Showing results for "Marilyn" in Anthologies & Short Stories

„...und schließlich einen Weg findet...“ Die Begegnung fand an diesem Bahnhof statt, von dessen Existenz jeder weiß, den aber niemand genau beschreiben kann. Bis auf die Tatsache, dass es weder die obligatorische Bahnhofsuhr noch die Tafel mit den Ankunfts- und Abfahrzeiten gibt und keinen Verweis auf Bahnsteige, Wirtschaften, Kioskstraßen, nur auf verschiedene Vortragssäle, bleibt das Bild der unergründlich großen Wartehallen diffus. Über die Wartenden, vom Neugeborenen bis zum Greis, sagt man, dass ihr Erscheinen mit unterschiedlichsten Konturen gezeichnet ist.

Four women fight for the right to life and love.

Catherine walks in on her husband in bed with her best friend. What is a woman to do? It helps that she is a witch. Unfortunately, so is her husband. Before you can say spell battle, Catherine high tails it up the coast of California to clear her head. Lucky for her, she finds an Aussie hitchhiker. She's going to have to face her husband in the awaiting spell battle. Can she have a little fun with her newfound boy toy, or will he get scorched in the foreplay?

Barbara "Barb" Sessions is a wrangler and sometimes babysitter at the local dude ranch, Saddle Up. She meets lots of "weekend dudes" - older men, couples in love, and families with children, but never any men her age, except for losers. Could it be because she's always in jeans and cowboy boots? She can't even remember the last time she wore a dress and heels. On top of that, one of the wranglers fancies himself in love with her. Will she ever meet Mr. Right?

Upon his return from Iraq, a young nurse struggles to regain a normal life. His demons exist just below the surface of his traumatized psyche. He had no job, no family, and no friends to speak of. Life was not comfortable. Will he survive?

young, ambitious chef returns home to open her own restaurant. At first the toast of the town, the chef later falls prey to unkind gossip and reviews. This prompts her to take drastic measures to silence the offenders.

The Hive tells the story of an unexpected happening between two friends one afternoon in a beautiful field of sunflowers in South Down County.

"The Room" is a short story of a woman descending into madness. She listens to the voices in her head and questions if they are real or not. "The Room" is a short, dark fiction story.

Individualism: A Reader provides a wealth of illuminating essays from the 17th to the early 20th centuries. In 26 selections from 25 writers, individualism is explained and defended, often from unusual perspectives. The depth and complexity of ideas about individualism are reflected in the six sections in this collection. The first examines individuality generally, with the following five detailing social, moral, political, religious, and economic individualism.

An ordinary-looking pie bird is more than it seems. For generations the Starling family has had power and influence over a small mountain town. Some believed they were witches, attributing the luck to magic. The secret to their good fortune could be as simple as pie. Jo picked up what she thought was a simple baking tool from an estate sale, but what she got was much more. Mysteries as old as the county are solved when she discovers the ceramic gadget holds a secret.

These explicit, playful tales range from the sweetly sensual to the candidly carnal. Bill Noble's poetic "Stardrift" finds a beach runner drawn into an unexpected moonlight ménage. Saskia Walker's "It's Just Not Cricket" stars fearless bondage queen Ella, whose hobby of tying up "languid aristocratic types" is challenged by a randy noble who turns her into a human croquet game. Marilyn Jaye Lewis's piquant "That Summer by Our Pool" is a provocative tour of a woman's sexual history.

Big, buxom and beautiful woman Bella, is looking for a real man, but nobody seems to be after a real woman these days. She's been single for the last few years and getting more than fed up with it. Finally, on a regular Friday night out, she seems to have found her man, but he turns out to be much more animal than she is used to. In the park, under a full moon, he shows her his true colors, and Bella has never had better.