Georgia and Alexis, two best friends, each have bad home lives that they hide from the other. Georgia is obsessed with the idea of dropping everything and leaving, but Alexis isn't so sure. When her mother begins disrespecting even her most basic wishes, however, she finds herself more and more attracted to the thought of leaving.…
Claire had been training at the government base for three weeks before she finally found out why she had been chosen for the high-intensity program - they knew about her family's well-guarded secret, the one that had had them hunted, killed, and harassed for centuries.Their recessive vampire gene.When Claire tries to leave, however, the government will not let her. So she begins planning her escape with a vampiric prisoner who knows the ins and outs of the base.[#326 in Vampire as of 12/17/17]*8111 words currently*…
When ex-best friends Claudia and Casey are accidentally locked in a closet together, they have no choice but to reminisce and examine exactly what drove them apart in the first place.…
When a lesbian teenager falls in love with one of her best friends, she worries that the girl, who she believes to be straight, could never feel the same way. Her friend, however, wishes to rekindle their dying friendship, and in the process, romance blooms.…
This is my letter to the world.…
Looking for a quick read? You've come to the right place!…
Rapunzel and Flynn battle a child-snatching witch.…
I never thought that old book about Oz my grandmother used to read me held even a grain of truth. That is, until I put on the red shoes in my closet and clicked my heels together.…
On Lilia Well's sixteenth birthday, she opens a mysterious present that isn't labeled with a return address - and is instantly transported into her favorite fantasy novel, accidentally killing the main character, Theresa, as she does so. And since the novel was the first in an unwritten series, Lilia has no idea what comes next in the storyline.As Lilia battles to get home along with Theresa's roommate, Connor, the true nature of the novel's world is revealed to her, as is the characteristics of the people and the brutal animals. Despite all of this, however, as Lilia starts to fall for Connor, she begins to wonder if getting home is actually what she wants after all.[Cover credits to @Hayleyautumns!]…
The first snowfall of the season in Alia's kingdom means the celebration of the holiday Snowfall will commence the next day. It is a time to celebrate not only the season of winter but also the faeries who keep the weather from getting too bad. Also, one special child is picked each year to venture into the woods and pick the special blossoms that will be displayed at the final parade. When Alia is picked to be the year's flower retriever, she is thrilled at the honor. But once in the woods, it is quickly revealed to her that this year, things are different. This year, dark forces are out to stop the Snowfall celebrations.*Cover credits, as always, go to the magnificent @Hayleyautumns!…
The worst war that humanity has ever seen has been raging furiously for five years. Four teenagers have very different stories, each of them as crucial to one's understanding of the war as the last.Nature's first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf's a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay. - Robert FrostXThe amazing cover can be credited to @Hayleyautumns!…
[485 words]Katie's identical twin sister means the world to her. After all, they were always there for each other, even after their father was drafted into and died fighting in World War III, and their mother was killed in an attack on their town. Now legal adults, the girls live together and care for one another. The war, however, greatly depleted humankind. Every couple of years, a group of fifty Americans are involuntarily chosen to sail across the sea and attempt to find another government for the U.S. to team up with.Nobody from any of the previous teams have returned or figured out a way to contact America.So when Aubrey is drafted for this mission, Katie knows what she has to do to save her sister.…
Clarisse is an utter astronomy nerd. She loves not only the science behind the stars, but also the more abstract truths the stars hold - that everyone around the world sees the same little pinpricks of light in the sky, and that hundreds of years ago, some of those stars were still shining brightly, inspiring interesting constellations.So when the 2017 Perseid meteor shower rolls around, Clarisse wakes up hours early to view the event. But things take a twist toward the unexpected when one of the meteors falls to Earth...…
Everyone has had to overcome an obstacle. Many of them were told by people outside of themselves that they couldn't do it, that they should just give up. Once, one of those obstacles stood in my way, and the people telling me I couldn't do it were the voices in my head.…
Mor'du was once a man, strong and brash. Then he was a bear, violent and alone. And then a young girl came along who both infuriated him and set him free. This is the story of the Disney Pixar movie "Brave" from the perspective of Mor'du.…
We all know the fairy tale: a princess gets locked in a tower by a dreadful dragon and is rescued by a fair prince, swept away to go live out her happily ever after with a man she just met. Right?Wrong.The dragon was, in fact, the princess's closest friend. So, when the prince brutally butchers the creature, she is understandably upset. Rather than swoon at his feet or offer him a token of her gratitude, the princess takes up her own sword and swears revenge on the man who took her best friend from her.And nothing will stop her.…
I am partaking in @Watt_zombie 's June contest, #30daysofundeadsummer ! I hope you enjoy these thirty chilling, zombified tales...[#329 in Horror as of 6/13/17]…
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Somehow, Diana escaped a fate that, in her eyes, was worse than death. Somehow, the tests came back negative. Somehow, she was pronounced infertile.Of course, she knows this is false. After all, her son awaits her in Canada.But for now, Diana is a Martha. She quietly observes as the handmaidens of her household bear children for the Commander. And she plans her escape.…
Thanks to the World Faery Society, we know more about the Westbury Faery than ever before. But do we really know where she originated from? Why does she seem to follow tragedy? How long has she been on this earth? This book will answer your questions.[Being published in the WFS book in late 2017!]…
Jack Benter is a normal man - at least, on the outside. However, his internal thoughts are plagued by demons. So he collects mirrors in which to store his demons, mirrors which slowly are driving him insane.[Finalist for the Gothic Gloom contest]…