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    Romance
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    Romance

    By Top Writers Block

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    What is love and romance, and who (or what) can be loved? Top Writers Block takes on the Romance genre in this hefty collection filled with 4 short fiction stories and 6 poems. Not all in the collection is flowers blossoming and love. There is humor, and longing, and questioning...and even some horror. Take a chance on talented independent authors Tracey Howard, Melissa A. Szydlek, Barnaby Wilde, Suzy Stewart Dubot, Alan Naylor, Elizabeth Rowan Keith, and Antoine Randolph Watts.

    Your purchase of this ebook not only helps independent authors, but it helps charity as well. Top Writers Block is an international group of writers who continue to donate all of their author proceeds to Sea Shepherd in France, an organization that devotes itself to preserving our seas and oceans and the life within.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTop Writers Block
    Release dateMar 6, 2017
    ISBN9781370818303
    Romance
    Author

    Top Writers Block

    Top Writers Block is a diverse and eclectic group of talented writers who decided to write stories together - just for the fun of it! We are happy to announce that authors proceeds have always gone, and will continue to go, to Sea Shepherd.fr every time Smashwords has made a payment! Thank you to those who have supported the group, independent authors, and Sea Shepherd. Our collections are usually written with one theme or genre in mind. Each author contributes when they have the time, so some of the collections have as many as twelve authors participating. Every collection has something new, with stories and poems ranging from romance, drama, and adventure to mystery, fantasy, and horror. All the Top Writers Block's proceeds will go to Sea Shepherd, so by buying you are helping to keep our oceans alive! Thank You all so much!

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      Book preview

      Romance - Top Writers Block

      A Collection of Short Stories

      by

      TOP WRITERS BLOCK

      Written in the genre of:

      ROMANCE

      Copyright ©February 2017 by each individual author as noted

      Published on Smashwords

      Cover Graphic from Adobe Stock

      ISBN: 9781370818303

      This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events or locales is entirely coincidental.

      Smashwords License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each.

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      Life Long Loves by Tracey Howard

      My Son John by Melissa A. Szydlek

      Dottie’s Guy by Barnaby Wilde

      The Winchmore Hill Dog Trainer by Suzy Stewart Dubot

      Moira & Keegan by Alan Naylor

      Someday by Elizabeth Rowan Keith

      This Girl in the Dark by Antoine Randolph Watts

      Do You Love? by Melissa A. Szydlek

      Star Child by Tracey Howard

      Christy & Jim by Alan Naylor

      LIFE LONG LOVES

      by

      Tracey Howard

      Copyright ©February 2017 Tracey Howard

      Tracey is a stay at home wife and mother who has lived all over the United States. She is currently living in northern Indiana with her husband of nearly twenty years, their 15-year-old daughter and two hairballs of the canine variety. She is an avid reader with an insatiable appetite, surpassed only by her child, to whom she has passed on the reader trait. She is a self-taught amateur shutterbug and although she has been writing for the majority of her adult life, she only recently put both words and pictures out there for the world to see.

      So many loves

      have passed through

      my life.

      Some of them,

      short lived.

      A few

      blissful hours,

      lighthearted

      dalliances.

      Never really serious,

      but memorable,

      nonetheless.

      Some truly

      blazing brightly,

      shimmering like

      golden sunlight.

      But like the

      summer days,

      doomed to finish

      before they

      even really began.

      Always leaving

      lasting marks,

      on my heart,

      in my mind.

      Some were

      born of curiosity.

      A natural foray

      into, as of yet,

      unknown pleasures.

      Each with their own

      unique ending.

      Several were

      the culmination of

      years of longing.

      Their ultimate reality

      sometimes exceeding

      expectations.

      Alas,

      the mundane,

      were more

      prevalent.

      But the hunt

      was just as

      satisfying.

      Some of them

      were a surprise.

      An accidental meeting,

      leading to

      surprisingly

      satisfying exchanges.

      So many more,

      forgotten over time,

      merely fillers.

      Momentary lapses

      during days of

      loneliness,

      leading to regrets

      of wasted time.

      Still many more,

      the reward

      of diligent searching,

      and self-restraint.

      Holding back

      from meaningless

      dalliances,

      to find that

      near perfect

      experience,

      before the inevitable,

      bittersweet,

      goodbye.

      Still more

      that served a purpose.

      Taking care

      to teach

      practical lessons,

      in the most

      basic of terms.

      But the very best,

      the sweetest

      of all the sweets,

      were the lifelong

      friendships.

      Forged through

      overwhelming emotions,

      visceral in honesty,

      sensual in

      experiences,

      creating unbreakable bonds

      wrapped around

      mind and heart.

      Those never end.

      I am eternally

      grateful

      for each

      and every one

      passing through

      my fingers.

      I will never forget

      the way they felt

      in my hands.

      I can’t

      ever

      pick just one.

      They all are

      my favorite,

      at some point.

      Each one

      invaluable,

      no matter

      the personal cost

      to me.

      But sadly

      I am fickle.

      Insatiable.

      I will always

      continue to search

      for more.

      Needing that

      emotional thrill,

      that personal

      connection,

      that can only

      be found

      between the covers of

      a good book.

      ©2016 Tracey Howard

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      MY SON JOHN

      by

      Melissa A. Szydlek

      Copyright ©February 2017 Melissa A. Szydlek

      Melissa Szydlek lives in the United States. Originally from

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