Sometimes all you really need is a place to call home. * * * Being re-written completely as of May 14, 2021

"If you're going through hell, keep going." Winston Churchill This here, is a story about a girl, who, without a moment of hesitation left her own life to be there for her siblings when her mother committed suicide. She nurtured them, cared for them, and was the one responsible for putting food on the table and clothes on their backs. Because her father, on the other hand, turned away. Drinking whenever he could, her father, slowly but surely, drank away what savings there had been in the bank. The girl became a single mom at the age of fourteen to her younger siblings. Not just anybody can do that. But Jazmyne did. And this is her story.

“Suicide is man's way of telling God, 'You can't fire me - I quit!” - Bill Maher.

This is the story of Annabella-Natalie Eltiise, as told by her friends and allies. This is where Annabella learns who she is, and how easy it is to die. This is where Meredith learns she's very special and how dumb she can be sometimes. This is where Augustus learns that Destiny has a purpose for him, and it's being her own personal puppet.

Abused. Neglected. Alone. Aaron Byker can't escape the pain his father tortures him with every waking hour, and takes his anger out on those around him at school. He's the school bully, the one person that everyone despises and avoids unless they want to be beaten up. But what happens when Byker meets someone who isn't intimidated by him or anything he does? Can this person turn his warped world upside down? WARNING: contains violence!

Peter Holmes is a tailor in Liverpool, England. He has his eyes set on a gorgeous showgirl, Jennie Willis, who he hopes to marry someday. However, life throws him a new chapter when he comes home one night and finds a six-year old girl on his front steps. Little does he know she's his daughter of his former lover. He has two choices: send her to an orphanage, or do what his last lover could not do... -- All Rights Reserved © 2012 - do not steal, copy, or plagiarize. Story belongs to E. K. Sloyer - in editing process --

After years of living on the streets 17 year old Lie Jacobs has hammered the last nail in her coffin. Found on state property, in the middle of the night, with a spray can in hand, it as the last straw. With a long line of crimes to her name already, its time for a serious change. Or so her probation officer thinks. And so Lie is shipped off to Spike Island, the juvenile delinquent center for troubled teens. There she’ll have to deal with the crowds, the teenagers and one in particular bad boy who seems to have taken a shine to her. Noah Lennon. “I rested my hood clad head against the wooden boards and closed my eye. I was tired, so tired. Not having slept in days, I hadn’t eaten a good meal in weeks. People looked at me, not really seeing. All they took in was my appearance, the pale skin, deep purple bags and a server attitude problem.”

She was just the girl with the right connections. He was the president's son. How would their affair look in the eyes of society? Or how about the entire nation? *********************************************** I guess you could call it a scandal. I guess you could say it was "unprofessional" or "unlady-like" on my part. But it was my desire. *************************** I knew it from the moment I laid eyes on him, his hazel eyes almost beckoning me to draw near, I wanted him. I wanted him to be mine. His body language said it all as the glances turned to stares. He walked by, and with a small touch he gently caressed my back. I flirtatiously moved my eyes to his and he was looking back with a smirk. Oh, that devilish smirk that made my whole body dance with pure enjoyment. Who was he? What was his name? Oh, but did it matter? His eyes said it all.

After losing the Aethernum Bellum--a watch rumored to have the ability to break time itself--in the middle of a heist, Elliot's lifespan has been cut in half and smashed into a million tiny pieces. The Big Evils want his head on a platter, his boss is pissed and an annoying Warlock keeps hitting on him. With his only option to retrieve it or die, he sets off into the chaotic magical underworld for any clues that will lead him to sanctuary. When he discovers it's in the hands of a preteen with a snotty disposition and a permanent chip on his shoulder, he's more than a little peeved. Said snotty teenager is also displeased. Fifteen year old Minkah Madlen's life is put on hold when the watch appears in his bedroom. A wild thief shows up out of nowhere to antagonize him, his best friend isn't completely human and his older brother is a part of a not-so-secret organization dedicated to ridding the world of supernatural creatures. While Minkah attempts to protect the watch, he is hurtled through time with Elliot, to places only read about in history. From Victorian London to Ancient Greece, Minkah and Elliot will have to travel the ends of the Earth to keep the watch out of the hands of the...unsavory.