Born in Poland 1933, lived in England 1939, dying in Australia 1962. The Tragedy of Izaak Levinsky is a self-reflection of the famous novelist's life, particularly of his year at Norwich School for Boys. In his feverish state, Levinsky writes about the struggles of being Jewish in an anti-Semitic world, the abuse he suffered at the hands of his mother, and the illegal love he felt for his best friend, Theodore Edwards. Oh, and a curse. But that's entirely unrelated. Right?

It's the year 2000, and Ezekiel and Jed are free. In Skasnorth, where the sun rises when Jed does and sets when Ezekiel and Jed (EzekielandJed) fall back into the sheets, life is established. Smoking in bars, body shots in the backs of vans, Ezekiel and Jed are the best of friends. Merely two best friends who find themselves in each other's beds every night. - It's the year 2006, and Ezekiel and Jed are tired. In Skasnorth, where every other tree reminds Ezekiel of the things he's done, the things he hasn't done, the things he will do, life is agonizing. Tensions in grocery stores, fleeting gazes at funerals, Ezekiel and Jed barely know each other. Ezekiel and Jed who barely know each other, and yet, would do anything for the other. - Six years is a long time. Six years is barely anything. Six years is an eternity. Six years is nothing compared to the time Ezekiel and Jed have spent together. Six years is everything. Six years, and everything has changed. And it's up to them to figure out how to fix it, if that's still possible. ***

The real world skins you alive. It's a hazard of growing up in rural Suffolk... or possibly, it's a hazard of growing up. Either way, the Dorian Andrade and Isaiah Matalon who reunite at a party in Oxford have become equally disenchanted imitations of the boys who used to spend summers eating apples on the riverbank. A lot has changed in the six years since they saw each other. One thing is still the same: the longing for each other's company. But aren't the objects of our yearning so much easier to encounter in the imagination than when they're standing in front of us? GENRE: literary fiction, queer romance TROPES: second chance romance, friends to lovers, mutual pining COMP TITLES: A Little Life, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, Call Me By Your Name, basically Wolfstar Muggle AU featured in Ambassador Reads featured in Ambassador Recommendations: Living Beyond Labels Dec 24 featured in Ambassadors: Slice of life featured in ContemporaryLit: Ambassadors' Picks featured in ContemporaryLit: LGBTQ+ Contemporary featured in ContemporaryLit: Literary Fiction featured in lgbtq: ManxMan (NA/Adult Fiction) featured in FreeTheLGBT: Diverse Literature featured in WattpadLitFic: Novels featured in WattpadMulticultural: September 2023 Reads of the Month

an exchange student & a french boy meet each other in paris, the city of love where they come alive, druring the night. [ all rights reserved © horrorwild ]

Where Aden finally gathers the courage to confess to Neo, but accidentally ends up almost killing him.

[gxg] Noor hates Zafira, and Zafira hates Noor; They're content to keep it that way. But there's a fine line between hate and love, and when a speech-and-debate competition thrusts them into a world of late-night donut runs and studying to Noor's bad Spotify playlists, they might just cross it.

[bxb] Alex has always been, to put it bluntly, perfectly average. Average grades, average looks, average social standing. But when the decidedly not-average Theodore Park sweeps into his life in a sequin-covered shirt, Alex is torn between the simplicity he's always known and the adventures that Theo is determined to embark on.

[bxb] When dumped-at-prom Ryder Daly treks it over to the local 7/11's payphone to call his mom to pick him up, he doesn't expect to dial a number written on the side under the name 'Teagan.' Nor does he expect that Teagan is a boy. He's allowed to be out until the end of prom night, and his pockets are filled with quarters. Is it possible to fall in love in five hours over the phone?

[bxb, gxg] When Reid Edwards is shoved into a locker by his bully on the last day of high school, 1970, he certainly doesn't expect to tumble straight into a room containing the high school's three oddballs. What ensues is a carefree summer full of drinking, dreaming, and watching the stars. But as Reid grows closer to the three of them, Art in particular, he's caught between his religious home life and the quickly snowballing gay rights movement that his new friends are determined to be a part of. ✶ featured on the teenfiction the full spectrum reading list ! ✶ featured on the generalfiction freestyle fiction reading list ! ✶ first place for teen fiction in the andromeda awards ! ✶ first place for teen fiction in the campfire awards ! ✶ first place for teen fiction in the oscar awards ! ✶ third place for romance in the mystical awards !

SPIN-OFF TO SOMEBODY ELSE People talk. Axel Brown knows this, and he's gotten so used to it that he's learned not to care. So when rumors go around that he hooked up with one of the players on their school's basketball team, he isn't that affected. But, of course - when someone else is thrown into his drama, he's going to have to give at least one shit. Especially when it's someone as desperate as Jonah Moore. started: january 5th, 2020 finished: november 24th, 2020