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147 Stories

  • 🌿 Before the Last Laurel Falls by jwcurrie
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    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.
  • THE SPACE BETWEEN US by IMHO_25
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    You can have love, stability, and still feel lost. Mitra thought she needed a break from life- she wasn't ready for what that break would awaken.
  • Pete Spandex's Motorcycle Emporium by JonIves
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    A tale of real Biking for all us Sunday morning GP Moto Motorcyclists.
  • Glimpse  by KGarvs79
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    Working on my first collection of poetry. Some poems were written years ago, some more recently.
  • The Beach Bum Lady by thebeachbumlady
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    Are you tired from traveling places to places but never found what you are looking for? You do not even know what you are looking for either? Are you fed up with material things, only to end up feeling empty and longing for more and more? Someone hurt you? Yes we are all hurt. That's the reason why this lady wrote her story. You are never alone. 🏝
  • The Distraction by AarinVale
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    Sometimes the deepest betrayal isn't love-it's forgetting to care.
  • Renewal in midlife crisis : A journey of rediscovery and resilience by ziguime6
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    Renewal in midlife crisis follows the transformative journey of Sophie and Thomas, a married couple navigating the challenges of the midlife crisis. Faced with fading passion and unexplored dreams, they confront their issues through open communication and embark on a quest of rediscovery. As they breathe new life into their relationship and individual pursuits, the narrative unfolds into a tale of resilience, renewal, and the power of reinvention amidst the complexities of midlife crisis.
  • What Happens After New York by WHANY10
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    Travelogue, observations and musings of a man who travelled alone around the world in 2010. The title relates to both the journey ending in New York and the ongoing question of what will happen after the current epoch of global capitalism.
  • puzzle pieces by gutsyemily
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    A book filled with moments of my life through thoughts, poems, songs, and words. As a teenager moving into adulthood and attempting to navigate the chaos of the universe's gifts, the deep and complex emotions I felt were magically emitted onto paper. Thus, this book here is a spell that I hope will help those who have gone, will go, or are going through the whirlwinds of life. Here's to everything working out. Peace and love.
  • In Between by redtree7868
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    An introspective account of one man's relationship with the road, his motorbike, broken relationships and being "In Between" the past and a new beginning.
  • War of Wings by trash__queen
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    "To be here in midlife you have to die emotionally before you die physically." "I never died in the first place."
  • All the Wrong Reasons by alissende
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    Annabeth is a nobody, and that's the way she likes it. She gets by under the radar and she wants it to stay that way. But now she's in trouble. One stupid mistake means the little bubble of anonymity she has worked so hard to achieve has shattered into a million pieces. Annabeth is about to become the talked about person in school, for all the wrong reasons..
  • The Transformative Power of Midlife Crisis Coaching by regalcoaching1
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    A midlife crisis is not merely a period of whimsical changes but a significant phase of introspection and re-evaluation. It often arises from the realisation that life is finite and that one may not be living in a fully satisfying or meaningful way. This period can be marked by various emotions, from uncertainty and dissatisfaction to a deep longing for change.
  • Consumed by Thoughts by GrayScale07
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    Random things of an Introverted writer about his daily struggles with his messy mind. Full of negativities, uncertainties and what ifs. Late night thoughts and Daydreams. Just a mess to begin with.
  • To The End (An Anthology) by MissSummerRose
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  • Hollow by FrancisRosenfeld
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    Don't know where I'm going, forgot who I am, I can tell the future but can't see me there. So much hurtful prattle, so little of me! Surviving the battle cost me how to be. I'm not really living, I'm not even dead. I hide in a hollow I made in my head.
  • "Middle-Aged Adventurers Guild" by MickWalkowski
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    What do heroes of fantasy worlds do after finishing their main quest? How do they manage in retirement? What does it mean to be a middle-aged, ex-adventurer? I guess we're about to find out!