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Tree of Life by john_chan
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You are now reading Books I and II in a combined format. They are presented here as a single volume. Book I is about a thirteen year old boy's journey into magical healing. It is a time of awakening. Awakening to who you are, what you are meant to be, of friends and young love, of power and its use for good or evil. Book I is the book of beginnings. Book II outlines the further adventures of Julian, Nicole and Brian after they have grown up. What's at stake is magnified exponentially as the extent and full power of the Tree becomes realized. Book III has just begun. (Oct 10 2014) Please go check on my profile page. :-) Here's a thought. ^.^ We Canadians sometimes spell things differently. Like 'neighbourhood', 'Paediatrics' or even 'honour'. How's that? :-) So, thank you all so much, but please do not edit my work for spelling or grammar. All right? :-) I'd rather get there on my own, eventually.
All Your Fates (Currently editing/updating) by TheKarada
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They say in life there are no second chances. But what if you had blown it with the girl of your dreams? What would you do knowing that she was out there, in other realities, realities you hadn't screwed up? That kind of thing could really mess you up... and it could make you do "some crazy." Down-on-his-luck David Blunt is as loser as a loser you can get; recently kicked out of school and fired from his dead end job, David's been squatting in his flop-house apartment, avoiding his landlord and subsisting on stale fortune cookies and cheap street meat for weeks. But when David reads a fortune that predicts an epic future for him, he starts to think that his luck is about to change. Emma Gossett is a spirited world traveler full of wanderlust, and never stays put in one place long enough to form any attachments. Her lovable and eccentric Gran insists this is because she was hidden from the Norns as a babe to keep them from naming Emma's fate, a fable Emma puts little faith in. But when Emma meets David, her faith in reality is shaken to the core. Does this rambling cynical romantic hold the answer to the prevailing sense of déjà vu she's been feeling lately? Or is it just something else, as her new and mysterious and magnetic acquaintance Gabriel insists? Perhaps he holds the key to the mysterious sensations she has felt of living another life alongside her own. All Your Fates is a multiverse mindwarp with supernatural elements that one reader commented: "This story is twisting into ways a pretzel couldn't even try!!"
Growing up Wired by DavidWFleming
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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?
The Art of Revenge by upthere
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After being cheated on, Peyton Brandt feels like crap. She goes the whole summer in her house only surviving on ice cream. When Jace Harley comes and asks why she doesn't get revenge, Peyton knows what she's going to do. She's going to use Jace to get him back. Cover by mayasouvi!
Different Forms of Happiness by shelbylw03
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Scott was tired of dealing with the women in his life being after only one thing, his money. Making the connection that the only women who tried to con him into marriage were beautiful, he came up with a plan. He was going to marry an ugly woman. Graham had been friends with Scott since they were five and was used to being an accomplice in his friends odd adventures. So, he was going to go along with his friends plans. That was until they both met Sam, and whatever plans they had fell apart.
The Unexpected [On Hold] by senC147
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Once there was a girl, with a slight obsession towards her sixth grade crush, Markus Thompson. Well, not just a slight obsession, but a huge obsession. She was suffering from this new decease called MOS, or Mark-Obsessed Syndrome. She followed him everywhere. And by everywhere, I mean everywhere including the toilet. Creepy, I know. But nothing stopped her from chasing her dreams, as her mother always said to her to follow her dreams. Enter Ryan McLane. A new guy, who made her heart go all burned. No, it wasn't because she was in love, it was quite the opposite, though. She was jealous. Jealous, you ask? Yes. She was jealous about the proximity, or friendship, I should say, between Ryan McLane and her so-called future hubby, Markus Thompson. In case you were wondering who this girl was, her name was Allison Carter, as in me. *** Cover by : Nathania S.H. (@Nathaniia)
The Indentured Mistress of a 'Human' by BadLuck
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Number 31 was bought immediately at the first auction by a guy named Nathan Walker, an 18 year old royal in need of a mistress. And so Number 31 was offered the chance at freedom on one of the "indenture" reserves; but at a horrible price. She must convince the political world that she is one of the "humans" and marry him first! Read this touching yet hilarious story about the idiot who fell in love with her husband.
LeftXRight by Ayakano
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The date is December 31st in the year 2069. Humanity has lost nearly all hope of survival. Woman are no longer fertile and the men have grown weak as well. Only one female remains with the ability to reproduce. Her name is Rin and she is considered the New Eve brought to Earth by God to give humans a second chance. However, for there to be an Eve there must be an Adam. What the world doesn't know is that it is Lore, the New Adam, who holds the key to its survival. So tell me this... Is humanity even worth saving? Short Story - Set in Japan for convenience
Jemma by HindElsadati
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In the year 2013, Earth is attacked by an alien race that destroys the planet and puts an end to civilization. Three hundred years into the future, humans had migrated to a group of hidden caves located in the midst of the highest mountains. The story follows Jemma, a twenty year old who was born and lived all her life in the caves. But when one of the people closest to her is forced to leave, she is left with no choice but to venture on a dangerous journey that will reveal the most shocking truths about the aliens, about Earth and about Jemma herself.
WHITE LIAR by MercyRose
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High school is hard for most people and for Chloe Miller, this is no exception. She is forced to learn the perils of her choices the hard way and the result leads her to building a steel wall around herself that is impossible to crack. Eventually, her mother loses her job and Chloe is then forced to move in with her cousin and their family. This means a new school and on the first day she arrives with a dynamite mission in mind. A mission to reclaim everything that she had once lost at the hands of others. She quickly finds herself fighting a past that she struggles to forget and creating a future that she can live with. It becomes a constant battle for her, centered around peer pressure, character stereo types, cliques and consequences. Couple that with the plight of falling in love and she finds herself playing a starring role in the game of life where everyone is playing for keeps. Will she win... or will she lose? Excerpt: Sauntering forwards, she slid onto his lap with all the grace of a prima ballerina and wrapped her long arms around his neck. Leaning in to his ear, she blew out a little puff of hot air so that it fanned lightly over all the right places. She felt a sense of utter satisfaction when he shuddered. Now that Chloe was certain that she had his attention, she whispered in his ear. “You may have been the best bucko, but guess what…..I’m going to be better.” She lifted up so that she could look him in the face and smiled confidently back at him. His previous cocky demeanor had seemed to have lost some of its earlier steam, “Who are you?” he asked so low that only Chloe could hear him. His forehead was creased as he searched her face, watching her as if she was some type of strange puzzle that needed to be solved. Chloe lifted her hand patted his cheek. The boy didn’t have a clue. “I, my friend, am your biggest adversary. So what do you say Mr. Player, won’t you play with me?”