Abirdthatspeaks's Reading List
8 stories
The Madness Within ✓ by rayofprose
rayofprose
  • WpView
    Reads 2,857
  • WpVote
    Votes 628
  • WpPart
    Parts 39
After the passing of her loving grandmother, Clara receives full ownership of her house. The house is located in the middle of a forest, near a village that her grandmother visited frequently. With the plan of selling the house, Clara visits the location to take a look at it. However, once she arrives, she quickly realizes that she'll be staying here longer than she'd planned. The people in the village are acting weird, the forest seems dangerous, and when Clara notices a tall, thin creature staring at her through the window, she learns that she is more than just in danger. Read the story of Clara Moore and the mysterious forest and together learn the secret of the villagers and the past of this cursed place. • Cover art by: @calypsolarts on Instagram ⚠️Content Warning: Contains bugs, death, gore, and strong language. Reader discretion is advised. 🥇1st place in The Meteorite Awards 🥇2nd place in The Critics Choice Awards 3/10/2021 - #2 in cult
The Numbered by bnlfan
bnlfan
  • WpView
    Reads 7,070,326
  • WpVote
    Votes 305,263
  • WpPart
    Parts 76
Imagine the second you're born, a consultant removes you from your mother's grasp and runs a battery of genetic and physiological tests on you. Thirty minutes later they give you a score out of one hundred which denotes your level of perfection. If your score is above eighty and you work hard to maintain that score you will have a charmed life; well fed, well-rewarded, spoiled. But fall below eighty and you're labelled Flawed, and life will not be so kind. Hannah is adopted by a Flawed family when her birth parents choose their social standing over their daughter and endures a life of struggle, hunger and service. One day Hannah is escorted to the regional government office and told that the Consultant who delivered her, who labelled her Flawed got it wrong! Now, she is being relocated back to her birth parents, to live as one of the Ninety-Five- all medically and legally judged as perfect. Entering this new life Hannah has an impossible decision to make which puts not only hers, but the lives of everyone she cares about at great risk. "The Numbered- where no one wants to be number one". Authors notes: -This is a first draft of my story and will be edited soon. -2013 Began writing Flawed -2015 Watty Winner/ Named changed to The Numbered -2016 Completed The Numbered -2019 Optioned by eOne for development into a TV show.
A Brilliant Plan by alexames
alexames
  • WpView
    Reads 638,305
  • WpVote
    Votes 39,383
  • WpPart
    Parts 50
Just a regular job.... Get in, crack the safe, fetch the diamonds. That's what hobby cat burglar and acclaimed jewelry maker Calendar Moonstone has aimed for. Instead she finds a dead body, meets a handsome Detective, has a nosey insurance investigator on her tracks and manages a complicated boyfriend situation. And must solve a century old jewelry mystery!
The Cellar by natashapreston
natashapreston
  • WpView
    Reads 31,157,550
  • WpVote
    Votes 681,281
  • WpPart
    Parts 33
For months Summer is trapped in a cellar with the man who took her - and three other girls: Rose, Poppy, and Violet. His perfect, pure flowers. His family. But flowers can't survive long cut off from the sun, and time is running out...
Cognitive Deviance by JaCrispy_Jamaine
JaCrispy_Jamaine
  • WpView
    Reads 352,446
  • WpVote
    Votes 16,736
  • WpPart
    Parts 89
In 2045, Psychwatch treats the mentally ill or cages them. Margo wants to bring empathy to every patient but a killer pushes her, and the system, to the limits ***** In a dark future, more than a third of the United States population suffers from mental illness and violent crime is on the rise. In response, Psychwatch is formed - an organization intended to combine mental healthcare and law enforcement - creating monitored areas and neglected ones known as the Psycho Slums. Margo Sandoval is the latest recruit to Psychwatch, bringing a new level of empathy to the controversial agency known for its unforgiving methods. Margo spends her days as an Empath treating everyone possible, until the arrival of a new serial killer upends her life and forces her to confront the evils of the human mind and the system that claims to be the solution.
Elemorts by Muaazics
Muaazics
  • WpView
    Reads 149,067
  • WpVote
    Votes 5,640
  • WpPart
    Parts 46
*HIGHEST RANKINGS: #1 ACTION, THRILLER; #2 FANTASY; #4 MYSTERY; #5 ADVENTURE; #6 SCIENCEFICTION/SCIFI* Something sinister is brewing on planet Karomoz - the central hub and heart of a galaxy with numerous hospitable planets. Rumors abound of experiments for creating the perfect soldiers, excavations for ancient relics, and the hoarding of fuel and supplies - deadly weapons included. Twenty strangers - the Elemorts to-be - from twenty different home planets visit Karomoz, each with their own reasons and motivations, and each armed with a unique elemental power. Once on Karomoz, their fates get intertwined in unlikely ways, and two factions are formed, locked in an ongoing battle for what each side believes in - a battle not of good versus evil but one of gray versus gray. *FEATURED ON WATTPAD SCIENCEFICTION'S "HIDDEN GEMS FROM WATTPAD OUTREACH" READING LIST* *FEATURED ON WATTPAD BEYONDSOL'S "SUNFLOWER SPACE OPERAS" READING LIST* *FIRST PLACE IN SCIENCE FICTION IN THE 2018 TALENT AWARDS* *COVER BY @shelbychdance* If you are reading this story on any platform other than Wattpad, you are very likely to be at risk for a malware attack. If you wish to read this story in its original, safe form, please go to: https://www.wattpad.com/story/111292481-elemorts. Thank you.
Error 404 by RebelleFleur00
RebelleFleur00
  • WpView
    Reads 30,201,372
  • WpVote
    Votes 1,101,115
  • WpPart
    Parts 73
Rebel Simmons was just a girl who was dealt a shitty hand in the game of life. Despite her harsh and abusive upbringing, she worked hard, and studied harder. With an IQ of 252. she's a certified genius and is working towards her Masters Degree in Computer Engineering and Computer Science at Stanford University. When tough times hit and she's desperate for money, she steals $5 Million from an offshore bank account. Little did she know she was stealing from the most ruthless Mafia Boss in the world: Dante Vino. • MATURE THEMES 18+ • Cover designed by Holly Thurston