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Short Story / Non-Fiction

September 05, 2019

Reads: 178

Comments: 5

The Booksie Classic House

The prompt was to write about a little known event that took place 100 years ago, and to do so as though you were a witness. I had never heard about this until I went searching yesterday. Cover image: pixabay.com. Read More

Tags: boston, molasses, 1919, fact-based

the first few times i went to Boston, had a bit of trouble that told me that the city didn't want me Read More

Tags: travel, boston

The story of the Connelly family from My Irish Love continues with Liam's story. Liam, the oldest of the Connelly children, faces a surprising future when he falls in love with Fiona, the daughter of his parent's closest friends, Chris and Brianna. Read More

Tags: romance, ireland, irish, boston

Book / Romance

January 19, 2018

Reads: 9986

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

This is a story of how a one-night stand changed my life forever. How a chance meeting in a bar would change both of our lives forever. Read More

Tags: love, romance, ireland, irish, boston

Short Story / Mystery and Crime

January 03, 2018

Reads: 650

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

A man obsessed with the Boston Red Sox accurately predicts them to win the World Series but dies before he gets the chance to see them play. Can he get a second chance? Read More

Tags: baseball, police, boston, prediction, world-series

Juliet Williams, sophomore in high school going through what she thinks is just some girl drama, finds someone she thinks she loves, and questions if her friend is realy a friend. Read More

Tags: boston

Tags: interesting, historical, boston

A simple request to God renews a doubting Thomas's faith. Read More

Tags: faith, watch, beach, mass, miracle, boston, huntington

Boston PD has a new star in town: the Special Crimes Unit, an elite team of experts in different areas to take on the cases no other department can solve. And they work them out, even when they're not exactly the conventional kind of team, and sometimes they don't exactly… Read More

Tags: romance, crime, boston, brock, gillian, blackbird

Boston, 2060. Everyone enjoys a usual wintry day in the city, until a strange meteor lands in Boston Common. Fifteen ordinary people, including Boston's esteemed team of scientists from Boston University, investigate the meteor closely. The scientists conclude that the meteor is a danger to humanity, and must eliminate it… Read More

Tags: dark, death, science_fiction, gothic, darkness, winter, hospital, future, park, comedy, valentines_day, tragedy, sci-fi, science, holocaust

An Iambic tetrameter poem about Longfellow bridge in Boston, Ma., U.S.A. Read More

Tags: poetry, spiritual, past, bridge, present, river, woods, charles, boston, sentimental, iambic, pentameter, structured, iamb, metrical

BASED ON TWO TRUE STORIES THAT INDICATE THAT HUMANITY NEEDS TO PUT DOWN THEIR CELLPHONES AND OBSERVE LIFE. The greatest art heist in history occurred with a SUCH precision and brilliant plan that has not been solved yet. THIS IS ONE CASE THAT HASN'T BEEN SOLVED BY THE FBI. Read More

Tags: mystery, crime, age, art, boston, heist, true-crime, gilded

Poem / Poetry

September 29, 2014

Reads: 319

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Artificial Heart is a piece based on pure inspiration on a thursday afternoon. It is about a common experience and also a personal accounts of when people try and give you parts of them that aren't real. Read More

Tags: love, romance, poetry, heart, truth, facebook, believe, beautiful, hearts, artificial, boston, lack, i-am, tonio, iamtonio

Catherine James has a brain tumor. To the surprise, and sometimes disgust, of others, she has accepted her fate, but there is still something lurking that will not let her mind rest. A widowed mother, Catherine has just returned to her expatriate painter’s life in Paris. Unbidden flashbacks appear, allowing… Read More

Tags: italy, cancer, paris, boston, painter, metaphysics, ontology

Book / Young Adult

June 22, 2014

Reads: 9223

Comments: 2

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

“Oh,” I sighed and all my resistance faded to unimportance. I closed my eyes and felt his lips against my neck. The world slowly fell away. Time seemed to stand still; my heart stopped beating and all the air seemed to rush from my lungs. As he held me I… Read More

Tags: love, vampire, horror, romance, war, world, lost, longing, soul, blood, young, reincarnation, france, mate, intimacy

Book / Fantasy

March 05, 2014

Immortality has its ups and downs, I guess I can't complain. But I didn't ask for this, I didn't want to watch my family grow old and die. I wanted to have a family of my own, kids to scold and love, a wife. Why me? I didn't ask for… Read More

Tags: fantasy, fiction, teen, novel, war, reading, vampires, drama, burn, crazy, fighting, blood, nice, book, immortality

When you think of a runaway woman in a dress you think of a bride, right? This is not the case. When Lacey's best friend gets engaged, she immediately asks for Lacey to be her maid of honor. All the planning and love gets Lacey thinking about how much she… Read More

Tags: love, wedding, marriage, humor, honor, drugs, romance, romantic, relationships, air, life, man, adventure, travel, drinking

Stephen and Ivan arrive in in the Boston area early in the morning. They stop at an old pub on the ourskirts of the city and sit for a meal and to talk about what to expect, and try to uncover more of Ivan's past... (Part 1 of 3) Read More

Tags: fantasy, magic, witch, demon, black, cat, witches, boston, daemon, ivan, imp, stephen, warlock, council, warlocks

This is a story of how I over complicate simplicity. All I was meant to do was simply go to a scheduled appointment. I was given the time, date and the address which was provided for me. I was extremely nervous about this appointment. My nervousness and fear consumed me… Read More

Tags: humor, life, short, story, journey, non-fiction, boston, psychiatrist, mbta, dramatization, dta

Not enough.. Read More

Tags: strong, wrong, tough, boston

Book / Action and Adventure

September 22, 2013

Reads: 354

Comments: 2

The Booksie Classic House

The team breaks in the Boston Central Bank and faces certain problems - nothing Jake and Damien can't handle. Read More

Tags: crime, robbery, teamwork, thief, boston, burglar, break-ins, brookline

Poem / Poetry

June 18, 2013

Reads: 629

Comments: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Self Explanatory. Read More

Tags: school, high, train, air, world, tv, night, heart, memories, people, mind, exist, girl, lie, mother

Olivia #3 Read More

Tags: dreams, boston, cities, wanderlust

A young boy works for a butcher one summer in Boston. This is one chore, in one day in his youth. Read More

Tags: boy, work, animals, knife, summer, boston, short_fiction, butcher, slaughterhouse

There have been some terrible tragedies happen where we’ve lost innocent people and I think this is a great opportunity for everyone to remember those victims. First it was the shooting at the movie theater in Colorado, then the shooting at Sandy Hook elementary school, and recently the bomb explosions… Read More

Tags: people, forget, marathon, shooting, innocent, hook, boston, victims, lets, sandy, elementary, colordo

Short Story / Humor

March 19, 2013

Reads: 557

Comments: 5

The Booksie Classic House

Short story written for my Fiction Writing class. It was also submitted into Broward College Spring Writes contest and placed 2nd. Read More

Tags: fiction, short_story, boston, exaggeration, exaggerate

Ryan joins the Hansbay High News program and doesn’t exactly make friends, Ethan regrets installing a home theatre and Kimberly takes Jacob to see relatives in Boston, but Jacob is pressured to break his drug-free streak Read More

Tags: family, school, home, comedy, news, theatre, boston, donahues

If your're a gemini, behold the stars from somewhere else. Read More

Tags: boston

Short Story / Young Adult

December 12, 2012

Reads: 925

Comments: 2

The Booksie Classic House

My teenage brother sent me on a vacation Read More

Tags: train, brother, father, mother, vacation, map, police, sister, subway, boston, hotel, manhattan, visitation, new_york_city, allowance

Arthur Gibson is a private detective. He always swore to stay small time, away from the light. But when an old friend loses a son, he compromises everything for the truth. Read More

Tags: mystery, drama, crime, detective, boston

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