I couldn't believe that Carla had slept with another man, that she had lied about her love for me—and that I might be second or even third in her estimation.

A shy teenager is kidnapped by aliens who promise to let her live in exchange for her writing scary stories. It turns out the whole story is actually told by an alien mother to her alien child. Not fair? Weren’t you hoping for your usual at six so you could still be home at seven in time for supper with Elizabeth?” Colonel Bullfrog is the story of unlikely friendship between Japanese soldiers and a British PoW and how the friendship evolves even after the WW2 has ended. First, children will read a classic traditional tale (Little Red Riding Hood) but not as they know it!Just Good Friends is a first person narrative of a how a woman met her boyfriend...the twist in the tale is that we discover at the end that the narrator is actually a cat. A teenage girl starts to read an encyclopedia in which she discovers that all of her childhood memories are actually written in this book.

Good to see you in the office on a Saturday morning,” said the managing director grimly as he passed my door. “Soon as you’re finished whatever you’ re doing I’d like a word with you.”In later editions, titled "The Wine Taster" so as not to be confused with Archer's novel of the same name. I took off my watch and placed it in front of me. I had read somewhere that the location of a telephone call can be traced in about three minutes. An alien creature comes to Earth to escape his prison sentence on his home planet. Soon he discovers that he is actually doing his prison sentence on Earth. Just Good Friends" presents a unique perspective through a first-person narrative where a woman recounts how she met her boyfriend. The surprising revelation at the end is that the narrator is actually a cat.

Take a look at this guide on how to write one-shot stories or this in-depth guide on how to write a story for children for more inspiration. Stories nine, ten, and eleven are titled “The Wine Taster,” “A Chapter of Accidents,” and “The Loophole.” In “The Wine Taster,” a man inherits a wine cellar even though he knows nothing about wine. He makes a fool of himself when he brags about his wine collection to people who know wine well. “A Chapter of Accidents” follows a man who sets up convenient and elaborate traps to snare a man having an affair with his wife, but he is the one who’s duped. In “The Loophole,” two famous best friends turn to enemies to make money, but it costs them dearly when the public catches on to their scheme. Story four, “Not the Real Thing,” follows a protagonist at odds with someone close to him. Gerald steals his friend Walter’s fiancé and becomes a prominent engineer, but the tables are turned when Walter dupes Gerald into making an expensive piece of jewelry that he then loses to a king. The Wine Taster is the story of a intolerable man who has inherited wealth and state from his ancestors. He also inherits a wine cellar from his father but doesn't know much about wines...but that doesn't stop him from boasting about it.

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I know it’s easy enough for you to jump into bed with me whenever it suits you. That’s all I’m good for, isn’t it?” I found myself wondering, irrelevantly, if he would ever be President. “President Dukakis” didn’t sound quite right to me. Not fair? Weren't you hoping for your usual at six so you could still be home at seven in time for supper with Elizabeth?" Tulk, C. A., Molaison, J. J., Makhluf, A., Manning, C. E. & Klug, D. D. Nature 569, 542–545 (2019). is designated as an appeal year to raise three million pounds for repairs on the cathedral. But in August 1987, Bishop Moore dies suddenly. Among the numerous mourners in his memorial service, there are some elderly Japanese gentlemen including the chairman and president of the largest electronics company in the world. When they are met by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Chairman Sakata steps forward. However, he refuses all personal thanks for the donations to Richard Moore, referring to his president instead. This gentleman surprises the archbishop with another cheque for the full three million the cathedral needs. Asked for the reasons for his generosity, the president explains that he is trying to repay an act of honour and that Richard Moore might probably remember him as the inconspicuous corporal of forty years ago.