The Lighter (and Other Stories)

A lighter, a writer, and a drug addict cross paths on a city street.

My Happily Never After

"Don't be silly," I said with a wry smile stretched over my lips. "I'm not in love with him." I let out a small huff of air - something half on it's way to becoming a laugh, even though the last thing I felt right then was happy. "I'm in love all on my own." * * * Falling in love is meant to be beautiful. It's meant t...

The Elevator | A Horror Story

Laura is trapped in an elevator. She has been there for as long as she can remember. The elevator is going down. She doesn't think she's alone. . . --- A short HORROR story from the author of CUPID'S MATCH and DEVILS INC. Previously featured on Wattpad. Find me on Instagram @LaurenPalphreyman

Love is Silent

Dana Websters world comes crashing down around her after a tragic accident. Left with a disability and a feeling of hollowness, she retreats into herself, unable to find happiness in life again. She stops talking unless she absolutely has to, and refuses to go down to see the horses that once brought her such comfort...

Wheelchair Accessible

A story about a tough jock who's only friend was a girl in a wheelchair. cover made by: @ikigai_armineil (thank you!)

The Nobodies * Original Version*

{Completed} Sylvie lives in the woods. She takes care of a pack of wolves and they protect her. that's the deal her family started years ago. Now, she's the only one left to keep the deal going. But with real life threatening to come into her isolated bubble things gets messy. (©) {---------------(This means we don't...

Itty Bitty Stories

These are all little itty bitty stories that are just here to make you happy. They never end; I just keep posting and posting these ideas that pop into my head or dreams that come to me in my sleep. There's never a sad ending, just a dash of humor, and just enough perfection to get you to smile. I hope they make you a...

LIB

After losing her parents in a drunk driving accident, Hailey Baker moves in with her wealthy and eccentric uncle. After seven months of recovery, she still has trouble with her back and is sometimes confined to a wheelchair. But she is determined to live a normal life. When she starts at a new school, she meets Blake...

The Runt of the Litter

"The Runt of the Litter" is a historical fiction novel about the mentally retarded in 1800s England. The large manor owned by controlling Sir Douglas Michaels is at breaking point, and all due to the shaming secret their attic holds. The one no one can speak of. While being historically accurate it looks into the live...