Self-proclaimed weirdo April Hale and the notorious troublemaker Ryder Black have been living side by side for more than ten years. Both never attempted to communicate with each other, but on the night Ryder Black is thrown out by his own father, he asks her a question that might change both of their lives: "March, will you let me stay in your room?" He even got her name wrong. - A coming of age story about loss, the wonders of falling in love, and ultimately, pretending to be normal. Get inside April's distorted and yet humorous perspective, and watch as her tale unfolds into a shocking finish. COVER BY @RIVIIX

in a world where your moods are visible above your head, displayed through pictures and icons, it's impossible to hide your true feelings. however dan howell seems to be lacking this. labelled as an emotionless freak, dan is outcasted because his moods are never visible. that is, until an endlessly happy boy named phil wonders why.

Being born in Chicago ain’t easy. Everywhere you turn, guns, violence—it’s hard not getting caught up in all of that. Everyday somebody else dying, and there really ain’t nothing you can do about it. Ain’t nobody try to get in that stuff on purpose, it just happens. When it happens, you stuck with it for life—the only way out is death. Here, choices here just ain’t that black and white. You either chose the life, it just catches up with you somehow; a shade of grey. My brother, Rajeem, was a good example. He was a little black boy that got caught up in the wrong crowd. My momma always told him to ‘be good’ and ‘don’t get caught up’. He didn’t listen. One day he did get caught up, and that’s one of the reasons that on one Sunday morning, we found him bloody in our driveway, face down. Ever since my brother passed away, I made it my promise to end Chiraq. I wanted to end this gun violence once and for all. It sounds hard, but I think that I can do it. But with my peer's influences, it makes it much more difficult. I've always been the one to get caught up in peer pressure, but I listen to my mom's words everyday. "Be good and don’t get caught up." Lord knows I'm trying. © all rights reserved // livythecreator