best lorrie moore stories

Is obsession a disease, or the sincerest form of love? It’s a difficult question, especially when love has always been sold as the ultimate sacrifice. Clear/Ryne has her answer. The world sees her as a victim. History sees her as the perfect girlfriend. The truth sees her as a killer. Ryne Moore has a unique philosophy of love: born from the purity of an object corrupted for her pleasure. She wants to be loved the same way she loves her sweater — stained until it becomes truly hers. A love story between a yandere and a cheater. Both maintaining their masks of perfection while the air smells of burnt flesh. Ryne Moore: Yandere as a Philosophy of Love. A story of obsessive romance, infidelity, and mystery. A story that seeks to break the mold of its genre. (Warning: A first-person yandere story. Slow-paced and highly descriptive, with deep psychology and morally gray characters you will love and hate at the same time. Made to be read between the lines. One or more chapters daily. Estimated length: 150k words.) Original Title: Ryne Moore: Yandere as a Philosophy of Love. Professional Title: Ryne Moore: Obsession as a Philosophy of Love.

Prophecy: They are predestined mates. How much they don't want each other they can't stay away from each other. They are made for each other and will meet for a new change in werewolf empire. The blue moon here, plays an important part in their lives. It's said that when first blue moon had arrived in the werewolf empire the royal pack had emerged years before. When years after it had arrived, it was the indication that one of the predestined mate was born . And now these after three years it has arrived yet again to mark that his/her other half/mate/soulmate is born. Let's see how they change the future of werewolves

Blaire White just happened to do the wrong thing at the right time catching the eye of Mr. Moore and his wife. Sending her into a spiral of webs. To get past her and her brother's past she will have to be something she never expected nor did she want. Mr. Moore's personal pleasure and surrogate for money. Little did she know the whole depths of this sickening plan his and his wife had.

Gabrielle Moore has been fighting her whole life—she just didn't know it until now. The only daughter of a retired Army commander and the youngest of four brothers, Gabrielle was raised in a house where family meant learning to kill a man with your bare hands before you learned to drive. Each brother taught her something different: hand-to-hand combat, tactical shooting, reconnaissance, and the cold precision of a sniper's mindset. By eighteen, she could clear a room faster than most soldiers. But she walked away. Built a normal life. Normal friends who didn't know what she was capable of. Then she burned it all down. At twenty-five, Gabrielle quit her job, cut everyone except family out of her life, and enlisted in the U.S. Army—because she finally understood she was meant for something bigger. Basic training is a joke. Advanced training barely a warm-up. Gabrielle breezes through every challenge, catching the attention of her superiors. Then she joins BUD/S—Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL training. Twenty-four weeks of hell designed to strip away everyone who doesn't belong. Cold water. Long nights. Instructors who want nothing more than to watch her quit. If she resists every urge to break, she'll be one of four soldiers hand-picked for Team A.L.P.H.A.—an elite group carrying out high-risk terrorism missions. Sergeant First Class Marcus "Hatch" Hatcher doesn't believe in prodigies. A decorated operator with a reputation for breaking recruits, he's been hand-selected to identify soldiers worthy of the most elite teams. He's hard. Unreadable. Measures worth in push-ups and character in how a soldier looks him in the eye after failing. From the moment Gabrielle steps into his sight, he can't look away. He rides her harder than anyone. Sharper criticism. Never a word of praise—but his eyes follow her everywhere. The attraction is immediate, electric, and absolutely forbidden. He's her superior. Anything more would end his career and destroy hers. There's a rumor he's a diagnosed psychopath. Gabrielle does everything to stay out of his way. But the Army has other plans. BUD/S is a reckoning. Everything her brothers taught her. Every punch she ever threw. Every time she got back up. It all leads to this. But the toll is starting to feel overwhelming. Hatch is always watching. As weeks wear on and the attrition rate climbs toward eighty percent, the line between commander and something more blurs. A stolen look. A moment of weakness. A single touch that shouldn't happen—and can never happen again. Gabrielle isn't just fighting for a spot anymore. She's fighting for respect. For belonging. For the man who can never be hers but might be the only person who truly sees her. For the man she's told is incapable of anything but taking a life with impeccable skill. An action-romance about legacy, grit, and the most dangerous mission of all: letting someone close enough to matter.

The web is a “lean forward and participate” medium. Television, by contrast, is a “lean back and let it wash over me” medium.

Lord, tidak, Lort ... dia adalah seorang pengurung diri yang menyukai video game seperti kebanyakan remaja lainnya. Pada saat ia hendak mencoba untuk mengubah kehidupannya dengan memberanikan diri untuk pergi ke sekolah karena masalah absen yang terlampau banyak, tiba-tiba saja ... kehidupannya berubah dengan sangat drastis... Ia terjatuh ... dan menemukan bahwa dirinya telah dipanggil ke dunia lain. Dan yang berada tepat di hadapannya saat itu adalah seseorang bernama Rord Roardia, gadis pendek dengan tanduk pada masing-masing sisi kepalanya yang mengaku sebagai putri dari raja iblis. Lort yang merasa tidak adil karena telah dipanggil secara sepihak akhirnya mengutarakan perasaannya pada yang memanggilnya, yaitu sang raja iblis itu sendiri. Raja iblis pun mengutuskan Rord, putrinya untuk ikut bersama dalam petualangannya. Petualangan yang bertujuan untuk mengalahkan raja iblis bersama dengan putri dari raja iblis itu sendiri?!

I love you. Just three simple words. That were anything but.

Flora Bloom, who was betrayed and killed by her boyfriend in her past life, is reborn with a peerless spatial dimension back to the time before the crisis, hoarding food, raising a child, and tearing apart scumbag men and manipulative women. Originally, she just wanted to raise a child and low-key fight zombies and level up together with her family. But she discovered that she was unexpectedly falling step by step into a tender trap meticulously designed by a certain sly and scheming man. Flora Bloom looked at the vast space within her sea of consciousness; it had a farmhouse courtyard, fields, and a Spirit River, but it just lacked a bit of vitality. So, a fat, sky-flying mantis? Collect! A rare little white tiger that can discharge electricity? Collect! A behemoth spirit crocodile with its young? Collect! As long as it's alive and edible, collect, collect, collect them all! Endless scumbags and vile women, a shameless and deeply scheming leader, all wanting to use her to attack zombies and obtain more Crystal Cores for their own gain? Your shameless, worthless life? Hand it over.

[Ding! The 'Randomly Spend' Tycoon System is at your service.] On her way to work, Yun Zijin was bound by a system named 'Randomly Spend'. [Spending Task Completed. A 2x rebate has been triggered. Ownership of Villa No. 1 at Xingyu Mansion. The related documents have been placed in the system backpack.] [Spending Task Completed. A 3x rebate has been triggered. Ownership of Dingsi Building. The related documents have been placed in the system backpack.] ... Yun Zijin was dazzled by the system's rewards, only to be told that her wealthy parents had found her? That she's the true daughter of the Xia Family of Dijing? Being bound to the Tycoon System was exciting for Yun Zijin, but she refused to be part of any cliché wealthy family drama. The Xia Family of Dijing? Yun Zijin: Get lost! Don't even think about associating with me!

One day, a strange hand suddenly appeared inside Chi Wan’s interdimensional space. Its owner claimed to be living in the apocalypse—starving, desperate—and begged to trade anything he had for food. Chi Wan stared at the pile of Imperial Green jade, oversized diamonds, and dozens of kilograms of gold bars he offered… and fell into deep thought. …Wasn’t this a little too profitable? From then on, her connection to the apocalypse only grew stronger. The mysterious man—who turned out to be a powerful figure—used his Wood Ability to help her revive rare orchids, cultivate endangered plants, and even harvest zombie crystal cores for the country. As for Chi Wan? She only had three responsibilities: feed him, feed him, and keep feeding him. Somehow, without realizing it, a group of extraordinary men began to gather around her: A genius research scientist. An aloof, abstinent CEO. A cold and ruthless Soldier King… In front of Chi Wan, they were gentle, attentive, and impeccably polite—each trying to outshine the others. Behind her back? They were one step away from tearing each other apart. Meanwhile, on the other side of the spatial link… The so-called King of the Apocalypse clenched his teeth in silence as he listened to these men compete for her attention. As for Chi Wan? “I’m busy getting rich and supporting my family,” she said calmly. “A battle royale of suitors? I have no idea what you’re talking about.” Until one day— An absurdly handsome man appeared at the gates of her villa… carrying a sack filled with gold and jewels. “I’m here to marry into your family,” he declared. Chi Wan glanced at him, then at the newly connected wasteland world inside her space… …and once again fell into deep thought.