Tear Jerker Stories

It's a song, no that's not what I mean - it's inspired by a song. It's pretty obvious which song it is. (Well it's obvious to me, but then I wrote it - the story not the song.) Read the story and drop me a line if you think you know what the song is. I'll tell you if you're right - not much of an incentive to read the story I know, but then it just goes to show how desperate I am!

A man loses his wife and then loses the love of his life.

I ran away from the life I had. Years later, looking back at it told me that I hadn't really lost anything

Average Joe was damaged in the First World War, shot down for the third time unlucky, often quipping that losing a leg and an ear he was "less than average" and at 43 was a confirmed bachelor. Then he met heavily pregnant widow Anjelica, "call me Anjie", but Joe thought she was an angel. And she was until her first husband turned up Out of the blue like a bad penny. Unusually, this story starts at the End rather than the Beginning.

Sir Francis Drake: legendary explorer, captain, and privateer. Though the most successful sailor of his day, he still manages to stumble onto the treasure hunt of a lifetime in the twilight of his life, leading to a race against his Spanish rival for a potentially world-altering find. This story is a prequel to the video game, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune.

They caught me in the act. So I told them why I did it.

Writing prompt of humans who pack bond with anything, including the darkness itself. A flash fiction that is a little dark and deals with depression.

Matti McEwan runs a failing business, but fate hands him a way out. His salvation also brings death, romance, and heartache his way. Can he survive what's thrown at him? 21 chapters.