Romance Stories

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Eggs and Roses

There the old man goes again, awake at sunrise on a Saturday, grappling out of bed, his weary feet finding solace in the plush slippers.

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adventure
Maryandra Barker

S.O.S. Chapter Seven – The First Decisions (P-3)

*** Want to start at the beginning? Here’s the link to the prologue:  http://simily.co/all-stories/maryandramb/s-o-s-searching-out-souls/ _____________________________________________________________________ (Cover Photo Credit – Myself) Part Three Nya stood next

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alternate realities
Donald J. Bingle

For Every Time, A Season

The first sign was the tall grass receding into the soil. A few weeks later, the grass was entirely gone and a rich layer of

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Love
Neha Radharapu

Stumbling

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You slipped out of my hands like water. Maybe it was because I am used to not having a grip over people and situations that

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believe
Amy Christie

Fairy Wish

In twilight’s hush, where shadows dance and play, A fairy’s wish takes flight in wondrous ways. With delicate wings, she flutters by, Her whispered words,

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Vision’s Prisoner

Whither go ye, nameless wizards, with robes out-reddening the sunset gleam? – We fare to find the jars of Solomon and liberate the imprisoned genii.

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beast
Bernadette O'Leary-Malcolm

Of Beastly Beauty(Part IV)

The story you only thought you knew. The Journey Continues Evil sorcerers, Rolan and Lucia Blackheart, kidnapped a wee babe and raised her as their

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A Sad Decoration

The water was still, not a creature stirring in the dark depths of the ocean. It was a peaceful, silent scene. Then, off in the

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Churchill
Tim McDaniel

On the Beaches

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 Barret P. Bungate, Director of the Parallel Project, loomed over the edge of the cubicle and stared down at Avery Gibbart, his eyes colder than

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Crime
Robin Honigsberg

Sonoma Lake Merlot: First Dates

Melinda checked her watch for the umpteenth time since she arrived at the restaurant. Taking a compact from her purse, she discreetly touched up her

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Poetry
Ellysa Greenhalgh

Time to say goodbye.

Time to say goodbye – Poem by Ellysa Greenhalgh. He stands up against the bar, his glass of scotch & ice lifted to his lips

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intrigue
Bernadette O'Leary-Malcolm

The Many Lives of Mita (Part I)

It all begins normally… like a whisper. *** Book 1 in the Scottish Limelight and Love series. ***   When one’s life includes a secret

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Dare
Victoria Mineva

It reminds me

I wonder if I did it right Leaving the old home of mine That I built  together in the light Of past emotions undercovered Between

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Crystal Walker

Meet Arnold (aka “Glitter”)

A supporting character in the serialized RomCom “Matchmakers” Saving the best for last in this group of friends, meet Arnold (aka “Glitter.”) “Arnold is a

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again
Victoria Mineva

Once Again

He felt devastated and fell asleep from the tire. The last thing he remembered, was listening to Adele’s song “Set the fire to the rain”

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1940s boy
Melissa Powers

Cursed Time Lovers: Chapter 2

Miranda takes a seat on the curb, clutching her family necklace firmly to her chest. He’s standing a little ways away from her, still dressed

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#Halloween
Donald J. Bingle

Double D

It’s tough to be a dame in Chicago. Even tougher when you spend all your time in dive bars on Water Street, just waiting for

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Butterfly Wings

Nothing moves save for a butterfly, A whisper at the tip of its wings, Breaking the stillness of the night. Clouds part for the moonlight

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adventure
Maryandra Barker

S.O.S. Chapter Seven – The First Decisions (P-4)

*** Want to start at the beginning? Here’s the link to the prologue: http://simily.co/all-stories/maryandramb/s-o-s-searching-out-souls/ _____________________________________________________________________ (Cover Photo Credit – Myself) Part Four Once Lilleth had

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Character introduction
Jennifer Nieto

Soy Luna

Hola. Soy Luna… well… Luna Ureña Noches. A name mi mamá gave me with some thought, but not with the full realization of how well

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#women
Andrey Lukyanov

Vibe Diva

As insane as it may seem I remember once I’ve had a dream, Pristine in every single aspect, all colorful and drastic, She appeared to

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Cry
Victoria Mineva

Skyscraping

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Today is a strangely rainy day Is it connected to my crying? The silent cry is casual in March It is right after February’s lover

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Dracula
Tim McDaniel

Her Vampire Lover

 “But I am a creature of the night,” Justin said. “And you – you’re a child of the sunlight. The sun I can never again

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Wings for Wheels: Part 2

For over a year he lived in Sampaguita’s apartment down in Vero Beach. He joked that she hadn’t needed to give him a place to

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Qing Yang

The Girl Who Wasn’t Sara

Eric first noticed the girl as she was getting off the train. He couldn’t see her face from where he was sitting, but from behind

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dating
Tim McDaniel

Domestic Arrangements

 “Bebub!” Cruella was screeching for me again. I’d been polishing the mirror, mirror, on the wall, trying to stay out of her way — her

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adventure
Maryandra Barker

S.O.S. Chapter Six – The Assessments (P-5)

*** Want to start at the beginning? Here’s the link to the prologue: http://simily.co/all-stories/maryandramb/s-o-s-searching-out-souls/ _____________________________________________________________________ (Cover Photo Credit – Myself) Part Five Nya staggered to

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life challenges
John Wimsatt

Forever Together

You and I are forever together like two birds in flight and the wind guiding our path together. The fish swim in the ocean together

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#she
Kawthar al-asadi

To Love 

She is the sunshine to my darkness She is the end to my beginning She is the medicine to my disease She is the journey

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adventure
Maryandra Barker

S.O.S. Chapter Five – The Procedures (P-1)

***Want to start at the beginning? Here’s the link to the prologue: http://simily.co/all-stories/maryandramb/s-o-s-searching-out-souls/ ____________________________________________________________________ (Photo Credit- Myself) Part One Commander Torren Egress paused outside the

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Adventures
Maryandra Barker

S.O.S. Chapter Six – The Assessments (P-4)

***Want to start at the beginning? Here’s the link to the prologue: http://simily.co/all-stories/maryandramb/s-o-s-searching-out-souls/ ____________________________________________________________________ (Cover Photo Credit – Myself) Part Four Torren’s eyes narrowed. He

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As she struts.

The blonde in all her confidence started to strut towards me Her eyes full of lust & love, wanting her body to be devoured As

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The Tube

There is a folk tale that all people are tied to their destined husband or wife by a red string that no-one can see. I

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adventure
Maryandra Barker

S.O.S. Chapter Six – The Assessments (P-1)

***Want to start at the beginning? Here’s the link to the prologue: http://simily.co/all-stories/maryandramb/s-o-s-searching-out-souls/ ____________________________________________________________________ (Photo Credit – Myself) Part One Nehemiah White stood up, glaring

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adventure
Maryandra Barker

S.O.S. Chapter Six – The Assessments (P-2)

***Want to start at the beginning? Here’s the link to the prologue: http://simily.co/all-stories/maryandramb/s-o-s-searching-out-souls/ ____________________________________________________________________ (Photo Credit- Myself) Part Two Nehemiah reached his office and closed

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Shy
Tim McDaniel

A Little Green

 “You coming too, Fornes?” That was Ramsey. “Yeah, yeah. I’ll be right there.” Fornes shuffled the papers on his desk, not looking up at the

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Beauty and the Beast
Bernadette O'Leary-Malcolm

Of Beastly Beauty (Part VIII)

Revealing the Beast Reyon and Raphaela managed to hide Reyon’s identity as The Soulless Demon for many years. However, after brutally killing the fiance of

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adventure
Maryandra Barker

S.O.S. Chapter Nine – The Hints of Burning Memories (P-1)

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*** Want to start at the beginning? Here’s the link to the prologue: http://simily.co/all-stories/maryandramb/s-o-s-searching-out-souls/ _____________________________________________________________________ (Cover Photo Credit – Myself) Part One Torren looked at

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beast
Bernadette O'Leary-Malcolm

Of Beastly Beauty (Part V)

Introduction: After Raphaela Blackheart was kidnapped as a baby by the sorcerers Rolan and Lucia Blackheart and then raised as their own daughter, Raphaela’s life

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#connection
Melissa Powers

Love in Limbo: Part 2

Mary weaves her way through the gravestones in the cemetery, the moonlight illuminating her way. She hates that the only sound that can be heard

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dating
Tim McDaniel

Finder’s Keepers

Camera 1: Opening shot of the Panorama logo. Zooming in to a two-shot on Tarbox and Madrazo. Then Camera 1 close-up on Tarbox Grant Tarbox

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comedy
Andrey Lukyanov

Randomly Recorded Argument

It was an unusually hot night in October. Both, the Clit and the Pussy looked in fascination at the site of exaggerated Cock, appearing out

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Brush the scars away.

Watching you brush out your knots From your long beautiful hair that I love to run my fingers through Starts me thinking wouldn’t it be

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always
Amy Christie

Heart Ocean

In the depths of my heart, an ocean resides, A vast and eternal sea, where emotions abide, Tides of joy, waves of sorrow, and secrets

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#love poem
Neha Radharapu

Heart palpitations

My mind is still fuzzy with the details but I wished all the bad things for you. I haven’t felt this lost in a while

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believe
Amy Christie

Heart Garden

In my heart, a garden grows, A verdant oasis, wild and unhurried. Where love and joy abide, And sorrow does not reside. *** The petals

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Driving Home for Christmas

When Vincent first saw the girl he thought he was imagining her. It was his first term living on his own after finishing uni. He’d

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falling

I think summers should come every five years. I need to live in the diamond snowbank of your smile and scorch every blue dawn gaze into

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Hand of Death chapter 3

Tayler breathed as she stood in front of the throne. She waited for Osiris to finish speaking with Wendy, taking her gloves off. Everything would

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beast
Bernadette O'Leary-Malcolm

Of Beastly Beauty(Part I)

The story you only thought you knew. *** Spawned Lucia and Rolan Blackheart were destined to meet. They were two of a kind, born to

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adventure
Maryandra Barker

S.O.S. Chapter Nine – The Hints of Burning Memories (P-4)

*** Want to start at the beginning? Here’s the link to the prologue: http://simily.co/all-stories/maryandramb/s-o-s-searching-out-souls/ _____________________________________________________________________ (Cover Photo Credit – Myself) Part Four “Now that we’ve

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Boy
Melissa Powers

Love in Limbo: Part 1

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Mary has been trapped in this dark moonlit cemetery for an undetermined amount of time. She had been free of this place once, living among

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adventure
Maryandra Barker

S.O.S. Chapter Eight – The Cryo-Dreams Begin (P-3)

*** Want to start at the beginning? Here’s the link to the prologue: http://simily.co/all-stories/maryandramb/s-o-s-searching-out-souls/ _____________________________________________________________________ (Cover Photo Credit – Myself) Part Three Once again, he

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clytie
Christina Nordlander

Sun, Sea, Desert, Sky

The world above the rocks that ringed their green deep was small and scorched with summer heat, and Clytie’s sisters would have called her foolish

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adventure
Maryandra Barker

S.O.S. Chapter Ten – The First of Many (P-1)

*** Want to start at the beginning? Here’s the link to the prologue: http://simily.co/all-stories/maryandramb/s-o-s-searching-out-souls/ _____________________________________________________________________ (Cover Photo Credit – Myself) Part One Torren had fully

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Colors
Andrey Lukyanov

It Is Up To You

The notion of love and beauty is still there right?  One might start to believe, especially with the last few years, that it’s an outmoded

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Poetry
Pd Mason

Moth to a flame

  Thought it was really over so many times before. But it wasnt ever really over, We always came back for more. after so many

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Beauty and the Beast
Bernadette O'Leary-Malcolm

Of Beastly Beauty (Part V)

The Rocky Path Two and a half years after the attack on Drake, things continued to improve for the family. Raphaela was proud of Reyon’s

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dance
Andrey Lukyanov

Motion Happens

Raindrops, sliding off the windshield of the bus that’s tearing through the road in a damp summer air at 90 mph, looked like spermatozoa under

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adventure
Maryandra Barker

S.O.S – Saving One Soul (Prologue)

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(Photo Cover Credit- Myself) Prologue “Aaron Claviss White,” read the familiar writing across the inner cover of the small journal Nya White clutched in her

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The Compulsion

That summer Tova spent more time out of the house, because when autumn came around she would be moving to Stockholm and university. She walked

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40s girl
Melissa Powers

Collide: Part 3

When the elevator stops on the third floor, May Bell is guided out. She’s still frazzled by the strange world that surrounds her. As they

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#women
Victoria Mineva

A Beautiful Mess

– Tick tock – the alarm clanged. – Dang, I should wake up and go to work – Still sleepy, Valery moved her body unwillingly

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adventure
Maryandra Barker

S.O.S. Chapter Ten – The First of Many (P-2)

*** Want to start at the beginning? Here’s the link to the prologue: http://simily.co/all-stories/maryandramb/s-o-s-searching-out-souls/ _____________________________________________________________________ (Cover Photo Credit – Myself) Part Two As soon as

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Bernadette O'Leary-Malcolm

The Many Deaths of Mita (Part II)

Recap: After a whirlwind, very public romance with globally renowned actor, Keaton Macbeth, journalist Mita Lopez found the happiness that she had longed for throughout

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Bernadette O'Leary-Malcolm

The Many Lives of Mita (Part VIII)

Introduction Mita Lopez survived domestic abuse, stalking, and an assault that left her a prisoner in her own body, hearing everyone and everything around her

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adventure
Maryandra Barker

S.O.S. Chapter Seven – The First Decisions (P-2)

*** Want to start at the beginning? Here’s the link to the prologue: http://simily.co/all-stories/maryandramb/s-o-s-searching-out-souls/ _____________________________________________________________________ (Cover Photo Credit – Myself) Part Two As soon as

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darkfantasy
Brittany Johnson

The King’s Secret

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“My lord,” I purred softly as to not draw his attention, bowing before my new king alongside the six other mistresses. We curtsied deeply on the queue

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afterlife
Shannon Hilson

Satellites and Violets

Gina was old now by nearly anyone’s standards. Her face was wrinkled and her joints creaked when she moved, especially first thing in the morning

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