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Top 20 Classic Short Stories
  Name Author Description Size Dnlds Votes Score
1 Always a Marine
Action/Adventure
Ernest Bywater What does an old man do when confronted with a danger? He remembers what he is, he remembers his oath to "fight all enemies, foreign and domestic." The story title says it all.
Codes: Mult violent Mil
Sex: No Sex
Posted: / (Review)
34 KB 9631 1628 9.27
2 The Temple Called Love
Romantic
PostScriptor In 1910, Two people realize that they need to renew their love. A story about the nature of true love, and how that love evolves over time. Romantic and spiritual, providing us all hope and a way to look at out relationships.
Codes: MF rom het hist
Sex: No Sex
Posted:
41 KB 1375 184 9.12
3 The Making Of A Gigolo (16) - Epilogue Lubrican A Making of a Gigolo Story (16)
Bobby Dalton got married. But was that the end of his story? The women he didn't marry pledged to his bride that they'd leave him alone. Did they honor that pledge? What about his prodigious sex drive? And just how many babies did he father after all? Loose ends are tied up - and created.
Codes: MF
Sex: Some Sex
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38 KB 10757 443 9.09
4 What Heroes, Santa Claus And Great Sex Have In Common
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Lubrican It was the dreaded question from my seven year old "Daddy? Is Santa real?" that started the whole thing. There have been lots of movies, books and articles about that question. Now there's one more. Oh the other hand, this may be the first time Santa has been compared to great sex.
Codes: no-sex humor
Sex: No Sex
Posted:
24 KB 2456 158 9.06
5 Goin' Fishin'
Romantic
Marsh Alien A little tale of love lost and found, Italian food, and cards. Cards?! Yo, buddy, what about the fishin'?
Codes: MF rom cons
Sex: Some Sex
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49 KB 15057 498 9.05
6 Memorial Day: Human and Heroic
True
PuffDragon This is the speech I wrote as the guest speaker for the Parshall, ND Memorial Day celebration. I think it was well received and there weren't many dry eyes in the room after I spoke.
Codes: Mil
Sex: No Sex
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5 KB 2457 170 9.05
7 The Spell Chequer
Poem
Big E Enjoy
Codes: humor
Sex: No Sex
Posted:
0 KB 1488 102 8.92
8 The Girl By The Window
Romantic
800ibgorrila Sometimes, love comes to us in the blink of an eye, and leaves just as quickly. And it can be very painful. But the alternative is loneliness and regret over what might have been. So embrace it when it comes to you, and return it in kind. What else is there?
Codes: MF no-sex rom teen sch
Sex: No Sex
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38 KB 4967 246 8.90
9 Sine Equals Cosine
Drama
ElSol A Stringbreaker Tale (3)
(Stringbreaker III) A soul destroyed, a free spirit and a woman in love.
Codes: MF sch het
Sex: Much Sex
Posted: Concluded: / (Review)
48 KB 13729 235 8.89
10 Abortion
Romantic
GToast I should have been aborted, right? and my baby girl, as well? Seems not.
Codes: MF cons het tears slow
Sex: Minimal Sex
Posted:
14 KB 3065 214 8.89
11 The Greatest Man Who Ever Lived
True
Daghda Jim Mere Darling, Daghda_Jim's daughter hacks his account to share an important story that he would be all too embarrassed for his readers to see.
Codes: true
Sex: No Sex
Posted:
2 KB 5824 222 8.86
12 You Were Always on My Mind
Romantic
Patricia51 A Story in the Jake River's Willie Nelson Invitational Universe
A man in a hospital bed in the Cardiac Care ward thinks about how often he has let his wife down during their marriage. He vows to her to do better from now on.
Codes: MF rom
Sex: No Sex
Posted:
8 KB 2237 152 8.85
13 Coming Home
Suspence
Ernest Bywater Father's been away 3 years. His young family's meeting him at the airport. --- Bad Fred, said --- It's poignant, and you hit the right notes. If I didn't know it was your story and trust you, I would have drifted away in the first few paragraphs. It moved slowly. It was lovely, but it wasn't hitting my "what happens next?" buttons. Well, until the end when it all comes together. Readers who stick with it will be rewarded.
Codes: slow Mil
Sex: No Sex
Posted:
11 KB 4338 619 8.83
14 Mother's Day Dual Writer A short story of how some remember their Mothers.
Codes: MF
Sex: No Sex
Posted:
8 KB 2171 265 8.82
15 Wingman Prince von Vlox A story in Nick Scipio's Summer Camp Universe
A story in the Summer Camp Universe by Nick Scipio. Jack MacLean went MIA in 1968. His body was recovered in 1998. This is that story.
Codes: no-sex
Sex: No Sex
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31 KB 6770 295 8.75
16 Forget The Drink, Gimme The Bitch
Romantic
Marsh Alien Armed with his precious Scotch, writer Andrew Cavanaugh believes himself immune to the simple pleasures of life. But are his defenses enough to keep out the beautiful woman who has drunk herself unconscious at Pablo's Irish Bar?
Codes: MF rom
Sex: Some Sex
Posted: / (Review)
39 KB 7051 400 8.73
17 It Ain't Easy
Romantic
jack_straw Wife reflects on her marriage after her husband has heart surgery.
Codes: MF rom
Sex: Some Sex
Posted:
32 KB 2791 105 8.69
18 Dani Girl
Drama
Ernest Edwards A Clan Amir Story
No: 07 - June 2002, a young woman from a family of warriors faces her destiny - head on. Through an unusual and close link to her young genius brother, he's more aware of events than you think. This story is part of a series that follows events that shape his life and destiny, this is one event at a critical time in his life. It answers the questions 'What IS a warrior?' 'Can a warrior also be a pacifist?'
Codes: violent Mil
Sex: No Sex
Posted:
33 KB 2547 206 8.66
19 College Money
Flash
aloneagain Miss August, can you tell me why the hospital calls you to come get a new son every year?
Codes: tears slow
Sex: No Sex
Posted:
19 KB 2282 107 8.64
20 Not Guilty
Humor
Harddaysknight Wife's lover is shot to death and there appears to be more than circumstantial evidence pointing toward the husband.
Codes: MF cons het humor cheat
Sex: Minimal Sex
Posted: / (Review)
16 KB 7864 545 8.62
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