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11 stories
Teacup Rebel by candy_venom
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The story is set in a world where countries have been disbanded. It is a world without belonging, without religion, and without culture. The council rules, and the council members are the ultimate ambassadors of democracy and peace, except for Chibis. Chibis look like humans and speak likes ones, but they could fit in the palm of your hand, like moving Barbies. That’s what they are: things, entertainment, and the all around pets. They have no rights or will of their own. Tatsuo, the hero is the story, has lived all his life in a cage, and he is sick of it. On the other hand, Nouri, the heroine and a blogger with 5 million subscribers under her belt, wishes for her own cage. Cages keep you safe, and she likes ‘safe’ and ‘comfortable’. The story unfolds after she buys Tatsuo and dresses him in purple pants and a fishnet.
Musically Gifted? Well, I Used to Play the Recorder... by leigh_
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"Remind me again why I thought spending six weeks with a bunch of hyperactive, sweaty and supposedly 'musically gifted' kids was a good idea?" Bailey Cunningham has gone and taken the plunge - she's not only signed up for the job of a camp counselor at Triple Lakes Camp for Musically Gifted Children, but she's roped her best friend, Savannah, into it too. However, the pair really get more than they bargained for when they discover they'll be sharing their summer with not only the kids, but the guy who looks as if he's stepped out of an Abercrombie and Fitch catalog, the quirky brother, and the sugar-coated flautist who's way too sweet for her own good. In the midst of the madness, only one thing's for sure: Bailey knows absolutely nothing about music.
Deathless by KatGoesRawrX_o
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Deathless. That's what Raven had dubbed herself after a cruel incident. Her life clock stopped. It didn't break, it didn't rewind, it didn't fast forward. It just stopped. She's alone now. She's been alone for over 50 years, but hasn't aged a single day. She's a 56 year old in a six year old's body. Wandering her childhood house and the local park, the days passing by more like hours. Annoying, boring hours. But then she meets Bryce. And everything changes.
Moonstruck (ON HOLD) by ieatshearts
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It's true, what they say. The more you run away from something, the more it chases after you. Laying here breathless, in the midst of nowhere- scratch that- in the midst of a clock tower, I recalled the wise, wise words once spoken to me by my physics teacher. I stared, unmoving, at my strange, ancient surroundings. I gently turned my head to see the dark, thick liquid seeping through the exotic markings on my wrist, the pain throbbing through my arm, spreading to the rest of my body. As if no longer able to detect the burning agony, my brain was numb, allowing me to spend my last few breaths in silent wait, listening to the loud 'tic toc' of the four, large, wall sized clocks that encircled me. I never asked for this. I was never one of those girls who tried to act different, trying to attract supernatural things thinking one day Edward Cullen would come take them away. I'd always tried to avoid the unusual, never taking anything or anyone for granted, never venturing too deep into the waters, below which lurked thousands of unpleasant, nasty secrets. The clock chimed at last, it's deafening blare causing an unusual, soothing effect on my mind, blocking out all the unpleasant thoughts as my gaze remained locked on the full moon. I closed my eyes at the twelfth chime, finally hearing the sound I'd been waiting for. His footsteps stopped right beside me, as I lay there, too afraid to open my eyes. A tear rolled softly down the side of my face as his low, velvet voice began, "Did you miss me?"
M.A.I.D.S. [season 1] by MACThree
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[season 1] In the near-future, mankind succeeds in curing A.I.D.S. However, something much worse fills the void, an aggressive sickness that only affects females. Though only 50% of Earth's population is at risk of contracting M.A.I.D.S., the illness impacts everyone. World War III begins as panic-stricken governments seize healthy females in order to ensure the survival of their people, but even warfare and forced breeding programs can't halt the inevitable: mankind is dying out. An international team of scientists combine existing technologies, theories, and desperation to create Synthia, a synthetic human female capable of M.A.I.D.S.-free existence and, most importantly, reproduction. Biomechanical humans, dubbed Synthias, are mass-produced, and mankind's population begins to slowly increase after being decimated by the illness and war. The cost of salvation is souls. Synthias are denied basic human rights because they are manufactured, not born. After staging an unsuccessful uprising, the facilities where Synthias are mass-produced undergo great changes. Synthia manufactories are re-opened as boutiques where a man's mate can be custom-ordered, right down to the various skills and knowledge the Synthia possesses. A truly male-oriented world emerges around this new technology. Adam, the first son of a Synthia, wants something more than a mere breeding machine. He wants a true partner and something like the "love" he only knows about from pre-war media. The Synthia he creates is something new that threatens to destroy the status quo... Adam's Synthia is not an it. Adam's Synthia is a she. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- M.A.I.D.S. is the winner of two Watty Awards (2011).
Death Defy by killer22
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What happens when you can avoid death by just buying a pill? For years people lived and no one died. But people cant live forever. Someone has to play the role of death. But then again. No one works alone.
The Secret Behind the Wallpaper [Book 1] by BeAfraidOfDark
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When Abbie is forced to move away with her family her only thing to look forward to was getting to make over her new bedroom... well that was before she found the secret behind the wallpaper.... Has a sequel :)
Pause Love by ConradoMuluc
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Jail of Memories (Compilation of Poems) by FlamestoDust
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Little Miracles by Veritable
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The meeting between bored and sharp tongued girl Sarah and hostile and grumpy young tea addict Pax (who lives in IKEA) begins an epicly mundane and random adventure of world saving and tea and furniture and possibly love... but thats only if they run out of biscuits.