(Completed Story) "The red strings of fate connects those who are destined to meet regardless of time,place or circumstance,thought they may stretch and tangle they will never break,"this was a story that my grandmother had told me. I obviously didn't believe her....until I met him. ...
College. For Ben's lifelong friend Sarah, it's the gateway to adulthood - a place for him to study, find a decent career, and maybe even a cute girlfriend. It's the beginning of their successful lives together, something they've been planning since before middle school. For Ben, it means finally getting to wave goodby...
The real world skins you alive. It's a hazard of growing up in rural Suffolk... or possibly, it's a hazard of growing up. Either way, the Dorian Andrade and Isaiah Matalon who run into each other at a party in Oxford have become equally disenchanted imitations of the boys who used to spend summers eating stolen apples...
**ONC 2024 Shortlister** Heems is an energy vampire, a parasite. Working as a doctor on dwarf planet Eris, xe feeds on unknowing hosts -- Eris's sickly hospital patients -- by draining their energy with a single touch. Heems's rare parasitic condition doesn't seem to have a cure until xe attempts to make a host out o...
The violin is one of the only escapes Felix has in his life. From his mental health issues to his horrible job, its the only thing that keeps Felix happy. And when he finally works up the courage to play alone in a public area, he experiences a happiness he never thought possible. Then Shane Becker, one of the most we...