In which a happy Sylvia Plath and a disgruntled Oscar Wilde meet over coffee to discuss boys, legal studies terms and the perils of being a writer in a logical world. [Now a Wattpad Featured Story] [#40 in Short Story 11/4/16] Cover by @DriveMeCrayCray

❝ everything inside of me is living in your heartbeat. ❞ © nate k. 2015

My name is Julie Quinn and I've been a New Yorker all my life. Life was good. I was swamped with work doing a job that I loved and I was dating the best boyfriend I'd ever had the pleasure to. I have always been a strong-willed and independent woman - or as my best friend puts it "control freak" - and even more after the accident, but what happened on the eve of my 30th birthday was enough to bring down Wonder Woman.

She's addicted to coffee because it keeps her awake and in a daze, away from reality. He's addicted to cigarettes because it soothes him unlike anything else can. So what happens when they cross paths unexpectedly, and one falls for the other quickly and aggressively? All Rights Reserved. [highest ranking: short story #160]

{Coping: Book One} In which a suicidal boy who expresses his feelings in the form of poetry falls in love with a girl who knows all too well how it feels to have your own mind suffocate you. {WARNING: THIS WHOLE STORY IS TRIGGERING}

"A sociopath is defined as someone who is suffering from Antisocial Personality Disorder. Sociopaths show a pervasive pattern of disregard for the rights and feelings of others."