Everyone can read minds except for Ethan Langdon. And Ethan Langdon has the dumbest (and cutest!) thoughts Lukas Hoffmann has ever heard. ____ Lukas Hoffman's life in Brambleburg is about as boring as you'd expect for a town where everyone can read minds. He's used to his routine of dusting the LPs at the record store where he works and helping out his grandma around the house. Nothing in Brambleburg changes. No one in Brambleburg changes. Until Ethan Langdon stumbles in with the soggy remnants of a paper map, asking for the quickest route to Berlin. Ethan, it turns out, doesn't have telepathy, and as aggravatingly inane as his thoughts are, Lukas hasn't felt the excitement of meeting a stranger since.... well, ever. And the more Lukas listens, the more he starts enjoying Ethan's cute thoughts about life, the universe, and Lukas's dimples. ____ Might bring to mind: "Cherry Magic" but set in a fictive European town where everyone except the love interest can read minds. ____ Cover by @mygoodbones ____ Written for the Open Novella Contest 2024 using prompts 8, 75, 82, and 85. 8. You start singing along to a movie soundtrack late at night forgetting that your window is open. Someone from the outside starts singing with you. 75. You awake in the middle of the night to a voice saying loudly "May the force be with you..." 82. You wake up on a seemingly ordinary day to discover that your thoughts are not private. There is someone else in your head with you. 85. "If you do that again, I'll throw you out that freaking window. What are you doing?" "Checking how high the drop is to see if it's worth it."

||WATTY WINNER 2023🌟|| Two strangers pretend to be a couple to win a dumb bet. The wager: they must enrol in couples therapy and fool their counselor. _________ Six non-refundable couples counseling sessions. That's how many Clementine booked for him and his girlfriend to sort out their relationship problems. What he didn't see coming was getting dumped as soon as he informed her of it. Enter Everett, a chaotic, curly-haired boy who barges into Clementine's life. He offers to fake date and attend the counseling sessions with Clementine. Unfortunately, they are both idiots. Did they really believe they could safely fake-date in a Wattpad book and NOT fall in love? ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 Might bring to mind: "Heartstopper" but with a ton more baking and fake dating 🌈 🎼🎶 This book has a Spotify playlist with a song for each chapter. To download it you can search me on Spotify @itsmeimthevampire - the playlist name is "Idiots To Lovers." 🏅🏅🏅 Watty Winner 2023. Shortlisted in the Open Novella Contest 2023. Featured on Wattpad profiles: @Lgbtq @FreeTheLgbt @Romance 🏆🏆🏆 #2 lgbt #2 lgbtq 📆 10/5/23 #4 gay 21/5/23 #4 bxb 14/5/23 #5 boyxboy 13/5/23 #1 gayromance 5/5/23 #1 gayshipsareyayships 14/5/23 Written for ONC2023 using prompt 39: On a blind date with a complete mismatch, you're increasingly uncomfortable but too polite to leave. Then an attractive stranger comes over and gives you an out.

Inside everyone, there are two opposing forces whose interaction and perpetual motion generates life: Push and Pull. In most people, these two forces are at balance, creating harmony within and outside the body. But in some rare individuals this balance is not a stable one, tipping towards one force over the other. Those with a stronger Push are called Anima, while those with a stronger Pull are called Animus. Collectively, these individuals are known as the Imbalanced. And though their condition gives them great power, it also comes at a great cost to themselves and those around them. They have existed for millennia, but the world is changing and their very existence is being threatened. As this tug of war between Balanced and Imbalanced, Anima and Animus, grows, everyone is forced to pick a side. But who will be left standing at the end? · · ─────── ·𖥸· ─────── · · GENRE: Action-Fantasy (set in an industrialised world) THEMES: Prejudice and bigotry, civil rights, rebellion, solidarity, trauma, identity and purpose LGBTQ+: Multiple (bisexual, gay, trans, gender fluid, asexual main characters) This book is, for now, merely a collection of excerpts I've written for this fantasy world, though ones that will hopefully one day turn into a full story.

"You have somewhere to be? A dirty bathroom wall you haven't fucked against yet? A dick you haven't choked on?" "Are you jealous? Must be hard being a virgin at your age." His smirk drops into the glare I've been craving all night. Jackpot. 🎸 🎸 🎸 Liam lives for chaos - too much booze, too many hookups, and an obsession with winning the band competition that even his band members deem unhealthy. Vincent lives for control - perfect riffs, strict rules, and having to interact with the idiots of the world as little as possible. Oh, and winning, of course. The problem? After Liam accidentally kisses him because his drunk brain thought it was a good idea, they can't stay away from each other. Every gig, every backstage run-in, every fight is just another excuse to turn insults into kisses, and rivalry into something much more complicated. While Liam and Vincent are busy trying to out-snark, out-play, and out-fuck each other, both are still carrying scars-from broken families, bad relationships, and choices that won't stop haunting them. How long can they keep telling themselves: "We're only fucking" before they have to realize it turned into so much more than that. 🔥 Enemies-to-lovers (and with benefits) 🔥 Queer band drama 🔥 Sexual tension you can cut with a guitar string

A collection of short stories inspired by stories I used to hear as a child whenever the power went out, now retold in whatever way I find interesting. Some will be paranormal/fantastical in their nature, others set in the mordern world. I hope these can provide some comfort, entertainment, nostalgia or even inspiration for your own stories.

Rivers had no idea vampires were real...until one particularly handsome blood-sucker named Keenan Wargrave made him his thrall. Fifteen years later, Rivers works at Keenan's vampire-exclusive nightclub, serving as bartender, attack dog, and occasional rat. The hours are late. The clientele suck. But at least the job keeps his daughter, Cleo, safe from monsters. Until the monsters start turning their fangs on each other. An old foe from Keenan's past returns with a vengeance and a thirst that human blood can no longer satisfy. Now vampires are the prey. With Keenan's empire in peril and the immortal lives of the Vermilion's vampire staff at stake, Rivers has to pull some overtime to keep his daughter, his vampire, and his last shreds of humanity safe. The night shift's always been a real bitch, but now it's about to bite. Hard. 🐀 Cover art drawn by me.

❝ Let us dive in deep, past our smiling reflections. ❞ This is a collection of my occasional forays into poetry, mostly revolving around themes of duality, identity and connection (to others or ourselves), but told through different and even unusual perspectives. A lot of these pieces were written for prompts, which will be specified at the beginning of each respective poem, so you can also use this as a prompt book and write your own interpretations of them (feel free to message me a link if you do!). ____________________________________________ 🏅 Winner of the "Best Poetry Collection" Category | Ashes And Ink-Poetry Contest 2025 🏅 Winner of the "Poetry" Category | The Crescent Awards 2025 🏅 Round 3 Qualifier in the "Poetry" Category | AMBYS 2025

When Arjun Mandal summons a demon, the last thing he expects is to come face to face with his dead ex-boyfriend. Four years ago, Teddy Nkhoma was killed by followers of a sorcerer threatening the balance between realms and was reborn as a demon. Though beings from the Realm of the Dead are not trusted even by the magical community in the Realm of the Living, Arjun knows Teddy too well to believe him evil. He knows Teddy is still the boy he loved, still his best friend. Defying his family's warnings, Arjun agrees to work with Teddy to defeat the sorcerer. As an ancient prophecy re-emerges and more than one realm is threatened, Arjun and Teddy must face their past, their present, and a future that might tear them apart all over again. GENRE: modern fantasy, paranormal, mxm romance TROPES: second chance romance, grumpy x sunshine, nerd x bad boy MIGHT BRING TO MIND: Harry Potter, The Raven Boys, The Owl House

"I simply do not understand how being ambitious is a crime?" Isabelline rolled her shoulders back upon the inspection of her current state. "I thought this was a school for innovation." "It is a crime for individuals to dig up corpses, Lady Freysdóttir." *** Welcome to a cozy fantasy mystery where autumn festivals and gravedigging go hand in hand!

In Sorrelmarsh, everything is different...