"Semester Abroad" is a story from bestselling author Simon Rich's latest collection Spoiled Brats. About the Book: Twenty years ago, Barney the Dinosaur told the nation's children they were special. We're still paying the price. From "one of the funniest writers in America"* comes a collection of stories culled from the front lines of the millennial culture wars. Rife with failing rock bands, student loans, and participation trophies ; Spoiled Brats is about a generation of narcissists-and the well-meaning boomers who made them that way. A hardworking immigrant is preserved for a century in pickle brine. A helicopter mom strives to educate her demon son. And a family of hamsters struggles to survive in a private-school homeroom. Surreal, shrewd, and surprisingly warm, these stories are as resonant as they are hilarious. *Jimmy So, Daily Beast

What would you do if you got a text from a random number that said they loved you?

**UNDER CONSTRUCTION - This was written in 7th grade and I'm now graduated from high school with a few college credits under my belt. I'm fixing all of it.** A shiver raced down my spine and the air thickened. The other end of the alleyway wasn't far, but it didn't seem to be coming closer no matter how fast I walked. Humoring my paranoia, I glanced over my shoulder just in time to catch a fist to the face. I dropped to my hands and knees and stared at the ground in a daze. My jaw throbbed with each beat of my heart, hammering the side of my face. Strong hands gripped me and dragged me backward. We made considerable progress toward the other end of the alleyway before my dazed mind caught up with reality. I was being kidnapped.

It was a freezing cold night in November. Maria Scott had lost everything she ever had. The only thing that is keeping her going is her five-year-old daughter, Amelia. Maria could not trust no one or asked anyone for help until she almost got hit by a car. Marcus Frazier is a multi-billionaire businessman. Marcus could have anything and everything he wanted. He was coming from his now ex-girlfriend's house when he almost hit a woman with a child in her arms. Marcus got out off his 2014 Infiniti Q70 Hybrid to see if they were okay. When he got to them he realizes that the woman or the child did not have shoes on. He knew something was wrong with them. AGES 17+ CONTAINS MATURE CONTENT

*this original, non-edited copy of Whispers is limited edition. Look for the edited version on my page* "She cannot be trusted. And if you choose poorly, we will surely fail." "But Mother Nature, she has helped me ever since she has been around! She was the one to raise me when my parents died! I've trusted her all my life!" "Then you choose poorly. Let the future be thus, then, and let the world fall." -------- Laehal has recently found out a secret. It is up to him to save the world. But something lies in his way, something so dangerous it could destroy life. [complete]

Completed* There was a project to cleanse the world. A unique DNA found in a girl was the key to a serum which would be inserted into a group of people. A group of young adults try to save how much they can before they lose everything as they fight their way through torture, slaughterhouses, and infected people who eat their own kind. This was the apocalypse. _________ Cover By: @sprinkleofhayat

After an amusing banter at the library with a mysterious guy, Savannah hopes that it's the last she'll see of the bickering boy. Come to find out, he's a new student at her school who just so happens to be a junior, much like Savannah. He feels the need to stick around her even though she is the target for childish rumors, gave him the wrong number purposely, has all the comebacks for his pickup lines, tried to run him over with her car, constantly embarrasses him, and repeatedly tells him to 'get lost' or 'shove off.' During their many adventures, not only do they get into many bad situations but they make a few enemies along the way. Will his determination to befriend this stubborn girl spark a friendship between the two or a special kind of hatred? <><><> WARNING: I wrote this story when I was fetus- even more fetus than I am now. I was thirteen and I finished it two or three weeks after I turned 14. That means that this story has grammatical errors. So please, read at your own risk. --- I DO NOT TAKE CREDIT FOR THE PICTURE IN THE COVER. I SIMPLY SLAM DUNKED SOME WORDS ONTO IT. I DON'T OWN THE PICTURE. I SIMPLY FOUND IT ON APP.

Everyone is their own individual, free to practice any religion they want, and free to spread the truth about a certain religion, famously known as the religion of the Arabs. Are you interested in finding out what this religion is about? And why and what is making this religion spread and grow even with people labelling it as anti-peace filled religion?! Well if Yes, then uve stubbled upon the book which would hopefully give u all ur answers. :) Peace.

Read it, It won't bite. Warning of strong language.