Psychological Suspense, Travel, Romance, Erotica, Paranormal - Stories, Poetry, and Excerpts

Read never before published stories and excerpts from J. Sharland’s novels including the fact-based-fiction suspense travel thriller Under the Umbrella of Paradise, the paranormal psychological suspense novel Shadows of the Ripples, and the suspense travel horror novel The RV Park.

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Gentry Bronson 3/26/24 Gentry Bronson 3/26/24

Ode to Friends Who Help Friends Just Because (And Who Do It Tirelessly)

We have two friends who are always ready to help,

Whenever they are needed.

Knowledgeable and direction oriented,

Their advice is always heeded.

They work tirelessly and endlessly,

Until the work is done.

And my trying to keep up with their amazing pace,

Is a battle I have not won.

Gentry Bronson 1/10/23 Gentry Bronson 1/10/23

Gwynny’s Broken Marriage (and How a Broken Floral Arrangement Saved It)

It was always ‘Gwynny and Nina’, short for Gwyndolin and Janina, since first grade. We’d become best friends and have stayed best friends throughout college and into our married lives. Although how long Gwynny will stay married will remain to be seen. It’s a troubled one, and due largely to Gwynny having turned into a real bitch.

Gentry Bronson 9/14/21 Gentry Bronson 9/14/21

Good Friends

Good friends are the ones who’ll light up a cig-ar

While the guys are out playin’ golf

You giggle and you whine over a tall glass of wine

And pretend it’s not just girl talk

The world’s problems are no problems when girls get together

And solve each and every one

Hell yes we could run a country after raisin’ a family

Don’t even think that we could not