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An old man abandoned. Will the empathy of strangers save him, or the apathy of family be his ruin? This story made me want to be a writer.
Genre: Drama,Tragedy,Personal Narrative
Type: short story
Length: 3 pages





By Ron Hargis
A father and daughter learn a painful life lesson together.
Genre: Family,Reality,Personal Narrative
Type: short story
Length: 3 pages





By Dan Sumners
An inmate recounts the events leading to their incarceration
Genre: Alternative,Character,Personal Narrative
Type: short story
Length: 15 pages





By Simon Evans
Following the Peirene Press competition I joined three friends to form 'The 900 Club'. A monthly short story of 900 words with a two word phrase in the title. This month (January 2013) the phrase was 'No Regrets'.
Genre: Drama,Political,Family
Type: short story
Length: 2 pages















By sureshmiyer
Her doll returns to her and makes her happy this Christmas
Genre: Children's,Family,Suspense
Type: short story
Length: 3 pages





By Robert Teach
I searched for Love all my life. Two beautiful boys were born into my life. Taken away, I had to search for my soul.
Genre: True Story,Family,Coming of Age
Type: novel
Length: 112 pages





By pete langman
My first short story, written at 3am, in Sweden, sometime in the mid/late 1990s
Genre: Personal Narrative
Type: short story
Length: 3 pages





Well, it is interesting and captivating. very much on the modern side.
Genre: Coming of Age,Family,Personal Narrative
Type: short story
Length: 3 pages
Just Like Debbie - the teenage idol
Genre: Coming of Age,Personal Narrative,Teen
Type: short story
Length: 2 pages





By Emma Goode
Entry for the Peirene Short Story Competition 2012, based on the theme 'turning point'.
Genre: Personal Narrative
Type: short story
Length: 2 pages










By funnybrother
Peirene Press 'Turning Point' short story competition entry (2012).
Genre: Personal Narrative
Type: short story
Length: 3 pages
By newhouse.jm
However well a loving childhood can set you up for a bright future, it can just as easily sow the seeds of discontentment. Not least when the heady expectations you have been encouraged to have are suddenly crushed.
Genre: Coming of Age,Personal Narrative,Tragedy
Type: short story
Length: 2 pages
Short story for PeiShoStoMo
Genre: Personal Narrative,Human Rights,Educational
Type: short story
Length: 3 pages





Peirene short story competition
Genre: Personal Narrative
Type: short story
Length: 0 pages





It is about overcoming the monster in a domestic setting. The story of domestic abuse and its casualities.
Genre: Family,Suspense
Type: short story
Length: 4 pages





When a young teenage girl gets herself pregnant, she has to choose between taking the seemingly easier way out or bearing the consequences of her mistakes; both options are costly.
Genre: Personal Narrative,Personal Narrative,Teen
Type: short story
Length: 3 pages





By dwellinglory
The man. His mistress. His wife.
Genre: Family,Family,Family
Type: short story
Length: 4 pages





A shock discovery at a family funeral leads a middle-aged man to reflect on the life path he has chosen.
Genre: Family
Type: short story
Length: 3 pages





Competition Entry
Genre: Personal Narrative
Type: short story
Length: 2 pages
My turning point came when I learned that being true to yourself and following your dreams is what truly matters in this life, not getting a big pay slip.
Genre: Biography,True Story,Personal Narrative
Type: short story
Length: 2 pages





By James Harben
Different attitudes to different deaths.
Genre: Personal Narrative
Type: short story
Length: 2 pages
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