I feel so blessed this remarkable, selfless creature came into my life apparently out of nowhere, befriending me with his wisdom and love when I needed it most. He was like no one I had ever met, no……続きを見る
I never thought of the Devil as being gay or straight. He was just the Devil who caused all sorts of trouble, like encouraging me to buy things I wanted, did not need, and could not afford. I didn’t……続きを見る
Incarceration is probably one of the bleakest existences to be foisted upon a human being. Even my name, John Phillip Morgan, was forgotten. I was just a number now. But there was one bright spot. T……続きを見る
Mike O’Houlihan stepped into the elevator and pressed the lobby button. To his astonishment, the elevator began ascending rather than descending, It rose above the 64th floor and finally stopped wit……続きを見る
I only held him in my arms for a brief time before releasing him into the dark waters. But in that time, so much of who he was flowed into my being, into my heart, into my soul, I was reluctant to l……続きを見る
Destined to live alone because of her looks, she compensated her sadness by spending a day at the Fuga Centro Salon & Spa on Chicago’s Michigan Avenue. But Kismet had other plans for her when she di……続きを見る
As she approached the display, she was drawn to a beautiful bottle of Aquamarine color, laced with cyan and deep marine blues. She could not resist picking it up and smoothing her hands over the com……続きを見る
Catlin stood beneath The Olde Book Shoppe sign, gazing at an illustration in an old Fairy Tale book which lay open in the display window of a mother sitting in a garden with a little girl at her kne……続きを見る
June struggled after she lost her husband on the Titanic . . . until she wandered into The Olde Book Shoppe and found a gift from her husband that had survived the sinking of the great ocean liner.
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Hans stepped into the temperate waters of the Aegean Sea. His foot embraced an object buried just beneath the surface of the sand. He scraped the sand away with his foot, then bent over and reached ……続きを見る
I was minding my own business when I got into the elevator. I hardly noticed him. Just a young man, dressed in black, using the elevator, like me. I did not look at him. Well, maybe a peek, a quick ……続きを見る
When I first met David, he didn’t seem extraordinary. He seemed average in many ways to the point where one hardly noticed him which, I was to learn later, was exactly the way he wanted it. When hea……続きを見る
I walked right by it, stopped dead in my tracks and thought, that’s impossible. It wasn’t there when I came into town this morning. It appeared The Olde Book Shoppe was open for business. I found th……続きを見る
I could hardly believe I was standing in Grace Cathedral, two feet away from my friend, Peter who I had told in no uncertain terms to go to hell a little over a year ago when he asked me to marry hi……続きを見る
Flashbulbs were going off left and right along with wolf-calls, whistles, comments, and questions. I doubt anyone had ever seen the likes of someone like me made up half male and half female. Even m……続きを見る
“Madge.”
“Yes.”
“Do you think I’m gay?”
“Are you kidding me? After that weekend in Palm Springs with you and my sister, the devil himself would be jealous.”
“So, that’s the reason.”
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I was enjoying a pint when I noticed him alone in a booth, eating fish and chips. He looked familiar which was interesting since I had never been to this part of London before. Then it struck me lik……続きを見る
The lake house had been empty for twenty years so, the day Scott and Sybil went to visit and inspect their inherited property, they were surprised to find a young couple occupying the house. The mys……続きを見る
On May 1, 1996, in Arlington Heights, Illinois, the 15 members of Saint Peter's Lutheran Church choir were to meet for practice in the church choir loft. At 7 pm, the building was destroyed down to ……続きを見る
“Kelly, for Christ’s sake. There are three very simple words that cover it.”
“And those words are? … Let go, you’re hurting me.”
“You know what words they are. Now say them.”
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“What is it?”
“It’s a Christmas Tree.”
“No, it’s not.”
“Dad, this is your fault.”
“It’s not my fault … why is it my fault?”
“Because you procrastinate.”
"What will your mother say when she sees it?"
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I assumed it was a Christmas card, even though it was July, not only because of its size but also because of its Christmas-red color. Then I noticed what was pasted in the upper right-hand corner – ……続きを見る
Beth Ann's intention was to only browse in the Olde Book Shoppe while she waited for the departure of her train. She never suspected an envelope containing a Valentine card had been waiting for her ……続きを見る
I ran into a man who called himself Mr. Sandman, but I had my suspicions when he told me his first name was Clyde. I almost laughed but withheld it when I saw the dare in his stare.
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“Well, now that the trunk belongs to me, I guess I can tell you.”
“Yes, please do. Wait. Let me call Mother. I think she’d…”
“No, don’t. She may find it too painful.”
“Too painful? I don’t understan……続きを見る
“So, Mom, what will you name her?” Tracy looked at Fredda, “She has names for all of her dolls.”
“I don’t know,” she looked thoughtfully at the doll, touched her face with her fingertips. “How about……続きを見る
We moved away with the music. She followed beautifully. I felt like I really knew how to dance with her near me. It was then I noticed something odd. She was looking at me and smiling but for some r……続きを見る
