Tag: love story
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Fiction: Tangled
“Seems the bit of merriment you boys had got the lieutenant shot,” said the veteran doctor. Buck swung his legs to the side of the bed. “I have to see him.” “No, I’m afraid not, son. Fahy won’t want to see you. He’s upset and angry, poor devil. Says you both stole horses and deserted […]
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Fiction: The Watch
“He’s intoxicated, the thief, and should be left to wander the desert,” Baker, the preacher’s son said when William arrived at Fort Grant that night. “I’m not drunk—now let me see Thankful.”
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Fiction: Maps
Thankful pouted, swaying a little while twirling a curl. “My cousin wants me gone by tomorrow, so may I stay in camp? I’d feel safer with military men than the common sort in town.” She blushed at William. “I didn’t mean Willy–Bill of course. My cousin is a gentleman.”
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Fiction: Taken By An Officer
“Land sakes, the soldiers I’ve seen so far are barely handsome at all,” Thankful whispered.
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Fiction: Pretend We’re Cousins
William agrees to take Thankful to Fort Grant “Call me Bill at the post,” William coached. “Lieutenant Bourke is the only one to hold to my childhood name, and it gives too much a laugh to the others.” “Maybe it’s not your name they’re laughing at,” Thankful said, poking his side with her thin, gloved […]
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A Sentimental Journey
The sentimental in writing and life; how do you get the first definition without the second? Adjective Of or prompted by feelings of tenderness, sadness, or nostalgia: “she felt a sentimental attachment to the place creep over her”. (of a work of literature, music, or art) Dealing with feelings of tenderness, sadness, or nostalgia in […]
Author Adrienne Morris 