Fiction

September 01, 2018

Comments: 2

Shelves: 1

The House

Tags: loneliness, late_night, epiphany, social_skills_story, get_more_girls

Summary

A lonely man in his thirties is living all by himself with only one possible real friend who's a female that comes to visit. Then, he has an epiphany late one night where he decides that he really could do more to improve his social skills, do a bit more exercise and other things like that and get more girls. The reader will have to read this story to find out if he succeeds or not.... Or if the man in the story comes to understand his problems better or not.

Blind Trust

by ALAN FASHION

Short Story / Literary Fiction

September 01, 2018

Shelves: 1

The House

Tags: voyeur, penthouse, peeping-tom, blind-trust, girl-in-penthouse

Summary

A 30-year old man on the ladder to success in that he has a city centre apartment and some spare cash is dating an attractive blonde woman five years his junior. She has plans for them to get their own house in the suburbs but he likes still to live in the city. And now, as he looks out his window, he can see a woman in the penthouse below on the opposite side of the street that is even more attractive than his girlfriend. But she does not know that he is watching her. He becomes obsessed with this woman but is still seeing his girlfriend. Read this story to see the twist in the tale and what happens to all of them.

A Forgotten Dream of Long Ago

by ALAN FASHION

Short Story / Literary Fiction

May 05, 2018

Shelves: 1

The House

Tags: love, fiction, marriage, friendship, wedding

Summary

A boy meets a girl but they already knew each other. And now they are talking about commitment. And really, he can't see how he got himself into marrying her when they have not even slept together...

Locked Out

by Earnest Long

Short Story / Literary Fiction

May 05, 2018

Shelves: 1

The House

Tags: locked_out, lost_keys, moving_home_fiction, blonde_bombshell_fiction, them_women

Summary

What would happen to two people if they had moved into a new home and then lost the keys almost as soon as they got there? Really, these two are just as bad as each other. They might not ever get back in their apartment. And then a blonde walking past sees their predicament and speaks to them in the street....

Only Beauty is Free

by ALAN FASHION

Short Story / Literary Fiction

January 01, 2018

Shelves: 1

The House

Tags: beauty, party, ugliness, beauty-and-beast, beautiful-daughters

Summary

A man in a safe government job has three beautiful daughters and goes to visit his country cousin. But what will he be like when they meet him? Really, they don't know. They're not even sure what he looks like for when they get to the airport at the other end. Still, in this lovely well-crafted story, they fall softly it seems. This is because of the girls' beauty. It seems that at the airport the driver of a car mistakes them for somebody else's relatives. He invites them to a country mansion that might just be a bit bigger than his cousin's farmhouse and cider making business. Will they meet their cousin in the end and explain the mistake to him and others? This is a good read about a genuinely imaginative situation not often seen in fiction. Except that is, there are many beautiful heroines in novels. But does beauty have its flaws? This is a story about beauty, money and ugliness.

Getting Along Fine Without It

by Earnest Long

Short Story / Literary Fiction

December 02, 2017

Shelves: 1

The House

Tags: out_the_box, computer_hobby, computer_hobby_fiction, computer_hobby_story, computer_home

Summary

Somebody gets his computer home, takes it out the box, plugs in and sees if it will work. This is the start of the story. And it is a story so many people know from their own lives. Really, this story is one of record. And it is for so many people like the character in this book who got a computer home just like the person in this story did.

A Breeze

by Earnest Long

Short Story / Literary Fiction

December 02, 2017

Shelves: 1

The House

Tags: computer_user_fiction, people_with_problems, hard_relationships, computer_woes, woe_betide-hard_for_anyone

Summary

A short story. Relationships can be hard for anyone. Computers can be hard for some. But some find them easy. And some aren’t interested. However, relationships are not like computers for example. And woes betide someone who thinks they are.

To See Yourself through a Mirror

by Earnest Long

Short Story / Literary Fiction

November 21, 2017

Shelves: 1

The House

Tags: conscience, mirror, something_darker, struggles_to_cope, what_you_see

Summary

What do you see when you see yourself through a mirror? Do you see experiences? And if so what experiences would they be? The story starts as a romance but becomes something darker. A man struggles to cope with his conscience and with what might have been. Or never was...

Go Tell the Spartans

by Gerard Peters

Short Story / Literary Fiction

February 18, 2017

Shelves: 1

The House

Tags: fantasy, loss, greed, redemption, last-stand

Summary

When a man loses his beloved grand mother, he doesn't expect to be faced with an epic receiving help from an unexpected quarter.

Rough Men For Rough Work

by Gerard Peters

Short Story / Literary Fiction

February 15, 2017

Shelves: 1

The House

Tags: society, ptsd, discharge, armed-forces, fitting-in

Summary

Since early history soldiers were expected to do their duty in far flung parts of the world, But when the fighting is over and they are no longer needed society effectively turns their back on them. Many are unable to re-intergrate this is my story.

A Small Measure of Peace

by Gerard Peters

Short Story / Literary Fiction

February 13, 2017

Shelves: 1

The House

Tags: mystery, ghosts, thriller, roman, historical

Summary

Plagued by recurring nightmares and visions a man races to put a stop to them before they overwhelm him.

Time To Die, Don't Ask Why

by Mairè McClair

Short Story / Literary Fiction

November 19, 2015

Comments: 3

Shelves: 1

The House

Tags: loss, death, drugs, depression, sadness, suicide, desperation, family, emptiness, hotel, die, travel, booze, choice, tragedy

Summary

This suicidal story is about a person who finally decides that they have had enough of life in general and decide to take their own life in far away Scotland.The broken marriage had played a significant part in the persons decision to end his life.He had never quite come to terms with the selfish actions of his wife who chose to have an abortion without consulting him a few years back.The location for this suicide is quite a picturesque setting as the guest checks into a lighthouse hotel in a remote part of Aberdeen.This account is merely fictional but could quite easily be viewed as the prologue to my Afterlife story "Spirits Of The Lost World".

Under the Pine Trees

by Henry1998

Short Story / Literary Fiction

January 16, 2015

Shelves: 1

The House

Tags: love, hope, trust, fiction, feel, short, friendship, children, under, grief, stories, trees, pine, henry, 998