Aging Stories

He remembers the music. He remembers the girl. He remembers the feeling of being young again. But when the dance ends, so does the illusion - leaving a daughter holding onto a moment her father will forget, and a love he still carries somewhere deep inside. A tender story about memory, loss, and the one night he found his way back.

A widowed mother remembers why she chooses to love.

Since the 1700's, The Dark Snake Clan had been in war with The Risen Eagle Tribe. Legand says the firstborn daughter of the tribe's alpha must fight the oldest of the other tribe. Throught the Ages goes through the generations and stories of the tribes and clan's ancestors, as well as reveal their mysterious, dramatic past and explain historic tragedies.

Lawrence Crowe is an old man now. 88 to be exact. He likes to sit on his floral couch and flip through the channels all day, watch the Kansas skies float past. But when he stumbles upon an old photo album from his days as a fighter pilot in the 1940s, he's forced to remember the things he'd tried hardest to forget.

An ex-wealthy family is living in poverty as a boy meets his "legendary" grandfather for the first time.

What if society's biggest problems aren't caused by a lack of expertise-but by too much of it? In a world divided into specialties, departments, and competing interests, critical connections are often lost. Education, healthcare, aging, economics, technology, and government policy are treated as separate issues, even when they shape one another every day. The Gadfly challenges the status quo by arguing that real progress requires a different kind of thinker: one who can cross boundaries, connect ideas, and ask uncomfortable but necessary questions. Drawing inspiration from Socrates' original role as a "gadfly," this book explores why constructive critics are often ignored, why institutions resist change, and how society suffers when innovation is dismissed because of its source. Through insights from public policy, education reform, healthcare, aging services, and civic leadership, the book reveals the hidden links that drive modern life-and the costly consequences of overlooking them. From the lessons of the COVID era to the future of government, universities, and social systems, The Gadfly makes a powerful case for a new mindset: one that values broad understanding alongside specialized knowledge. Provocative, timely, and deeply relevant, this book is for anyone who believes better questions can lead to better solutions-and that society needs more thoughtful challengers, not fewer.

It's tough being a crotchety old widower in this day and age. Banker lady serves you eviction papers so they can build a shopping mall on your property. Then, a supernatural horror attempts to claim your soul even as you attempt to move your bowels ... What will prevail? Despair or a resurgent human spirit? A touching short story of endurance and redemption ... with a little potty humor thrown in! (about 10,000 words.)

This is a poem about what it means to get older and grow up. https://poetshelbylynn.wordpress.com/

You can travel the world together and still feel the distance. A Canadian man returns to Greece with his Greek wife, hoping that time away-ancient ruins, mountain roads, olive groves warmed by sun-might soften what years of responsibility have tightened. They are not broken. But they are no longer certain they are moving in the same direction. As they travel, old myths surface alongside newer doubts. Symbols recur-the owl, the olive, the laurel-quiet reminders that love, like history, survives through attention and care, not grand gestures. What begins as a shared journey becomes an intimate reckoning with marriage, desire, aging, and the fear of losing the person who knows you best. This is not a story about falling in love. It is about choosing each other-again. For readers who love slow-burn relationships, emotionally intelligent storytelling, second-chance love, and romances where connection deepens through honesty rather than spectacle.

They say age is just but a number but as a lady you know this is the worst lie ever peddled on planet earth. Numbers don’t lie and as such age will tell on you; this is where best anti aging cream for face comes in to save you from wrinkles and other tell-tale signs of age.

Tavish's good eye is going. Decades of rocket blasts have taken their toll on Jane's tinnitus. Tavish's bad knee hurts more often than not these days, and both of them have trouble bringing in the groceries anymore. A couple of old, past their prime mercs live out their days, but at least they're slowly breaking down together.

Did I miss my chance?

A shorty story about a girl named Ayen and her grandfather. She faces the tough reality of her grandfather's dementia. Through hard work and a tender heart, she realizes that life isn't about the material matters. All characters and scenarios are created by me and do not correspond to real people/events. (Complete)

Just a compilation of few of my poems... ©Shadowshades

Humanity for others thrown under the bus for money. An old man must leave a lifespan enhancing biodome when unable to pay anymore.