Stories by Carly Pop, by newest first

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  • Thank You Though I Forgot Your Name
    It was 1978 and I was a young bride, only 20, my husband and I married on July 8th of that year (and still together 31 years later). I made
    by Carly Pop 600 words, 1 comment, on Nov 7 9:51 AM
  • A Halloween Gone With The Wind
    I remember the inconspicuous glance in the mirror before grabbing my book bag with one hand and cupcake with candied black cat on top with
    by Carly Pop 300 words, 6 comments, on Oct 16 11:06 AM
  • My Sentence....Twenty Something Words.
    When I opened my eyes he was gone, but what he left behind made me smile, though a sad one nonetheless.
    by Carly Pop <100 words, 3 comments, on Sep 22 10:14 AM
  • Cinderella Revisited
    Cinderella Charming was dusting one of the chandeliers hanging from the ceiling of her enormously large ballroom. It was by far her favorite of the fifty rooms in the castle as it reminded her of a story book evening ten year
    by Carly Pop 1300 words, 1 comment, on Sep 21 7:17 PM
  • One Word For Love
    by Carly Pop <100 words, 1 comment, on Sep 21 7:16 PM
  • Novel Idea
    by Carly Pop <100 words, on Sep 21 7:10 PM
  • Covered In The Prodigal
    He stood a few feet from me, cloaked in the dust of a long journey's road, mingled with the putrid mud from a place only pigs call their h
    by Carly Pop 200 words, on Jul 26 2:05 PM
  • Pearl Squirrel (Children's Story)
    Pearl, peeking out from behind a large oak, one of the stately old trees lining Washington Ave. hiding from her brothers Earl and Merle, both having lugged an acorn across the busy road and now over rocks and roots toward the
    by Carly Pop 1200 words, 1 comment, on Jul 14 8:09 PM
  • Mission Accomplished
    Rose glanced at the paper spread across the makeshift podium, reminding her of her father's pulpit in their small country church what seemed a lifetime ago. Her eyes quickly focused back on the audience of nearly five thousan
    by Carly Pop 600 words, on Jul 6 4:47 PM
  • Tell Them
    Lily stretched towards the light through one of the sun glistened spaces which time had carved out in the square of blue gray slate, weathe
    by Carly Pop 700 words, 2 comments, on Apr 30 11:02 PM
  • Scattered Over Time
    Charlie Saunder's body went numb. So went his mind.1
    by Carly Pop 700 words, 3 comments, on Jan 24 7:08 PM
  • A Prayer Away - a real life essay (my life)
    The empty space on our side of the driveway seems to mock us, joining a bitter February wind whistling a taunting dirge. The familiar chorus of "Failure, Failure" echoes up and down the lonely blacktop, seeking downcast
    by Carly Pop 800 words, 2 comments, on Feb 29 11:22 AM 2008
  • The Danger Within (a commentary on gluttony)
    Last week I stepped onto our fancy new bathroom scale, christening it during a rather solemn ceremony cumulating fifty years of baby fat c
    by Carly Pop 400 words, 1 comment, on Jan 11 10:41 AM 2008. In
  • Tears Still Falling
    We were part of the throng of New Yorkers that October day. Coming from Long Island, it was a chilly morning I remember, the air having tha
    by Carly Pop 500 words, 7 comments, on Dec 30 9:40 PM 2007. In
  • De-Vined (A Christian Based Story)
    My story is about a simple branch who has decided to remain nameless. For many years, part of a powerful family connected to God the F
    by Carly Pop 500 words, 2 comments, on Oct 28 4:54 PM 2007
  • I am in and looking forward to othis contest
    by Carly Pop <100 words, 1 comment, on Aug 29 2:00 AM 2007
  • All I Have Left Is Cliche
    Moonlight eyes, / / peak over twilight's edge, / / jealous for sapphire skies, / / splashed in burgandy wine, / / where we laugh at yea
    by Carly Pop 200 words, 1 comment, on May 9 8:59 AM 2007. In
  • Snowflakes Turned To Tears
    Christmas clashed with her gray morning / / and boney trees lining the formal streets, / / like emaciated soldiers, each bent over, / /
    by Carly Pop 200 words, 2 comments, on Apr 26 5:36 AM 2007. In
  • One For The Books
    by Carly Pop 500 words, 6 comments, on Mar 24 7:50 AM 2007. In
  • Beloved Pilgrim (with ending)
    Rachel's gaze fell upon the aging harbor, an interruption as she called it, along the rocky stretch of coastline, boasting a few modest
    by Carly Pop 1300 words, 4 comments, on Mar 15 9:37 AM 2007
  • A Dream Come True (Children's Story)
    by Carly Pop 500 words, 9 comments, on Mar 15 6:34 AM 2007. In
  • The Gossip Monster
    by Carly Pop 100 words, 9 comments, on Mar 14 9:21 AM 2007. In
  • A Thousand and Two Feet
    by Carly Pop 500 words, 5 comments, on Mar 12 3:54 PM 2007. In
  • A Wake Up Call
    by Carly Pop 600 words, 3 comments, on Jan 9 12:32 PM 2007
  • A Stone's Throw
    Petunia Pebble, landed within inches of Mrs. Sweetypie‘s head. The silver haired grandmother had just stepped back to admire her perfectl
    by Carly Pop 1200 words, 6 comments, on Dec 23 4:39 PM 2006
  • A Second Chance To Love
    A chill coursed through Paul’s body, despite the hundred plus temperature. Looking up from his cluttered desk he continued to type on his lap top while breathing in the strong scent of curry as if lifted up to his second
    by Carly Pop 1400 words, 2 comments, on Dec 2 6:20 AM 2006
  • Consider Lily (In the Garden)
    This story is about Lily - the flower Jesus held up to the crowds He was preaching to and said "Consider the Lily" -He wanted them to trust
    by Carly Pop 1200 words, 3 comments, on Nov 9 12:18 AM 2006
  • Consider Lily
    by Carly Pop 1500 words, on Nov 9 12:11 AM 2006
  • Consider Lily
    by Carly Pop 1500 words, 4 comments, on Nov 9 12:08 AM 2006
  • Hold Up The Pickles, Not Us!
    Hold the pickles, hold the lettuce / thank God for the driver in the bus / two gunmen the cops did ketchup to / didn't have their way, have
    by Carly Pop 1200 words, 8 comments, on Nov 2 9:28 AM 2006
  • My Beloved Pilgrim
    by Carly Pop 1100 words, 29 comments, on Aug 7 11:23 AM 2006
  • A Valentine Surprise
    It was February 14, 1966. I was nine years old and already stressed over Valentine's Day. The pressure, excitement, the likely disappointm
    by Carly Pop 700 words, 15 comments, on Aug 7 11:03 AM 2006
  • Escape To Another World
    I was seven years old when my mother introduced me to her storybook world. A lover of the written word since childhood, she counted it a jo
    by Carly Pop 1100 words, 33 comments, on Aug 7 8:08 AM 2006
  • Breaking News
    Jenny could only imagine what her husband would say when / she broke the news to him. The decision itself had been easy, in her mind there
    by Carly Pop 1700 words, 9 comments, on Aug 3 7:01 PM 2006. In Romance
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