Henry was adopted by a alien invader at age 14. He is now 15, and only aware of the adoption in his sleep. The alien is no bigger than a breadbox, but sufficiently sized to fulfill its invader title.
A few years ago, I belonged to a writers' workshop where we were challenged to write a story that was badly written, as though by an amateur, yet still holds the reader's interest. It's likely that other writers will appreciate it more than non-writers since the former should recognise all of the deliberate errors.
16 year old Brandon loses a coin toss and discovers that losing isn't always for the worst. (This short story chronicles Andrew and Brandon's questionable get-rich-quick scheme, and how money isn't everything in the end. It contains a detailed, if not too graphic, scene with a sex toy, and a short sex scene between two boys. It is not for the homophobic reader.)
An old English saying dating from the 1720s, "it never rains, it pours", means if you suffer one misfortune you're often beset by a series of disasters. This saying was adapted in a 1914 US advertise for a company selling salt so well packaged that the salt would never get wet and clog, hence the slogan "When it rains, it pours". Everybody gets those times when everything goes wrong, only I've notched it up to "When it Snows". Lots of profanity and healthy sex between wrinklies.
Really a repost - I can only change the title by submitting it as a new story. Based on a prompt from another writer that amused me. Short and sweet. Post Apocalypse - but no zombies. A little humor and no sex. Don't want to give away the story line, so you will just have to read it for yourself. About 2 minutes! Needed to get the story to 750 words for another site, so I decided to share the new version on SOL as well.