Everyone's heard a picture is worth a thousand words, but when you only have a few months to live it can be worth so much more. Noah Prescott wanted nothing more than to be your everyday typical 15-year-old boy, but with stage 4 melanoma, he was anything but normal. Depressed and completely ready to give up on life, he has lost all interest in the world around him. That is until he meets Glenn Green, the dying boy with a sunny disposition. Unable to accept Noah's pessimistic outlook on life, Glenn sets out to show the younger teen that life might not turn out how he pictured it, but it can still hold so much beauty. That is, if you know where to look. Highest Ranking in Short Story #50 *Featured Story*

SEQUAL TO ELEMENTALIST *********** Mr. Baja is after the Shinju Necklace, and it's up to the Snow Ferrets to save it. Blitz, Terro, Ignis, Nero, Anemos, Neve, Kin, and a new recruit, Vieni. Do they have what it takes to get to the necklace before Mr. Baja? Will they make it? This is truly the ultimate challenge. The skills they acquired during the Harmony Games will be put to the test. Can they do it? If they succeed? They save everyone and become legends. They fail? There's only one answer for that. Death.

Blitz Ann Boardel has finally reached the coming age. The day she gets something she's been waiting for, something she's longed for her whole life. Her element. But.....what element will she get? Wind, Water, Fire, Earth, Ice, Lightning, or Metal? ********************************************************* A\N Constructive criticism is greatly appreciated!

Bliss has always been different. Because of a condition called CIPA, she’s never felt pain–no headaches, no cramps, no charlie horses. She also can’t sweat, cry or even play sports without endangering her life. And the worst part? She knows she has an expiration date, and it is probably fairly soon -- most people like her don't live past the age of 18. So, what's a girl to do? Well, if you're Bliss, you give the world the finger and decide to live life on your own terms. For her, this means training with her top-secret government agent mom in the art of hand-to-hand combat, and convincing her mad scientist dad to invent a special suit that will let her seek out the world's dangers without overheating and biting the big one. She is determined to take the world on, fighting the “bad guys” and leaving her mark during the short time she has. But when an old friend from CIPA camp asks her to help track down others like them who've suddenly disappeared under mysterious circumstances, her reckless lifestyle is put to the ultimate test. Especially when the junior government agent-in-training her mom assigns to help them with the case turns out to be totally hot--and totally into her. Torn between her feelings of anger toward the life she's been dealt and the one she could have if she just let others in, Bliss takes off on a mission that might just be her last.