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Welcome! Our library contains short stories, essays and books of fact and fiction. They have been carefully chosen from nearly 2000 recently submitted to the main site at TALESetc.com. There is no unnecessary violence, sex, or swearing in our tales. I hope you enjoy our stories and contact the authors with your comments.

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Double Exposure. A tale of mystery by The TaleWagger.

Children's Stories.

Who is the TaleWagger? A fabled past is revealed; for children.

Teddy Bear Christmas. Being loved is everything to a teddy bear.

The Pearl. Fantasy tale about the origin of the pearl.

Crime, Mystery, Thrillers.

Double Exposure. A tale of mystery by The TaleWagger

A Full-bodied Red. Menacing the Mistress.

Forever Christmas. Santa up to his tricks!

The Nubble Sanctuary. American thriller.

Let the Dance begin. English mystery.

The Face of the Dummy. Dark tale of obsession.

Cutting Edge. English thriller

The Answering Machine. More than just co-incidence?

The Great Wall. Ever mindful of the barrier.

The Lover. Chilling tale.

Double Exposure. English thriller.

Essays.

The Totem Pole Challenge.

Boyhood secrets of the Saturday Morning confessional.

Cakewalk of life part 2 - battle is joined

Why there is only ever one rider of the storm.

The secret of a happy marriage : keep your hands to yourself!

Does anyone know where I am?

Did Hemingway have to paint his dump boxes?

When the tastiest thing at the supermarket is a slice of Life.

They don't make clambakes like that anymore!

Why the man of the house doesn't do windows.

Ask not for whom the bench waits, it waits for thee!

Yearning for the popcorn of old Yorke.

Learning a lesson from a three-legged dog.

The Grammy Awards.

When a simple walk becomes a stroll in the Twilight Zone

Why the movie is never as good as our memories.

How the right diet can get you through the worst winter.

You can't tell the good guys by their white hats anymore.

Man versus machine - a moment frozen in time.

Why the cat is always right about the importance of habit.

Blood on the snow. A suburban winter's tale.

A definition of peace.

Losing the race to keep up with technology.

End of season delights.

If you want to play baseball, first learn how to spit right.

Why the best thing about new toys is that they always break.

Time Makes a House a Home.

How the Mainer got his famous squint.

The definition of inevitable.

A dinosaur of education.

Amidst Remembrance, resolve to move forward.

A World full of changes.

A Teacher's Dream.

Wisdom hard to come by.

Nothing to Do.

Observations of a Coastal Wanderer.

Decorations define our holidays.

Shopping is something one has to do.

A word on "Advice".

A trip back to the future.

Competitive Commuting.

Old man clubbing.

In winter there is nothing so important as thinking about beer.

Gambling on our future.

In a casino, the best luck is often away from the table!

How only a man can ruin the best secret in a woman's life.

A lifetime of talk and how much do we really learn?

How simple friendshipcan lead to urban genocide.

How the spirit of competition makes fools of us all.

Why you shouldn't be a spectator in the parade of Life.

The Mother of all potholes marks advent of spring.

A Thanksgiving Circle.

It's Spring, beware the temptation to exercise.

The Perfect Valentine's Gift.

Ronald Reagan: the man you hated to love.

The perils of a peaceful stroll along the beach

How I became a fugitive from reality TV.

Thanksgiving holiday: A time to fill up on warm memories.

A son's tribute; to be half the man my father is.

If I could only remember the place that lost things go to!

In an uncertain world, a beach chair as a symbol of permanence.

Signs that we're all losing it, during the season of peace on Earth.

In search of the perfect Christmas gift at Victoria's Secret

Dumb and dumber take their SUV's out in the first snowfall

Debauched by the holidays? Relax, it's a conspiracy!

Even a curmudgeon can't always have the last word

Cold outside? Try losing a Christmas present from your wife

Worshipping at the shrine of the kitchen God

How I almost went to the big paper route in the sky

For your Valentine, only the right thong will do

The joys of bulking up for a Maine winter

Held captive by the monster in my basement

We can send missions to Mars, but just try and clean a carpet! 

The folly of trying to part a couch potato from his couch

Ambushed in the dentist's chair as time goes by.

Bringing back memories of the future.

You can't tell the good guys by their white hats anymore.

Beach bum in residence - all is well with the world.

Why the key to success is to stay disorganized

Why Canada geese know not to cut corners.

Feline envy or a bad case of cat scratch fever?

The call of the modern cell phone

Circles of life at the backyard barbecue.

The art of staying out of the way

Warning: Anti-carb people may be hazardous to your health

Mirror, mirror on the wall, I've become my father after all

The Bocce Men of Hampton Beach

The straight poop on the pigeon menace.

How to tell Republicans from Democrats at the beach: or not!

Why I can't turn in my favorite old beach chair.

Why anticipation is the root of all disappointment

Where is Norman Rockwell when we need him?

When sitting abaft always look for a good place to yaw

In a time of uncertainty, no hurry to greet the future.

The fantasy of a political nightmare

The art of a few beers with a friend

Why it's always important to climb back on the mower.

Influenza revisited.

It's Christmas and time to set a new record for bad taste.

How about a new reality TV show called "Surviving Wal-Mart?"

Fear of heights rekindles taste of failure.

Revenge of the itty, bitty, little stray kitty

The slower we get, the faster time passes us by.

Survival in a world of red wine imperialists.

Why some of us just aren't cut out for winter

Why the airlines always get the last laugh.

How I became a refugee from paradise

Running out of time to see the World the way it was.

The bald truth about being follicly challenged

You know you have cabin fever when winter boot syndrome kicks in

The night I disappointed Mickey Mantle and Whitey Ford

You can tell how close a family is by the length of the dinner table

Springtime, when a man puts his best foot forward

Why daylight savings time is just a plot to keep us confused

The best way to people peep is from a parking lot

When cleaning out the closet becomes a stroll down memory lane

In the garage sale of the mind, the one-eyed man is king

A Day in the life. An American teacher's comment on the 9-11 attack.

The Drums are Beating.

I want to go back to a time.

It is difficult to believe.

And the children keep dancing.

There are no more sausage sandwiches.

Afraid to be funny.

There's a trick surviving the simple pleasures in life: if I only knew what it was.

In the garage sale of the mind, the one-eyed man is king

Circles in the sand just a home away from home

Everything new isn't what it used to be

The trouble with time machines is they can go both ways

Another scraping of the brie

After a lifetime of chasing fitness, how come I'm overweight and out of breath

The monster on my ear called the cell-phone

I know nothing of the man at the side of the road

After many winters of evolution, frontier life has no appeal

When life runs like clockwork it's time to worry

Want to spread some peace and joy? Then stay home this Christmas

A journey to Christmas shopping's heart of darkness

Psst, want to know what a man really wanted for Christmas?

I would offer an apology if I could only remember whom I insulted

Life changing moments can sometimes start with a smack in the mouth

Enjoy the present before your future is behind you

All the colors become grays when it's time to take down the ornaments

Barely surviving the winds of winter

Tell me what our children's world will be like

The cars of our past as a history of our lives

A history of the computer according to me. Part 1

A history of the computer according to me. Part 2

Enjoying a walk down heaven's beach

Wandering into the land of the "X" chromosome

A little bit of history from a lost soul

Beware of cats and planets

The green monster lives and I am not talking about baseball

Yearning for the Drive-ins of our Past

Genetic Traits of wallets and handbags

I know why the dinosaurs went extinct: They stopped believing.

Attack of the horned heathens from hell

Rights for Ice-cream

There are certain things a man shouldn't do at 56

The Totem Pole Challenge.

The Christmas cake.

Just because you don't understand it doesn't mean it has to be wrong

A Journey to the other side

A day in the life..9/11

Generational memories simply don't mix

Learning to let go of those favorite things

Is there anyone else out there sick and tired of being afraid?

The return of the prodigal daughter

Memories of theaters gone by

Where has all the snowfall gone?

Even our flu's are faster today

All I wanted was a little more energy

'Technology is us' whether we like it or not

Looking into the eyes of our future

Sometimes it is good to make lemons out of lemonade

If you don't try, you'll never know

A fine line exists between courage and stupidity

The necessity of distractions during the wild days of spring

A moving society of strangers

Data does not define who our children are

A career defined by a stapler

To the head of the table of life

How long can one believe a changing reason for war?

Yearning for the Drive-ins of our Past

Wisdom Hard to Come By

A place called Perkins Cove

Ya, ever wonder why?

People who were different define our towns

Sometimes it is better not to do that great of a job

A recyclable kind of guy

Gardening (Non-serious).

Beware the terror that lurks beneath the soggy lawn.

Cool autumn nights and thoughts turn inevitably to rust.

Flowers by any other name.

At harvest time, to the victor go the spoils

Tip # 1: When clearing snow, watch out for killer whales

How to turn a perfectly good lawn into Grub Street.

The Bug Man meets the Toxic Avenger and only the beetles survive!

Proof that corporate America knows me better than I know myself.

A Surreal Day.

Observations of the Autumn kind.

Getting ready for the inevitable Winter.

The 'Inanimate Object' blether.

He was 'Half-man, half-garden'.

They're not bugs: They are aliens.

A Vegetable by any other name.

So you think those Ladybugs are harmless!

Hitchcock was right, the birds are out to get us!

Leaping voles, all part of the spring garden show

Chainsaw Pruning. Another 'Chainsaw Massacre'.

When readying the garden for winter is a matter of life and death

Weed killer of the Old East.

When readying the garden for winter is a matter of life and death

No mechanical task too complicated for the new Jim

When battling the lawn of doom, more power doesn't always cut it

When planning breakfast do not go via the town dump

Welcome to the year of the bees

Fantasy.

The Sea Queen of a Thousand Islands. Fantasy tale for all ages.

The Pearl. Fantasy tale about the origin of the pearl.

The Memory in a Grain of Sand. Short romantic fantasy.

The Story of the Blue God. Fantasy about the origin of Love.

The Legend of the Fir-tree. How it became forever green.

New Year's Day. Inspirational thoughts.

The Words' Grave.

Humour, Humor.

How the President and I became the butts of a national joke.

Backyard barbecue and the truth behind the big bang.

Zen and the art of spring home maintenance

Want to forget your age this summer?

Why I'll never forget What'sisname.

Leave the cooking for the cooks.

The Remy -4207.

Indestructible Borders.

A reason to stop shopping.

A Dieter's Nightmare.

Real men don't eat pate'.

'Twas the night I sleighed Rudolf.

Hello! Who are you? No!

Weekend Handyman.

The classic comparison of ocean and lake people.

The Dreaded Things of Life.

To Spa or not to Spa.

Attack of the Y-chromosome. Men!

Pissa Pesto.

No Pain, No Gain.

The Great Cow Incident. So!

Zippers and Lines.

Warning! Do not approach this man during Thanksgiving dinner

They're back! The annual invasion begins.

A moment of silence at the Opera

How preparing for winter separates the sheep from the goat ropers.

Did you eat the croutons?

Survivor is for sissies after a jog through wild York!

A man and his snowblower versus the rest of the world.

Only a little weight loss.

Obscure objects of our past - do you know where your old fondue set is?

Why the ultimate shopper will be giving potato chips this holiday season.

When that deep scratching noise is your wounded pride.

How I saved the world and my wife never found out.

How technology speeds up the disaster index

Why the grin remains long after the cat has gone.

Did Hemingway have to paint his own dump boxes?

Why it's never smart to give a nurse the needle!

So, you think you've had a tough day!

Just another sily love thong.

When it comes to meeting people, keep your hands to yourself

The nightmarish world of pillow talk

Atkins diet no match for the flying shrimp of winter.

On some shopping trips only James Brown can help.

When sitting abaft always look for a good place to yaw.

The full time job of growing old.

Another strike of the rich!

Keep them barefoot and terrorized

Diary of a Protestor as an old man

Love and Romance.

Of Broken Shell. Sadness of a love lost.

The Story of the Blue God. Fantasy about the origin of Love.

The Memory in a Grain of Sand. Short romantic fantasy.

The Legend of the Fir-tree. How it became forever green.

Series.

The Path of Fate.

Paved with Gold!

Shame without blame.

The Talking Tree.

Hitler hated Tomatoes!

Shelters Mushroom.

A Bucket of Money.

School's out!

 

Vietnam Notes

Part 1. Vietnam veteran's personal diary of the War.

Part 2. The cold reality continues in the sticky heat.

Part 3. The Tet Offensive drags on.

Part 4. Finally out of the mire.

 

Jacob Evans.

The Prologue.

Part 1 Evicted!

Part 2 The Castaways.

Part 3 Summer's Magic.

Part 4 Unstoppable!

Part 5 The Early Years.

Short Stories - Unclassified.

The Totem Pole Challenge. It is never that easy!

Investing in Hope. Is this the future?

The Quest. Above and beyond the call of duty?

I knew a Man who was a Giant. We can all learn from others.

Learning to Fly! How to rise above adversity.

The Doctor's Appointment. Smoking can be a drag for everyone!

Raising baby. Birth pains.

The Devil, Himself. Who knows?

New Year's Day. Inspirational thoughts.

Stories for all the family

Literary Links.

 

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