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Too Pretty To Be A Boy -2- Mr. Lajien

Ch.2

I sat beside my mom in the car, and an awkward silence filled the air. I really didn’t know what to talk about, but I could tell that, like always, Mom was trying her best.

“So, what’s bothering you? I can tell there’s something in your mind,” ...

Another Country -7-

I hadn’t known how Mom would react to my showing her my chest, purple nurples and all. “Hm,” she said flatly. “I bet that did hurt.”

I glanced down. The left one still ached and might be turning red, if not exactly purple. I nodded and pulled my shirt back down. What did she think...

Pete's Vagina -63- Locker Room

The crispness in the air said winter was not too far off, and I thought again about Christmas and what I might get for Lee. And Jake, too. School always seemed oddly quiet this early in the morning, with the eastern sky painted gold and the usual west wind bringing the smell of evergreens off the...

Fatboy -3- Slutch

Everyone forgot about Slutch. "Story a' my life," the man muttered after zipping himself up. He'd walked out to the entrance of the small, graveled parking lot and pissed on the signpost that held up the crudely painted directions, "Turn here - Dance - Cafe - Pool." It was a tiny and misdirected ...

Curse of the Fountain -10- by Melanie Brown

The Fountain of Youth

By

Melanie Brown

Copyright © 2025

Part 10

“Cheerleader? Really? When did you try out?” asked Mom, continuing the conversation as we walked into the house.

Girlery -16- Princess Phil

Phil blamed the translator, who had told him that the scroll contained a spell for discovering for oneself a girlfriend of perfection. How was he to know 'discover for' and 'transform into' were the same in ancient Akkadian? But since 'Girlfriend of Perfection' should have read 'Princess Concubin...

Too Pretty To Be A Boy -1- by Mr. Lajien

“Are you sure you want to do this?” My dad asked me for the fifteenth time already. I can’t blame him, though. I wasn’t very sure of my decision, but I had to do this. I have had enough of Dicky and Peter. My asshole, older half-brothers, they hate my guts. I don’t even know what I have...

Another Country -6-

I came at our house the back way through the alley, but Mom was there, chopping at some weeds with a long-handled hoe. The back gate made of pigwire stood wide open. At least I didn’t have to get off my bike to open it.

“Bobby,” she said as I rolled past her. “Grab the garden rake a...

Curse of the Fountain -9- by Melanie Brown

The Fountain of Youth

By

Melanie Brown

Copyright © 2024

Part 9

“Your name is Nell?” asked Joey as we walked away from the office area.

I grunted a laugh. “Wasn’t my idea.”

Joey chuckled. “Yeah. None of us get much of a choice. I think you’r...

Fatboy and the Nineball -2- Deputy Dan

Maylene back in the small office behind the kitchen did not call the Sheriff's Office in De Queen but dialed instead the direct cell phone number of Deputy Dan Weathers whose responsibility was the communities along State Line Road in the northwest corner of Sevier County.

"Eyuh," Weathers ...

Dawning: A BCTS Story Challenge

The darkness never changes, but sometimes it smells different. After 400 years, whether my eyes are open or closed matters because it’s how I communicate.  One if by land, two if I see….

I can’t really smell anything anymore; all I have is memories. The scent of early morning rai...

Curse of the Fountain -8- by Melanie Brown

Melanie Brown

Copyright © 2024

Part 8

“Where’s Aunt Bea?” exclaimed Riley when she bounded through the door.

Looking up from the pot I was stirring, I said calmly, “She had to re...

Fatboy and the Nineball -1-

One time, Fatboy played nine-ball for his life with some outlaw bikers from California in a roadhouse on the Oklahoma line. A woman named Maylene Wheeler owned that roadhouse and she was maybe Fatboy's cousin and maybe his ex-wife or maybe both.

The roadhouse sort of put one in the mind of ...

Curse of the Fountain -7- by Melanie Brown

“I’m serious, Bea.”

 Beatrice looked at my curlers and laughed. “You look serious.”

 I stood up and shouted, “Will you forget the fucking curlers? If you had properly notified us of your coming, this would have been taken care of before you arrived. And of course...

Fatboy and the Nineball

One time, Fatboy played nine-ball for his life with some outlaw bikers from California in a roadhouse on the Oklahoma line. A woman named Maylene Wheeler owned that roadhouse and she was maybe Fatboy's cousin and maybe his ex-wife or maybe both.

The roadhouse sort of put one in the mind of ...

Stranger Romance - by Maryanne Peters

Maryanne's latest collection cover preview above hints at the aura of mystery and oddness of her heroines in this volume. A little fantasy, a little suspense, but as always, you can look forward to Mostly Happy Endings to all of the short story romances from her pen

Double Down - Masks 25 - by Stickmaker

Even televised wrestling matches with normal humans can have serious accidents. Staged matches for charity between supers could produce many casualties. What happens if the organization behind them tries to keep these quiet?

Oh, and what went on in that frozen lab, on an island, in a lake, ...

Curse of the Fountain -6- by Melanie Brown

Copyright © 2024

Part 6

I stretched out luxuriously in bed. It’s Sunday, and no shopping expeditions are planned. I can just relax. I plan to stay in bed until noon. That was the plan until I smelled bacon frying. Does Mom ever sleep?

Mom stuck h...

Pete's Vagina -62- Rotisserie League

Pete’s Vagina

62. Fantasy League

I fell asleep eventually. After my experience with  Megan, I knew what sort of things would get my motor running without involving anything too icky,  but I didn’t have enough gas in the tank to do ...

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Curse of the Fountain -5- by Melanie Brown

Melanie Brown

Copyright © 2024

Part 5

“I don’t want to get my ears pierced!”

The girl holding the ear-piercing gun thingy stood silently, unsure of what to do.

Looking very annoyed, Mom sternly said, “Just sit s...

Another Country -5-

I got onto Aviation Boulevard and followed it out to the side street where we lived in a tract full of ranch-style homes built in the 1950s. The lots were bigger than more modern areas of town, with deep backyards and detached garages.

It was barely noon, and Mom wouldn’t expect me home f...

Aria -4- Reformer's Fire - by Emma Anne Tate

Cami deals with crises, a realization and a loss in this final book of the Aria series.

Curse of the Sacred Fountain -4- by Melanie Brown

Melanie Brown

Copyright © 2024

Part 4

“Hey, sleepy-head.”

“Mrrmmphgh.”

“You need to get up, honey. We have lots to do today,” said Mom from the doorway.

I rolled over and was about to say ...

Another Country -4-

I made it to the restrooms in the center of the park, but no one had followed me. It wasn’t that long of a run but I stood there, just inside, gasping like I had finished a half-marathon and staring at my reflection in the stainless steel mirror.

My face was flushed but pale around my mou...

Curse of the Sacred Fountain -3- by Melanie Brown

Melanie Brown

Copyright © 2024

Part 3

Billy drove the car up into the driveway of his and Denise’s house. Denise turned around to look at me, seated in the back seat. She grinned.

“Here we are! Home sweet home. When were ...

Another Country -3-

When I reached the basketball courts in the park, Josh was already there, playing Horse all by himself. He had his own newer ball and my old worn one lay against the pole holding the basket up. He took a shot, and the ball went cleanly through the hoop.

If there had been a net, it would hav...

Curse of the Sacred Fountain -2- by Melanie Brown

Melanie Brown

Copyright © 2024

Part 2

I felt myself slowly growing conscious. It wasn’t so much waking from a long sleep as it was just a growing awareness. I slowly started to notice things, like the too-bright lights above me. ...

Another Country -2-

I took a walk around the downtown area. I went as far north as the bike shop and browsed the shiny metal and black rubber of the bikes. There was a five-speed that I just might be able to afford if I got the money I was expecting for my birthday in three months. It was red with a white leather se...

Curse of the Sacred Fountain -1- by Melanie Brown

Melanie Brown

Copyright © 2024

Part 1

“Uncle Neil. I think it’s time to pull the plug on your expedition,” complained my insufferable niece Denise. “You can’t find something that never existed.”

“Nonsense!” I ...