Recommendations/sources for good erotic writing? [more inside]
posted on Mar 1, 2008 - 16 answers

If you please—I urgently require a few good recommendations of novels that have India as a backdrop. [more inside]
posted on Jan 13, 2008 - 55 answers

I'm looking for a series of hardback science fiction anthologies I dimly remember from childhood (sometime in the mid 80s). I think it had a one word title with a number, and the series went up to at least number five. I remember two stories in particular... [more inside]
posted on Jan 13, 2008 - 11 answers

Stories about healthy, "normal" marriages? [more inside]
posted on Jan 11, 2008 - 41 answers

Broken Promises: Looking for stories of the damage that broken promises can cause an individual. Can be personal (maybe childhood stories), read somewhere(biographies?), recommendations where to find them, etc. Preferably something that can be easily told within a couple of minutes...Any help is appreciated!
posted on Dec 14, 2007 - 9 answers

Can you help me find more Hacker Folklore? [more inside]
posted on Dec 5, 2007 - 26 answers

I'd like to read some short story collections that have the same feel as movies like "Lost in Translation" and "The Station Agent." I guess "introspective" is the key word. All recommendations will be much appreciated.
posted on Sep 29, 2007 - 17 answers

[Literary archetype filter] I'm looking for short moral tales / folk stories / fables with themes of selfishness and pig-headedness. Specifically, I need stories about somebody who focuses so intently on X that they don't realize they're alone and screwed until too late. [more inside]
posted on Aug 9, 2007 - 14 answers

Realistic accounts of meth use? [more inside]
posted on Jul 31, 2007 - 51 answers

Help me find something to say to novelist Sue Miller over lunch. [more inside]
posted on Apr 5, 2007 - 5 answers

i am looking for a children's book that my friend read when she was in elementary school (5-10 years ago.) the book is about a boy and a girl who go on an adventure through a magical world and save the people from a monster. then, the girl dies, and the boy has to boil her in a pot to bring her back to life. [more inside]
posted on Apr 2, 2007 - 8 answers

I'm looking for a story that I read back in 5th grade. [more inside]
posted on Feb 24, 2007 - 11 answers

MontrealInspirationFilter: Do you know interesting stories, true or fictional, that took place on Mont-Royal? [more inside]
posted on Feb 4, 2007 - 9 answers

I am looking for stories of inspirational people (names, URLs or in-thread) who overcame adversities to become successful after the age of 40. They could have become wildly successful, or perhaps just financially independent and can be famous or not-famous, perhaps even yourself or a relative. I've gone through an arduous career change and am starting my own business in my late 30s from basically nothing. I realize I'm still quite young, but it is so easy to feel late to the game when so many of my peers are established and successful. I'm really needing some inspiration right now. Thank you very much in advance for your answers.
posted on Jan 17, 2007 - 24 answers

Novels, short stories, movies--all are welcome. I find shadow stories spooky and interesting. My fave was a kid book called "The Shades" which explains how the shadows of people live their own lives. Know of any others?
posted on Dec 15, 2006 - 7 answers

I'm looking for a young adult collection of ghost/scary stories I read in middle school (1980s). It was illustrated by Edward Gorey and contained a story about a young girl who discovers a creature of some sort living in a quarry near her home. She becomes obsessed/infatuated with the thing and frequently visits it. I remember strong sexual undertones in this story. [more inside]
posted on Dec 11, 2006 - 3 answers

Children's Story Filter: Help me find a story about the Apple family. [more inside]
posted on Dec 11, 2006 - 3 answers

BookFilter: I had this book as a child, it contained a number of solomon-like tales, (two mothers claiming a child, true mother didn't want it cut in half, etc.) Except with an Asian flair. It was called Judge Edo, Ito? Anyone? [more inside]
posted on Dec 4, 2006 - 10 answers

Hello dudes. Do you know where I can find recordings of good oral tradition storytellers on/offline? (in English)
posted on Nov 29, 2006 - 9 answers

I want to write a Christmas-themed essay for my book review blog, and I'm trying to come up with some Christmas lit to review. It might be fun, for instance, to gather together a selection of Christmas tripe such as Santa's Christmas Prayer (link not safe for those who have any literary sensibilities and have just eaten) and go to town on it. Or, at the other end of the spectrum, to write something about Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. Which Christmas novels/stories/poems do you love and loathe? I don't review movies, so text only please...
posted on Nov 28, 2006 - 13 answers

Short Story filter: What is the title and who wrote it? [more inside]
posted on Nov 22, 2006 - 3 answers

Can anyone point me in the direction of stories involving specific battles of Greenpeace, (and Greenpeace members?) I'm also interested in stories involving Greenpeace splinter groups. [more inside]
posted on Nov 6, 2006 - 2 answers

What are your favourite, most scary, campfire-esque, "torch under the chin" type stories.... [more inside]
posted on Oct 25, 2006 - 9 answers

I would like to find more little stories like these - [more inside]
posted on Sep 27, 2006 - 18 answers

Are stories (text) about children engaging in adult-only activities (and I don't mean paying their taxes) considered child pornography? [more inside]
posted on Sep 25, 2006 - 3 answers

How do you make an idea timely? [more inside]
posted on Sep 20, 2006 - 5 answers

What's that site with web-fomat short stories, usually at least somewhat autobiographical, and accompanied by illustrations--in the vein of the old word.com Work content? [more inside]
posted on Aug 25, 2006 - 4 answers

I'm looking for parables that illustrate Christian precepts like faith, hope, charity and forgiveness. But hold on, there's [more inside]
posted on Aug 21, 2006 - 5 answers

I'm looking for real-life examples of coaches, business people, athletes or teams who experienced great success when they went back to the basics/fundamentals. [more inside]
posted on Aug 8, 2006 - 14 answers

I'm looking for funny stories about money, both funny "ha-ha" and funny "strange". These can be news stories, fictional stories, video clips, or whatever. It's best if these are available online in some fashion — actual URLs are a bonus. Anything funny/odd about shopping, saving, bank robberies, currency, rich people, poor people — I want it. Anything funny about money at all. Even funny money jokes! [more inside]
posted on Jul 28, 2006 - 36 answers

What are some contemporary "story-telling" concept albums? [more inside]
posted on Jun 26, 2006 - 60 answers

High-interest short stories for teens? [more inside]
posted on Jun 24, 2006 - 21 answers

Classic stories or fables about gifts/giving. [more inside]
posted on Jun 21, 2006 - 9 answers

What happened to "Urban Hiker" magazine in the triangle region of NC? [more inside]
posted on Jun 9, 2006 - 4 answers

How can I make my symbolic/abstract writing style more accessible to readers, so that they won't turn away from my stories in boredom? [more inside]
posted on Jun 2, 2006 - 58 answers

Has anyone written and published very brief, dense prose works akin to Borges' ficciones, and are they any good? [more inside]
posted on May 16, 2006 - 17 answers

Can you help me identify two children's stories/books? [more inside]
posted on May 5, 2006 - 8 answers

We like Milne and Sandburg--what else could we read to each other at night? [more inside]
posted on Mar 27, 2006 - 14 answers

I need some common childhood misconceptions about Santa. For example, "If you are not at home at Christmas, Santa will think you will have moved and not leave any presents!" Something that children would believe (or make up on their own) and be terrified of. [more inside]
posted on Nov 16, 2005 - 33 answers

What are good sources of "training stories"? [more inside]
posted on Jul 18, 2005 - 3 answers

Stepmothers in Grimm's fairy tales. Some claim that the Grimms altered mothers to step mothers lest the bourgeois reader be shocked. [more inside]
posted on Jul 16, 2005 - 14 answers

What the heck is this thing? Who wrote the stories? Why are some of them about male-cross dressers and some totally not? [more inside]
posted on May 3, 2005 - 3 answers

my favorite book when i was a kid was a book with a series of 2-minute or so short stories. inside the front cover there were pictures that symbolized the stories and i would point to the one i wanted my dad to read. i remember some of the stories. one story was of a little girl who wanted a yellow raincoat. a second story was about a boy named Pele or something. a third story had to do with Couscous the detective. i have a 1 yr old son and i wanted to get that book for him but i can't find it. anyone have any ideas what this book might be called or how to get it? thanks
posted on Feb 24, 2005 - 10 answers

I have free time during the day, and I love to pass it with a good story. Since I can't often make it to the library, I'm looking for stories on the web. I'm familiar with literature.org and classicauthors.net. Are there any other sites MeFiers can recommend?
posted on Feb 15, 2005 - 15 answers

Life-altering experiences. Can you point to a single experience in your life, as a child, which you can define as having contributed to the person you are today? (+)
posted on Feb 2, 2005 - 216 answers

Looking for good, free online writers' forums to try and promote a magazine project I'm working on. Where on the web do poets and short story writers tend to congregate, and how can I reach that audience (preferably without spending any money)?
posted on Jan 11, 2005 - 3 answers

When you're a kid, adults tell you fantastic stories. Which ones did you believe? [+]
posted on Dec 2, 2004 - 54 answers

Can you identify this science fiction story? My friend's been looking for a copy for years...[more inside]
posted on Nov 18, 2004 - 8 answers

Has anyone seen something so amazing they wanted to tell everyone about it, but by the time they could, the event had passed? [MI]
posted on Oct 13, 2004 - 29 answers

Do British magazines and newspapers use the same query letter system we use in the United States for story proposals? If not, how do you get a British editor to pay attention?
posted on May 25, 2004 - 4 answers