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Poem / Poetry

February 22, 2025

Tags: nature, life, dogs, neighbors

Two neighbors do not get along. Read More

Tags: neighbors

Laws need to change when it comes to dog ownership and my poem explains why. Read More

Tags: responsibility, neighbors, law-enforcement, aggressive-dogs

Eleanor, a retired military officer now an unassuming gentle old lady, confronts disruptive young neighbors with her tactical prowess after they shatter her peace. Her calculated moves and strategic retaliation restore tranquility, earning respect and admiration from the community. Read More

Tags: military, power, strategy, neighbors, veteran

Tags: neighbors, city-life, apartment-life

Tags: celebrations, fireworks, neighbors, independence-day, city-life

This was inspired by an incident that happened in 1996 at my parents' house. Some of my junior high classmates (who lived/played in the house behind us) accidentally shot a BB or pellet gun that caused a hole in the vinyl siding of my parents' house. My father was seeing… Read More

Tags: childhood, play, nostalgia, neighbors

Pacific Lane has had an unusually large amount of snow this winter. Its weight caused part of Tardiff and Lenta’s roof to collapse. Genevieve, an aging white Maltese, and Willy, a handy dachshund, try to help. Gizmo gets his greatest Christmas wish. He has gotten the video game and paraphernalia… Read More

Tags: winter, snow, dogs, neighbors, talking-dogs

Police cars rushing down the street attract the attention of the residents, to meet and monitor from the sidewalk. Read More

Tags: mystery, police, neighborhood, neighbors

The whole neighborhood helps build a ramp for a bully now confined to a wheelchair. No one expects the ensuing miracle. Read More

Tags: service, volunteer, wheelchair, neighbors, handicapped

When trash cans in a neighborhood are mysteriously being blown up, one neighbor sets out to uncover the truth. Read More

Tags: family, trash, neighbor, neighborhood, neighbors

Life behind the glass is different but never boring. Read More

Tags: family, perspective, trapped, neighbors, agoraphobic

Short Story / Humor

April 17, 2021

Reads: 390

Comments: 2

The Booksie Classic House

Tags: humor, neighbors, gossips

Short Story / Humor

February 16, 2021

Reads: 1436

Comments: 12

Shelves: 14

The Booksie Classic House

What goes up must come down–Isaac Newton Read More

Tags: rockets, neighbors

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""What boy?" Oh that got me laughing! That Mr. McCreely sounds like a joy to be living next to. Glad the boys managed to get their rocket ba..." Read More

Brenda's grandpa paid a visit. Read More

Tags: believe, parents, relatives, neighbors

Cover image: pixabay.com. Read More

Tags: gardening, neighbors, bone-meal

Short Story / Flash Fiction

March 25, 2020

Reads: 966

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Strange Neighbors is a flashing of thoughts as COVID19 restricted his routine and realising about the forgetfulness of surroundings and isolating to oneself despite living in a crowd packed social space. Read More

Tags: lifestyle, strange, neighbors, covid

Our neighbors were right from their point of view. Read More

Tags: aged, neighbors

Chapter 53 of Criminal is staunchly refusing to be tamed by editing, so I procrastinated by writing up one of my family's many ridiculous adventures. True story, although names have been changed to protect the innocent (or, to be more accurate, the guilty). Read More

Tags: family, crazy, theft, neighbors

Someone is suspicious of new neighbors. Why? Read More

Tags: odd, security, neighbors

A neighbor tries to drive two happy women from their home for dubious reasons. Read More

Tags: neighbors, rentals

Book / Romance

August 20, 2017

Reads: 26113

Comments: 30

Shelves: 5

The Booksie Classic House

Ash and Emi are back, and Emi is expecting; as fate would have it, Ash is still poor and scared of commitment, so he runs away and ends up becoming a better man. He comes back with billions and buys a hotel, meanwhile his love has had a few trials… Read More

Tags: love, marriage, romance, kidnapping, neighbors

Poem / Poetry

October 14, 2016

Reads: 697

Comments: 1

The Booksie Classic House

I wrote this poem when I was living in Colorado and inadvertently learned that a couple a few doors down was dealing with cancer in the family, the father there and an adult son living in another state. There were no external clues of what they were going through and… Read More

Tags: houses, neighbors

Short Story / Fantasy

August 09, 2016

Reads: 1847

Comments: 7

Shelves: 2

The Booksie Classic House

Tags: solutions, neighbors

an elderly lady impacts the life of the couple next door Read More

Tags: relationships, aging, neighbors

3 perspectives on a moment in suburbia Read More

Tags: birds, perspective, neighbors, bb_gun

Short Story / Romance

December 30, 2014

Reads: 2719

Comments: 2

The Booksie Classic House

Erotica story of two couples that betray one another. Read More

Tags: love, relationships, pain, happy, lies, desire, betrayal, kiss, alcohol, lake, stripper, neighbors, excited, leabians

My little town has a certain weirdness of creating B-list or maybe D-list famous people. The town itself is known to be a great place to raise kids, blah, blah, blah. Personally, I believe that to be marketing,as my little block has a person on death-row and guy arrested and… Read More

Tags: friendship, memoir, county, orange, neighbors, housewives, baby-boomer

Short Story / Non-Fiction

August 13, 2014

Reads: 801

Comments: 1

The Booksie Classic House

McKenna is the neighborhood outcast, but that all changes when the cool kids as she calls them build a lame treehouse and McKenna knows she can do better Read More

Tags: trees, bullies, treehouse, neighbors, fitting_in_with_the_cool_kids

A poem in honor of my late beloved neighbors. Detailing their life as it coincided with mine. (long) Read More

Tags: love, death, poetry, life, light, rose, roses, neighbors

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