Romance Stories

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40s soldier
Melissa Powers

Cursed Time Lovers: Chapter 4

Miranda opens her eyes to a blur of shapes surrounding her. She feels damp all over and the cool temperature in the room causes her

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Creation
Victoria Mineva

The Two Sides of The Rose

Once upon a time, there was a place called Araf. Nowadays, no one knows what happened to it in reality. This place was full of

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Loner
Victoria Mineva

When do I see you again?

Valery was on a walk. She hated crowded places. That was the reason why she usually went out into the night. The streets were empty

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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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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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adventure
Maryandra Barker

S.O.S. Chapter Three – The First Steps (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 Cover Credit- Myself) Part Two Aaron reached the outskirts of

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believe
Amy Christie

Believe in You

In the depths of my heart, a fire burns bright A flame that flickers with hope and light It guides me through the darkest of

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alien
Tim McDaniel

Screwed by Frankie Frog

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 “Who’s your favorite?” The woman looked up from her book, tossing her dark hair out of her eyes. “Excuse me?” Alan hadn’t meant to speak.

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essay
Neha Radharapu

Life without you

It’s not that I cannot imagine life without you When I walk across the street, I would have to do it on my own. When

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afterlife
Shannon Hilson

Satellites and Violets

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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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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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adventure
Maryandra Barker

S.O.S. Chapter Six – The Assessments (P-6)

*** 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 Six “I think we

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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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adventure
Maryandra Barker

S.O.S. Chapter Nine – The Hints of Burning Memories (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 They crossed the

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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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friends to lovers
Kelsey Bjork

May I Have This Dance?

I give mirror-me finger guns as I come to an unfortunate conclusion at the most inopportune moment: I hate every article of clothing that I

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android
Christina Nordlander

After the End of the Tale

Leonides didn’t know when he had started searching for signs that something was wrong. It couldn’t have been right after he had got Herma back.

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broken
Victoria Mineva

In My Dreams

It was February or March when Stranded met Kingston for the first time online at 9 pm. At first, he was in love with Anna.

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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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#love poem
Court Young

I Knew a Boy

I knew a man once. Who was still just a boy. Who had been soured by his past, and a heartbreak he couldn’t forget. I

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Wings for Wheels: Part 1

Gordon was barely over twenty when he stood in the crowd of Gustav Adolf Square waiting for the results of the election. The crowd had

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monsters
Bernadette O'Leary-Malcolm

The Many Deaths of Mita (Part I)

Into the Unknown… With a Bang Lessons, Reality, and Comeuppance “There is only one act that rivals and defeats the peril found within the most

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beauty
This Life's Illusions

He chose the moon 

A short poem about love and beauty, or the beauty of love. … Her beauty was the moon Ageless. Pure. Endless. Serenely smiling Softly whispering

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essay
Victoria Mineva

I remember you in my heart

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It was Spring when we first met. Our first meeting was not something special in terms of atmosphere. It was online in a game. We

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adventure
Maryandra Barker

S.O.S. Chapter One – The Secret (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/ ____________________________________________________________________ (Photo Cover Credit- Myself) Part Three It was nearly midnight when

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broken hearts
Melissa Powers

Transcendent Love

One day your heart is thump…thump…thumping and the next, the musical rhythm is gone. The warmth in your veins has now turned to ice. Life

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Love
John Wimsatt

 Words Left Unspoken

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( 1 Reviews )

Susan and Harry were always together. People always say if you see one the other is not far behind. They were childhood sweethearts. The years

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drama
TzeLin Sam

The Unexpected Dinner Guest

This is it. I thought to myself as I walked out of the arrival hall at Kuala Lumpur International Airport. It had been many years

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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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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 Deaths of Mita (Part IV)

Paranormal Adventures, Part I Since the first day they met, Mita and Keaton’s life together was an adventure. Now that they were married, life continued

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adventure
Maryandra Barker

S.O.S. Chapter Five – The Procedures (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/ ____________________________________________________________________ (Photo Credit – Myself) Part Five Nya watched Commander Egress’s face.

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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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adventure
Maryandra Barker

S.O.S. Chapter Three – The First Steps (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/ ____________________________________________________________________ (Photo Cover Credit- Myself) Part Four ———- After the Headmaster’s presentation

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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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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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Boy
Melissa Powers

Love in Limbo: Part 1

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( 1 Reviews )

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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Beauty and the Beast
Bernadette O'Leary-Malcolm

Of Beastly Beauty (Part VII)

*** The Beast Rises Raphaela and Reyon Blackheart led a life of pain from the very beginning. Determined to control their own fate, they set

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Fear
Andrey Lukyanov

(P.S.poetry series) Collaboration

Unimagined feelings rise from far above, the feeling changes, crosses through the sky like doves, when it’s right next to your throat, nothing is at

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Bernadette O'Leary-Malcolm

The Many Lives of Mita (Part VII)

Introduction: When a woman with trust issues and a celebrity who works in an industry known for infidelity and oversexed debauchery date, problems should be

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Danger
Bernadette O'Leary-Malcolm

The Many Lives of Mita (Part III)

It all begins normally… like a whisper. *** Book 1 in the Scottish Limelight and Love series. *** Introduction: After Mita Lopez left her abusive

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Beauty and the Beast
Bernadette O'Leary-Malcolm

Of Beastly Beauty (Part IV)

Flying too Close to the Sun After many years, the identity of The Soulless Demon was revealed. Reyon Blackheart was in fact The Soulless Demon,

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adventure
Maryandra Barker

S.O.S. Chapter Ten – The First of Many (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 “Time! All programs

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Bougainvillea Snow 

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( 2 Reviews )

A Prose Poem about a Teenage Crush My heart soars like a kite on a windy day, As a silent hello escapes from your mouth.

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death
Tim McDaniel

The Carrion Monster

    O amiable, lovely death! Thou odoriferous stench! sound rot- tenness! Arise forth from the couch of lasting night Shakespeare, King John III “I

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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 Five – The Procedures (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/ ____________________________________________________________________ (Photo Credit- Myself) Part Three Rin was still in the Lab

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WHEN SOMEONE IN LIFE LEAVES YOU!
Walker Ikard

WHY DID YOU HAVE TO LEAVE?

I picked a lovely flower for you today. I placed a red rose on your grave. I thought of memories of a life spent together.

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acrostic poem
TzeLin Sam

Enchanting 

An Acrostic Poem Everyone would be surprised if they knew about us, Neither of us had the power to stop it. Charming, kind, warm and

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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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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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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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Annie Ucci

Lilith

Do you know why I can’t hang your art on my wall? It’s because it’s the Dead Christ to my Dostoyevsky. “A painting like that

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Love
Tim McDaniel

Spill

 “And now, with your up-to-the-minute traffic reports, as always, here’s Knock-Knock Nick in the KXEF chopper. Nick?” “Thanks, Mark. I’m here over I-92, and boy

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nonet
TzeLin Sam

We Had Each Other

A Nonet — We were teenagers when we first met, He came up to me and said “Hi”. I was drawn into his world, Charmed

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adventure
Maryandra Barker

S.O.S Chapter Nine – The Hints of Burning Memories (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 Torren approached his

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#Halloween
Charlotte Rodricks

Halloween Betrothal

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It hit the floor with a thud. She watched in horror as the pumpkin basket bounced merrily off the floor of the patio scattering her

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Merger and Marriage

A BrandLand story * InfoCiti Tower was a flat glass sheet reaching from the sky to the ground, a grid of mint green lights against

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