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The story of a suitor, a riddle and an ever-helpful restaurenteur.
- Length: 9 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Genre: Fiction
4 Stars
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A man prepares to propose to a woman he considers hopelessly out of his league.
- Length: 9 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Genre: Fiction
4 Stars
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A literary sketch of a bank holiday fair.
- Length: 4 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Genre: Fiction
4 Stars
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Touching sci-fi story about the enduring connection between mother and child.
- Length: 9 pages
- Age Rating: 15
- Genre: Sci-Fi
4 Stars
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Story following the life of a Pole and his village during its occupation. Contains adult material.
- Length: 9 pages
- Age Rating: 15
- Genre: Fiction
4 Stars
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The story of Sump Stevenson, an optimist and coal miner.
- Length: 20 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Genre: Fiction
4 Stars
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A young girl falls in love with a mysterious stranger, shipwrecked in the bay near her village.
- Length: 26 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Genre: Fiction, Romance
4 Stars
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When Squire Petrick's dying wife admits that their new born child is not his, he takes steps to see that the boy is disinherited - but soon begins to regret his decision.
- Length: 9 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Genre: Fiction
4 Stars
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Every week, Polly and her mother go to the park. In the park, Polly enjoys the wonderful sunshine, wonderful breezes, wonderful colors and most importantly, the big wonderful silver slide.
- Length: 5 pages
- Age Rating: U
- Genre: Children
4 Stars
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Sick of the seemingly endless supply of cheating city professionals, Courtney and Stephanie head off to Texas to catch themselves a couple of cowboys.
- Length: 7 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Genre: Romance
4 Stars
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A case of mistaken identity leads to a passionate romance between Agatha and Oswald; but when Oswald goes to India on a scolarship, it seems to be the first in a series of events that conspire to keep them apart.
- Length: 25 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Genre: Romance
4 Stars
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An aspiring groom is given the task of designing an advertising campaign for the most disgusting cereal ever created.
- Length: 3 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Genre: Humor
4 Stars
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Typhoid enters a religious household. An emotional tale examining the morality of lies.
- Length: 21 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Genre: Fiction
4 Stars
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An insight into perhaps the strangest instance of marital delinquency on record.
- Length: 7 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Genre: Fiction
4 Stars
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A young woman is forced to reveal the terrible sin she has committed.
- Length: 11 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Genre: Fiction
4 Stars
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A game of Scrabble has serious consequences.
- Length: 4 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Genre: Crime, Humor
5 Stars
“Go to Goldman’s Greenhouses. Joseph … will start you … at a buck sixty an hour.” His lungs empty of smoke, “Go talk to him. He’s your uncle. He’ll hire you.
- Length: 15 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Genre: Fiction
5 Stars
A semi-barbaric king devises a semi-barabaric (but entirely fair) method of criminal trial involving two doors, a beautiful lady and a very hungry tiger.
- Length: 7 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Genre: Fiction, Humor
5 Stars
My mum is the undisputed tea-drinking heavyweight champion of the world… or at least the whole of South Lexington Avenue.
- Length: 6 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Genre: Humor
5 Stars
Shepherd's family made money by being outlaws. Well, outlaws in the governments' eyes.
- Length: 16 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Genre: Crime
5 Stars
"Damn thing," old Ernie muttered, glancing up from his laptop. He reached out to shut off the annoying noise but noticed the call was from his area. This was unusual.
- Length: 13 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Genre: Crime
5 Stars
The cozy brick bungalow stood on a short lane of similarly modest houses with a small, mostly overgrown park at the far end and an intersection leading to Darlington High Street.
- Length: 4 pages
- Age Rating: U
- Genre: Fiction
5 Stars
The spark of his life was fading, but his mind was still sharp, and his memories cocooned him.
- Length: 2 pages
- Age Rating: U
- Genre: Humor
5 Stars
Dessie O'Connell was 6 feet 3, thick of bone, and naturally muscular. Unlike almost all of the actors with whom he'd first competed for parts, he hardly needed to work out in order to resemble a Hellenic god.
- Length: 9 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Genre: Humor
5 Stars
"It's at the ranch, on the other side of the farm, in those mountains. All we need to do is catch it. Can you imagine how much we can sell it for?
- Length: 6 pages
- Age Rating: PG
- Genre: Horror
5 Stars
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