"I never knew how pretty I was until I met you." A meditation on the inevitability of aging, (the eventual corruption of) beauty, and soul-destroying loneliness.

Copyright © 2013 Neha Alone, afraid but fiercely determined Aurora wants to feel alive again. A new city, a new leaf, a new life. Running. Aurora 'Rori' Greensmith has been running from everything she ever knew. Uprooting her life in Oregon to live in the city where dreams are made, there's only one thing she can hope for. Someone or something to save her. That is, if she can be saved. Christian Jamieson is the son of a wealthy lawyer and the heir to the firm. He doesn't care for anyone except himself even then he's throwing his life away with each cigarette he smokes, each bottle he drinks but no one or nothing can save him. That is, if he wants to be saved.

"It takes a single flight to take it all..."

After spending five years in a juvenile facility for being accused of murdering her own family, Schuyler Payne comes back to her home town with retribution. She plans to find the truth about her family's death and find the true culprit of the murder. The town's people where shocked to hear her release for she needs to finish her final year in high school. They did not recognize her at first for the "mad girl" came back as a beauty every girl's envy and every guy's dream. Well, except for one, Aram Micheal. The mystery that surrounds him drew Schuylar towards him like magnet. She can't resist him. With the goal of revenge, will Sky be able to reveal the real truth and clear her own name? Or will she retain herself and be the "mad girl" forever? But watch out people, for Schuylar will show everyone who the "mad girl" really is. Copyright ©Cristelle Mae Gille ™ 2014

“If you lose, people will die.” Before I knew it, I was entangled in a mess bigger than I had expected. It started when I met them, and if I had any common sense then, I would’ve declined their offer. If I had any common sense, I would’ve just settled for everyone’s explanation. "He’s dead. Let him go, it’s been two years." Though, deep down, I knew that there was something else—something hidden. Sometimes, what is lost isn’t meant to be found. They were buried for a reason but I—Alexandra Belle Evans—chose to dig. This story is about how I got my hands dirty.

From the corners of the earth to the corners of the heart, Lens is a growing collection of haikus. A chance to rejoice and relive our happiest memories, an opportunity to learn from our darkest pitfalls. A mission to photograph and document our vast, hyperactive world. But most of all, Lens is a journey to capture life as we know it.