[on hiatus until further creativity] PARKER STRANGE: Insecure, (recently) single, looks like a puppy who has just been kicked. SAM MCGALIGUR: Ex-girlfriend of Parker Strange, massive tits. Bitch. AERYN CLARKE: Real-life personification of Greek God Narcissus, pink hair, also a bitch (in a good way, though). HENRY KALLEN: Horny, ginger, best friend of Parker Strange. Throw in a notebook, some self-deprecation, a dash of sarcasm, and what do you get? Well. [on hiatus bc im lame]

The year is 1965: a year thrumming with promise and hope and change all around the globe. But for two people, change seems out of the question. Their worlds are rigid, stuck, fixed—and completely contradictory to one another. Holly is a frazzled and reclusive mess from the wrong side of the tracks—well, the wrong side of everything, really—struggling to keep herself afloat as she copes with the loss of her nursing school scholarship two years before. Simon, on the other hand, is charming, arrogant, smart-mouthed and spoiled rotten—the only thing he has ever wanted for is a pair of proper lungs, as his own have been slowly ruined by the effects of Cystic Fibrosis. When Holly joins a peculiar non-profit agency in hope for nursing experience, their worlds are suddenly conjoined a little too close for comfort. Through bickering, old maps, collect calls and a great many letters, Holly and Simon are intertwined in a journey to find a future they never knew existed, suspended in the transience of yesterday, today and tomorrow.

Our memories do not always serve us correctly. But they do serve us kindly.

Caleb Diaz is not an animal lover. At all. So when his friend Marnie shows up on his doorstep with a birthday card and a kitten for his big 1-8, he's more than a little peeved. Cats stink, no questions about it. And with graduation less than a year away, Caleb's hardly got the time (or patience) to cope with running around after a deranged and messy fur ball. Marnie refuses to be swayed, though. In fact, she's already gone and enlisted the help of her brother Daniel, an animal enthusiast who's convinced he can convert Caleb once and for all. Armed with kitten milk and scratch posts, the trio venture down the road of parenting - a journey that may or may not involve sleepless nights, pet-oriented fights and infinite weirdness. [cover by -sykes]

"You're just a crusty old white guy with a five o'clock shadow and a savior complex." "...And gifts! Don't forget I brought gifts!" Lucy is and her family are skeptical when their patriarch, Dr. Forrest Darling, returns home after five years abroad from practicing medicine to celebrate the 25th with them. She's even more skeptical that Casper, a boy with defunct lungs and a zest for Christmas, can get her excited about the impending holiday when her father is looming over her family like a ghost that's come alive. But hey - miracles do happen.

ｇｅｎ·ｅ·ｓｉｓ /ˈｊｅｎəｓｉｓ/. ｔｈｅ ｃｏｍｉｎｇ ｉｎｔｏ ｂｅｉｎｇ ｏｆ ｓｏｍｅｔｈｉｎｇ; ｔｈｅ ｏｒｉｇｉｎ. set in a futuristic town called alps, a female gynoid is created and abandoned near an old warehouse, where local school boy, Eric Ikona accidentally finds her lying against a pile of trash bags. She cannot remember who she is, where she came from, or rather, who created her, but to Eric, he is determined to find out.

story #1 in the 'for the flawed' series. tw | eating disorder she just wanted to be skinny for him; she wanted to be the kind of girlfriend he'd be proud to have, even if he couldn't see her. he just wanted to see her, to be able to tell her she was beautiful and she'd know he was telling the truth, he wanted her to be happy. they wanted to be perfect for each other. and with that, they destroyed themselves. (some quotes aren't mine, lowercase intended for stylistic purposes.) © 2014 flawed- [Watty Awards 2014]

[Now free to read!] Scott Wilson isn't used to being corrected, and he definitely didn't expect to get his biggest dose of criticism by his coach's daughter - Elle Monroe. ***** When Scott Wilson is drafted to try out for the Marlies hockey team, it's easily the best day of his life. He's cocky and for good reason. He's spent his entire life being told that he's a hockey prodigy and he knows that he's on the path to his destiny. Then Elle Monroe shows up, and throws off his entire plan. Elle - the daughter of his coach - is loud, rude, confident, and gets a special kick out of knocking Scott down a peg or two. Scott doesn't want to accept the help she's offering, but eventually he does, and it turns into a lot more than he was expecting. Scott isn't used to a lot of things, but there's one especially that he's never prepared for: a beautiful, loud girl stealing his jersey every day before their practices. [Winner of the 2015 Watty's 'cover to cover'] [completed]

a lesson in recovery.