quiet_girl_'s Reading List
7 stories
Growing up Wired by DavidWFleming
DavidWFleming
  • WpView
    Reads 705,460
  • WpVote
    Votes 1,543
  • WpPart
    Parts 3
While on his computer, Victor Hastings admires the provocative pictures of girls he's dating. Meanwhile, these girls are posting more and more on Facebook and all the social sites. Now, all the young men in his cramped fraternity are competing for the attention of these online, amateur pinups. And the institution of the college fraternity itself is beginning to be threatened by this emerging, online phenomenon that, in the fall of 2007, has yet to be identified as "Social Media." Three women will make an impact on Victor. Erin Masters is an alluring yet naïve co-ed. Despite outward modesty, she has no reservations about letting friends plaster her provocative images across various social websites. Emily Green-Portsmith comes from wealth and is comparatively more aware of her effect on young men, both on and offline. Technological reliance, however, does not sit well with the house mother of these fraternity boys. She is affectionately known as Ma Red. This feisty, former Vietnam correspondent from the old-school of etiquette and discipline is prepared to make a fight for her traditional values. And throughout these technological and romantic discoveries, Victor wonders: What kind of love is this? ... the wired kind. He explores the pharmaceutical, social and sexual habits of the digital age. Pills are popped, rebellions spark - a young man matures against a set of difficulties unknown to generations past. Can Victor find meaning in the close sensations of a woman from the real world?
A Gift in the Dark by TheOrangutan
TheOrangutan
  • WpView
    Reads 323,268
  • WpVote
    Votes 4,427
  • WpPart
    Parts 24
A collection of paranormal, horror and fantasy short stories woven around old legends, odd characters, the occasional werewolf and the darkness within, some of which have been published or picked up the odd award. There are things you cannot see unless they want to be seen, and some legends linger on despite the modern world. A Gift in the Dark is a compilation of short works, many based around old myths and legends, and starts with a tale of a miner's descent into madness, history and legend, drifts through darkness, past a retelling of Red Riding Hood, up a crane, and along to the end of the world.
The Wandering Tale of Grigori Verlaf by JoElizabeth
JoElizabeth
  • WpView
    Reads 20,774
  • WpVote
    Votes 848
  • WpPart
    Parts 41
"Not all those who wander are lost." - J.R.R. Tolkien. Grigori Verlaf, battered, scarred, and driven on by his bitter past, has nothing left but the ghost of a love long gone, and a wandering tale to tell, but in spite of the hardships he has endured, he has never lost the only truth he has to hold on to: He always loved her.
A Box full of Baubles by GrimReader
GrimReader
  • WpView
    Reads 2,208
  • WpVote
    Votes 85
  • WpPart
    Parts 2
A collection of random shorts and musings to get the creative juices flowing...
Moon Guardian by SyberAlias
SyberAlias
  • WpView
    Reads 24,747
  • WpVote
    Votes 487
  • WpPart
    Parts 31
Theodore Vancroft a young man, newly of age went off to explore the newly discovered lands of Modern day West Africa. What he discovers there will change his life forever.
Inamorata by irishrose
irishrose
  • WpView
    Reads 4,900,950
  • WpVote
    Votes 92,738
  • WpPart
    Parts 41
Nightingale is human - or would be, had it not been for the manner of her creation. Genetically engineered and grown to adulthood in a lab, she was created, not born. Why? For the sole purpose of the entertainment of rich men as one of the many Inamoratas in the bordello business . Beautiful, elegant, a superb dancer and an even better singer, she is the perfect lover for any man. Perfect, that is, except for her personality - the one thing you can't engineer.
Finvarra's Circus by DistantDreamer
DistantDreamer
  • WpView
    Reads 2,916,195
  • WpVote
    Votes 68,093
  • WpPart
    Parts 34
Born with a damaged heart, Leanna Weston has lived a sheltered life with little chance at adventure. When she hears that Finvarra's Circus is coming to her small town, she sneaks off to witness the magic first hand, sure that this is her only chance at experiencing true magic-even if the frightening rumors about the heartless Ringmaster, Finvarra, are true. Caught by Finvarra, Leanna is given one chance at survival: she must join the circus. As slowly she becomes part of the strange family, Leanna learns that there is more than magic to this circus, but an ancient curse that has tied Finvarra's life to its rings. If the circus fails, he dies. Leanna vows to save the circus, but when a ruthless enemy emerges, set on destroying it and Finvarra, will Leanna be able to save them both, or will her broken heart fail her just when she needs it most? Cover Artist: Lisa Rhodes