Drama Stories

Thanksgiving is a time for families to get together, but it can also be a time of arguments and tension. Trapped in a sham marriage, Jake had decided that he had nothing to be thankful about, and it was time for him to leave.

When my older sister Becci moved up to junior high school, she quickly developed some issues that kinda prevented her behaving towards me like a decent human being. One day when I was fourteen she went way too far and framed me for stealing beer. Our father massively over-reacted. I took the nuclear option. No winners here; we all lost out.

A The Chronicles of Dan Hayward Story
On this day, all though Cathy and Ben have their marital problems, she now has to deal with the worst possible news.

Yeah, like this site really needs another babysitter story, as if there aren't enough of them here already...

Annie wasn't naïve when she followed Tom to Serbia, but perhaps a little innocent. It was 1997, Communism had collapsed, and the Balkan Wars appeared over. It seemed the perfect time for a young couple to make their fortune, explore the world, and leave past disappointments behind. But Belgrade could be cruel to foreigners, and in the end, Annie's innocence would fall as its victim. Yet, she learned, the city had gifts had to offer too - gifts that could prove just as intense as its dangers...

A The Engineer Story
George narrates a little more and then Susan decides she doesn't want to eat her supper off Frankie. Horace has a potentially killer new contraption, there is a nearly new pony, a new track and new drivers. A new girl appears, ponies find relief. A pony is bred, but Susan objects to a second and puts her skills to good use, but nevertheless there is one. And then it largely goes tits up.

Their mom died when they were born. Their dad tried to raise them but, really, they raised themselves.

A Story in Jake's Kansas Universe
Deal goes to Viet Nam as a new Marine Second Lieutenant. He is crippled at the Battle of Khe Sanh. Back home his wife wants to date a real man, not a cripple.