A Sci-Fi retelling of "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë. { 🏆 ɢʀᴀɴᴅ ᴘʀɪᴢᴇ ᴡɪɴɴᴇʀ ᴏꜰ ʀᴇᴡɪɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄʟᴀꜱꜱɪᴄꜱ ᴄᴏɴᴛᴇꜱᴛ 2022 } In the future, androids are part of everyday life. Brontë Incorporated, an Artificial Intelligence Goliath, systematically engineers and manufacturers the most advanced androids on the planet. Brontë Inc's latest and greatest android creation, The Governess, is in its testing phase, and prototypes are given to select individuals for use in their homes. One such individual is old-money aristocratic Edward Rochester. He and his daughter bond deeply with their Governess, JN-1 (or "Jane"), amidst a myriad of frightening incidents orchestrated by the sentient smart system in his ancestral home. After Mr. Rochester is saved from a fire by Jane, the pair fall in love. But Brontë Inc. issues a product recall for the Governess androids, deeming them "too human." Can Mr. Rochester and Jane find a way to remain together? Or will a particularly apathetic analyst named John Rivers bring about the end of their unorthodox love affair? || A sci-fi romance told in retrospect, this short story is written for Rewind the Classics contest, 2022. 4150 words. ||

A Christmas Carol tells the story of bitter and miserly Ebenezer Scrooge and his ideological, ethical, and emotional transformation resulting from supernatural visits by Jacob Marley and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come.

The world can be described as a flower that blooms in the summer and hides in the winter, and everything inside it is trapped within a flower, figuratively. What if you were literally trapped in a flower and were waiting for your long lost love to resurrect you?

Coming from a mysterious past, Leland Wilde turns avenger to right the wrongs of legal technicalities with his own unforgiving form of justice. When Belle Dagger shows up asking for help in righting a wrong done to her, Leland wars with his perception of himself and the rules he has set up to survive the brutal life he has created: don't trust anyone, care for even fewer, and villains don't get backstories.

Not everything is what it seems. ━━━━━━━━ When Camellia De León receives a scholarship for the prestigious Lunacrest Girls Academy, she can't help but be over the moon. She expects to live out her final two years of high school in full bliss, meeting like-minded friends and colleagues. On her first day there she meets a small and beautiful girl, Angel. Her name seems to emphasize everything she embodies-being one of the most perfect and brightest students on campus. However, Angel has a secret. A secret Camellia wishes she'd never discovered. ━━━━━━━━ 𝙁𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚𝙙 || @StoriesUndiscovered, @TeenFiction Wonderful cover done by @crescentcourts ❀ **This is not a gxg story. Completed 2/18/22

This isn't a love story. Nor is this a story about love. This is a story about sweet and bloody revenge. ♡ Inspired by Conan Gray's song "Checkmate" ｡･:*:･ﾟ ════════════ clan·des·tine /klanˈdestən,ˈklandesˌtīn/ kept secret or done secretively, especially because illicit. ════════════ Completed on 07/31/20

When a genetic disease killed almost all superheroes around the world, five subjects cloned from the greatest heroes in our generation must fight back against the Order who seeks to control the world from within. Round 1 Qualifier - ONC 2021 2000 word milestone: reached Round 2 Qualifier - ONC 2021 8000 word milestone: reached 20,000 word milestone: reached

Why was I named Sapphire? Does it bear a dark past? Was my dad's first love Sapphire? Or is Sapphire my great great grandma who disappeared mysteriously? Stop Sapphire. You were named Sapphire just because your parents liked the name and Quinn is your family name. I can't really help it. After what they did to me, my brain figures out a way to twist everything and bring fear, anxiety, insecurity, pain and almost all the unwelcomed feelings. ========================== But what if my brain is telling me things that others cannot understand? What if it's a deadly weapon I am yet to master? Maybe you guys can help me find out?

A man determined to reach his destination grapples with loss across the frozen tundra.... A father with a surprising superpower will do anything to protect his wife and unborn child.... Five short stories that explore the experience of human connection. How love, pain, and hope exists in the space between us.

A collection of short stories by Hugh Howey