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A work in progress, an unfortunate night. Henry Smickle stumbles into a world he had no idea existed. Where memories are erased and nothing is the way it seems.…

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Sebastian seems like an unassuming electrical technician. He survives by just keeping his head down. But after one bad blind date, he found himself waking up to a dead body, a bag of cash and no recollection of who he is or how he got there. Guided only by his wit and a girl he just met, he has to navigate running from the people trying to kill him and also figuring out who he is. Or who he was.…

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Prompt #9: There's an urban legend that's been circulating for years about a taxi cab that doesn't take you where you want to go, but where you need to go. One night, you stepped into this cab. An entry for the Open Novella Contest 2023.…

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Mesuka village needs a new alpha after the oldest son dies and the younger one must take his place. Mika, who had always lived in his brother's shadow, was cast into the role.…

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This book is dedicated mainly to writing contest entries. But I might add a few short stories if I feel inspired. Expect anything and everything here.…

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Valerie sees the future in her dreams. She sees the good, bad and inconsequential. She does her best to control her fate and the fate of others, but the sacrifice makes her wonder if it's all worth it…

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Prompt: a clear societal standing between the two characters that is frowned upon. In the late 1700s, Jamaica was alive with the sugar industry, that was built on the backs of black men captured from Africa. A young slave girl, Nyame-ama, 15 is bought and put to work in the house of her new owner, Sir Bailey, a cruel man. Weakened by her circumstances, she thinks all of the white men were the same, until she met Johnson, 16, son of slave driver. Johnson was an anachronist of his time who didn't believe in the slave trade. But what will happen when his father takes the life of another man, and threaten the life of his forbidden love? Busha- coined term for bishop, also known as an overseer.Nyame-ama- Ashanti tribe name meaning God's gift.…

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How do you even know when you find the right person? Someone please tell me. They say you will know, its just that feeling you get. Well I've gotten that feeling plenty of times and it never works out. Until that night when the suave, sultry, gorgeous Donovan made a stain in my single life. But can I forget the pain of the past? He could hurt me just like others before. How do I forgive? Do I move on? Do I accept my terminally single life? My name is Lisa and this is my single life.…

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Since the age of 11, Devin was forced to be the protector of his family. With no parents or real home, Darius, his younger brother and Dahlia, his older sister, survived day to day on the street. In a city like Berlington, shoplifting was a must and survival was a daily struggle. Devin and Darius, are left seemingly hopeless when their sister is taken by an unknown adversary. They have to fight, steal and possibly kill just to find her. Devin, being the protector of his siblings, will need to do whatever it takes to keep the only family he has left safe.…

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Bonnie Faraday was a beautiful young woman married to one of the wealthiest men in the city. But an affair with the mysterious Parker turns her life upside down in a whirlwind of love lust and betrayal. Can she survive the implications of a relationship with her new lover? How does she even survive the truth?…

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Mikey was not ready for the hurricane that lays ahead . All the advice, coaching, encouragement that was said to guide you through life was not enough to prepare him for the ups and downs that comes with "New" . Follow Mikey as he tries his best to navigate through life, with all the new and old people in it.…