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Once upon a time, in Chicago's Central Union Station a young girl and young man were rushing off to their destinations, as they brushed against arms ever so lightly, their eyes met, it was love at first sight, for Mother Mary and Father Art ! Read More

Tags: love, baby, letters, illegitimate, jail

Fourteen year old Chris Parker heads to a jail for criminal girls. As she struggles to survive, she plans her escape. Read More

Tags: drama, jail, young-adult, 1970s

Short Story / Flash Fiction

August 16, 2021

Reads: 140

Comments: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Hope you enjoy this! Read More

Tags: death, flash-fiction, prison, jail, intelligent-agency

Living in a state prison in the U.S. city of Detroit is no fun. At a time of epidemic that is restricting the whole world right now, conditions are even more difficult and prisoners are under pressure. In Košice, another bankrupt financier manages to change his identity and enter an… Read More

Tags: ghost, candle, prisoner, jail, john-wayne

He is in a jail cell. Why is he there, he does not remember. Whatever has happened? Read More

Tags: danger, jail, mystry

Poem / Poetry

February 28, 2021

Reads: 168

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Another poem linked from the previous work: "Cage of unreachable hopes". Happy reading! ~Alizzia Read More

Tags: wasted, hopes, trap, jail, help.expectations

Short Story / Memoir

January 10, 2021

Reads: 239

Comments: 2

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

Always something. Read More

Tags: jail, malibu, los-angeles, covid, dim-sum

He is trying to get away from prison. How in the world is he going to do that? Read More

Tags: torture, escape, jail, barracks

Book / Mystery and Crime

November 30, 2020

Reads: 5340

Comments: 1

Shelves: 2

The Booksie Classic House

Tags: book, jail, warden, alcatraz, john-lennon

Short Story / Science Fiction

November 23, 2020

Reads: 333

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

The Review Chain House

A future chapter from a larger story, that is a story on its own. Read More

Tags: jail

He has come across a very mysterious man. What is he? What is he planing to do? Read More

Tags: love, torture, escape, jail

He is in an unknown place. Everywhere is dark and mysterious.Who is who here? Read More

Tags: mystery, escape, jail

Book / Romance

May 22, 2020

Reads: 312

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

I just got out of graduate school, it was my first year at a law firm. I was the rookie. The underdog, the firm that I worked for didn't let me do major cases just yet, so I have been looking into cold cases that have been piling up in… Read More

Tags: love, prison, innocent, jail, break-free

He does not know where he is. Is he in Jail? Whatever is actually happening to him? Read More

Tags: fight, struggle, jail, resistence

Short Story / Young Adult

March 07, 2020

Reads: 1973

Comments: 1

Shelves: 1

The Booksie Classic House

11-year old Josh writes about his time in juvenile jail. Confined to his cell for 21 hours a day and forced to wear a diaper at night, he forges a strong friendship with his 10-year old cellmate. Read More

Tags: punishment, detention, jail, diapers, behind-bars

I don't usually bring politics into Bert's stories but if you read closely you will find this story has nothing to do with politics, it is all about a person's thought process and how they connect the dots. Read More

Tags: wife, jail, bert, trump

Trying to connect God, depression, doubt, and anger into a cohesive response to the maker. Read More

Tags: god, soul, jail, locked, abba

Poem / Poetry

March 01, 2019

Reads: 438

Comments: 9

The Booksie Classic House

haiku Read More

Tags: depression, mind, jail, stuck

A teacher gives his students a surprise Thanksgiving dinner. His students, in turn, then surprise prisoners at a local jail with a special Thanksgiving feast. Read More

Tags: teacher, students, thanksgiving, jail, prisoners

This is the story of Rebecca a 12th grader who has depression and its getting worse. Her brother Matt and their coach John Carter but, she turns them down every turn she gets. She doesn't want them evolved she thinks this is her fight alone when it's not. Her… Read More

Tags: death, depression, abuse, forgiveness, jail

A convict is a person found guilty of a crime and sentenced by a court or a person serving a sentence in prison. Initially many British convicts were sent to the American colonies as cheap labour. Jon was a convict. He was "A Single Man" sent to jail for… Read More

Tags: prison, jail, convict, jon-hamm

In this short story I will be discussing some of the gritty things that happen in a jail. Some things will be comedy, some things will be gross. Read along for details Read More

Tags: horror, crazy, comedy, mental, jail

Adekoya Adetunji is a poet. The best poet Alive. Read More

Tags: love, wife, love-poem, jail, best-poet

What tag's go along better then "friendship" and "alcohol." #Not giving away any spoilers. Read More

Tags: friendship, drunk, betrayal, alcohol, jail

Poem / Poetry

February 24, 2017

Reads: 422

Comments: 2

The Booksie Classic House

Tags: alcoholism, jail

This is a story about my father and his life. Read More

Tags: depression, drugs, jail

Short Story / War and Military

November 17, 2016

Reads: 2903

Shelves: 3

The Booksie Classic House

It was the night of December; 20, 1870 when Haira was in jail, alone, within the four walls of a cell, having no idea about her future and her destiny. It was cold, so cold. She was freezing and no one cared about her, pregnant at only 20 and so… Read More

Tags: war, pain, freedom, peace, jail

Can a prisoner sing for their freedom? Read More

Tags: prison, detective, noir, jail, the-jailbirds-song

He is behind bars.Why? He does not quite know. What has he done? It's to be seen. Read More

Tags: murder, torture, trial, jail

After all Jack is in prison, but why? Read More

Tags: story, jail, from

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