{𝘉𝘖𝘖𝘒 𝘖𝘕𝘌 𝘖𝘍 𝘛𝘏𝘌 𝘓𝘖𝘝𝘌𝘓𝘌𝘚𝘚 𝘛𝘙𝘐𝘓𝘖𝘎𝘠} Ria Romano knew hurt like the back of her hand. She was dealt her fair share of bad cards, more than anyone so young should have to face. A cynical girl riddled with the remnants of her past, a shattered sort of soul. She concealed like it was second nature; her instinct being to suppress. She'd offer you a cigarette with a shrug while you were crying because she never was too great with affection. She didn't smile so often but when she did and it was directed at you, you'd never feel such satisfaction. I was told Aria preferred to be alone, isolated; clouding her mind with inhales of her cigarette and drowning it in alcohol. Until she was dealt her good card, out of the pack of bad. They had a love beautiful enough to last a lifetime, the type directors desire to capture and authors aspire to write. Two souls, shattered by the cruelty of the world time and time again with flames that rekindled each others. They were each other's oxygen. They breathed life back into each other, those two insomniacs. <3

I wiped my eyes once again to see deep piercing green ones looking down at me. More tears came as I saw the root of my anger, and I stood up pushing past him. I tried to run but got pulled back by a hand grabbing my wrist. "What happened?" Clyde demanded angrily. "Get off of me!" I growled and pried his fingers off my wrist and continued to the bathroom. Once inside I went into a stall and grabbed some toilet paper to wipe my face. Why was I always crying? I heard the door open and I tried to contain my sniffling so that they wouldn't hear. Then I looked down to see the feet and saw Clyde crawling under my stall. ~~~~~ Alexa Moore is a crybaby. She can't deal well with her emotions; if she is frustrated, angry, sad, mad, or hurt she can't help but cry. She hates that she always feels the need to cry and tries to stay happy by being unconfrontational, and staying away from jerks. Clyde Wood is seemingly heartless. Through the bad, sad, hurtful, and pissing situations he appears to be tougher than nails. Sure he is happy most times, but in the eyes of many he is a heartless jerk that picks on everyone. If it wasn't for his great looks he'd probably be with the Gothic kids, not the popular ones. That, and he made a hobby of being a player. Alexa meeting Clyde was definitely a recipe for disaster, causing her to shed more tears than in her entire 17 years. The year goes from good to bad to good to bad, and end bad? With so much heart churning events, will there really be a rainbow after the storm?

Livia Beverly Quinn The seventeen year old Livia Beverly Quinn is a little shy girl who always lets herself get put down. She has a traumatic past behind her and a little sister who she has to look after on her own because their mother always lets her down. She only opens up to a few people and hides from the world, afraid of everything. Suddenly she gets the unique offer to transfer to a new high school and leave her past behind, which she accepts. Let's see if she can manage to escape her past... Elijah James Featherstone The 18-year-old popular boy who gets everything he wants. He is the hockey captain of his high school and everyone is obsessed with him. His family is rich and he has a great future ahead of him. His life is perfect... or does it just seem that way? ...And what happens, when Elijah meets her and is willing to do everything for her?...

IN WHICH the dead took over the world, and the sixteen year old brother of Andrea and Amy struggles to find his path in the world while suffering the losses of his older sisters and friends.

Everyone laughs when they watch those ridiculous zombie movies where everyone makes dumb mistakes and somehow get themselves killed. But it's not so funny when you, yourself are actually trying to survive in a apocalyptic world filled with the flesh eating monsters. 16 year old, Bryn, needs to toughen up or she's not gonna last, even if she has to lie to herself along the way. Zombies aren't the only thing Bryn has to keep her eye out for. The living are just as deathly.

There is no night in the Everburning City. There can never be. ***** For four hundred years the Everburning City has withstood the advance of the life-strangling fog known as the Gloam. Its walls have held back five invasions, but on the eve of the sixth, the city's inhabitants know things have changed. Golems are coming out of the mist, and the bodies of the dead are rising at the Gloam's bidding. The city's last and most desperate line of defence comes in the form of the Crafters, individuals who can channel the power of fire, though they risk their sanity each time they do. The brightest of these valiant heroes are Tabitha a'Loria and her apprentice Gerald Reath. Risking their lives, they mount their airships, determined to save the last bastion of humanity - the Everburning City. [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]

After escaping a stalled elevator into a zombie apocalypse, Emily must learn how to trust people again or risk losing everything in this terrifying world. ***** For Emily, every day of the last two years have been a blur. She keeps her head down, takes her college courses online, and only goes out to work at her mandatory internship. But all that changes on the day the office elevator breaks down, leaving her trapped when the screams begin. And when the doors finally open, revealing a dystopian world ruined by bloody teeth and disease, Emily is launched into a terrifying run for her life, caught between the strangers she's not sure she can trust and the man-eating monsters that hunger for her flesh. Now she must learn not only how to survive in this new and dangerous world, but also how to overcome her own inner demons before they cost her something more precious than her life. [[Wattys' Shortlist]] [[Promoted by AMC]] Content and/or Trigger Warning: The story contains some gore, violence, strong language, and dark themes. [[word count: 100,000-150,000 words]]

"I was tortured, every day, and no one helped me." She whispered meekly. "We would've done something‐." She cut him off, slowly looking up, avoiding their gaze. "No, they would have killed anyone who tried to help me escape." She mumbled, tears streaming down her cheek. ~~~ Some people have fun and experience life Others were too busy being hurt by some cruel people in the world But for her, she was stuck being wounded by the wicked mankind For all of her life, raven has been tortured, assaulted, and lied to. She was a person who always gave someone a second chance, no matter the situation they put her in. She was a kind soul, too innocent for this world. Now she's back for revenge, not sparing a single life who hurt her in the past. She would be willing to do anything to get rid of them even going as far as to hurt those closest to her. What happens when you add eight brothers to the mix? Follow along with raven on her journey of discovering her family. TW: assault, gore, murder, etc Started: August 21st, 2021 Completed: October 23rd, 2021 ~~~ Highest Rankings #1 in retired #1 in short story #1 in Hispanic #5 in sarcasm #8 in killer #7 in brothers #3 in brother #3 in mafia #5 in uncle

(Completed)✨ Jules Wilder came to Evergreen Academy Boarding School to start over. Not to end up sharing a dorm with Nathan Talon-quiet, guarded, and the kind of beautiful that makes it hard to think straight. She's trying to forget the past. He wants nothing to do with anyone. But between late-night talks, unexpected softness, and the kind of connection neither of them planned for, the walls they've built start to crumble. As Jules begins to find her footing, long-buried questions and quiet truths start rising to the surface. Forcing her to face more than just her feelings for the boy she definitely wasn't expected to catch feelings for. Falling Into Place is a story about healing, connection, and figuring out who you are-even when everything around you is a little bit of a mess. ________________________________ Tropes: ~boarding school 🏫 ~slow burn 🔥 ~roommates to lovers 🩷 ~self discovery 💡 ~mystery¿ 🔍 ~no smut ❌ ~complicated families 🧑‍🧑‍🧒

𝙱𝚘𝚘𝚔 1 𝚘𝚏 𝙾𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚍𝚞𝚘𝚕𝚘𝚐𝚢 𝐀𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐚 decided to spend her summer break visiting her cousin in London, staying there for two months and expecting a peaceful holiday. But 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐞, her cousin's best friend, seemed to take a growing interest in the unexpected guest in the house. "Don't you have a place of your own?" I groaned, crossing my arms. The smirk on his face didn't falter as he replied, "The views I get in this house are far more delightful." C L O S E T O Y O U *Edited book* #3 in Brother's bestfriend #3 in Love at first sight